To train Navajo youth and adults in leadership:

Activity 1: Establish the Navajo leadership Training Center under the umbrella of the Navajo Institute; Activity 2: Raise funds and provide scholarships for participants; Activity 3: Train youth and adults in community organization, voter registration, grants writing, door-to-door fundraising, leadership, investigative practices, planning, and nonviolence; Activity 4: Host youth leadership conferences; Activity 5: Raise funds for summer youth leadership camps.

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To recognize outstanding civil rights leadership in the area of the Navajo Nation:

Activity 1: Host an annual dinner to recognize civil rights leadership; Activity 2: To raise funds and award money along with a Civil Rights Leader of the Year Award; Activity 3: To promote civil rights leadership through seminars, workshops, and travel opportunities to attend nonviolence leadership training; Activity 4: To publish articles in The Navajo Times and other border town newspapers on civil rights leadership; Activity 5: To create scholarships for specialized training in community organization for civil rights leaders.

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To provide training in grantsmanship and community organization to Chapter Houses and other organizations in the Navajo Nation:

Activity 1: Conduct one-day seminars for nonprofit organizations and Chapter Officials to enhance their own funding opportunities; Activity 2: Provide a sliding fee schedule based on financial need to attend the training workshops; Activity 3: Train selected high school youth in grantsmanship and hire a few to work for the Institute in the summer; Activity 4: Seek to establish a Foundation Center and Us Government Documents area in the Navajo Nation Public Library; Activity 5: Bring in the Foundation Center and The Grantsmanship Center staff for workshops and training, along with the Midwest Academy, Acorn, and Southwest Organizing Project for community organizing training.

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To conduct Navajo advocacy training, special education parent advocacy training, and training in assertiveness, physical fitness, and health-related topics:

Activity 1: Training workshops, seminars, and conferences are part of the financial base of the Institute; Activity 2: Develop a brochure for training opportunities for Navajo youth and adults; Activity 3: Seek corporate sponsorship for training, workshops, and conferences; Activity 4: Develop and prioritize training needs and schedule according to need and priority; Activity 5: Establish a training facility within the Institutes facilities.

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To act as advisor to the Navajo Nation Council, President, and Supreme Court:

Activity 1: Host an annual Navajo Leadership Seminar on a topic of concern to the leadership; Activity 2: Seek corporate and private sponsorship of training for leadership; Activity 3: Sponsor and seek funds to provide Franklin Planners and training to leadership; Activity 4: Consult as needed on policy development issues and Navajo Nation problems Activity 5: Host seminars with major corporate, foundation, and other leaders and the top Navajo leadership.

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