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Fresh Tracks Northeast Region Training

Wuneekeesuq! Hello! in the Wampanoag language (pronounced wuh-nee-kee-suck) This Gen-I Native Opportunities Weekly (NOW) message shares information about the Fresh Tracks Northeast Region Training Expedition. Fresh Tracks brings youth from urban and Indigenous communities together during a three day expedition, using the outdoors as a background for transformative leadership development. Youth learn valuable organizing skills, create community action plans, […]

Meet Joshua Emerson, 2018 Gen-I Career Success Fellow

Joshua Emerson, Navajo Nation 24 years old Hometown: Phoenix/Tuscon, AZ “I care about the individual people in my community, and I want their lives to be happier. There is a strong connection between the productivity in an economy and the quality of life of the people in that economy.” Joshua is a member of the Navajo […]

Fresh Tracks Program to Empower Urban and Native Youth

Major grant from Walmart Foundation will anchor funding for cross-cultural training expeditions in communities across the country throughout 2018 and 2019. Washington, D.C. – Fresh Tracks, a leadership program that brings together emerging youth leaders from urban and Indigenous communities, is launching a milestone expansion funded in part by a one-year, $500,000 grant from the Walmart […]

Meet Jorge Martinez, 2018 Gen-I Career Success Fellow

Jorge Martinez, Mazahua (Jñatrjo) and Mixtec (Ñuu Savi) 22 years old Hometown: San Gabriel Valley, CA Ancestral homes: Loma Pueblo in San Felipe del Progreso, State of Mexico Vergel Pueblo in Santiago Yosondúa, La Mixteca, Oaxaca “By investing back into our tribes, I reimagine a prosperous and healthy pueblo for my people that once more speaks […]