To counteract the increasing rate of suicide in the Native American community, Illusion requests $10,000 to support our work as partners in the creation of a suicide prevention program, KEEP THE FIRE ALIVE – a collaboration between Illusion, Native middle schoolers, the Ikidowin youth performance team of the Indigenous Peoples Task Force and the Ogitchdakwe (a group of Native grandmothers). Working with experts from inside and outside the Native community, the culturally specific program will feature the wisdom of the Elders and the passion of youth.
