Lakota YouthStay Program
Tipi Raising and Community Gathering
Dugger Park Mystic River Road, Medford, MAMedford will be raising a tipi this summer at Dugger Park as part of the third annual cultural exchange with the Lakota youth from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, who will be visiting the city through the Lakota YouthStay Program. There will be performances by the Wampanoag Eastern Suns drum group and dancers, Native storytelling in the …
Gallery Reception: Lakota Youth and their Photography
Sanctuary United Church of Christ 458 High Street, Medford, MA, United StatesSanctuary United Church of Christ invites you to an art gallery reception celebrating the Lakota Youth Stay Program through the eyes of the participants. Come view an exhibit of photos taken by 11 Lakota Youth from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, during this year's third annual cultural exchange program with their Medford host families. The pictures will …
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Antiques and Art Appraisal Day
West Medford Community Center 111 Arlington St., Medford, MAIn the spirit of "Antiques Road Show," Medford Arts Center, Inc. (MACI), and Lakota YouthStay is hosting an Antiques and Art Appraisal Day. Find out what your treasures, heirlooms or yard sale finds are worth by having them appraised by professionals from Kaminski Auctions at a minimal cost, while supporting Medford nonprofits. Cost for appraisals is …
Lakota YouthStay Holiday Cookie Walk & Pet/Child Photo Shoot
West Medford Community Center 111 Arlington St., Medford, MAWest Medford Community Center is the site for Lakota YouthStay's annual Holiday Cookie Walk & Pet/Child Photo Shoot, a fundraiser for the Lakota YouthStay program. There will be more than 15 varieties of delicious homemade holiday cookies available at $15 per pound. Make a gift plate of yummy treats for yourself, your family, friends, neighbors, …
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Film Watch Party: Gather
Virtual MAThe Lakota YouthStay Program presents a virtual watch party for the film "Gather," an intimate portrait of a growing movement among Indigenous Americans to reclaim their spiritual and cultural identities through obtaining sovereignty over their ancestral food systems, while battling against the historical trauma brought on by centuries of genocide. In the film, an indigenous …
Lakota YouthStay Fitness Fundraiser
Reimagym Fitness Center 215B Salem St, Medford, MA, United StatesWant to get some post-Thanksgiving exercise and help a good cause at the same time? Lakota YouthStay is teaming up with the Medford fitness center Reimagym to present a 45-minute fitness class as a fundraiser for cultural exchange program that brings Native American youth to Medford each summer. Participants may attend the 45-minute session in-person …
Lakota YouthStay Poetry Workshop
Brooks Elementary School 388 High Street, Medford, MA, United StatesThe Lakota YouthStay program is presenting a free poetry workshop, "Let's Make a Memory: Connecting Community," in the Brooks Elementary School library. Open to youth ages 12 to 15 from Medford and nearby communities, the workshop will be led by Terry E. Carter, who concluded is term as the City of Medford's first poet laureate …
Lakota YouthStay Youth Photography and Poetry Exhibit
The Gallery at Sanctuary 458 High St., Medford, MALakota YouthStay is hosting an exhibit, “We Are All Related: Photographs and Poems by Lakota and Medford Youth,” at The Gallery at Sanctuary. Come meet the Native American youth visiting Medford this summer from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and see photos taken by them around Boston during the 2023 YouthStay program week. …
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Exhibition Opening: Lakota YouthStay – New Experiences, Clarity of Vision
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe July art exhibition at the Medford Public Library, “New Experiences, Clarity of Vision,” will feature works from participants in the Lakota YouthStay cultural exchange program. Since 2017, Oglala Lakota youth from the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota have visited Eastern Massachusetts each summer as part of the Lakota YouthStay, founded by Medford resident …
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Artists Reception: Lakota YouthStay – New Experiences, Clarity of Vision
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAAll are invited to a reception to meet the eight members of the 2024 Lakota YouthStay program whose works are on display this month in the Medford Public Library exhibition “New Experiences, Clarity of Vision.” Since 2017, Oglala Lakota youth from the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota have visited Eastern Massachusetts each summer as …
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