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Please wear your badge at all times!

The UNITY mission is to foster the spiritual, mental, physical and social development of American Indian and Alaska Native youth and to help build a strong, unified and self-reliant Native America

through greater youth involvement.

Tuesday, January 2

8:00 am National UNITY Council Facilitator Training Palm F (Exec. Comm., NUC Reps, Earth Ambassadors)

9:00 am Conference Registration Ballroom Foyer

1:00 pm Lighting of the UNITY Fire (Physical/Spiritual Wellness) Outside East • Ron Interpreter, Navajo Palm Ballroom Doors • Sheldon Smith, Navajo - Moment of Silence

2:00 pm DJ Emcee One Palm Ballroom

2:15 pm Opening Session Palm Ballroom - UNITY Co-Presidents Welcome • Hamilton Seymour, Nooksack/Stz’ umimus First Nation • Sophie Tiger, Comanche/Standing Rock Sioux - Prayer - Welcome • Loretta Tuell, Chairman, Nez Perce, UNITY Council of Trustees - Recognition of Trustees - Cultural Presentation/Blessing - Southwest Region (Spiritual Wellness)

2:30 pm - Meet your NUC Executive Committee!

2:35 pm - Roll Call by Region • Mary Bush,Match-E-Be-Nash-E-Wish Band of Pottowatomi (Gun Lake Tribe), EC Secretary

2:40 pm - Help us select a theme! (NUC EC) (Video) (Mental Wellness) - Ice breaker

2:45 pm - How to use your Wellness Warriors App! • LorenAshley Buford, Yamassee Seminole • Joshua Tso, Navajo

2:50 pm - Meet your Trainers! • Robert Johnston, Choctaw/Muscogee Creek • Chance Rush, Hidatsa • Juanita Toledo, Jemez Pueblo • Pearl Yellowman, Navajo

2:55 pm - Overview of Wellness Warrior Tracks and Expectations (Trainers) (Mental Wellness)

AGENDA - DAY 1 - JAN. 2ND

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AGENDA - DAY 1 - JAN. 2ND

3:10 pm Break up by color coded wrist bands - Go to assigned rooms • Culture (Red) - Ballroom C • Environment (Green) - Ballroom Palm F • Social Justice (Blue) - Main Ballroom • Wellness (Purple) - Joshua Tree

3:15 pm - Team Building Exercises

3:30 pm - Break up into clans/Get acquainted

4:00 pm - Select name for clan and design clan logo (posters)

4:45 pm - Clan Reporting - Share clan name/poster design (1 minute reports) • Review evening agenda

5:00 pm Dinner Break On Your Own - Visit UNITY Fire! (Physical/Spiritual Wellness)

6:30 pm Go to assigned rooms (same as afternoon session)- 9:00 pm • Begin discussion about clan community service project • Review YOUth Can Action Plan (10 Step) - Step 1. Mind mapping - select one issue to address (suggested) - Step 2. Select project (action) to determine how clan will address issue (i.e. community walk, family kick ball tournament)

9:00 pm DJ Emcee One

9:05 pm Evening General Assembly - all groups/clans Palm Ballroom - Ice Breaker - Announce Midyear Theme - Other Announcements

9:30 pm - Service Project (Social Wellness)

10:30 pm - Adjourn/Visit UNITY Fire! (Spiritual Wellness)

11:30 pm Head back to your rooms!

12:00 am Curfew - lights out! (Daily)

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AGENDA - DAY 2 - JAN. 3RD

January 3, Wednesday

7: 00 am Physical Wellness Activity - (Earn a Raffle Ticket!) See Jared Massey On Your Own

8:45 am DJ Emcee One

9:00 am Morning General Assembly Palm Ballroom - Prayer - Cultural Presentation/Blessing - Southeast Region (Spiritual Wellness)

9:45 am - Panel Discussion - Why Youth Advocacy Matters! Lobbying tips • State Rep. Isela Blanc (D-26) • State Rep. Eric Descheenie (D-7) • Chairwoman Jane Winiecki, Yavapai Apache Nation • President Bernadine Burnette, Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation • Henry Lozano, Former Deputy Assistant to President George W. Bush and President Clinton appointee

10:45 am Continue YOUth Can Action Plan - Return to assigned rooms by color coded wrist bands - 12:00 pm • Culture (Red) - Ballroom C • Environment (Green) - Ballroom Palm F • Social Justice (Blue) - Main Ballroom • Wellness (Purple) - Joshua Tree

10:45 am - Team Building Exercises (Mental/Social Wellness)- 11:00 am

11:00 am - Work on Step 3. Write the Project Objective and Description- 12:00 pm

12:00 pm Lunch Break On Your Own- 1:15 pm - UNITY Fire resumes (Physical/Spiritual Wellness)

