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 […]
Read MoreSave the Date: Monday, January 16th, 2023 Stay tuned for more information!
Read MoreAre 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 […]
Read More“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.” – Audre Lorde “Empowerer” Spotlight: Declan Lawson This month we want to honor our wonderful volunteer Declan Lawson! Declan got involved with us a little over […]
Read More“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” -Harriet Tubman View this email in your browser “Empowerer” Spotlight: Somer Messerly and Chuck Nieblas! This month we are saying goodbye (for now) to our amazing […]
Read More“As we strive to teach others we must have the humility to acknowledge that we too still have much to learn.” -Aung San Suu Kyi We can’t believe our time is already up with our Mansfield Center YSEALI Fellows Kath, Zaw, and Marvelous! These three women visited Missoula for one month as part of The YSEALI (Young Southeast […]
Read More“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” -Sydney J. Harris As we gear up for the changing of seasons, EmpowerMT is also welcoming in some change of our own! As some of you know our beloved Katie Koga will be going to school to persue a career in nursing. We are […]
Read More“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking […]
Read More“stay strong through your pain / grow flowers from it / you have helped me / grow flowers out of mine so / bloom beautifully / dangerously / loudly / bloom softly / however you need / just bloom” –Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey Happy June everyone! Time is flying by and we are excited […]
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