Interest to Youth

NM Appleseed would like to partner with programs in Shiprock, Gallup and other communities to recruit summer NM Appleseed Food Fellows to give out food to children/teens and receive high school/college credit as well as engage in health careers through local workshops, lifeskills trainings and college preparation sessions. If you are interested and know of Navajo high school youth in these communities, please let me know by email:chenoabah@gmail.com or you may call me at 505.264.5466. Its an exciting opportunity for youth! Thank you

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My challenge is finding interns for the Emergence Program at the Santa Fe Mountain Center.  If you or someone you know would be interested in a three to six month internship in the experiential education field please let me know.  Here are some of the details:

-- Paid internship from $800 to $1,000 per month.
-- Potential for becoming per diem field staff/facilitator.
-- Must be over 18 years of age (over 21 preferred but not required).
-- Criminal background check (provided upon hire).
-- Increase knowledge in therapeutic adventure programming.
-- Serve diverse youth and families in Native American communities.
-- Outdoor activities while connecting with people and nature.
-- Willingness to learn new skills and develop facilitation techniques.

I can provide more details for those who are interested.  Contact me at 505-983-6158 Ext. 25 or oscar@santafemc.org.

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IAIA is co-sponsoring a Tribal Youth Enviornmental Summer Camp (TYESC).  It is a 10 day hands-on camp for high school students.  The students will learn various environmental, natural resources, health and wellness, agriculture and arts medias.  I am seeking individuals who would like to instruct a health and wellness component.  If you are interested please contact Jacquelyn Gutierrez at jgutierrez@iaia.edu.  The dates for the camp is June 17-26-,2013. Fist five day will be held in Jicrillia and the last five days will be at IAIA. We are also seeking volunteers, and of course students.  This camp is open to any native high school students here in New Mexico

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Seed2Lead Retreat

Friday May 3rd 5pm-8pm, Saturday May 4th 8am -5pm, and Sunday 8am-12 pm May 5th.

Who is Seed to Lead for?

We are looking for individuals from tribal communities in New Mexico from the ages of 18-24 that would be considered young leaders. S2L is looking for people who have engaged their community regardless of whether it’s through art, music, athletics, government, language or traditional cultural pursuits. Because our tribal communities are so diverse we want to have a broad cross-section of youth join us to help envision what prosperity can look like in Indian Country.

What do the Seed to Lead retreats look like?
Seed to Lead will have two separate retreats focused on different aspects of contemporary Native American life. The S2L retreats themselves will be conducted through the openspace meeting method. Openspace is a meeting process where the participants create their own agenda and identify their own outcomes. Through this process the participants are given complete freedom to innovate, build new relationships and create effective solutions to the issue at hand. The goal of these openspace meetings is for these self-organized groups to be able to take on any challenge regardless of its complexity.

More info on the Seed2Lead website at www.seed2lead.org or questions about the program I can be reached at towayepa@gmail.com