Running Strong's 2023 Dreamstarter programs are focusing on Environmental Justice in their communities
Tillie Stewart
Crow Nation
Biawaatchaache (Good Woman) Collective
Bozeman, MT
Tillie’s dream is to elevate the voices of young Apsáalooke women, reconnect them with the land, and strengthen their participation in environmental justice work.
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Tillie’s dream is to elevate the voices of young Apsáalooke women, reconnect them with the land, and strengthen their participation in environmental justice work.
Autumn Harry
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
Great Basin Nation Building
Nixon, NV
Autumn’s dream is to equip the next generation of Native community organizers to fight the violence against Indigenous homelands and Indigenous women.
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Autumn’s dream is to equip the next generation of Native community organizers to fight the violence against Indigenous homelands and Indigenous women.
Loren Waters
Cherokee Nation
ᏗᏂᏠᎯ ᎤᏪᏯ (Meet Me At The Creek) Project
Tulsa, OK
Loren’s dream is to increase visibility of Indigenous environmental efforts, like the clean-up of the Tar Creek, across the country and to see her community inspired to participate in protecting their environment.
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Loren’s dream is to increase visibility of Indigenous environmental efforts, like the clean-up of the Tar Creek, across the country and to see her community inspired to participate in protecting their environment.
Anpa'o Locke
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe/Villiage of Tazlina
Indigenous Youth Initiative Leadership Training
Albuquerque, NM
Anpa’o’s dream is to teach Native youth to use storytelling to create more awareness of social and environmental injustices faced by tribal nations across the country and support Native youth as they make impactful change in their communities.
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Anpa’o’s dream is to teach Native youth to use storytelling to create more awareness of social and environmental injustices faced by tribal nations across the country and support Native youth as they make impactful change in their communities.
Sara Powell
Navajo Nation
Three Sisters Gardens
Springfield, UT
Sara’s dream is to engage urban Navajo youth in her community with traditional food systems and teach them how to use their cultural practices to address food security issues.
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Sara’s dream is to engage urban Navajo youth in her community with traditional food systems and teach them how to use their cultural practices to address food security issues.
Corice Lieb
Omaha Tribe
Soaring Eagles Project
Omaha, NE
Corice’s dream is to strengthen tribal sovereignty and support tribal emergency management systems by using drone technology to increase accessibility to disaster relief funds.
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Corice’s dream is to strengthen tribal sovereignty and support tribal emergency management systems by using drone technology to increase accessibility to disaster relief funds.
Sheniah Reed
Oneida
Native Nations "Water is Life" Conference
Greenfield, WI
Sheniah’s dream is to hold a space for Native youth to learn about environmental injustices, such as poor water quality and food insecurity, and get involved in both protecting their natural resources and creating a more equitable society for their people.
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Sheniah’s dream is to hold a space for Native youth to learn about environmental injustices, such as poor water quality and food insecurity, and get involved in both protecting their natural resources and creating a more equitable society for their people.
McKalee Steen
Cherokee Nation
Indigenous Youth Perspectives and Action on Landback
Oakland, CA
McKalee’s dream is to see sovereign tribal nations reclaim their lands and natural resources, and to see the future for Native youth secured through increased representation of Natives in academia and support for young Native advocates in their own “Landback” initiatives.
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McKalee’s dream is to see sovereign tribal nations reclaim their lands and natural resources, and to see the future for Native youth secured through increased representation of Natives in academia and support for young Native advocates in their own “Landback” initiatives.
Noah Proctor
Piscataway Conoy Tribe
Piscataway Community Garden
Clinton, MD
Noah’s dream is to address hunger and lack of access to healthy foods within his tribal community and reconnect youth with traditional Piscataway foods and growing practices.
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Noah’s dream is to address hunger and lack of access to healthy foods within his tribal community and reconnect youth with traditional Piscataway foods and growing practices.
Cruz Collin
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Sustainably Powering Rural Native Communities
Pine Ridge, SD
Cruz’s dream is to use Lakota and Western scientific knowledge to build a sustainable, innovative system of renewable energy and to improve the quality of life for his Lakota people and the world in the face of global climate change.
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Cruz’s dream is to use Lakota and Western scientific knowledge to build a sustainable, innovative system of renewable energy and to improve the quality of life for his Lakota people and the world in the face of global climate change.
