An Indigenous Wellness Champion is one who:
- Embraces their “indigeneity” = indigenous identity.
- Let’s their culture be the armor that protects them and gets help when they need
- Uses various platforms to provide tools to create and maintain self-wellness and wellness for other Native youth.
- Promotes resilience and wellness to empower future generations
- Is using Resiliency approaches in their everyday lives (Stay informed, understand wellness and share wellness and resiliency tools).
All AI/AN youth and allies across Indian Country are invited to participate.
- Who: All AI/AN youth up to the age of 24 years old.
- What: NCUIH Inaugural Youth Advisory Council's Indigi-Wellness Champion Campaign Contest
- When: Participate online September 10th, 2019 - September 20th, 2019. Winners will be announced on September 29th.
- Where: Uploading your social media posts on your Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Putting your settings are Public for the NCUIH’s Office to view your submission.
- Why:Our two campaigns are designed to help empower AI/AN youth to develop resiliency, and improve overall health for the next seven generations!
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