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Calling all NUC Reps to register for this year’s Peer Leaders Training

Once a year UNITY dedicates time for leadership development trainings of the National UNITY Council representatives. We invite one young man and one young woman to serve as your Youth Council representatives. Take advantage of this free training opportunity for your youth leaders to have hands on training with UNITY Leaders before the upcoming Midyear […]

Your Voice is Vital: Sign up for the NIHB Pre-Conference Listening Session

The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) is partnering with the Indian Health Service and UNITY to host a 90-minute listening session on HIV. The session is designed for Native youth 18 years or older to voice their thoughts, opinions, stories, insights and perspectives on how HIV is being addressed or could be better addressed in […]

Call for 2020 Speed Workshop Submissions

UNITY is now accepting submissions for Speed Workshops to be conducted during the 2020 UNITY Midyear Conference. Similar to speed dating, presenters will have 25 minutes with each group of 10-12 Native youth participants, rotating between tables based on topics that interest them. Topics may include career, culture, education, environment, or a subject of your choice. Peer-led […]

Chinle coach and players featured on Netflix documentary to present at UNITY Midyear

Athletic Director, and coach, Shaun Martin and players who were featured on the Netflix documentary “Basketball or Nothing” will be featured presenters at the 2020 UNITY Midyear Conference. The documentary follows the Chinle High School basketball team in Arizona’s Navajo Nation on a quest to win a state championship. Register for Midyear

2020 Midyear Conference host hotel filling-up

The UNITY host hotel is quickly filling-up! Don’t get left out, book your room today at the special UNITY rate of $174 (plus taxes) per night. To book your room at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Phoenix Tempe in Tempe, Arizona, click the link below or call (480) 967-1441. The deadline to book (or until rooms are […]

UNITY News Communications Bootcamp is back

Free Training! Become a digital Storyteller! Thanks to its partnership with Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, UNITY is excited to announce the UNITY News Communications Camp to be held on February 13-14, 2020, right before the start of the 2020 UNITY Midyear Conference in Tempe, Arizona at the Doubletree […]

2020 National UNITY Conference planning underway in Washington, DC

Members of various agencies in Washington, D.C. met last month to discuss how they will welcome as many as 2,000 Native youth and advisors to our nation’s capital for the 2020 National UNITY Conference. UNITY’s signature event will be held July 3 – 7, 2020 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. Planning participants were invited […]

UNITY Advisory Cohort empowers Native youth voice

Get to know the newest UNITY Peer Guide Cohort and learn more about their passion for advocating for “non-traditional” Native youth leadership. UNITY has recruited this diverse group of youth mentors, to design and facilitate six regional trainings across the nation. These trainings will empower Native youth to speak out about critical aspects of juvenile […]