Press Release: Green Party select Yinka Dixon for Drogheda South

Green Party select Yinka Dixon for Drogheda South

The Green party has selected Ms Yinka Dixon to represent them towards a better community development in Drogheda Borough Council in the coming Local Elections. The Party’s Electoral Executive Committee has recently approved and ratified Ms Dixon's nomination. Ms Dixon will represent the party in Drogheda South on 5 June as running mate to Michael McKeon for an effective multicultural integration.

Yinka Dixon has been involved with grassroots community development and adult literacy for several years. She has worked to support sports and facilites for children and their parents, as well as towards integration and interculturalism to promote peace and unity within the community. Yinka is originally from Nigeria and has lived in Drogheda, and in County Louth for a number of years.

Yinka, is a Lecturer/Trainer for City of Dublin VEC, registered to teach in all 32 colleges, Prisons and Youth Reach Centres. She works as a Speaker, and Life and Business Coach. Yinka has played a leading role in multi-cultural integration, and has developed schemes to foster peace and unity along racial, religious, gender and age boundaries. She is the Founder of Christian Friends, Coordinator of the Ebony People's Support Group, Founder of the Network of International Christian Artists and Musicians, and the Coodinator of CAMfest, a peace project to promote young performing artists in Ireland and beyond. Yinka is a Researcher and Presenter for community radio and regularly writes articles for magazines and ezines.

Ms Dixon said: “I was pleased to have been nominated and ratified as a Green Party Local Election candidate. I am happy that the party has been in the forefront of community and global issues for a long time, and have now been proved right. Barack Obama said “the way we use energy has strengthened our enemies and destroyed our planet”. The Green Party has been saying this for years. Additionally, the party's core belief is at the heart of community development, social responsibility justice. I joined them to contribute to the much needed change blowing across our island today.

“My focus is Community Development, Education, Sports and Jobs or Enterprise. It is important that we focus on the needs of our communities. My aim is to support voluntary organisations to develop better, healthier and safer communities. These groups have struggled to support the people in communities with little help from government. I aim to help raise community relevance, promote community involvement, and influence community thinking. I believe that my experience over the years will now be more useful, not just to the party, but also to my community.

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Ms Yinka Dixon: Local Representative (Green Party)
Independent Consultant, Trainer, Speaker & Coach
Business Communications and Life Skills Strategist
The Holy Family Community Centre, Ballsgrove, Drogheda.
Tel: 087-2372365 www.yinkadixon.vpweb.ie
Email: yinkadixon@hotmail.com