Native Voices Rising and Soaring:
Native-led social change work is at the heart of today’s social movements, from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock to the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
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.