T&H Youth Summit 2022: Call for Proposals for Tribal Government, Language, Arts, Cultural Bearers, Elders, Community Organizations, and Advocacy

T&H Youth Summit - Call for Proposals

Gunalcheesh and Haw’aa for volunteering your time and energy to share your knowledge and hold up our next generation of leaders. This will be our second annual Youth Summit beginning on Thursday, March 17 to Saturday, March 19, 2022. This event will be held virtually via Zoom.

Please be prepared to present virtually.

We will have technical assistance available before and during the event.

Please submit a separate proposal for each workshop you are interested in presenting.

Summit Purpose and Objective

·         Provide an opportunity for youth to engage in our Tribal government;

·         Inspire pride in our cultural identity and heritage;

·         Strengthen participants’ understanding and engagement with topics relevant to tribal youth;

·         Empower youth leadership, innovation, commitment, and sharing of their knowledge;

·         Foster networking, sharing, discussion, and community building;

·         Build advocacy within and among youth.

Due to planning and logistics, we can accept proposals through Friday, March 11, 2022. Please submit ASAP to assure this information gets onto the website! Proposals accepted after this date may not provide sufficient time to include workshop information.

Contact Kaley Hoyle @ 907-463-7752 or Navigators@ccthita-nsn.gov if you have questions.

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* 1. Main Contact

Name *

Company *

Address *

Address 2

City/Town *

State/Province *

ZIP/Postal Code *

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Email Address *

Phone Number *

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* 2. Youth Summit is a culturally radiant and safe place for our youth and other summit participants. Whether we are in-person or virtual, we work to ensure that those presenting, working with, and sharing time with our precious participants are committed to this as well. We would never knowingly subject our participants to anyone with a history of child or Elder abuse - physical, sexual, mental, financial, or other forms of abuse. By submitting this call for Proposals, you are confirming that you and the co-presenters understand this and are also committed to it. This is a condition of registration in order for us to best protect our summit participants and ensure a culturally vibrant and safe space.

I agree with this statement and confirm that I and/or those I am registering are committed to upholding this safe space.

Yes

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* 3. Title of your session?

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* 4. List all presenters and their cultural affiliation in parenthesis.

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* 5. Organization

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* 6. Provide a description of your presentation (this will be used in the summit agenda).

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* 7. Optional: Words of encouragement to youth attending the summit.

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* 8. I understand that if selected as a presenter or teacher, I may be requested to expand or shorten my presentation time or format, depending on the Youth Summit's needs, space, and availability. As T&H seeks flexibility to create engaging formats for participants from the lens of the overall experience to amplify the purpose and theme.

Yes

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* 9. Media Consent
The images and video from this event will be used to further inform and educate youth on T&H Tribal Government, challenges facing youth today, and our ways of life. T&H may use, display, publish, and/or distribute names, images, or voice in any publication, multimedia production, display, advertisement, or World-Wide WebPublication, without limitation as to time.

Clicking yes indicates understanding the images and audio/video recordings if used, will be for informational/educational purposes of Tlingit and Haida and waive any right to inspect or approve the finished copy. All images and audio/video recordings shall constitute the sole property of Tlingit & Haida.

Clicking yes waives all rights or claims for compensation or for invasion of privacy in connection with the use of images and audio/video recordings gained during this event.

Clicking no declines T&H sharing any images or audio/video recordings that include me.

Yes