Ceezar Martinson, Grad Activist

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AYEA Staff caught up with AYEA Grad Ceezar Martinson, 20, on a walk in downtown Anchorage last week. Cezar has been studying full-time and participating in the Town Square Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. He’s a passionate leader of the solidarity rallies that have been taking place all October. To Ceezar, “The Occupy movement is the last hurrah for our liberties.” “My [...]

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Alaska Green Jobs Report (June 2011)

Research and Analysis identified 145 green occupations with reported employment in Alaska, representing 1.7 percent of total private and local government employment. Green jobs are not an industry of their own; they span all industries where employers pursue more environmentally sustainable concepts. The largest concentration of green jobs is in local government. Tour guides as [...]

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The Impacts of Youth Organizing

Building Transformative Youth Leadership: Data on the Impacts of Youth Organizing (by Dr. Seema Shah) For years, youth organizing groups have attested to the power of youth organizing in influencing policy, improving institutions, and changing the systems that low-income youth of color need to navigate. Just as important, youth organizers have attested to the impact [...]

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Thanks for helping AYEA Teens Fly!

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Big Thanks to everyone who joined us for a fun evening of refreshments, testimonies by AYEA teens and special guest legislators Senator Hollis French and Representative Lindsey Holmes. We raised enough miles, companion fare coupons, and dollars to send 20 teens to Juneau for AYEA’s Civics & Conservation Summit!! Help AYEA teens fly to Juneau and beyond by donating airline [...]

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Native American Youth Challenge

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President Obama has challenged us all to help win the future by out-educating, out-innovating, and out-building our competitors in the 21st century. Are you doing extraordinary things to make a difference for your tribe, village or community? Take the Native American Youth Challenge. We want to hear your stories and a group of exceptional Native [...]

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Juneau teens are standing up for REAL FOOD

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AYEA teens celebrated FOOD DAY this month. JAYEA helped Juneau celebrate in style with this fancy hand-made banner. Chapter co-president Marlena Sloss explains: “We decided to try to get people to think about where their food comes from to spread more awareness about food and it’s paths. We actually had one student get so intrigued and thought out [...]

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[Grad Spotlight] Katie Aspen Gavenus

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Katie Aspen Gavenus, 24, quit her day job to collect stories. In fact, Katie’s in Cordova, right now, chatting up fisherman. She’s asking after folks who were children during the Exxon-Valdez oil spill and recording their experience on audiotape. She’s been sleeping in tents and guest rooms and eating at the same restaurant about every [...]

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