INDIGENOUS PARENT LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE
The Indigenous Parent Leadership Initiative is a journey of healing and transformation. It is as much about healing the past as it is about building the future.
Our mission is to guide parents and caregivers in becoming leading advocates for children through civic and cultural empowerment.
When decisions about children and families are made at tribal, local, state and federal levels, parents are often overlooked and last to be brought to the table. If invited, parents are often intimidated or feel they lack the tools.
The Indigenous Parent Leadership Initiative (IPLI) brings parents, grandparents, foster parents, family members and caregivers together for a 22 week journey that integrates child development, leadership, democracy skills and culture into a curriculum to empower the parent voice, promote positive outcomes for children and increase racial equities.
IPLI equips parents with an empowered cultural identity and the civic tools needed to be able to sit with those in authority at decision making tables. Our graduates are creating positive change on local, tribal, state and federal levels. IPLI weaves the evidence-based Parent Leadership Training Institute curriculum and the Indigenous Foundations curriculum together to inform and support parents to create their own solutions to meet the needs within their community. This strategy will give parents a stronger connection to their identity, their community, as well as inspire them to be empowered to use their voice as change agents and bring about positive change within their lives, their children’s lives and the health of their tribal communities.
This FREE program provides meals, child care and a weekly stipend to participants who attend all levels of the initiative.
PARENT VOICE IS IMPORTANT!
This initiative will inspire parents to be empowered to use their voice as a change agent, be a role model for their children and bring about positive change within their lives, their children’s lives and the health of their tribal communities.
The IPLI consists of:
A kick-off Retreat to develop the group & define the mission
22 weekly leadership & cultural foundation sessions
A graduation ceremony
Community Project
Alumni Program
MINNESOTA EXPANSION
Would you like to bring IPLI to your Tribal Nation or organization? In partnership with the National Parent Leadership Institute (NPLI), the STATE of Minnesota seeks to implement the Parent Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) model of the Connecticut Commission on Children, Women, Seniors, Equity, and Opportunity and intersecting Indigenous Parent Leadership Initiative (where appropriate) across the state through the seven regions (Northwest, Northeast, West Central, Central, Metro, Southwest, and Southeast), Tribal Nations, and American Indian organizations. Applications are due by May 28, 2025. Please read the full Request For Proposal (RFP) here: https://dcyf.mn.gov/rfp-implement-parent-regional-leadership-training-institute?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
PARTNERSHIPS
The non-profit All Nations Rise was established by Indigenous Visioning, LLC (IV) in 2021. Minnesota Department of Children, Youth & Families, The Parent Leadership Training Institute, National Parent Leadership Institute
