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Yvette Curtis was born in the Bronx, New York on August 16, 1960. She began her career at the tender age of 3 as a singer/dancer, appearing in small dance recitals and off-off Broadway musical productions. She performed as a singer at the World's Fair in Flushing, Queens in the mid-sixties.
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Jun 1, 1973 · A Warm December: Directed by Sidney Poitier. With Sidney Poitier, Ester Anderson, Yvette Curtis, George Baker. An African-American doctor falls in love with the niece of an African ambassador during his vacation in London, but it turns out that she is suffering from a rare terminal illness.
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- Vision For Change.
- Yvette Curtis at The Isto Conference
- Surfing Away from Trauma
- North Devon Against Domestic Abuse
- Yvette Curtis at The Blue Wave Summit.
- Yvette Curtis and Groundswell Community Project
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It’s now over five years since we first met Yvette and during that time we’ve seen this amazing woman achieve fantastic success. Not only has she increased surfing participation in women and girls of all ethnicities here in North Devon but in the UK as well. Her focus on community, passion for justice and long term vision for a fairer world, has to...
Back in October 2021 Yvette was asked to speak at the International Surf Therapy Organisation’sConference in Mawgan Porth, Cornwall. To this day, it is still one of the most poignant talks we’ve ever witnessed. Speaking to a packed room of UK specialists and an online global audience of therapy professionals, Yvette held the room in awe.
Entitled, Surfing Away From Trauma, Yvette opened her talk by distributing shell and sea glass from litter picks at Croyde. We were asked to focus on our item and pour our emotions into it. She then conducted a “I choose to be present” breathing exercise to help induce calm and focus. She also asked that if people would like to show support for her...
Another moving topic in Yvette’s talk was her work with the charity NDADA "Gosh, I feel the rest of my life is worth something now …… " “I feel like you have given me control back …. you are changing lives here!” These are just a few quotes by North Devon Against Abuse participants after their first experience of surfing here. Yvette explained why ...
The Blue Earth Summit in Bristol was another event where Yvette was keen to meet with other empowering women and individuals making a positive difference to this planet. One important meeting was with keynote speaker, Amira Patel. Amira is the founder of the Wanderlust Women’s Groupwhich is an adventure and hiking group for Muslim women. Amira hope...
A full winter program of land based Wave Wahines activates has kept Yvette busy but she’s not stopped there. Yvette’s always keen to develop her knowledge to enable her to support even more of those around her. Having completed her Groundswell Community ProjectLevel Surf Therapy qualification, she has now completed their level 2 facilitator trainin...
Learn about Yvette Curtis, the founder of Wave Wahines CIC, a surf therapy project for women and girls of all ages and backgrounds. Discover her vision, achievements and challenges in empowering communities through surf and ocean therapy.
Mar 20, 2021 · On a trip to London with his daughter (Yvette Curtis) for some dirt-bike races, Dr. Matt Younger (Sidney Poitier) meets beautiful dignitary Catherine Oswandu (Esther Anderson) and quickl...
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