Wednesday, April 26, 2017, Washington, D.C. — After a year of researching and listening to girls, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) published their findings in a series of reports titled Let Her Learn: Stopping School Pushout to address the pushout of girls from schools across the US. These reports include new data from a nationwide survey of 1,000 girls […]
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017, Baltimore, MD — 2017 Champions for Change, Nancy Deere-Turney (Muscogee (Creek) Nation) and Sam Schimmel (Kenaitze/St. Lawrence Island Siberian Yupik), along with CNAY staff, attended Casey Family Program’s National Tribal Leader Meeting held at the Marriott Inner Harbor Camden Yards. The topic of the meeting was “Safe Children. Strong Families. Supportive Communities.” That morning, CNAY Founder and Chair Senator Byron […]
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In 2014, President Obama launched Generation Indigenous—an all-hands initiative by government, businesses, and other sectors to do everything they can to strengthen resources and support for Native American youth. Since then, Native youth across the country have taken the President’s call to action and turned Gen-I into a movement. And now, Gen-I is going live! “Gen-I […]
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On March 22, 2017, Center for Native American Youth staff attended an event at the Newseum hosted by AtlanticLIVE on the new administration’s take on higher education and how it will impact states. Higher Education at a Crossroads The first session of the morning, The Role of Congress, featured Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-CA) interviewed by AtlanticLIVE Contributor […]
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