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The Native Services arm of the Boys & Girls Club of America is rethinking how it’s reaching out to help young people so they, in turn, can help out in their communities. Ordinarily they promote healthy choices, support students and provide programs to help youth succeed. Since so many of their efforts rely on in-person group programs, organizers are restructuring to reach young people virtually to also reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Native Services has about a dozen chapters nationwide that offer culturally-appropriate programs that build social, emotional, intellectual and physical capacity in the communities they serve.
Guests:
Carla Knapp (From the Penobscot Indian nation) – national vice president of Native Services for the Boys & Girls Club of America
Cortney Yarholar (Sax and Fox, Muskogee Creek, Pawnee and Otoe) – director of organizational development Boys and Girls Club of American Native Services Division
Heather Peterson (Lac Courte Oreilles) – CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Lac Courte Oreilles
Thomas Barrett Jr. (Red Lake band of Ojibwe) – CEO of the Red Lake Nation Boys & Girls Club
Break 1 music: Fancy Dance Song (song) Yellow Hammer (artist) Yellow Hammer (album)
Break 2 music: Get Free (single) QVLN (artist)
