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NB3 Foundation awards five Community Empowerment Grants to support collective impact work promoting the health of Native youth

May 13, 2021/by NB3 Foundation

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 […]

Together, Native youth explore health and wellness

April 28, 2021/by NB3 Foundation

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 […]

Keeping youth active through virtual programming

April 28, 2021/by NB3 Foundation

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, […]

NB3FIT stays proactive, finishes 23 trainings in four months

April 28, 2021/by NB3 Foundation

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 […]

Native youth share their healthy recipes

April 27, 2021/by NB3 Foundation

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 […]

Strengthening evaluation skills

April 27, 2021/by NB3 Foundation

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 […]