During the first week of December, CNAY’s Erik Stegman traveled to Palm Springs to represent the Center for Native American Youth at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP) Tribal Youth Conference and the Office for Victims of Crime‘s annual Indian Nations Conference. At both events, Erik presented CNAY’s findings from youth roundtables, the Gen-I online survey, […]
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Rebrand Washington Football is a grassroots advocacy organization that petitions Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington DC professional football team, to change the team’s name. RWF was created by DC football fans who say they do not want to be ashamed of the team’s name anymore. RWF founders Josh Silver, Ian Washburn, and Sheila Miles often station themselves […]
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Nicholas Courtney, Makah Nation and Modoc Age: 24; Hometown: Auburn, WA Nick is a member of the Makah Nation and currently serves as the Senior Program Associate for the Native American Political Leadership Program and the INSPIRE Native Teens Initiative Project Manager at George Washington University. Prior to that, he worked as a Policy Assistant for […]
CONTINUE READINGOn December 1, CNAY hosted a public event at the Aspen Institute featuring a panel discussion with Native youth and community leaders in conjunction with the release of our inaugural State of Native Youth report. The panel was co-moderated by CNAY founder & chairman Senator Byron Dorgan (ret.) and CNAY executive director Erik Stegman. Panelists included two Native youth […]
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