NATIVE VOICES RISING ANNOUNCES $3.5 MILLION TO NATIVE-LED ADVOCACY
Native Voices Rising announces $3.5 million in grants to 114 Indigenous and Native-led advocacy and organizing groups. Since 2013, NVR has granted a total of $9 million in general operating support to Native-led grassroots and advocacy efforts that empower American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities.
A Case for Funding Native-led Change
Opportunities are opening up as the result of improving economic standards, higher levels of educational attainment, and better health outcomes in certain regions; however, many of the challenges that have long faced our population still persist. For every major challenge and issue, there are also efforts to make positive changes.