Overview

Finding Our Power Together is an Indigenous non-profit organization working to support Indigenous youth across Turtle Island to gain access to the resources they seek to achieve their self-determined goals. We work as an interdisciplinary team of Indigenous and allied individuals to develop and facilitate mental health and educational programming to foster positive self-identity and leadership capacities in Indigenous young people to end preventable death and suicide in Indigenous communities. We envision a world where Indigenous young people are rooted in who they are with access to cultural knowledge, language, and ceremony; where Indigenous youth have a strong commitment to life through their interconnections to others, to land, and to spirit; where Indigenous youth have support from their families, communities, and societies to develop the skills and gifts they would like to; where Indigenous youth understand that they are valued, important, and belong; where they know their power and use it to help others. Our mission is to support Indigenous young people to realize their own priorities and goals and gain access to various supports they may benefit from. We work towards this goal through developing and facilitating programs and services that: connect Indigenous youth with one another and Indigenous mentors/professionals; utilize traditional Indigenous practices and cultures; increase social connectedness and resilience through group and individual counseling; provide training, skills development opportunities, and activities for practical learning and growth; and promote pride in Indigenous identity and various Indigenous lifeways through sharing and relationship building.