For our Youth Spotlight Series we are recognizing extraordinary Native youth who exhibit positive character traits and are an inspiration to their peers and community! This month we feature Adiance Cheromiah from Pueblo of Laguna. Stay tuned as we highlight different from youth around Indian Country who are positively impacting their communities. Adiance was a […]
By: Jessica Tsosie | Pueblo of Jemez Mental health is important every day, every month. This month isn’t like any other month, May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Like so many others, I have struggled with prioritizing myself and my own mental health for the sake of not having to be a burden on anyone. If you asked someone or if someone asked […]
Through its Community Empowerment program, the Notah Begay III (NB3) Foundation recently awarded $1 million in grants to five Native-led organizations and tribal communities in Alaska, New Mexico, South Dakotah and Wisconsin to support their collective efforts of improving the health of Native youth in their communities. The 22-month Community Empowerment Grants of $200,000 each were awarded to support five recipients with financial support, technical assistance, collaboration opportunities and inspiration to develop or further collective impact efforts that promote one or […]
NB3 Foundation is excited to introduce the 2021 NB3FIT Youth Golf Team. The team is made up of 14 elite Native youth golfers ages 12 to 18 from across the state of New Mexico. The golf team was formed to provide an opportunity for young Native golfers to pursue their passion for excellence in golf, contribute […]
In late March, “Get Active” campaign participants came together for one last gathering. The 6-week virtual campaign was aimed at reaching more Native youth across the state to promote living healthy lifestyles. Some of the youth participating in the campaign live out of the reach of our in-person direct programs, so this virtual campaign provided […]
NB3FIT Virtual programming is flying by! It has been an eventful six weeks of exercising and learning. Our NB3FIT crew and youth participants have completed a wide variety of activities and workouts. Youth have learned to make straw rockets, popsicle stick frames, stress balls and balloon towers. They have also learned a number of core, […]
In just four months, while our team was adjusting to unprecedented changes from the pandemic, the NB3FIT team completed 23 trainings all focused on advancing their skills and knowledge of the in sports in our youth programming.Above you will see the list of trainings and you’ll see how beneficial they will all be to not […]
We are excited to share recipes from Native youth themselves. Gunner and Malia are participants in our NB3FIT virtual programming and took up the challenge to create their own healthy recipe! At the NB3 Foundation, we believe it is important to introduce healthy eating and drinking to our children starting at birth. It is so encouraging […]
By: Alva Gachupin | Evaluation and Research Dept. Coordinator The Tribal Data Champion Initiative is presented by University of New Mexico Center for Participatory Research (UNM-CPR) and funded by W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The cohort provides opportunities for Indigenous individuals working in Indigenous communities or organizations to strengthen their evaluation skills by engaging in innovative Indigenous […]
We celebrated National Volunteer Week by reaching out to our volunteers who helped during our COVID-19 Response Fund food distributions. Volunteers are important to us at NB3 Foundation because they help us provide quality programs and events. Over the years our volunteers helped us run successful events such as the New Mexico Grande Slam and […]
