Leadership Development

Youth Councils – Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness works with each of the five tribal communities to support youth-led youth councils with youth middle school ages and up.

What we do: 

• Build leadership skills and youth capacity to deepen motivation
  
• Create change with peers
  
• Encourage youth voices/leadership and personal growth
  
• Have access to many new and exciting opportunities and collaborations
  
• Welcome everyone and their ideas
  
• Gain skills in areas we’re interested in, like PhotoVoice (photography) classes
  
• Make a difference in our communities
  
• Incorporate culture into our meetings/activities
  
• Develop our own policies
  
• Create language, cultural, and environmental projects
  
• Participate in Wabanaki Youth in Science (WaYS) and Wabanaki Public Health (WPH) internship opportunities
  
• Host events, fundraise, travel, spend quality time together & more!