Nov 28 Gen-I NOW: #NativeEd Twitter Chat

Howa! – (Hello in the Osage Language) Ho-wah This Gen-I Native Opportunities Weekly (NOW) message shares information about a Native Education Twitter Chat taking place this Wednesday! The ACT Center for Equity in Learning and the Center for Native American Youth will host a Twitter chat this Wednesday to discuss priority issues in Native education and share resources …

11/17 Gen-I NOW: *NEW* Gen-I NACSA & Career Success Fellowship

Náwah!– (Hello in the Pawnee Language) This Gen-I Native Opportunities Weekly (NOW) message shares information about the Native American Career Success Academy and Gen-I Career Success Fellowship! The Center for Native American Youth and Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA) have joined forces to bring the Native American Career Success Academy to Native youth across the country! …

Important Announcement: Champions for Change Application Deadline Extended

The Center for Native American Youth has extended the Champions for Change application deadline to Friday, November 18. Click here to apply.  Champions for Change (CFC) is a leadership development program designed to shine a national spotlight on Native youth like you who are leading positive change in your communities. The CFC program gives Native …

Gen-I Ambassador Jason Chavez Attends South by South Lawn

By now, Gen-I Ambassador Jason Chavez is no stranger to CNAY, the Aspen Institute, or the White House. We first became familiar with Jason through his extraordinary efforts to increase Native youth voter registration in his home community on the Tohono O’Odham reservation. His knack for youth engagement later earned him a nomination to attend …

CNAY Welcomes Native Youth Leaders to DC for White House Events!

The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) at the Aspen Institute welcomed a group of approximately 100 Native American youth to Washington, DC September 26-27 for the eighth annual White House Tribal Nations Conference and the second White House Tribal Youth Gathering. These young leaders from across the country served as Youth Delegates at the Tribal Nations Conference …

Gen-I Challenge: NB3FIT Day with Gen-I & NB3 Foundation

Healthy Kids! Healthy Futures! Generation Indigenous and Notah Begay III Foundation team up for NB3FIT Day. The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) and Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) are proud to announce a new partnership with the Notah Begay III Foundation (NB3F)! Both CNAY and the NB3 Foundation have teamed up for a Gen-I Youth Challenge …

Reminder: Apply to Attend the 2016 White House Tribal Nations Conference by August 22!

Greetings! For the third consecutive year, the Obama Administration is inviting a diverse group of Native American youth (ages 14-24) from across the country to participate in the 2016 White House Tribal Nations Conference on September 25-27 in Washington, DC. The annual conference provides youth with the opportunity to join elected officials from the 567 …

Native Youth Attend NACA Emerging Leaders Summit

On August 16, CNAY staff participated in the Native American Contractors Association's Emerging Native Leaders Summit in Washington, DC. The annual summit provides training to youth on the topics of Business Basics, Understanding Industry, and Indian Law and Advocacy, which are provided by subject matter experts in each respective field. The summit provides youth with the opportunity to develop and sharpen skills, and learn the most up to date information to impact their success in business. Along with trainings, youth heard from keynote speakers and attend a networking reception with hill staff, business leaders, and local organization leadership. This year NACA has partnered with CNAY on via the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) initiative to help remove the barriers that stand between Native youth and their opportunity to succeed.

CNAY Conducts Gen-I Native Youth Roundtable in Salt Lake City

CNAY partnered with the National Education Association (NEA) on an outreach trip to Salt Lake City in August. Together, we co-presented at the 11th Annual Governor's Native American Summit and organized a Gen-I Native Youth Roundtable at the Natural History Museum of Utah. During the presentation at the summit, CNAY discussed Native youth perspectives on …

July Updates from the Center for Native American Youth

Youth Spotlight: Gen-I Ambassador Isabella Zizi  CNAY continues to honor and recognize the hard work of our Generation Indigenous Native Youth Ambassadors. This month, we recognize Isabella Zizi for her work as an environmental activist who is deeply connected to and passionate about Mother Earth. Isabella works with Idle No More SF Bay and created …