EmpowerMT is committed to developing youth leaders and values creating authentic representation of our constituencies at all levels of the organization. In order to achieve these objectives EmpowerMT established their Youth Advisory Council. EmpowerMT youth programs participants, volunteers, and staff select outstanding youth from all of EmpowerMT’s programs with diverse backgrounds and experiences to […]
Read MorePronouns: she/her/hers Kathy Witkowsky is an award-winning journalist whose stories have aired on National Public Radio and appeared in numerous national and regional magazines. In addition, she has written and directed two half-hour historical documentaries that have been broadcast on PBS television stations across the country, as well as a short documentary that followed one […]
Read MoreThis March, NCBI partnered with the YWCA Missoula to put on a three-part anti-racism training series called True Colors. The True Colors training was created in an effort to address the unique challenges faced by people of color, as well as white allies taking action against racism. The True Colors training was inspired by the […]
Read MoreThis year’s TTT was divided into two main sections: our Building Bridges workshop and our Controversial Issues process. The Building Bridges workshop is tailored for youth, businesses, and organizations and is the most familiar of our offerings. No two workshops are the same, however, and going through the Building Bridges workshop with this group […]
Read MoreThe 2016 Missoula Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration theme was based off of Dr. King’s quote, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Throughout the whole day youth and adults from Missoula, as well as across Montana, spoke out about issues that matter to our community. The […]
Read MoreBen Mincks is most famous in Missoula for being Cooper’s seeing eye human, but here at NCBI Missoula, up until this summer, he has been our longest serving VISTA Americorps member. After three years of VISTA, Ben made the leap this summer to become NCBI’s Program Specialist for Youth and Volunteer Coordination. About this transition Ben […]
Read MoreAs an 11 year old 6th grader Claire Michelson followed her best friend Khadija into the Washington Middle School Respect Club run by NCBI Missoula. This September she walked back into Washington Middle School as NCBI’s Youth Programs Facilitator to be the NCBI staff person that runs that club which we now call EPIC (Empowering […]
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