1:30 pm Continue Steps 3 and 4 Brainstorm a list of tasks required to complete a project • Culture (Red) - Ballroom C • Environment (Green) - Ballroom Palm F • Social Justice (Blue) - Main Ballroom • Wellness (Purple) - Joshua Tree

1:30 pm - Team building- 2:00 pm

2:00 pm - Complete Step 3- 3:15 pm 3:15 pm - Break- 3:30 pm

3:30 pm - Complete Step 4- 4:30 pm

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4:30 pm Dinner Break On Your Own- 6:30 pm - Visit UNITY Fire! (Physical/Spiritual Wellness)

6:30 pm Evening General Assembly Palm Ballroom - IceBreaker - Team shout outs (Green, Blue, Red, Purple) - Special Guest Appearance (TBA) - Recognition of NUC Members in Good Standing

7:30 pm Mr./Miss UNITY Mock Pageant (Social Wellness) Palm Ballroom

9:00 pm Extinguishing of the UNITY Fire (Physical/Spiritual Wellness) Outside East Palm Ballroom Doors10:00 pm Free time

11:30 pm Head back to your rooms!

12:00 am Curfew - lights out! (Daily)

AGENDA - DAY 2 - JAN. 3RD

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AGENDA - DAY 3 - JAN. 4TH

Thursday, January 4

7:00 am Physical Wellness Activity - (Earn a Raffle Ticket!) See Jared Massey On Your Own

7:45 am DJ Emcee One Palm Ballroom

8:00 am Morning General Session Palm Ballroom - Prayer - Cultural Presentation/Blessing - Northwest Region (Spiritual Wellness) - Overview of the Day - Explain Speed Workshops

8:30 am - National UNITY Council Business Meeting (Mental Wellness) - Youth council reports by male and female reps

10:30 am - Kick Off Career and Education Fair/Workshops • Dr. Bryan Brayboy, Special Advisor to the President on American Indian Affairs, ASU

10:35 am - Speed Workshops (Three 25 minute rotations)- 12:00 pm - Visit Exhibit Booths - Collect raffle tickets at booths for raffle prizes

12:00 pm` Lunch Palm Ballroom- 1:20 pm - UNITY News! Jared Massey, White Mountain Apache - Meet the UNITY Trustees! - Keynote Speaker - Autumn Rose Williams, Shinnecock, Miss Native American USA - Best Indian Joke - Winner take all (Social Wellness) - Raffle prizes (tickets collected at exhibit booths)

1:30 pm Continue YOUth Can Action Plan (return to assigned rooms)- 4:30 pm • Culture (Red) - Ballroom C • Environment (Green) - Ballroom Palm F • Social Justice (Blue) - Main Ballroom • Wellness (Purple) - Joshua Tree

1:30 pm - Team building- 2:00 pm

2:00 pm - Finalize Action Plans - Steps 5 and 6 (final list of tasks and budget)- 3:15 pm

3:15 pm - Break- 3:30 pm

3:30 pm - Reporting of Action Plans by clan (5 minutes each). Will be videotaped!- 4:30 pm

4:30 pm Dinner Break On Your Own- 6:15 pm

6:30 pm Cultural Night - Spiritual/Social Wellness Palm Ballroom - Cultural sharing (by sign ups) plus the Natia O Le Pasefika Polynesian Dance Group and Intertribal Dancing with Medicine Bull drum group featuring Shotae & RJ Tveter of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation, New Town, North Dakota

9:00 pm Free time

11:30 pm Head back to your rooms!

12:00 am Curfew - lights out! (Daily)

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Friday, January 5Note: NO Tracks

7:00 am Physical Wellness Activity On Your Own

7:30 am Continue NUC Business Meeting (if required) Palm Ballroom - 8:30 am

8:45 am Morning General Session - Prayer - Cultural Presentation/Blessing (Spiritual Wellness) - What to expect at the 2018 National UNITY Conference - UNITY News!

9:15 am - Select Clans share Wellness Warrior Action Plans with whole group (1 per Track, 10 min ea) - Shout outs to each team (Red, Blue, Green, Purple)

10:00 am - Keynote Remarks - - NUC Executive Committee/UNITY Earth Ambassadors - You’ve completed your Action Plans, what now? - Wellness Warrior Challenge! (Overview of Steps 7 - 10) (Mental Wellness)

10:45 am - Complete Evaluations

11:00 am Closing Session - Friendship Circle (Social Wellness)

11:30 am - Blessing Song/Adjourn (Spiritual Wellness)

1:00 pm UNITY News Bootcamp! (Pre-registered only) Joshua Tree- 5:00 pm • Ramon Moonie Littleman, Navajo • Charly Edsitty, Navajo (Invited) • Dyami Thomas, Klamath Tribes/Leech Lake Ojibwe (Invited) • Kenneth Shirley, Navajo

AGENDA - DAY 4 - JAN. 5TH