Mesa, AZ – United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) is proud to announce that Midyear 2022 will be a hybrid event with options for attendance in person and online. We are so excited to welcome attendees back to the beautiful Hilton Phoenix Resort at the Peak, as well as continue to offer a robust and interactive virtual conference experience.
The virtual experience includes three days of general assembly keynote speakers, as well as access to UNITY’s advisor trainings led by Dr. Pearl Yellowman (Dine). Guest speakers include actors from the hit show Reservation Dogs, America’s Got Talent Finalist Brooke Simpson, and model/activist Quannah ChasingHorse. Requested virtual trainings include tools to engage Native youth virtually and helpful life skills like financial wellness and community service project planning.
For a full agenda, and to register, visit the website. In-person attendee registration is $350; virtual participation is $50. For sponsorship information, contact Mary Kim Titla.
Virtual registration includes online access to our virtual conference platform.
- $50 Individual Rate – No registration deadlines apply, open through the week of the conference.
- $240 Group Rate – (Use Code: 10OFF) Available for up to five participants from the same library/institution/company simultaneously. Up to five participants may watch any conference session available on the platform individually, or you may have a group watch party for any number of people in a conference/meeting room. We will need to collect names and email addresses for all participants at the time of registration. If your youth council/institution/company needs more than five individual access points, additional group registrations can be purchased under another name/email address. No registration deadlines apply.
Registered virtual attendees also have access to the UNITY News Communications Camp. In partnership with ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, the Camp is to be held prior to the conference on February 17, 6-8pm (virtual) and February 24, 2-8pm (in-person). Sign up today!
UNITY has been fostering the spiritual, mental, physical, and social development of American Indian and Alaska Native youth, and helping build a strong, unified, and self-reliant Native America through greater youth involvement since 1976.
UNITY Midyear Conference sponsors include San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Bank of America, Arizona Public Service, Freeport McMoran, Phoenix Suns, San Carlos Apache Tribe, Bowman Consulting, Pauma Band of Mission Indians, and REDW. Additional support is provided by John Templeton Foundation, Common Counsel Foundation, IllumiNative, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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