Twenty-four Filipino youth from Mindanao, the southern region of the Philippines, visited CNAY for our first youth roundtable meeting of Summer 2018. The youth were participants from the U.S. State Department’s Philippine Youth Leadership Program (PYLP). In an informal discussion, the visiting young leaders learned more about Indigenous peoples in the U.S., CNAY, and Generation Indigenous. The PYLP youth […]
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Sunday, April 22, 2018 New Orleans, LA – Following the success of the first year of the Native American Success Academy and Gen-I Career Success Fellowship, the Center for Native American Youth and the Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA) have partnered again for 2018 with an improved NACSA curriculum and a second cohort of fellows. Over 110 Native […]
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On April 8-11, the Center for Native American Youth at The Aspen Institute welcomed five Native youth advocates and two program coordinators from theCheyenne River Youth Project (CRYP) to Washington, DC. Oliver, Daniel, Randi, Jaymalee, Claudia and their chaperones come from Growing into Wowachinyepi (Growing into Leadership), a pilot youth recognition program inspired by CNAY’s Champions for Change. On Sunday, […]
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Wuneekeesuq! Hello! in the Wampanoag language (pronounced wuh-nee-kee-suck) This Gen-I Native Opportunities Weekly (NOW) message shares information about the Fresh Tracks Northeast Region Training Expedition. Fresh Tracks brings youth from urban and Indigenous communities together during a three day expedition, using the outdoors as a background for transformative leadership development. Youth learn valuable organizing skills, create community action plans, […]
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