We are looking to recruit volunteers to support our summer camps. It’s a great way to have fun, give back and support our youth this summer. SUMMER ASCEND June 29th- August 7th Monday-Friday, 9:30am-2:20pm Support high school students with subjects such as English and algebra. If you enjoy math and breaking it down in aView Article >
The Early College Academy (ECA) graduation was a time for celebrating the class of 2015 and awarding the first annual ECA Scholars Scholarship. More than $8,000 was presented to current ECA graduates and alumni from our generous partners with Wells Fargo, Oregon Lottery, and United Way Columbia-Willamette. Our partners recognize the disproportionate gap in higherView Article >
NAYA congratulates youth leaders, Josiah One Star, Sicangu Lakota/ Lyackson First Nation, Leticia Velasquez, Klamath/Modoc, Lanie Grimm, Kickapoo/Winnebago, and Lofanitani Aisea-Ball, Klamath/Modoc, for being selected to attend the first ever White House Tribal Youth Gathering. All four youth answered President Obama’s Generation Indigenous (#Gen-I) Native Youth Challenge. The four youth took on the #Gen-I challengeView Article >
Our partners at Bank of America are generously investing in NAYA’s mission by matching all new monthly donations during the month of June. A $10 monthly contribution becomes $240 in annual support for our community. They’re matching up to $10,000 from monthly donor because they believe in sustaining our critical services. Will you seize this amazing opportunity, and becomeView Article >
Tana Atchley is an enrolled member of the Klamath Tribes, and is Modoc, Paiute and Karuk. When she joined the first LEAD cohort in 2008-2009, she was the only cohort member to work for a state agency, serving as Advisor for Student Activities and Leadership Programs at Portland State University. “LEAD provided a great wayView Article >
NAYA is partnered with Comcast for Comcast Cares Day, Saturday, April 25th. We work in partnership with Hands on Greater Portland to mobilize employees, families and friends to revitalize neighborhood parks, beautify schools, stock community food banks, install computer labs at community centers, plant trees, conduct food drives and much more. Join us Saturday, andView Article >
Executive Director Matt Morton, Squaxin Island, is in Washington D.C., meeting with leaders from across the Native American community of the US through his involvement with Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO), a program that connects indigenous people to strengthen our leadership and self-determination. AIO connected with Jodi Gillette, Standing Rock Sioux, Senior Policy Advisor forView Article >
“I saw a job posted on the NAYA website, and I thought ‘that’s the exact position that helped me. I would love to help another ECA student that way.’” Merehuka Heta-Lane, Menominee & Ngai Tuhoe Maori, went to high school in New Zealand – sometimes. “I was in and out of school. The credits andView Article >
Tamika Perez, Apache & Cherokee, has been an Early College Academy student for a year and a half, after she was kicked out of her last school after being involved in violence. Tamika’s mother worked hard to give her what she needed as a child despite not graduating from high school. “My dad never hadView Article >