Keith Martinez, the Youth Advisory Board Chair for Lakota Children’s Enrichment, was profiled in the Villanova University News for being one of 51 students from across the country selected by Youth Service of America (YSA) and the Festival of Children Foundation to serve as a state Ambassador for National Child Awareness Month (NCAM).
YSA received thousands of applications and selected only one representative to serve as each state’s youth representative!
Please join us in cheering Keith on!
Keith (far right) helped give awards to Tiny Tots at the Oglala Lakota Pow Wow, August 2013. From left, Stryker T., Jetta T. and Maggie Dunne
Keith also launched a personal fundraising page to fund projects proposed by the LCE Youth Board.
Keith told the Villanova News that in order to change the future for youth on Pine Ridge, they must:
Keith and LCE President Maggie Dunne at LCE’s offices in NY
LCE President Maggie Dunne said about Keith:
LCE has been designated a Global Youth Service Day Lead Agency by YSA and will produce youth programs in April of 2014, funded in part by a grant from State Farm Insurance.