Colorado Teen Works To Build Brighter Futures For Indigenous Youth
MTV is a leading collaborator for the forum, and this month CBS News Colorado and MTV are partnering on Mental Health is Health – an initiative to normalize conversations around our behavioral health.
Jazmine Wildcat, 18, traveled through Denver International Airport on her way to Washington, D.C. Wildcat grew up on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming and is now a sophomore at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. She is on a mission to change the future for indigenous youth.
Wildcat founded a program called the Nii’iini Project – Nii’iini means “things are good” in the Arapaho language. She found that activism helped her as a coping mechanism and she encourages the youth of her community to also use activism and volunteering as an avenue to staying mentally healthy.. You can catch the special right after CBS4 News at 6 p.m. on May 19.
CBS News Colorado is partnering with MTV on “Mental Health is Health” seeking to improve mental health in our community by normalizing conversation about mental health,
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