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Running Strong Announces Fourth Year of $10K Dreamstarter™ Awards

Our friends at Running Strong for American Indian Youth have just opened applications for the fourth year of the Dreamstarter grant program

The program jump-starts Native youth’s dreams by providing ten $10,000 grants to teams of Native youth and mentor organizations that work together to bring the young person’s dream project to life. Applications are now open for the 2018-2019 grant period for projects around the theme of science and the environment.

This is a terrific opportunity to grow leadership skills, get support for a dream project, and join a prestigious network of Dreamstarter fellows. American Indian youth between ages 14 and 29 are encouraged to apply.

Do you know a young person who would make a great Dreamstarter? More information, including eligibility requirements, can be found at indianyouth.org/dreamstarter.

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Native Youth: Have a dream project around Science or the Environment? Ready to make it come to life? Be our next Dreamstarter and win $10K from @RunStrong4AIY. Click here to apply now.

Calling all Native scientists and environment protectors under 30: @RunStrong4AIY is giving away ten $10K Dreamstarter grants. Join the next generation of Native leaders. Click here to apply today.

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.