History of Team Action pt.5

(left)
Members of
Team Action
along
with their
St.Lucian
colleagues.












November of 2006 saw Team Action leave the shores of Barbados to venture into the Eastern Caribbean.They landed in neighbouring St.Lucia, where they would be taking part in debate on Regional Youth Policy.

After immersing in St.Lucian culture through attendance of a street party and an island tour,members were ready to settle down to the serious business of mapping a regional youth policy,members would be debating students of the Vide Boutille Secondary School.

After several training sessions a decision was taken in the spirit of caribbean unity to mix the two groups to form a government and an opposition.

Emerging from debate, both parties came to the conclusion that the youth of the region were in need of assistance from the powers that be, in terms of development.Initiatives were suggested to aid in the areas of education,health,social etc.


It was through this consensus that members realised their St.Lucian colleagues had the same goals and objectives,as a result a St.Lucian chapter of Team Action Parliamentary Assembly was formed.

History of Team Action pt.4

(left)Participants in the Red Ribbon Invitational Speech Competiton pose with their prizes.


The next major event on the Team Action calendar was taking part in the Red Ribbon Invitaional Speech Competition.



This event was as a result of the Garrison Octagon Debating Club and Team Action working in collaboration with each other.

With the topic being HIV/AIDS some would have thought the speeches would sound cliche, but members got creative and came up with some original sounding material.

Two members of Team Action took away top prizes.

History of Team Action pt.3

(left some of the members who attended the retreat along with a member of the Barbados Defence Force who conducted atraining session in first aid.)

Next for the Team Action Parliamentary Assembly was the BAJENAID retreat.

This event was held in the picturesque St.Lawerence Gap .

During the weekend members got a chance to bond with each other in between several training sessions.

This event did much for the camraderie of members of the assembly.Through this close interaction with each other they were no longer just colleagues but became friends.

History of Team Action pt.2

(left)The beautiful ,charismatic and dynamic Rosette Moore was the Assembly's First Prime Minister.


The newly formed Assembly would meet on Friday afternoons at the Y.M.C.A for a weekly debate and to chart the course of the organisation for the future.It was during this time that three parties were formed.The Liberals,The Collective and the Correctivists.





The Liberals secured majority support forming the first government with Rosette Moore as their leader.
The Collective with Andre Layne as leader formed the official opposition ,while Kyle Prescod rallied the support of the remaining candidates to form The Correctivist.

The Correctivist set the precedent for third parties to follow.It was decided that independent candidates would band together to form a coalition third party.This system made sure that neither government nor opposition would abuse their powers.

History of Team Action pt.1

(left)Members of the Government in the ground-breaking national debate on the C.S.M.E

C.S.M.E Wha' really goin' on !

Team Action Parliamentary Assembly's (unofficial) first event was a national debate on the C.S.M.E .Back then, we were known as the Team Action Debating Assembly but that was soon to change.

With members drawn from a variety of secondary institutions,the debate promised to be an exciting one as a variety of perspectives would be brought on the matter at hand.

Held at the Frank Collymore Hall in February of 2006 it was deemed a success and the debaters decided to stay together and form the group we have today.