Two youth from The Pas Friendship Centre’s Youth Leadership Team attended the Rise Up: Youth Leadership Days at the Legislature in Winnipeg. Addison Ward and Gabrielle Fulmore are two grade 11 students who attend Margaret Barbour Collegiate Institute, went to the Rise Up: Youth Leadership Days with The Pas Friendship Centre Region Home Coordinator Tamara Nechvatal.
“At the conference, there was a drum circle with students in grades 10 to 12 and a choir performed songs in their traditional language,” said Ward. “We went to the Manitoba Legislature Building and met Premier Wab Kinew and Minister Tracy Schmidt.”