Youth and Young Adult Leadership

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Love Me To Life | film

A look into the wind and wings of people of color – storytelling. To look at the autonomy and anatomy of movements and change, we find ourselves screaming...

Resilience | film

Born in Kabul, Ahmad Abid’s earliest childhood memories include the sounds of bombs and his family’s mourning cries over lost relatives. Ahmad comes fro...

Climate Action for Vulnerable Communities | 2025 Network Learning Session | [Slides]

These slides accompanied our live webinar on September 17, 2025, featuring panelists Free Borsey (Children of the Setting Sun | Setting Sun Institute), Santana ...

Indigenous Youth and Women Shaping Environmental Futures

This article, from Indian Country Today, highlights the Indigenous women in leadership positions in environmental justice movements as well as the role of young...

Climate Action for Vulnerable Communities | 2025 Network Learning Session | [Recording]

Here you will find a recording of the September 17, 2025, learning session sponsored by North Sound ACH on “Climate Action for Vulnerable Communities, fea...

Partner Spotlights: Coast Salish Youth Coalition, LETI, Center for Independence

Part two of our partner organization spotlights, featuring Coast Salish Youth Coalition, Latino Educational Training Institute (LETI), Center for Independence &...

Welcome with Theresa Sheldon

Welcome and grounding, with Theresa Sheldon, Secretary on the Board of Directors for the Tulalip Tribes, and North Sound ACH CEO Liz Baxter.

Epigenetics and Intergenerational Trauma

Thesis paper by Sonya Joseph, studying the effects of intergenerational racial trauma of the offspring Holocaust survivors and Atlantic Slave Trade survivors.

Elwha Friends on Canoe Journey

The YAI team got to sit down with a couple of our friends from The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to talk about their experiences, hear their stories, and learn what...

Journeys and Tats

A week after getting done with Tribal Canoe Journey Paddle to Muckleshoot, the YAI team sits down to reflect on our time, our favorite Canoe Journey stories, an...

Women of Journeys/Finding Our Medicine

Women Of Journeys highlights women speaking out about the tragic history of murdered and missing Indigenous women (MMIW) in Indian country.

My Gift From the Past

An episode of the Young & Indigenous Podcast, from Children of the Setting Sun Productions. Isabella gets deep with Jason LaClair, learning about his life c...

Setting Sun Institute: Digital Heritage Library [Slides]

These slides accompanied our Learning Session on June 11, 2025, with the staff of Setting Sun Institute.

Setting Sun Institute: Digital Heritage Library [Recording]

In this session, we heard from Setting Sun Institute about their multi-faceted work to foster an Indigenous-led think tank with four interwoven branches: educat...

Attacks on Gender-Affirming and Transgender Health Care

This article, from American College of Physicians, discusses restrictions on health care for transgender individuals, who already face extreme barriers to acces...

How Miss Navi Ho uses the power of drag to educate about Two Spirit identity

This article, from The Advocate (June 2, 2025), discusses Nádleehi (Two Spirit) identity within the Navajo, or Diné, community. Historically, Two Spirit peopl...

Native Transformation Project

We heard from Barbara Juarez, Charene Alexander, and Bella James about the Native Transformation Project.

Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest (film)

Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest: Stories of Strength in a Public Health Crisis explores the legacy of the historical strengths and resilience of...

Youth Leadership Institute

ACH’s Marco Morales shared about the inaugural Youth Leadership Institute, a dynamic and hands-on learning environment, where young folks learned from regiona...

Triumph Teen Life Center

We heard from many of our partners about their work, at the January 2025 Partner Convening, and its only a small percentage of the amazing work being done in ou...

Reintegration Community of Practice

We heard from many of our partners about their work, at the January 2025 Partner Convening, and its only a small percentage of the amazing work being done in ou...

Trans-WA

We heard from many of our partners about their work, at the January 2025 Partner Convening, and its only a small percentage of the amazing work being done in ou...

House of Wisdom

We heard from many of our partners about their work, at the January 2025 Partner Convening, and its only a small percentage of the amazing work being done in ou...

Welcoming (Day 1)

We were welcomed by the Tulalip Tribes’ Lushootseed Language Department and Quil Ceda Tulalip Elementary song and dance groups “Rez Dogs” and “Salish Si...

Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest report

The 2015 report, Native Transformations Project: Discovering Sources of Strength and Resilience from Drug Abuse in the Pacific Northwest. This project brings to...

Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest: Stories of Strength in a Public Health Crisis

Documentary film, Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest: Stories of Strength in a Public Health Crisis, featuring tribal members in the North Sound.

Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest slide deck

Review the slide deck about the Native Transformations project, at the January 2025 Partner Convening.

Partner Spotlights – Slides

Review all the slides from the partner and ACH spotlights, shared at the January 2025 Partner Convening, including: Targeted Universalism community of practice,...

Keynote Taanvi Arekapudi | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening

Our second keynote speaker was Taanvi Arekapudi, a prolific author and advocate for youth about mental health challenges and opportunities. At The HeART of Tran...

Arts Projects in the Network | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening

Liz Baxter shares about an upcoming partner project, youth filmmakers and the importance of diversity in front of and behind the camera with Remy Styrkowicz, as...

Video: Mount Vernon school district sees Mariachi music investment pay off

This is a video of a King 5 Seattle news article highlighting the investments of Skagit County in their high school music programs, showcasing MV Mariachi and i...

Triumph Teen Life Center

This center provides a range of services aimed at empowering teens and fostering community well-being through various supportive programs.

Glacier Peak Institute | Website

This is Glacier Peak Institute’s website. This organization connects rural youth with their environment through outdoor adventures, hands-on projects, and...

Beyond Integration: Recovery Coaching & Lived Experience | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation

In this session, we have a conversation about why this work is important, how each one of us has innate skills and access to resources that can impact this wor...

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