NBNY
Nation Building for Native Youth (NBNY) is a life-changing empowerment program for Native youth grades 10 - 12 and their adult advisors. NBNY programs represent 25 tribes from Northern Plains, Great Lakes, Southeast, Southern Plains, New Mexico and Arizona.
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Program
Program Overview
Goals & Outcomes
Why NBNY
Stands Out
Participants
Eligibility
Requirements & Who Should Attend
2011 Cost and Location
About the Nick Lowery
Youth Foundation (NLYF)
Program Overview
Nation
Building for Native Youth (NBNY) is a life-changing youth empowerment
program for up to 36 Native Youth ages 15-19 and adult advisors. Funded by the
UPS Foundation and others, it combines historically accurate and culturally relevant
content with leadership, peer mentoring and experiential learning. It integrates
powerful and proven 21st century educational strategies associated with building
positive, confident, responsible and empowered youth with Harvard University's
Nation Building framework and cutting-edge leadership, communications, life skills,
and service learning.
NBNY uses a variety of strategies to connect with all learning styles:
- Tribal Sovereignty & Nation Building
- Search Institute′s 40 Developmental Assets
- Experiential trust and team-building exercises
- DiSC® Behavioral Styles Inventory
- Leadership Theory & Skills
- Public speaking and presentations
- Planning and decision-making exercises
- Capstone Exercise
- Mock Tribal Council
- Motivational Speakers
- Service Learning
- On-going contact and mentoring
Goals & Outcomes
NBNY aims to enable Native youth to lead positive, successful lives and ultimately serve and lead their communities. Participating youth gain increased self-awareness and self-confidence, exposure to cultural and social competencies. Youth also learn about: 1) the inner workings of tribal governments, 2) effective ways to operate in the greater society while remaining consistent with their culture, and 3) ways to mobilize community resources to make a difference.
Why NBNY Stands Out
NBNY regularly receives a high 9.5+ out of ten from adult advisors and youth. It distinguishes itself from other Native youth programs as follows:
- Small size, high ratio of mentors to students
- More intense and intentional than most youth conferences
- High quality resource materials that can be used in the community
- Focus on leadership for nation building and community development
- Special instruction, mentoring and materials for adult advisors
- Carefully
blended multi-faceted curriculum designed and presented by professional team
* who are leaders in their fields - Participants receive continual feedback and can sense their progress and growth
What Past Participants Have Said About NBNY
- I learned I need to be ready for any opportunity.
- NBNY showed me I can make a difference.
- It made me want to be more involved and active in my community.
- The Institute helped me understand specific jobs/skills my tribe needs help with.
- NBNY will help me follow the issues of our tribe and maybe in the future, I will run for the Tribal Council.
- I've gone to a lot of leadership programs before. . .this one was different. . .it was life changing. . .I'm so glad I came.
- It was awesome!
Eligibility Requirements & Who Should Attend
Up to 36 Native youth and 6-10 adult youth workers/teachers/advisors from tribes throughout the nation are eligible to attend. Eligible youths need not be A students, BUT they should be motivated and demonstrate leadership qualities, positive character traits and a desire to make a difference in the lives of others. In addition, participants must:
- Provide registration fee of $500 and all travel and travel-related costs;
- Be accompanied by an adult chaperone/advisor who also must pay travel-related costs and be available throughout the Institute;
- Submit an application and permission forms.
2011 Program - Cost & Location
Click HERE to see our 2011 Summer Event Announcement (PDF)
The 2011 NBNY Summer Training Institute will be held in Scottsdale, Arizona on June 10-14 at the Millennium Suites Hotel at McCormick Ranch, Scottsdale, Arizona - 7401 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85253. It will end after the awards banquet luncheon on Tuesday, June 14 at 2:00 PM.
About the Nick Lowery Youth Foundation (NLYF)
NLYF is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping disadvantaged children by providing and leveraging resources to help them help themselves. In the past eight years the Foundation's primary focus has been Native American youth and communities. The Foundation is able to mobilize exceptional teams of people including American Indian political leaders, educators, role models, youth leaders and youth workers to deliver programs like Nation Building for Native Youth (NBNY) and its new program NEXT.
For More information contact:
Nick Lowery at 1-480-556-6533, OR
Lynn Kickingbird
at 1-888-340-5661 or lynn@kickingbirdassociates.com
