New Mexico
Roots Fellowship
Funding and support for the highly entreprenuerial young leader looking to launch innovative social ventures.
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Project
Re-Think Dine Power
Location:
Shiprock, New Mexico
Funded:
2009
In 2009 the Focus Roots Fellowship supported Re-Tthink Dine Power. This project provided organizing support, resources, and training for the young Navajo leaders in NW New Mexico fighting the construction of the Desert Rock Coal Plant on Navajo land. In collaboration with the indigenous group Dooda Desert Rock (Dooda means “absolutely no!” in Dine, the local Navajo language) this project used organizing and indigenous art and heritage to build the public will to stop construction of the proposed coal plant, and bring green job opportunities to the region.
Project Fellows
Erin Coffey
Roots Fellow
Amanda Hass
Roots Fellow