Kamilah Francis is the program director of Sudbury-based Future North and as part of the award, received leadership training and a $5,000 microgrant
Kamilah Francis has a great belief in the power of youth, but also, in the need to make sure they reach their full potential.
Francis is the program director of Sudbury-based Future North. She said she was drawn to working in support of young people because of the support she had as a child. Growing up in Ajax as the child of a single parent, Francis acknowledged the support from her community she received as a child, to which she credits her success.
“I find that there's so many organizations that are focused on essay writing and the like, then actually hooking people up with jobs,” said Francis. “And while we do present our youth opportunities, we also help them develop those leadership skills, helping them turn issues that they see into actual projects that allow us to address them.”
Another is a program that will be funded by the Ontario Community Changemakers. Called Future North: Redefining Success, “We were all talking, we were kind of letting them know that we all have very interesting stories of how we ended up in the field that we're in, and it wasn't exactly like a linear way of getting there,” she said.
Originally designed with keynote speakers, the youth panel informed Francis and her staff that one-to-one interactions, over coffee, perhaps, would also be appreciated.
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