Center for Native American Youth Celebrates Pride

We uplift and celebrate the meaningful contributions of LGBTQ+2S relatives and Native American youth on their journey. The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) honors the sacred path of our LGBTQ+2S relatives, Happy Pride Month.  This month, the Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute created opportunities for LGBTQ+2S to share their narratives and lived experiences. CNAY invited Native youth to share what about their identity makes them proud. Youth from […]

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What Pride Means to Me

By: Vesper Moore (24), They/Them/Theirs, Arawak of The Jatibonicu Taino Tribal Nation of Borikén. What pride means to me is queer liberation, which I think of as breaking down the patriarchy and dismantling the convention of cis-hetero white supremacy. The Stonewall Uprising were in essence the first pride events these riots against police and establishment […]

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CNAY’s Youth Advisory Board Announces 2020/2021 Executive Committee

Each year The Center for Native American Youth’s (CNAY) Youth Advisory Board (YAB) holds elections for the positions for Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary. Amid a global pandemic this year’s election process included new ways for the board members to connect with their potential executive cabinet. On Friday May 29th, CNAY hosted its first of its kind virtual […]

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‪In Solidarity. A statement from the Center for Native American Youth. ‬

The Center for Native American Youth stands in solidarity with the African American Community and Americans. Our hearts ache as we mourn for the loss and injustices we have seen through George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless others at the hands of racially charged violence. In the words of the late Dr. Martin Luther […]

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