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MOVING UP STREAM TOWARD PREVENTION:
A grassroots movement designed to build awareness and understanding regarding the root causes of the contemporary issues our tribal communities face today, and to honor and uplift stories of indigenous resilience..
Remembering Resilience is developed through a Health POWER project at FamilyWise Services, with support from the Center for Prevention at BlueCross and BlueShield of Minnesota & the University of Minnesota Extension.
INTERESTED IN JOINING THE MOVEMENT? THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO BE INVOLVED:
Listen to our Remembering Resilience Podcast Series:
This series highlights Native American resilience through and beyond trauma… exploring concepts, science, history, culture, stories and practices that we are working with as we seek to shape a future for our children and our grandchildren that is defined not by what we have suffered, but what we have overcome.
Attend or host Remembering Resilience Podcast Conversations
Conversations include discussions that focus on wellness, healing, and the resilience of tribal communities.
Follow our Remembering Resilience Social Media Campaign
Join our Facebook page, Facebook group, or follow us on Instagram to learn more about this movement, and gain access to giveaways.
Health POWER Year One: 2020
In 2019, the Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota launched Health POWER (People
Organizing and Working for Equitable Results) Initiative, awarding contracts to 15 projects that engage community
members in improving community health and addressing health inequities through policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes.
The 15 projects, working in the areas of physical activity, healthy eating, and reducing commercial
tobacco use, are supported in their work through participation in a learning cohort.
The summary below describes the work of FamilyWise’s Tribal NEAR Science and Community Wisdom Project, in their first year of the initiative.
Health POWER Year Two: 2021
In 2019, the Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota launched Health POWER (People
Organizing and Working for Equitable Results) Initiative, awarding contracts to 15 projects that engage community
members in improving community health and addressing health inequities through policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes.
The 15 projects, working in the areas of physical activity, healthy eating, and reducing commercial
tobacco use, are supported in their work through participation in a learning cohort.
The summary below describes the work of FamilyWise’s Tribal NEAR Science and Community Wisdom Project, in our second year of the initiative.
This project is funded by the BlueCross BlueShield Center for Prevention, with support from FamilyWise Services and University of Minnesota – Extension.
Tribal N.E.A.R. Science & Community Wisdom Project 