WHAT IS THE
INDIGENOUS PARENT LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE?

This free 23 week program integrates child development, leadership, democracy skills and Ojibwe culture into a parent curriculum to empower the parent voice

ADVISORY COUNCIL

The Advisory Council is a volunteer collaborative and is the major decision-making body for the management, implementation, and maintenance of the initiative. An Advisory Council is being established in the White Earth tribal community to help connect the community to the Indigenous Parent Leadership Initiative.  The Advisory Council will assist the Project Coordinator & Facilitators in carrying out tasks and various functions that will make the IPLI a success.

Some of these tasks may include:

  • Participate in routinely scheduled meetings

  • Inform the public of IPLI

  • Assist in recruiting and selecting parents and community members to participate 

  • Attend community outreach events

  • Mentor IPLI participants

Advisory Council members receive compensation for their attendance at all planning meetings.  If you would like to apply to be a member, please download the member application here or complete the application online here.  

PARTICIPANT ENROLLMENT

The IPLI is open to anyone in the White Earth community who is interested in promoting well-being within their family structure as well as within the community.

This FREE 23-week program provides a meal, child care and a weekly stipend to participants who attend all levels of the initiative. Participants must apply and go through an interview process and commit to all 23 classes.  Our third cohort will begin in the White Earth tribal community in September 2024. Class size is limited to 15 participants.


If you’re a White Earth enrollee or descendant and would like to apply to our waiting list for the next cohort, please download the participant application here or fill out the application online here.

INDIGENOUS PARENT LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE
GRADUATES 2022

Meet our 2022 White Earth Nation Graduates and read about their community projects. Each project is self-selected and engages our participants in practicing their civic and cultural teachings. The graduates will be implementing their Community Project ideas in the coming months; these Community Projects range from developing a yoga, mindfulness & meditation program for White Earth youth to creating a traditional healing home for youth who have aged out of the foster care system. If you see our graduates out and about in our community, ask them about their project! You’ll be amazed at the positive change they’re implementing in the White Earth Nation. Click here to learn more about our graduates!