Mr. Norbert Bernard Yawching

Brief Bio

o Attended St. Peter’s Primary School @ Pointe-a Pierre Trinidad

o St. Benedict’s College La Romaine, Trinidad

o Cipriani College of Labor and Cooperative Studies

SBCS Global Learning Institute

o Member of SOPO-Summit of Peoples Organization (before the 1990 coup attempt)

o Marched with the Trade Union Movement in 1992 in support of better working conditions @ PETROTRIN Pt. Fortin. Past member of the OWTU.

o Past Chairman of Section 34 Group and member of the Round Table Discussions in 2014

o Led 2 protests @ the UTT-University of Trinidad and Tobago between 2010 and 2015 against Corruption, Nepotism, Victimization and Racism. Pioneered Waste Reduction & Recycling at the UTT, assisted in the formation of the Environmental Outreach Committee, one that serviced schools and communities.

o Writer for the TNT Mirror weekly Newspaper between 2013 and 2017

o Past member of the Writers Association of Trinidad and Tobago

o Poet and performer since 1981-Opened the National opening of the Prime Minister’s Best Village Competition in 1992 @ Naparima Bowl, Scouting for Talent 2001 and many other cultural shows. Lead singer of an ensemble at various hotels in north Trinidad in 2000.

o Member of the Black Caucus Movement

o Attended through invitation-international conference hosted and attended by the top Psychologists and Psychiatrists worldwide, Martinique and Guadeloupe, October 24th to 29th 2016-sponsored by UNESCO in honor of the Decade of People of African Descent, titled: “The Psychological Effects of Slavery on Populations-As a legacy of slavery

o Social /Political Activist, Writer, Author & Patriot. Black Nationalist and a believer in the value of Pan Africanism and its invaluable necessity to the development of all peoples