Salish School Indigenous Language Revitalization

Yes! Our endangered Indigenous languages can be revitalized!

In communities across North America, there is renewed hope that our Indigenous languages can be preserved and revitalized, and there is strong consensus that our languages are the key to maintaining cultural and community identity. Unfortunately, most Indigenous language communities continue to suffer a net loss of fluent speakers due to the passing of our … Read Now

Elderly woman with floral chest tattoos flexes confidently in a breast cancer awareness image. Bold text reads, "Breaking the Silence: Starting the Breast Health Conversation in Our Communities," with pink ribbons and the Kauffman and Associates, Inc. logo.

Breaking the Silence: Starting the Breast Health Conversation in Our Communities

By Jo Ann Kauffman, MPHPresident/Founder, Kauffman and Associates, Inc. In 2020, while the rest of the country was in the throes of COVID-19, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Not just any breast cancer…. Stage 3, metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) to be exact. An aggressive little beast.  This came as quite a shock. … Read Now