{"id":40579,"date":"2025-09-22T08:52:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/odanak.asban.dev\/the-wabanaki-policy-youth-initiative-needs-you\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:52:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:52:45","slug":"the-wabanaki-policy-youth-initiative-needs-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/odanak.asban.dev\/en\/the-wabanaki-policy-youth-initiative-needs-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wabanaki Policy Youth Initiative needs you!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a young Wabanaki passionate about sovereignty, education, and wanting to contribute to change both at the state level and within local communities?<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Wabanaki Policy Youth Initiative<\/em> offers you a unique opportunity to dive into Maine\u2019s legislative process starting in January 2026. You will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Closely follow priority bills related to Wabanaki sovereignty<\/li>\n<li>Receive mentorship from Wabanaki policy experts<\/li>\n<li>Collaborate with other youth to raise awareness and educate about issues that matter to the Nation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Open to youth ages 16 to 22, no experience necessary<br \/>\nCommitment: 20 to 40 hours total between January and May 2026 (paid)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application deadline: October 15, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information or to apply, contact <a href=\"mailto:kaya@meeassociation.org\">kaya@meeassociation.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/odanak.asban.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WPYI-Flyer-819x1024.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24129 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/odanak.asban.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WPYI-Flyer-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"836\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a young Wabanaki passionate about sovereignty, education, and wanting to contribute to change both at the state level and within local communities? The Wabanaki Policy Youth Initiative offers you a unique opportunity to dive into Maine\u2019s legislative process starting in January 2026. You will be able to: Closely follow priority bills related to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,90,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-page","category-post-secondary","category-primaire-secondaire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/odanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/odanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/odanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/odanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/odanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}