Native Professionals Night: Healing With Our Elders, Glen & Yvette Pinkham

This event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 17, 2021 from 5-6pm PST

Here’s the login info for tonight’s online event:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/96262294914?pwd=a2gzTWJ0RXp1cEhySjJHVmVKUzhwUT09

Meeting ID: 962 6229 4914
Passcode: 677539

Native Professionals Night: Healing With Our Elders

A Potlatch Fund One Fire Storytellers Series With Special Guests Glen and Yvette Pinkham

Started by the Native Youth And Family Center, Native Professionals Night has been an adopted program of Potlatch Fund for the past several years. We are bringing it back this year on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 5pm PST with an emphasis on healing and hearing stories from our elders. As the 1 year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic comes into view, Potlatch Fund would like to offer a resource for our Native communities to come together in a healing way. We understand the need to visit with elders and with each other as COVID-19 has put barriers on coming together in a cultural and spiritual way for many members of our community. Our first Native Professionals Night of the year will be a one hour and a half event with Glen and Yvette Pinkham, hosted by Potlatch Fund.

The event will be the start of our One Fire Storytellers Series, a new events program at Potlatch Fund. The full events schedule is still TBD and will be announced shortly. The event will take place on zoom and the link will be emailed out the day before the event.

Registration for the event is Free

Donations to Potlatch Fund are always welcome

Glen Pinkham, Yakama Nation – Mother Nation Homeless Outreach Engagement Coordinator Glen is an enrolled member of the Yakama Nation and has 40+ year’s as a cultural mentor, advisor and group facilitator. He brings a wealth of knowledge in working with all socio-economic backgrounds and people. He currently works with Mother Nation as the Homeless Outreach Representative, reaching out to the Native community in King County. He is also a Chief Seattle Club Elder conducting sweat lodge, prayer services at hospitals, homes, and out in the field. Other past and present experiences include being a Spiritual counselor at United Indians [Labateyah Youth Home] which is for young adults 18-24 year olds; and working at Thunderbird Treatment Center [Seattle Indian Health Board] as a Traditional Health Practitioner. Glen has been married for 34 years to Yvette Pinkham; they have three adult children.

Yvette Pinkham, MSW/CDP, So. Cheyenne – Mother Nation Cultural Services Coordinator/Wellness Coach Yvette is a member of the So. Cheyenne tribe and has a wealth of 20+ year’s working experience with underrepresented and diverse youth/families and Elders. She is a life-long student of Traditional teachings, Holistic practices, and Wellness education. In her background as a Chemical Dependency Professional, an Indian Child Welfare foster care social worker, and as a Wellness coach, Yvette brings enthusiasm, patience, positive attitude, serene personality to her role as Cultural Services Coordinator at Mother Nation. She is a dedicated to giving back to the Native community and is honored to serve as a past board member for Red Eagle Soaring board member and for UNEA/Seattle Clear Sky. She is married to Glen Pinkham for 35 and have three beautiful adult children.