Featuring UNITY’s Peer Guide and former Earth Ambassador Angela Noah, View complete article at BikePortland September 6, 2022 This story and photos by Jarrette Werk originally appeared on Underscore News Pedalpalooza’s first ride geared exclusively toward Native and Indigenous riders drew attendees from as far away as Arizona. Forty Native and Indigenous community members, ranging from young […]
Click here for the full article in Vulture “By focusing the episode on Cheese’s experience inside the youth prison system, the episode draws attention to an important issue. According to nationwide data collected in 2019, Native American youth were three times more likely to be detained than their white peers. And in many states, these […]
On behalf of the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, I want to extend an invitation to our Pacific Regional Hearing in Woodland, CA, August 25‒26. The hearings will be held at the California Tribal College. See attached Press Release, Media Advisory, and Flyer. Background The Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter […]
Rory Wheeler, Peer Guide, Northeastern Representative, and National UNITY Council Vice President shares his community outreach for February 2022: I am so happy to be back with our UNITY family for the UNITY Midyear Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. I worked through the month with EC and Peer Guides to plan the conference and release a […]
The Healing Indigenous Lives: Native Youth Town Halls report is available online. The report highlights juvenile justice and public safety concerns and recommendations from Tribal youth ages 14–24. Held in July 2020, the youth-led town hall meetings are part of the Healing Indigenous Lives Initiative, supported by OJJDP and United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY). More than 155 Native youth participated and provided feedback. Their input will help OJJDP develop programs to improve outcomes for Native youth, enhance public safety, promote accountability, and empower communities. In fiscal year 2021, […]
On behalf of UNITY and our partners at Illuminative, we congratulate the following youth who will be awarded the For The Love Of Our People PSA Mini-grants to create a public service announcement on Covid19 and how to stay safe. Their videos will be featured during the upcoming Midyear Conference. Audri Mitchell, Peer Guide & […]
Save the Date: February 2, 2022 at 2 pm (MST) LIVE with the UNITY Peer Guides will take place on UNITY’s Facebook page. OJJDP launched the Healing Indigenous Lives Initiative with United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc. (UNITY) in 2018 to increase youth engagement among American Indian and Alaska Native youth on public safety issues, […]
The 45-year-old United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) elevates and supports the voices of young Native Americans as they work to strengthen their communities. – Bank of America As a teenager, Mary Kim Titla came across United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) in a newsletter she’d picked up in a San Carlos Apache tribal office […]
OJJDP News @ a Glance, July/August 2021:  The United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc. (UNITY) hosted a five-part webinar series in June and July 2021 to highlight tribal youth concerns and offer youth tools to address them. The webinars drew from the feedback of more than 430 youth in Indian country who participated in four virtual town hall […]
Your Experience Is Powerful and the key to creating local solutions. Make sure your community experiences are included in this national needs assessment. UNITY aims to inspire hope, even from the most negative experiences.  This survey is created to help the UNITY Peer Guides to create better resources for Native youth. By sharing what is currently […]
