An Evening to Honor the Past, Present, and Future of Indigenous Peoples in this Land
TIME: 7:00 PM ET/ 4:00 PM PT | PLATFORM: Zoom | REGISTER: bit.ly/TWRtruth2power
In recognition of Native American Heritage Month, join Indigenous youth leaders and their allies for an evening of virtual art, dialogue, and activism the day before Thanksgiving. Together with students and educators across America, we will spark an intergenerational conversation about how we can transform a culture of denial, appropriation, and injustice into one of truth, restoration, and healing that will enable all of us to thrive in the sacred land we share and call home.
FEATURING:
Angela Noah (she/hers) is the 2020-2021 Miss Indian University of Oregon where she is a current Sophomore studying Public Policy, Urban Planning, and Non-Profit Management. She is White Mountain Apache and Oklahoma Choctaw. Angela is a current 25 Under 25 recipient and youth leader with the United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) Inc.
Hailing from Tahlequah, OK, Brian Barlow is 26 years old, the son of Thomas and Bridget Barlow, and a Citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Brian is a 2012 graduate of Tahlequah High School and a 2016 graduate of George Washington University in Washington, DC where he studied Public Policy. Brian currently serves as the Academic Intervention Specialist in the Native American Support Center at Northeastern State University where he gets to work with Native Students to achieve their personal and educational goals. Brian is a 2012 Gates Millennium Scholar, a 2015 PPIA Alumnus, a 2015 Udall Honorable Mention, a 2017 Remember the Removal Bike Ride Alumnus, a former representative on the Cherokee Nation Tribal Youth Council, recipient of GW's 2016 Outstanding Native American Student Award, and served as both the Secretary (2014-16) and Male Co-President (2016-18) of the National Congress of American Indians Youth Commission.
Jordyn Galvan is a junior at Texas State University where she is studying Political Science and International Relations. Jordyn is the Communications and Co-Policy lead for STAND, the Student Led Movement to End Mass Atrocities. She also worked under the World Affairs Council in Dallas Ft. Worth from 2015-2018 and was named a two time Global 20 under 20 scholar for her activism around diverse issues such as Indigenous issues, refugee assistance, human rights and other global issues. Jordyn advocates on behalf of the Mescalero Apache tribe and her indigenous community through the Society of American Indian Government Employees as a Student Youth Leader. She also personally advocates for indigenous issues such as MMIW, Land and Environmental Protection, and Access to Education and was a host for the Indigenous Freedom Radio. Jordyn actively advocates for youth representation and human rights in both domestic and foreign settings.
Sky Wildcat, 25 years old and Cherokee/(Muscogee) Creek, resides in Tahlequah, OK. As a 2017 & 2019 graduate of Northeastern State University(NSU) with a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology & Geography and a Masters of Science in Higher Education Leadership (respectively), she continues her work with NSU as a Student Services Coordinator for the Center for Tribal Studies and focuses on recruiting, retaining, and advocating for Native students. Sky is a former Miss Cherokee, was inducted into the NSU Hall of Fame and named an Outstanding Senior in 2017, Remember the Removal Bike Ride 2018 Alumnus, and was named a United National Indian Tribal Youth 2018 25 Under 25 awardee and 2019 Earth Ambassador awardee. Sky is continuing her education as a doctoral student in the University of Arkansas’s Higher Education program.
Presented By:
Together We Remember’s Youth Action Network (YAN) is a movement of student leaders across the world committed to bridging the gap between education and action to make “never again” a reality, once and for all. We apply the lessons of the past to the present to counter division and hate in our schools, communities, and on social media. With the help of Together We Remember and its global coalition of partners, we are realizing our potential as human rights advocates - sharpening our skills, growing our networks, and designing student-led projects that have local, national, and international impact. The YAN is a program of Together We Remember (TWR), a global grassroots truth and reconciliation organization dedicated to fostering collective memory and inspiring collective action.
LIGHT is a non-profit, incentive-based education initiative designed to inspire, prepare, and empower students for leadership roles in Holocaust, genocide, and human rights education, remembrance, and advocacy. LIGHT, an acronym for “Leadership through Innovation in Genocide and Human rights Teaching,” has as a three-tiered approach: (1) Implementation of LIGHT PROGRAMMING (2) The creation of LIGHT CENTERS in schools (3) New LIGHT COORDINATOR supplemental positions to grow and sustain LIGHT within LIGHT SCHOOLS.
STAND is the student-led movement to end mass atrocities. At its core, our mission is to empower individuals and communities with the tools to prevent and end genocide. From our innovative Leadership Team to our network of thoughtful and change-oriented student activists, we are mobilizing campuses and communities across the country to act against genocide and mass atrocities worldwide.