Up-coming events
and other cool stuff...
The Healthy Aboriginal Network
Non-profit
promotion of health, literacy & wellness
We
just released On the Turn,
our gambling addiction comic book. The story is about a
young woman that quite un-expectantly gets hooked on poker at
school. But through counselling at her local friendship
centre and the support of her parents, she is able to make
amends to the people she hurt the most – her family.
Pricing is the same as the Darkness Calls comic book and
includes shipping and handling. More information will be
available soon at www.thehealthyaboriginal.net
Darkness
Calls, our suicide prevention comic book, has sold out.
We’re building a list of organizations that are
interested in the third printing – once again on high quality
coated paper (which turned out much brighter than the first
printing) – so please feel free to send an email if you’re
interested.
We
also turned Darkness Calls into a moving short, in color, in a
First Nations language (Gitxsan, from the Hazelton, BC area) for
the additional benefit of language retention. This project
was amazing for the youth of the Gitksan Wet'suwet'en Education
Society, as they did not speak their language prior to being
involved in the project. But they learned the words and
phrases necessary for the story, and felt empowered by the
experience of combining suicide prevention with their culture.
There has been considerable interest from other Metis, Inuit and
First Nations in dialoguing in their language as well.
Our
diabetes prevention comic book, An Invited Threat, is almost
finished and looks like it will be released in January.
Not sure when our staying in school comic book, Level up, will
be released. Hopefully early next year. Our comic
books on pride in community, residential school and living with
FASD are still in the writing phase.
I
appreciate your time. Please feel free to pass this email
on to anyone you feel appropriate.
Sean
Muir
Executive
Director
Teen
Talk in Winnipeg is Searching for Volunteers ASAP!!!!
If you are a youth ages 14-19
years and want to sign up for
Peer Support training starting
Oct.3 – Nov. 28, 2007 from 6-9:30pm
Please contact Eveline at teentalk@klinic.mb.ca
Or visit the teen talk website at teen-talk.ca
The
Center for Education and Work (CEW)
click
here to view the website
Teen
Talk Announcement!
The Peer Support
Manual is Complete
You can find it under the Youth/Peer Support Training section
on the Teen Talk website
CLICK BELOW FOR ACCESS...
Reach
the Native Youth tour 2007
Kasp and Combz of 7th Generation have traveled to
37 communities in 3 months over the summer of 2006. They have
been to BC, Alberta, Washington and the Northwest Territories
to spread their inspirational messages to motivate youth of all
ages and backgrounds. Now in 2007 they have already traveled to
12 communities in Nunavik, Alberta and BC promoting their message
and entertaining people of all ages
Their legacy has just begun and it's time to start getting this
positive message out to youth throughout North America where poverty
and abuse affect our youth on a daily basis.
Help our youth express themselves through music and start making
a change.
The Reach Our Native Youth International Tour will bring their
motivational and popular workshop, "Expressing Yourself through
Music" and their hard hitting presentation, "The Truth
about Meth."
They will share their stories, their successes and their groundbreaking
music. Their new music will include their popular tracks, "Ghetto
to the Rez" and their new collaborations featuring artists
such as Moka Only and Rochester aka Juice.
It's time to start protecting and leading our most important
asset, our youth.
Be part of our most successful year and spread the message by
contacting Nacoma George at crazy_cutz@yahoo.com or 250-770-8238
Visit Thier website to see Tour Poster and get more info on them
7th
Generation Aboriginal Hip Hop Crew
Young
Farmers - e-newsletter
click
to view the e-newsletter
Check this out!!!
Browse through the Teen Talk
website at www.teen-talk.ca.
The website includes informational
packets, handouts, and youth resources - all online!!!
Uniek Art Festival
Click here for the poster
Click here for the website
The Healthy
Aboriginal Network
Non-profit
promotion of health, literacy & wellness
www.thehealthyaboriginal.net
The Healthy Aboriginal Network has released
a suicide prevention resource for youth.
It’s a comic book called darkness
calls…
It’s the story of a teenager that feels socially
isolated and has difficulty at school.
Even though Kyle has tremendous artistic talent and the
support of a good friend, he finds one day just too overwhelming
and considers taking his own life.
It’s the story of the struggle between good and evil, and
the spirits of youth.
The story was inspired, written and illustrated
by Steve Sanderson, a professional Aboriginal youth cartoonist.
The story was previewed with health professionals and youth
focus groups for authentic characters and language.
The comic was released in June of 2006 and
has sold over 40,000 copies across Canada and the US.
Please click on the attached low-resolution electronic
copy below for a preview.
Also stay tuned for The Healthy Aboriginal
Network website. Click
on the above link for more details!!!
SCHOLARSHIPS
TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG MANITOBANS TO PURSUE RURAL DEVELOPMENT CAREERS
click here for more information
Young Entrepreneurs Program
Got a great idea for starting your own business?
Get start-up cash from the “Young Entrepreneurs
Program”!!!
If
you are aged 18-29, have a cool idea for a business, and want
to be your own boss, this might be the program for you! Check out the details below:
·
You could get up to $4,000 to help
start-up your business and buy the stuff you need to run it.
·
You could also get $1,000 ($1,500
for folks who live in the northern regions) to help pay for a
course that teaches you how to start your own business.
Here’s how it works:
You have to work 30 hours a week and you can’t be
working more than 20 hours at another job.
You can’t get the money to start up your own farm,
but you can be working on a farm for 20 hours a week.
Just make sure that your business idea keeps you busy doing
something else for a minimum of 30 hours a week – Whew!!
For more info - contact Shaun Hampton, program coordinator,
Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth, at 945-4284 in Winnipeg; 1-800-282-8069
ext. 4284 toll free.
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