In its continuing efforts to play a role in creating and promoting long-term, dynamic and tangible change throughout the tiers of TCI society, the ‘Vote Your Voice’ voter registration campaign group has now evolved into ‘The TCI Patriots’. The members of ‘The TCI Patriots’ remain the same as with the group’s ‘Vote Your Voice’ voter registration campaign but the group has set its sights on new goals for 2016 and beyond.
While the group previously focused on encouraging persons, especially the youth, to register to be able to vote, The TCI Patriots will have a different focus. This time around, the group describes its main focus as “safeguarding the future of the TCI by seeking to empower fellow Turks & Caicos Islands’ Patriots through information and education” on all matters that affect society.
It intends to achieve this objective through an information and education initiatives, which will involve focusing on issues that the group considers matters of national importance. The new initiative will see The TCI Patriots using various mediums, such as radio, newspaper, television, and social media, in order to communicate with the TCI public
Damian Wilson, a TCI Patriots member, said that: “We, as young people in the TCI, have tried being a part of other organizations that don’t seem to have the will to inspire and drive fundamental change throughout TCI society. So we have been searching for something that will allow us to learn, to grow, and to lift up our voices and be a part of the national conversation, and we could not find it. That is why we looked within and created this group; out of the necessity to belong and to be involved. We love the Turks & Caicos Islands; I am a patriot, you are a patriot, we are all patriots, out of love for country first.”
Wilson went on to express that: “After wrapping up a successful voter registration campaign, our group has decided that it is time to shift gears and really make a difference in the TCI by making a difference in people’s lives. Our mission statement is clear: ‘We are determined to bring about change through unity, love and nation building. Through Leadership, Integrity, Fraternity and Education, we will Help Our People Excel to Possess Our Wealth, Economy and Resources. This is LIFE, HOPE and POWER.’ We are not a political party, or a non-profit organization; but rather a group of concerned citizens who have decided to exercise our constitutional right to freedom of conscience, of expression, of assembly and of association.”
The group says that it believes that a plurality of voices, in all areas of society, is important to ensure healthy democratic growth, especially in countries like the TCI. The first issue that it will address over the course of the next few weeks will be the issue of leadership. This will be done through online and newspaper articles, a series of radio shows, and other mediums.
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