2024 Legacy of Leadership Graduation

PLEASE NOTE: WAITLIST HAS BEEN OPENED. DUE TO LIMITED SEATING, REMAINING AVAILABLE SEATS WILL BE RELEASED FROM THE WAITLIST. WE WILL RELEASE SEATS NO LATER THAN MAY 31 VIA EMAIL FROM EVENTBRITE (PLEASE CHECK SPAM FOLDER). PLEASE EMAIL INFO@NATIVEACTIONNETWORK.ORG WITH QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

The Legacy of Leadership program nurtures emerging Native professionals and advocates that serve the Native populations of King County, Washington. Cohort members complete one year of leadership training sessions addressing issues and topics relevant to the urban Native community, and work in groups to realize their own projects with guidance from a mentor. Monthly Engagement Sessions focus on professional development, community development, finances, governance, leadership, interspersed with the work and legacy of the Gang of Four.

The 2023-2024 cohort members are Breezy Reems, Brooke Lolnitz, Celia Olea, Christina Diego, Dezerae Hayes, Irene McCloud, Jami Ishmael-Barney, Katie Manzanares, Kelsea Pullin, and Rosalina Turk.

This June, our cohort will complete their leadership journey with Native Action Network. Join us on June 5, 6-8pm, at Ray's Boathouse for an evening of celebration, and learn more about the cohort participants as they share updates on their community projects and future goals.

Dinner will be served.

ABOUT US: Native Action Network (NAN) is a nonprofit organized to promote Native women’s full representation, participation, and leadership in local, state, tribal, and national affairs. NAN achieves this by hosting intergenerational leadership forums, youth academies, 10-month Legacy of Leadership cohorts, leadership luncheons, nonprofit capacity building workshops, as well as other community development and civic participation activities. All of NAN’s programming and resources are intended to empower Native women of all ages.

Spanning across generations, Native Action Network creates vital connections by honoring our community’s positive impacts and empowering the next generation to truly create the social and economic world they envision. We create empowering, nurturing, and safe spaces.

We recognize that gender is both fluid and expansive. Our goal is to create safe and brave spaces for all Native womxn, including those who identify as two-spirit, trans women, and genderqueer.

Mission

Native Action Network’s mission is to enhance the beauty, strength, and integrity of American Indian and Alaskan Native communities through personal empowerment and civic participation.

Our Vision

We are committed to building collective Native power through self-determination and action. At Native Action Network we:

• Unite generations of Native women and celebrate their service to family and community.
• Dedicate sacred space for sharing and preserving Indigenous knowledge.
• Encourage community-centered economic growth and leadership.
• Nurture future leaders by upholding community values rooted in culture and tradition.
• Honor legacies of Native women’s leadership and contributions to land and community.
• Mobilize our communities and BIPOC relations to support necessary social change.
• Transform the future we imagine and desire through strengthened relationships and fierce advocacy.