Skip to main content

Issue Area: Tribal Specific

Creativity & Innovation in the Face of COVID-19: Maskiizibii Oshki Gabeshiwin 2020Virtual Youth Conference

Written by Andrea Dickerson on .

A session presented at the 2021 OJJDP Tribal Youth National Conference (Session E1). This session presented the journey undertaken in 2020 to develop, plan, and implement a virtual peer to peer mentoring and experiential youth leadership conference that encompassed poetry, photography, music, and art for middle and high school students during a pandemic. The session provided a discussion about peer to peer mentoring and cultural arts approaches that promote healing, resilience, and prevent or reduce delinquent behavior.

Profile in Youth Resiliency

Written by Andrea Dickerson on .

A session presented at the 2021 OJJDP Tribal Youth Virtual National Conference (Session B3). This session presented a digital storytelling event highlighting Pueblo of Tesuque youth, Jamie Crowe. In this session participants learned about one youth’s desire to stay on a positive path and overcome the vast impacts of the year 2020. Ms. Crowe shares her story and the desire to continue positive relationships, increase her education, and continue to adaptively engage within the local community and surroundings. Ms. Crowe’s story demonstrates youth resiliency to overcome challenging circumstances through personal accountability, individual goal setting, and family support.