March 2023 submissions from Tribal Executives and Legislators.
Our loved ones, and elders in particular, are targeted by phone, mail and computer scams more during the holidays than any other time of year. CPN Workforce Development & Social Services Safe and Stable Families Education Counselor Jamelle Payne writes about a scam awareness workshop WFSS held alongside CPNPD at the Tribe’s Elder Center in December 2022.
When most people think of domestic violence, they see it as something that only happens to adults. However, statistics show that youth are more likely to experience violence in their romantic relationships than the rest of the population. February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, and House of Hope DVPI Prevention Specialist Kayla Woody offers important prevention tips.
Best-selling writer, ecologist and professor Robin Wall Kimmerer, Ph.D., received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2022.
After 10 years working in foster care and adoption for tribal Indian Child Welfare departments, Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member Kendra Lowden accepted a position as a senior program associate at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work and Butler Institute for Families. She is also currently earning her Doctorate of Education from Southern Nazarene University.
In January, several leaders from the Air Force Sustainment Center visited Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s Eagle Aviary and toured the grounds of Iron Horse Industrial Park. AFSC Executive Director Dennis D’Angelo looks forward to forging a trusting relationship between two government and economic entities that creates a legacy.
Sly Alley, the author of Strong Medicine, is happy for the chance to share his Potawatomi heritage and culture with his fans during poetry readings, putting an Indigenous spin and unique perspective on the artform. Alley is currently working on his second book. As he completes new poems, he attends open mic events and poetry readings.
The February 2023 veterans report includes updates on the organization’s activities following the new year and a story written by a young U.S. Marine. This month’s meeting will be held February 28, 2023, at the North Reunion Hall.
CPN’s Workforce Development and Social Services will hold a spring break camp for current JOM/Youth clients March 14-16, 2023. The camp will include cooking, STEM and cultural learning activities.
While listening to a podcast or talk radio program, the work seems easy — record, press play. However, the path to a product that presents itself as effortless and easy to digest takes teams of people on the same page with the same goal. Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member Devin Mellor has spent the last six years as an essential behind-the-scenes staff member at National Public Radio’s New York City bureau.