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Recruiting Native Youth and Young Adults ages 12-17
This page contains information and an application for the 2023-2024 iKnowMine Youth Advisory Board (YAB). The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) HIV/STD Prevention Program is recruiting Native youth and young adult participants (aged 12-17) to advise ANTHC on projects related to holistic health.
For the 2023-2024 project year, youth members will collaborate to review a healthy relationships and holistic health curricula and review a media campaign to raise awareness on related topics. Compensation is available for time spent attending required meetings and completing required activities.
Completed applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and may be submitted to the ANTHC HIV/STD Prevention Program. View the printable PDF version of the application. Applications may be accepted online, or through in-person delivery, mail or email to:
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)
ATTN: Millie Voight
4115 Ambassador Drive, STE 201
Anchorage, AK 99508
Email: iknowmine@anthc.org
Phone: 907-729-3790
Land Acknowledgement
The iKnowMine Team is based out of the HIV/STD Prevention Program at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC). Base operations of ANTHC are located in Anchorage, AK on the traditional lands of the Dena’ina people. Thank you for your past and present stewardship of the waters, plants, lands, animals, and the spiritual practices of this place.
Program Details
Purpose
The purpose of the iKnowMine Youth Advisory Board (YAB) is for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) HIV/STD Prevention Program to provide a safe space for youth to be able to confidently offer their perspectives on public health programs, designed to promote health and wellness in the lives of Native youth and young adults across Alaska. Through the YAB, the ANTHC HIV/STD Prevention Program hopes to gain youth and young adult perspectives on how to best address holistic health-related programming needs, challenges and opportunities.
Mission
The Mission of the YAB is to advise the ANTHC HIV/STD Prevention Program by offering their perspectives on interventions and programs, designed to promote health and wellness in the lives of Native youth and young adults across Alaska.
Goals
Through the YAB, we hope to increase awareness of the holistic health issues and programs designed to address them among the Native youth and young adult population in Alaska.
The goals of the YAB are to complete the following by the end of the service year:
- Review and provide constructive feedback of the Native It’s Your Game (NIYG) curriculum
- Review and provide feedback on a media campaign that works towards the prevention of early childbearing in Alaska.
The Members of the YAB will participate in all teleconference (Zoom) discussions and engage as a team in order to achieve the goals of the program. All YAB sessions, will include: a review of the assigned curriculum, a discussion around gathering feedback from the lessons assigned prior, and gathering feedback for the media campaign.
- Seats: 6
- Term: Every month from October 2023 – May 2024
- Platform: Virtual (Zoom)
- Schedule:
- Required one-time orientation
- Required once every other month virtual YAB meeting
- Optional once every other month virtual tea-time for YAB members
- Required Activities:
- Attend & engage in all sessions, unless otherwise excused
- Complete all thirteen lessons of the NIYG curriculum
- Complete the three independent activities (IA) from the NIYG curriculum
- Present one time on the challenges, lessons learned, and experience gained through the YAB at a conference or other meeting, scheduled for the end of the service year
Optional activities include:
- Monthly ‘Tea Time’ Chats: Ask YAB staff questions & get support with lessons or independent activities. Bring your favorite snack and drink for this virtual get together!
- Other opportunities will be announced by YAB staff as they come up, and may include activities like interviewing new applicants or presenting at other conferences.
Members who are highly engaged will:
- Develop leadership skills and work experience
- Develop discussion facilitation skills
- Increase self-esteem and confidence related to voicing needs when working with others
- Develop problem-solving skills
- Learn how to work as part of a team in a diverse workgroup
- Connect with other youth in a safe space
- Gain confidence in expressing youth needs and expectations for the organization and program
All Members are required to submit a complete YAB Application. All participants must have parent permission & acknowledgement on all application documents to participate.
For consideration to the YAB, Members are required to:
- Be aged between 12-17 years old
- Have Zoom teleconference capabilities. This includes having reliable and regular access to the internet, a computer and/or tablet with camera & microphone access
- Be able to attend most of the required sessions and complete all required activities
The following experiences are preferred, but not required:
- Self-identification as Alaska Native and/or American Indian
- Experience living in rural Alaska
- 2SLGBTQ+ self-identification
Dates, times, topics are subject to change; All independent activities and assigned make-up group work are due prior to the start of the next session. “*” indicates required attendance dates.
