Partnering with JOM

AYM is excited to be partnering with the Johnson O'Malley Program (JOM), which is a grant-funded program which provides supplemental services specifically for Native educational purposes. Recently, JOM put on a Native American Education conference that some of the AYM staff were able to volunteer at and attend, in attendance also were local high school students and teachers. There was a class offered about the dangers of meth use. Marissa attended this class and really got a lot out of it. She found out that Navajo county (which we are in) is #2 in the nation for meth abuse among high schoolers. This has just motivated us to pray that the kids that we minister to are not ensnared in this deadly trap. Also, there were workshops offered for Native American cooking (yum), Apache culture, and "the Power of Vision". One class worked with three teams of students all day the first day to create three filmed public service announcements. The students helped direct, act and script the short announcements which turned out really good. Overall, we really enjoyed the classes offered and went away feeling like we knew a little bit more about Native American life and culture.