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EmpowerMT is getting ready for our 15th annual Empowering Youth Leadership Institute. This year we will be gathering with high school students from July 24th – 26th, 2023 at Camp Paxson. Our leadership camp is a great opportunity for participants to strengthen individual leadership skills and empower participants to create positive change. We believe there should […]
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Pronouns: she/her/hers Sydney is a second year Master of Social Work (MSW) student at the University of Montana. She has a passion for social justice, activism, and disability advocacy, stemming from her lived experience as a wheelchair user. After completing her degree, she hopes to work with youth and their families as a school-based social […]
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Save the Date: Monday, January 16th, 2023 Stay tuned for more information!
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Are you passionate about nonprofit accounting and social justice? If so, then this opportunity is for you! About EmpowerMT: As we approach our 25-year anniversary, we remain deeply committed to our mission of creating a more just and inclusive society by developing youth and adult leaders who work to end mistreatment, correct systemic inequities, and […]
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Pronouns: she/her/hers Josephine Lange is a senior studying at the University of Montana, getting her degree in Social Work with a minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as well as a minor in Wilderness Studies. She is also working towards getting her certification in Licensed Addiction Counseling. Josephine was born and raised in the […]
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Pronouns: she/her/hers My name is Sage Plumage, I am in my senior year at the University of Montana, majoring in Social work with a minor in psychology. Born in Havre MT, and raised in Missoula, I am Nakoda and Salish. My passion is to help people through social justice and equality in schools and the […]
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(MISSOULA, MT December 10th, 2019) Empower Montana was identified as a high impact youth development program by youth development research and data collection institute, Hello Insight, for the 2018-19 school year. Empower Montana was placed in the top seventeen high impact youth development organizations out of 459 programs surveyed and was the only organization recognized […]
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pronouns: she/her/hers Hello, my name is Adeline Michels (or to some I am Addy)! I was pulled towards the Youth Advisory Council because I’ve come to notice that tons of voices go unheard, voices that try to be seen, but are too scared they aren’t valued enough to be, voices that feel they can’t have […]
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pronouns: she/her/hers Hello my name is Edie, I was brought to Empower Montana’s Youth Advisory Council because I feel that Missoula’s community should be a place of equality and kindness. The years I have been in school I have seen disclusion and rude comments, most of them making fun of their gender, disabilities,race, or sexuality. […]
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