Kenita has worn many hats to bring attention and funding to the smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, and works on a regional and international level. Seeking to remove barriers of patriarchy in LGBT advocacy on a feminist platform, Kenita serves as co-organizer of the first Caribbean Women and Sexual Diversity Conference for the past eight years.Kenita Placide is the co - founder and Executive Director of the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality(ECADE). She previously served as the Outright Action International’s Caribbean Advisor for 2 years and Executive Director of United and Strong Inc for ten years, having advocated around HIV and human rights inclusive of women, youth and LGBTI issues, for over 14 years. Seeking to remove barriers of patriarchy in LGBT advocacy on a feminist platform, Kenita has worn many hats to bring attention and funding to the smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, and works on a regional and international levelA runner up for the LGBT Intergroup’s GO Visible Award in 2012, she is the the mind behind the planning and implementing of many Caribbean regional sessions. She was named the People-Person-of-The-Year by the Star Newspaper in 2013 and in 2016 one of many called to honor as a Champion of Change by the Pan Caribbean Partnership for HIV/AIDS(PANCAP).