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Dave Borrowes browses the Farmers.gov website
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Dave Borrowes, a producer with the North-South Institute, browses the Farmers.gov website as his Katahdin sheep, feed on his farm Epic Ranch, in Davie, Florida, February 22, 2021. (USDA/FPAC Photo by Preston Keres)
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Diversity Joint Venture for Careers in Conservation
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A partnership of federal and state agencies, universities, non-governmental organizations, foundations, and professional societies that work together to increase the number of women and people of color in the conservation workforce.
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Field Inclusive, Inc.
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Field Inclusive amplifies and supports Black-identifying and historically excluded individuals who professionally work outdoors in any natural resources field. We strive to be more than a social media movement by offering tangible and actionable improvements in field research issues related to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI).
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First Nations Development Institute Grants
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First Nations began its national grantmaking program in 1993. Through mid-year 2022, we have successfully managed 2,702 grants totaling $54.7 million to Native American projects and organizations in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. Territory American Samoa.
First Nations grantmaking program provides both financial and technical resources to tribes and Native nonprofit organizations to support asset-based development efforts.
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First Nations Development Institute
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First Nations Development Institute improves economic conditions for Native Americans through direct financial grants, technical assistance & training, and advocacy & policy.
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Guide: Making Equity Real in Climate Adaptation and Community Resilience Policies and Programs
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A Guidebook from the Greenlining Insitute, a nonprofit founded in 1993, that works to create a nation where communities of color thrive and race
is never a barrier to economic opportunity.
To prioritize the climate adaptation and community resilience needs of frontline communities and address the historical neglect they have experienced, we must move beyond embracing equity to making it real. This requires centering community needs and building social equity into the very fabric of policies and grant programs that focus on climate adaptation and resilience. To get there, this Guidebook offers policymakers a blueprint on how to operationalize equity in policies and grant programs
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Guide: The Spectrum of Public Participation
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The Spectrum of Public Participation was created by the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2)—an international professional organization that works to advance the practice of public participation globally. The Spectrum is a useful tool for professionals to consider opportunities to improve and deepen public participation and engagement.
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Indigenous Peoples Burning Network
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The Indigenous Peoples Burning Network (IPBN) is a support network among Native American communities that are revitalizing their traditional fire practices in a contemporary context.
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Initiative: USFWS & Partners support Hispanic forest landowners
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service recently partnered with the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities and mano-Y-ola to complete a demographic study of Hispanic family forest landowners across the United States, including Puerto Rico.
“The Hispanic population is one of the largest and fastest growing in the United States, yet very little is known about their relationship to land ownership,” said Nolo Martinez, co-president of man-Y-ola.
Mano-Y-ola, a North Carolina-based consulting firm that focuses on minority and immigrant farmer communities, examined forest landowner demographic trends and the Hispanic presence in North America...
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Intertribal Agriculture Council: Technical Assistance Network
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The Technical Assistance Network provides direct assistance with USDA program access - outreach, eligibility, applications, and contract implementation support as needed. The Technical Assistance Network also leverages partnerships, supports project development, government-to-government relations, and focuses on resource identification to meet individual producer and Tribal community priorities related to agriculture, land management, and community development.
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