Brave Heart Fellowship
Champions for Change
CA Native Youth Collective
Remembering Our Sisters
Building Communities of Hope
Creative Native
Democracy is IndigenousErasure and Resilience: The Experiences of LGBTQ Students of Color, Native and Indigenous LGBTQ Youth in U.S. Schools is one of a series of reports on LGBTQ students of color that examines the school experiences of Native and Indigenous LGBTQ youth.
Trading Sex and Sexual Exploitation among High School Students: Data from the 2019 Minnesota Student Survey
This is the first population-based prevalence estimate of high school students who report trading sex for something of value (including trafficking of minors for sexual exploitation). Trading sex presents many harms to young people. In 2019, the Minnesota Student Survey – a tri-annual census of young people in Minnesota’s schools – included a new question for 9th and 11th graders:
The SMART Project
The SMART Project is an online, real-world sex ed program specifically for teen guys who like guys! SMART also covers topics that are important to gay, bi, and queer teen guys, like navigating sex and romantic relationships, understanding their sexual and gender identities, and connecting with the LGBT Community. We hope that through SMART, you feel safe, confident, and empowered!
What Every American Should Know
In 1987, E.D. Hirsch sparked a national debate with his book Cultural Literacy, claiming that there is a foundation of common knowledge every American should know — and codifying it in a list of 5,000 facts and cultural references. Hirsch’s list was attacked, celebrated, and much discussed. Today, amidst giant demographic and social shifts, the United States needs such common knowledge more than ever. But a 21st century sense of cultural literacy has to be radically more diverse and inclusive. And it needs to come not from one person but from all of us. So, we ask: What do you think Americans should know to be civically and culturally literate? Give us your top ten!
Red Circle Project
The Red Circle Project provides culturally sensitive HIV/AIDS resources, referrals; group level interventions for Native Gay men, bisexual men, Two-Spirit men and Native transgender individuals; and mobile HIV testing to Native communities at outreach events such as powwows and cultural events.
Seven Dancers Coalition
The Seven Dancers Coalition pledges to increase awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault against Native American women, and their families, through education and prevention programs.