Content Warning: this blog mentions suicide and contains personal experiences and stories of personal hardship. The purpose is to destigmatize mental health and to embrace, love and empower young people. CNAY is proud to provide young leaders agency in narrative sharing and empower them in sharing their truth. Below is a blog written by CNAY Youth […]
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By: Koloikeao Anthony, Native Hawaiian, Generation Indigenous Census Organizer Talking to many of the grown-ups in my life today, I’m always asked “why do you still do art and why haven’t you moved on to a more real-world, money-making trade?” Always, my answer to this question is that I create because I have to; it’s just […]
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I feel like as a society we need to normalize mental health. We need to normalize growing and changing paths. We need to normalize seeing a therapist whether we are in a good place or a tough place. We need to not only normalize checking up on each other but checking in with ourselves. Taking […]
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We All Count: Boosting Indigenous Representation on the Census Han mitakuyepi, To be quite honest, the US Census was not something that I thought much about before this past year, which may be common for young adults my age. We were younger when the past census happened, and I think my biggest worry ten years […]
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