LA’s Native youth are building power through community

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LA’s Native youth are building power through community
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Mariana Dale covers early childhood for the LAist and KPCC newsroom.

Our Early Childhood newsletter, focused on raising kids ages 0-5, is your place to get reads and resources on the topics most important to your family.“There are some of us out there that don't even believe in this voting system because of all the historical trauma that there is with the U. S.

Participants at this year's Academy made"seed bombs" with the seeds from native plants including coastal sunflower, saltbush, and California poppy.LAist spoke with a few of the youth who participated about their relationship to voting and the civic, community, and social issues they feel most passionate about. Their responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity.Panchebe Manahuiatlaka, 20, is Diné and Mexica. He lives in Hacienda Heights and is a student at Mt.

Atl says they are focused on issues like climate change, affordability and homelessness. Growing up, Atl moved often, sometimes couch-surfing or living in the family car. “Looking at my community and seeing the diversity not being shown in film and television. A lot of the times we see in film and media, the stereotypes of Native people is the long thick black hair and dark skin tone, and it's always during colonial times … Whenever I see my community, I see beauty that's not often represented correctly, so I want to be able to do that and represent all of my relatives in media.

Junie Ponce first got involved with the California Native Vote Project in 2021, at the invitation of a family friend who "would always try to get me into community work."Junie Ponce, 19, Chicane and Diné and is concerned by how gentrification and rising rents are reshaping their Echo Park neighborhood.

"I've seen in a new light. Learn the system so that we can use it to our advantage, which is something I'm trying to bring back to my family."“I've been meeting people and talking about this work and they're telling me I'm doing such great things for my community, and it's like I didn't even realize. So that's something I'm still working on acknowledging.

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