Learn the ins and outs of policymaking, how to successfully advocate at the Oregon State Legislature, and NAYA’s 2021 legislative agenda. This training is required of everyone who wants to participate in the NAYA Legislative Weeks of Action in March and April that we invite all to join. Positive change for Indigenous people happens everywhere,View Article >
Learn the ins and outs of policymaking, how to successfully advocate at the Oregon State Legislature, and NAYA’s 2021 legislative agenda. This training is required of everyone who wants to participate in the NAYA Legislative Weeks of Action in March and April that we invite all to join. Positive change for Indigenous people happens everywhere,View Article >
PYEC Presents: 2021 Legislative Landscape Conversations We will be holding conversation around engagement opportunities with NAYA’s 2021 Legislative landscape. We will also be joined by guest speaker Jason Trombley, legislative director of the House Majority Office to discuss the legislative landscape, key legislation that we should monitor, and challenges legislators will have to overcome. RegisterView Article >
NAYA Family Center will host our first Virtual Mayoral Candidate Forum on Thursday, October 22, 2020 from 5PM-7PM. We will host Mayoral candidates Ted Wheeler and Sarah Iannarone. This will be an opportunity for the candidates to discuss their campaigns, their vision for Portland, and how they plan to uplift our community. Don’t forget toView Article >
The Portland Youth & Elders Council is back on Monday October 19th to discuss getting out the Native vote. The NAYA advocacy team has been hard at work keeping up with the local and national political agenda as it relates to Portland’s Native community. We’d love to see you there to talk about why the Native voteView Article >
Virtual City Council Candidate Forum With Loretta Smith & Dan Ryan Thursday, August 6, 2020 | 5pm NAYA’s Advocacy Team is excited to announce that we are hosting our first virtual candidate forum on August 6, 2020, at 5pm. The Special Runoff Election will take place on August 11th, and voters will decide between DanView Article >
Would you leave $3,000 on the table? If someone offered you thousands of dollars to complete the Census, would you walk away from it? Well that is exactly what is at stake in the 2020 Census. The last time the Census was taken, Native Americans were the most undercounted population in the country, meaning many of our families did notView Article >
This month, we are happy to feature a guest blog by Arminda Barnes, Elisha BigBack, Darrylann Becker, Rebecca Lusk, Sarah Sheelar, and Susanne Ulvi, current master’s of social work students at Portland State University. Who taught you the skills that prepared you for adulthood? How would your life be different if you were not taughtView Article >