{"id":24131,"date":"2025-09-22T08:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/en\/?p=24131"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:53:33","slug":"the-wabanaki-policy-youth-initiative-needs-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old-caodanak.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:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WPYI-Flyer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24129 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WPYI-Flyer-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WPYI-Flyer-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WPYI-Flyer-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WPYI-Flyer-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WPYI-Flyer-1229x1536.png 1229w, https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WPYI-Flyer-1638x2048.png 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/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":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,102,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-page","category-post-secondary","category-primaire-secondaire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24132,"href":"https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24131\/revisions\/24132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-caodanak.asban.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}