
Tentative Agenda:
H.E.R.O. Expo 2022
1st Annual He Sapa Encouraging Resiliency in our Oyate
FREE Youth and Community Expo!
June 22 – 24, 2022
The Monument, Rapid City, South Dakota
Day 1: June 22nd, 2022
7:00 am – 8:00 am: Registration/Breakfast Rushmore Hall 1
8:00 am – 5:00 pm: Asnikiya Room (Room of Rest) – Open Throughout the Expo
Childcare room – Open throughout the Expo
8:00 am: Opening Prayer by Chris Eagle Hawk
Welcome by Trivia Afraid of Lighting-Craddock, CWOY Program Manager & Jerilyn Church, CEO of Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board
9:00 am Keynote Speakers: John Witherspoon & Mylo Smith
11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Lunch Rushmore Hall 1
Guest Speaker: Miss Denver March Powwow Tessa Abby
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Start of Breakout Sessions:
- Question, Persuade, and Refer Training (Q.P.R.) – Annie Lloyd
- Community Emergency Response for Teens (CERT for Teens) – EOC
- Opioid Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Administration – Larry Archambeau
- Working with Youth – CWOY Staff
- Music as Medicine – ALLSZN Fam
- Pte Oyate Concepts (Suicide awareness) – Chris Eagle Hawk
- The Two-Spirit Identity; How to reclaim your LGBTQ+ identity as an Indigenous Person in the face of Colonization – April Matson
- Art Project – Steven Paul Judd
- Self-Defense – Dow Souksavath
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm: BREAK
3:15 pm – 5:00 pm: Continuation of Breakout Sessions:
- Question, Persuade, Refer (Q.P.R.) – Annie Lloyd
- Finding Your Voice Through Creative Writing – Clementine Bordeaux
- Art Project – Steven Paul Judd
- Defend Our Children – John Witherspoon
- The Missing Youth and Runaway Scene through the eyes of RCPD – Eric Dwyer
- How To Be A Hero: Destigmatizing Mental Health – Tosa Two Heart
- How Do We Make Music With Intention? – Talon D. Bazile
- Building Healthier Family Dynamics – Mylo Smith
5:00 pm: Closing activities for Day 1
Day 2: June 23, 2022
8:00 am – 9:00 am: Registration/Breakfast Rushmore Hall 1
8:00 am: Opening prayer for Day 2 by Chris Eagle Hawk
Welcome Back by Jr. Miss Oglala Lakota Nation Shawntay Iron Horse
Encouraging Words from Trivia Afraid of Lighting-Craddock & Mylo Smith
9:00 am – 11:30 am: Interactive Ice Breakers Rushmore Hall 1
11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Lunch Rushmore Hall 1
Guest Speaker Miss Cheyenne River Ahanni Knight
Contemporary Native HERO Cosplay Contest: dress as your favorite Native American hero. Participants can dress as their favorite Native American person, a film/comic character, or a celebrity.
Cosplay Contest Rules:
- Contemporary: portrayal of characters, real-life individuals or celebrities. Be as creative and respectful as possible.
- Only positive portrayals of Native Americans. No stereotypes or negative portrayals of anyone.
- Youth category: ages up to 17.
- Adult category: 18 and over.
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Day 2 Breakout Sessions
- Question, Persuade, Refer (Q.P.R.) – Annie Lloyd
- Working with Youth – CWOY Staff
- Music is Medicine – ALLSZN Fam
- Art Project – Steven Paul Judd
- Pregnancy and Mental Health – Kahomy Souksavath-Weston & Amanda Youngers
- Becoming a Youth Ambassador for MMIW – Lily Mendoza – Featuring Laurn Schad
- Pte Oyate Concepts (Suicide Awareness) – Chris Eagle Hawk
- Singing Calls Your Spirit Back – Tianna Spotted Thunder
- Self–Defense – Dow Souksavath
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Continuation of Breakout Sessions
- Question, Persuade, Refer (Q.P.R.) – Annie Lloyd
- How Do We Make Music With Intention? – Talon D. Bazile
- Building Healthier Family Dynamics – Mylo Smith
- Art Project With Steven Paul Judd
- Finding Your Voice Through Creative Writing – Clementine Bordeaux
- Singing Calls Your Spirit Back – Tianna Spotted Thunder
- Defend Our Children – John Witherspoon
- How To Be A Hero: Destigmatizing Mental Health – Tosa Two Heart
7:00 pm – 11:00 pm: “Healing Through Dance” Community Wacipi Barnett Fieldhouse
- 7:00 pm: Grand Entry
- 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm: Introduction of flags, royalty
- Intertribal Dancing and Singing
- Tiny Tots
- 10:30 pm: Retreat/End Wacipi
Day 3: June 24, 2022
9:00 am: Breakfast Rushmore Hall 1
Opening Prayer by Chris Eagle Hawk
Encouraging Words:
Mylo Smith
10:00am-11:00am: Self-defense demonstration – Dow Souksavath
11:00am-12:00pm: Open Community discussion forum
Door Prizes
Closing Wopila by CWOY Navigators
Closing Prayer and Azilya
6:00 pm: Evening Concert Theatre
Master of Ceremonies Mylo Smith
ALLSZN Fam
Liv the Artist
Tiana Spotted Thunder
Talon D. Bazile