Alyssa Dawamana Macy Alyssa Dawamana Macy is of the Wasco, Navajo, and Hopi descent and a member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon. She was born to Jim Macy and Carla Dalton, American Indian Movement activists, and raised on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central Oregon. She has a Bachelor of Science in Justice Studies from Arizona State University and is finishing a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the University of Minnesota. She currently resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Alyssa has over 10 years in community organizing and communications and an avid photographer and writer. She led an unprecedented effort to mobilize Native American voters in the 2004 and continues to work with Native American people on a variety of civic engagement initiatives. This year, she is leading the efforts of Four Directions, a nonprofit focused on mobilizing Native American voters in Minnesota and Montana. She also dedicated to working with young people in leadership, personal, and political development and has been working with NVision, Hip Hop Congress, and the League of Young Voters to achieve those goals. Her communications work includes the development a number of online communication tools for Native people that focus on education and politics that have collectively grown to over 4200 subscribers. She believes that media – it’s content, form, and expression – has an impact on all who consume it. It is tied to issues of social justice, power, and equity and continues to be both a positive and negative force in our communities. She believes that media, in all its forms, feeds the mind and strengthens the spirit. Therefore, she is committed to providing content that will help the mind grow and touch the spirit. Her current photography and writing can be accessed at www.indigeniusmedia.com. Alyssa works with Indigenous organizations and allied partners to develop content for alternative media outlets with a focus on reaching young people and communities of color. Most recently, she photographed and reported from the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York. Through her photography and reporting, she provided timely updates on the proceedings over the two-week period. By bringing together her love for photography and her activism, she is growing as a photojournalist. Her camera and note pad have been her steady partner throughout her global travels. Alyssa serves on the Board of the League of Young Voters and the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (MWFCO) and Co-Chairs the Advisory Committee for Hip Hop Congress.
Click on the Individuals below to read more Ryan Red Corn (Osage): Film, Graphic and Web Design, Red Hand Media, Pawhuska, OK Happy Frejo (Pawnee/Seminole): Hip Hop Artist, Poet, Dancer & Youth Trainer, Los Angeles, CA Jenni Monet (Laguna): Journalist, Media Trainer & Filmmaker, 'nish Media, Brooklyn, NY Myron Dewey (Paiute): Digital Media Specialist/Trainer, Digital Smoke Signals, Lawrence, KS
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