| Date and Time | Session & Activities Overview |
|---|---|
| Scheduled between YAB member and YAB staff | Topic: Orientation Group Activity: Review application to ensure eligibility, Introduction to YAB, iKnowMine, and NIYG Assigned: Practice with program, complete NIYG lessons 1 and 2 prior to the next meeting. |
| Thursday, October 12th 3-4 PM | Group Activity: NIYG lesson 1 and 2 discussion Assigned: Complete lessons 3 and 4 prior to next meeting, complete Independent Activity for lesson 3 |
| Optional: Thursday, October 26th 3-4 PM | Tea Time: Ask YAB staff questions & get support with lessons or independent activities. Note: Session will close if there is no attendance after 15 minutes |
| Thursday, November 9th 3-4 PM | Group Activity: NIYG lesson 3 and 4 discussion Assigned: Complete NIYG lessons 5 and 6 prior to the next meeting, complete Independent Activity for lesson 6 |
| Optional: Thursday, December 21 3-4 PM | Tea Time: Ask YAB staff questions & get support with lessons or independent activities. Note: Session will close if there is no attendance after 15 minutes |
| Thursday, January 11th 3-4 PM | Group Activity: NIYG lesson 5 and 6 discussion, media campaign feedback Assigned: Complete NIYG lessons 7 and 8 prior to our next meeting. |
| Optional: Thursday, January 25th 3-4 PM | Tea Time: Ask YAB staff questions & get support with lessons or independent activities. Note: Session will close if there is no attendance after 15 minutes |
| Thursday, February 8th 3-4 PM | Group Activity: NIYG lesson 7 and 8 discussions, media campaign feedback Assigned: Complete NIYG lessons 9 and 10 prior to next meeting, complete lesson 9 Independent Activity |
| Optional: Thursday, February 22nd 3-4 PM | Tea Time: Ask YAB staff questions & get support with lessons or independent activities. Note: Session will close if there is no attendance after 15 minutes. |
| Thursday, March 14th 3-4 PM | Group Activity: NIYG Lesson 9 and 10 discussion, media campaign feedback Assigned: Complete NIYG lessons 11 and 12 prior to next meeting |
| Optional: Thursday, March 28th 3-4 PM | Tea Time: Ask YAB staff questions & get support with lessons or independent activities. Note: Session will close if there is no attendance after 15 minutes. |
| Thursday, April 11th 3-4 PM | Group Activity: NIYG lesson 11 and 12 discussion, media campaign feedback Assigned: Complete NIYG lesson 13, Final Presentation |
| Optional: Thursday, April 25th 3-4 PM | Tea Time: Ask YAB staff questions & get support with lessons, independent activities, or final presentation Note: Session will close if there is no attendance after 15 minutes. |
| Thursday, May 9th 3-4 PM | Group Activity: End-of-Year Celebration and Final Presentation! Assigned: Complete feedback form on YAB experience |
| Required activities | Measure of successfully completing activities | Number of opportunities | Time expectation | Total |
| Eligibility Overview/Orientation | Attendance at beginning and end, introduction | 1 | 30 minutes | 0.5 hour |
| Monthly Sessions | Attendance at beginning and end of sessions, active participation in teamwork activities | 7 | 1 hour each | 7 hours |
| Complete Individual Assignments | Completed assigned independent activities, completed presentation section | 13 | ~30 minutes each | 6.5 hours |
| Team Presentation | Attendance at beginning and end of presentation, completed presentation | 1 | 1 hour total, present as a team | 1 hour |
| Total hours | 15 hours |
Each member is allowed up to two excused absences from YAB teleconference (Zoom) meetings. The following guidelines will apply to each member of the YAB:
- Members must email YAB staff in advance to inform us that you will be unable to attend.
- Members that are unable to attend a meeting will still be responsible for providing feedback and completing the lessons and independent activities assigned prior to the following meeting.
It is highly encouraged for members to attend the following “Tea Time” session after a missed meeting.
Absences may be requested via email to YAB staff. Excused absences will be approved on a case-by-case basis by YAB staff. Confirmation will be sent via email to the member directly. Allowable absences may include, but is not limited to: family emergencies, personal physical and/or mental emergencies, participation in subsistence activities, conflicts with school-related activities, etc.
Members are expected to complete the following activities over the course of their YAB participation:
- Attend & engage in all sessions, unless otherwise excused
- Review all 13 lessons and accompanying independent activities of the NIYG curriculum.
- Lessons include:
- Lesson 1: Pre-Game Show
- Lesson 2: Keeping it Real… Among Friends
- Lesson 3: Playing by Your Rules… SELECT DETECT PROTECT*
- Lesson 4: Protecting Your Rules
- Lesson 5: Know Your Body
- Lesson 6: Keeping it Real… Healthy Dating Relationships
- Lesson 7: Protecting Your Rules… Regarding Sex
- Lesson 8: Negotiating to Protect
- Lesson 9: Keeping it Real… Consequences of Pregnancy
- Lesson 10: Keeping it Real… Consequences of HIV & STDs
- Lesson 11: Keeping it Real… Risk Reduction Strategies
- Lesson 12: Playing by Your Rules… A Review
- Lesson 13: Post-Game Show
- Lesson 14: Native IYG Program Feedback Survey (optional)
- Independent Activities:
- Lesson 3: Playing by Your Rules… SELECT DETECT PROTECT
- Lesson 6: Keeping it Real… Healthy Dating Relationships
- Lesson 9: Keeping it Real… Consequences of Pregnancy
- Independent Activity: Complete the design of a presentation slide for a topic that members learned about and what their experience was like as part of the YAB at the end of the cohort.
- Lessons include:
All assigned independent activities are due before the following meeting.
Members will be compensated for their time with $50 gift cards. The compensation will be issued directly by YAB staff to the member on a monthly basis, provided that the member is eligible to claim compensation. To be eligible, members must successfully:
- Attend the monthly meetings with active participation in the group discussion, or have an excused absence AND
- Complete all independent activities or lessons assigned prior to the next meeting.
Members receiving compensation may not use the gift cards to redeem for cash, purchase tobacco, alcohol or firearms, or be transferred to other parties. Members in violation of these guidelines may forfeit their eligibility to receive said compensation and/or involvement of the YAB, as determined by YAB staff.