La Brea Association for Innovation

08/04/2026

We're hiring. 🎓
If you're built for student success — or you know someone who is— this is the opportunity.
LBAFI is looking for an Education Specialist to join our Learning Support Centre team. This is a paid, professional role for someone who knows how to move a child forward and document the journey properly.
What we need:
✔ Proven track record at SEA level
✔ Comfortable with technology in the classroom
✔ Regular, punctual, and professional
📍 La Brea
🕞 Monday – Thursday | 3:30pm – 5:30pm
Application Deadline: April 14th, 2026
📧 [email protected]
📞 7144098 / 2996224
Join us.

07/04/2026

We've been building. Quietly. Intentionally. Together.
And moments like this remind us — you cannot build a community ecosystem alone.
Last month, the CGCL building in La Brea became something more than a meeting room. It became a space where LBAFI members sat alongside innovation specialists and business leaders, rolled up their sleeves, and got to work — learning the tools, the frameworks, and the discipline needed to create something that lasts.
Not just for today. For the community that comes after us.
This is what La Brea looks like when the right partners show up with us. When our people invest in knowledge. When world-class training comes right to our doorstep.
To Emerson Charles Association of Trinidad and Tobago — Innovation Architect and a steadfast advocate for the continued growth of this association. To his team, present in the room and connected virtually, thank you for bringing this vision to life with us.
To the Rose Foundation Anisa Oliviel for facilitating and holding the space, and to for making it possible — we are grateful.
📹 Video credit: Emerson Charles — Innovation Architect

The foundation is being laid. One intentional step at a time.
Get involved: Want to be part of what we're building? Send us a message — the ecosystem grows when more hands join.


Makesi Jones Greaves Munroe Candace Campbell Lootawan Lootawan Charles Jerome Aãlíyáh Alexis

03/04/2026

There is a country in East Africa where, on the last Saturday of every month, everything stops.
Doctors, teachers, farmers, presidents — everyone steps outside and works on something for the community. No exceptions. No hierarchy. Rwanda calls it Umuganda. Translated simply: coming together in common purpose.
It is one of the reasons Rwanda, a country rebuilding from almost nothing thirty years ago, is now one of the fastest developing nations on the continent.
The principle is not complicated. Every person carries something the community needs. The difference is whether they choose to turn it toward it.
On Saturday 21st March, the Sterling Belgrove Selfless Service Award was presented at the AI Graduation and Innovation Showcase — where 17 graduates completed the AI Readiness Programme and stood up to present what they had built.
It was not the only recognition of the night.
Our Chairman, Renrick Campbell, received the award in recognition of years of quiet, sustained work in community development — the kind that does not seek a stage.
Joseph Singh was also a recipient. He entered that room as the first Caribbean Cursor Ambassador and Special Prize Awardee of the Technology category at the CGCL Innovation Challenge. He left it with one more recognition to his name.
In 12 contact hours, Joseph built tools to change how we experience the sky above us — and how we hold the people elected to serve us accountable. Astronomy and civic accountability. Two tools. One instinct: that technology should work for the people it comes from.
Two recipients. Two different seasons of life. The same principle — take what you carry and give it back.
Service does not always look the same. It is time for some. Talent for others. A skill set, a profession, a passion turned outward. What Rwanda understood — and what Saturday reminded us — is that communities are not transformed by a few extraordinary people.
They are transformed when ordinary people decide that what they carry is worth offering.
La Brea has people like that. Saturday was proof.

01/04/2026

On Saturday 21st March, 17 people from this constituency and community stood in a room and presented tools they had built — in 12 hours — using artificial intelligence.
Not one of them had used AI before this course.
A physiotherapist . A legal professional. A science enthusiast. People who were already skilled in their fields, already embedded in this community, and already aware of its gaps. What the course gave them was not the idea. It gave them the instrument.
What they built was not random. Every project was designed to give something back — to elderly residents who need legal access, to patients who need faster assessment, to a community that deserves to see its own sky mapped and celebrated.
That thread running through every project is not accidental. It is a principle: that the skills and talents already living inside this community are enough to change it, when they are turned toward it deliberately.
Most of us already use AI every day — in our timelines, in our searches, in the content we scroll past without stopping. Saturday was a reminder that the same tools driving entertainment and convenience are capable of solving the real, specific problems we live with.
The question is not whether AI is accessible. It is whether we choose to use it with intention.
Congratulations to the 17 graduates of the AI Graduation and Innovation Showcase. La Brea is watching, and La Brea is proud.
Thank you to Ludwitt Academy, The Rose Foundation, and the Office of Clyde Elder MP for creating the conditions that made Saturday possible.
Follow our page — there is much more to come.

31/08/2024

Thank you to everyone who played a part in collection, organisation and distribution.

The La Brea Association for Innovation brought smiles to the faces of 110 children on Thursday, as members distributed school bags and stationery at the Sobo Community Centre, Sobo Village, La Brea.

For more: https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/back-to-school-smiles-for-100-la-brea-children-6.2.2095560.929b9499c5

31/08/2024

The Power of Collaboration: Moving Our Communities Forward
Yesterday, the La Brea Association for Innovation had the honor of distributing 100 school bags and supplies to students of La Brea and surrounding areas. The achievement was made possible by the selfless work of Vaughnette Bigford La Brea Association NYC TEEM Voices and W.I.R.E out of New York. Collaboration isn't just about working together - it's about sharing our resources, our time and our hearts to create a better future for the next generation.
To all the students: As you head into this new school term, remember that you are supported by a network of people who believe in your potential. Stay focused, work hard and know that your community is behind you every step of the way.

28/08/2024

📚💼 We’re thrilled to have completed our Financial Education Sessions hosted by The National Financial Literacy Programme (NFLP) of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago and ! Over two impactful days, we explored key topics like financial management, savings, and investment strategies, all aimed at empowering our community.
A big thank you to the 22 participants who dedicated their time and energy to bettering their financial futures. Your commitment is a powerful step toward securing a stable financial foundation for you and your loved ones.
To all the families and breadwinners in our community, we encourage you to keep pursuing financial education in any form. Every bit of knowledge brings you closer to a brighter, more secure future. Together, let’s continue to build financial strength and resilience! 💪💰 The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago The National Financial Literacy Programme