Zuni Youth Enrichment Project

Our mission is to promote resilience among Zuni youth so they will grow into strong and healthy adults that are connected with Zuni traditions. Since 2009, we have worked with a broad coalition of community and regional partners to pursue our mission, providing thousands of Zuni youth with positive role models through health promoting programming in the five following focus areas: connection to land, physical activity, art, food sovereignty and youth development. We also recognize that youth and families need access to nurturing spaces to engage in healthy activity. To this end, we have developed and steward a 50+ mile trail system, multiple community garden sites, and a youth center and park. Our enriching programs, nurturing spaces, and the health promoting and community driven policies that govern them, improve our young people’s wellbeing by deepening their connection to Zuni’s healthy cultural traditions.