CENSUS CANVASSING OVER SPRING BREAK The Census is an extremely import process that the Salt River must take seriously. To ensure that the community is well informed we went door to door around the neighborhoods teaching community members how to fill out their census information properly and when to do it. It was a good […]
Mesa, AZ – May 1, 2020 — UNITY is pleased to announce the fourth class of its “25 under 25 Native Youth Leaders” national recognition program that honors Native American and Alaskan Native youth. The program, launched in 2014, recognizes and celebrates the achievements of 25 outstanding Native youth leaders under the age 25, every […]
UNITY Peer Guides would like to share this article By Danielle Lipow as part of their recommended readings. | May 12, 2020 Though it’s been 12 years since I visited, an image from a juvenile confinement facility in Alabama remains vivid in my mind’s eye: a simple wall, visible from a glass control room, separating two identical […]
Calling all National UNITY Council Representatives and Advisors to Complete this Survey by June 1, 2020. UNITY would like to gather the National UNITY Council’s feedback on how best to serve UNITY Youth Councils. Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the organization will be hosting a three-part virtual national conference this summer. The purpose of […]
Join Native youth leaders live On Thursday May 7th at 3 p.m. PST
Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the organization will be hosting a three-part virtual national conference.
An Evening of Reading and Conversation with Joy Harjo: The U.C. Berkeley Arts Research Center presents a reading and conversation with USDAC poetry crush and U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo on April 22, from 5:30pm-7pm PST. This reading is free and open to the public and available live captioned and live streamed on ARC’s YouTube channel.
Happy 44th Birthday UNITY! We are so happy to be celebrating so many wonderful years together! The UNITY Peer Guides would like you to take part in the Pass the Shirt Challenge! Take any UNITY conference T-shirt you own and show us how UNITY has inspired you! #NativeYouth44 Don’t forget to tag @unitypeerguides as well […]
So how did UNITY begin? Read an article from our archive featuring UNITY founder J.R. Cook. Did you know? As A child J.R. sold grasshoppers so he could buy a hog? Did you know, at an early UNITY conference, attendees stayed in tents! Read more here.
Not our best takes! Even though UNITY has great and amazing speakers, we are still human. There is no doubt that when a little red light and camera comes on we get a little nervous and want to look our best and be spot on. It is the human side that blossoms in our pursuit of […]
