Tuesday, February 18, 2020

SDSU NASA Youth Empowerment Conference 2020


Haawka (Kumeyaay greeting)

My name is Lane Yazzie, and I am the Chair of the Native American Student Alliance at San Diego State University. We are pleased to announce our Annual Youth Empowerment Conference which will be on Saturday, March 14th, 2020. I was able to obtain your contact information because I work as a student assistant in Enrollment Services within the Office of Admissions at SDSU. We would appreciate it if you could share this information with any Native American students, families, staff, and/or counselors. We are currently seeking Native American and Indigenous identified students from grades 7th-12th to attend our conference. 

Each year NASA is able to organize a high school conference for Indigenous youth. The theme for this year's conference is, We Are the New Tradition: Empowerment through Education. 
With current movements towards reclaiming spaces for Indigenous folks, we hope to empower our Indigenous youth to join these movements and inspire them to create their own.

The purpose of our conference is to unite Indigenous middle school and high school students and involve them in deconstructing the notion that higher education is only pursuable by students from privileged backgrounds. We want every student to be inspired to pursue various paths of education, whether that be through community college, four-year universities, or other outlets of success. We would greatly appreciate it if you can share this conference information with prospective Indigenous youth because we want to increase our attendance for this year's conference! 

THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS FEBRUARY 28th, 2019 at 12 PM. 
REGISTRATION FORM: HERE

We will be posting conference updates on our Facebook and Instagram (@SDSUNASA). 
If you are interested in volunteering or have any questions or concerns, please email us at NASA.SDSU.YEC@gmail.com 

Thank you for your time, we hope to see you at our Annual Youth Empowerment Conference.