Champions for Change Archives - Center for Native American Youth

CNAY is extending the deadline to apply for the 2026 Champions for Change cohort. Native youth changemakers now have until November 2 to submit.…

CNAY is excited to announce that applications for the 2026 Champions for Change cohort are now open! We are accepting…

Posted on July 3, 2025

written by CNAY Communications Manager Jamie Levitt & Program Coordinator Samantha Hintz (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) The Center for…

Posted on June 20, 2025

written by CNAY Program Coordinator Neely Bardwell (Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians) From June 8-11, 2025, several Center…

Posted on June 11, 2025

Written by 2025 Champion for Change Joshua Ching, a Kanaka Maoli activist passionate about access to justice issues in Pasifika diaspora…

Posted on March 31, 2025

Written by 2025 Champion for Change Lourdes Pereira, a citizen of the Tohono O’odham Nation who serves as a community…