Programs

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Community Support Project: Food & Supply Response Project

Enacted in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 epidemic, the Community Support Project was developed to address the urgent needs of some of our community's most vulnerable members. These include our wisdom keepers, elders, elderly, houseless, and individuals with underlying health conditions. The project seeks to mitigate the hardships imposed by the pandemic and ongoing hardship by focusing on four fundamental objectives. Read More

 

Return to the Earth & Molding It Project

The Return to the Earth & Molding It Project is an educational initiative aimed at teaching families the profound importance of using natural materials in their daily lives. This project emphasizes the significance of preserving and maintaining our environment, homes, and health by reconnecting with earth-based practices. By focusing on the art of working with clay, we aim to foster a deeper understanding and respect for our natural world. This project is part of our reuse, sustainability, and break-free from the Plastic campaign. Read More

 

Sacred Water and Land Youth Education and Empowerment Programs

Native educators and youth organizers will be guiding the design and implementation of experiential education programs. Elders and youth in council working to preserve culture, sacred sites and our indigenous languages through songs have been laying a foundation for intergenerational programming. Sacred Water and Land: Youth Education and Empowerment is a way for the youth to connect to our sacred sites in the ways our ancestors taught us by the offering of ourselves, acknowledging the spirits of the land, allowing the youth to hear the stories and teachings of the elders and knowledge keepers of these sites. The youth will learn original instructions on how we are to care for all creation and document their family histories. They will be mentored in a space where they can cultivate critical consciousness that enables them to deconstruct problems and offer culturally-rooted solutions. This will stimulate family tree conversations at home and also remind them of our responsibility to all life in their own terms. . Read More

 

Native Languages Program

Native Languages Program: Before Spanish and English became dominant languages in the Americas, Native people of North and South America spoke hundreds to thousands of languages that not only define us as people but shaped our traditions, teachings, spirituality, and way of life as Original People of this Continent and is why we plan to emphasize Indigenous Education that aims to offer classes that promote native language preservation and revival for multiple native communitie. Read More

 

Zero Waste - Food for the Unhoused Project
"Food for the Unhoused" part of our SNN COVID-19 Response Program (CRP) began July 2nd 2020. We are providing hot meals on weekends to those in need.

Mission: To gift a cooked meal "LIFE" to those living on the streets or having hard times during this pandemic. To educate about living in harmony with mother earth through recycling, composting food, washing your own plates, giving to receive, sharing time and food, and feeling a sense of community.

● Everything will be cooked outside and served outside.
● Tables will be separated with 6 ft distancing.
● We will have a water station for drinking.
● We will be using homemade clay plates, utensils, and cups.
● We will have a water station for washing plates, utensils, and cups.

All togo food containers, cups, and utensils used for this project are biodigradibale

 

Pipelines to Plastic Project

Texas communities have been bearing the brunt of the expansion of the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry for generations from the Permian Basin to the Gulf of Texas. Since 2016, we've been fighting the growth of pipelines, refineries, and plastic production facilities that release toxic pollution into our air, water, and land. This pollution harms marine life, wildlife, and human life in our communities, which have been deemed sacrifice zones by industry and our government.

Our stories are those of families living in the shadow of refineries, fishermen witnessing the decline of marine life, and children struggling with respiratory illnesses linked to air pollution. We document these lived experiences and connect them to the broader climate crisis. We challenge the industry's narrative of 'progress' and 'jobs' by highlighting the hidden costs borne by our communities. We advocate for a just transition, prioritizing human health, livelihoods, and environmental protection safeguards.

Our organization uses legal and policy tools to hold the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry accountable for its environmental, social, and human health impacts. We scrutinize permits for new projects, challenge environmental impact assessments, and advocate for stricter regulations on emissions and pollution. We work to address fossil fuels, petrochemicals, extraction, LNG, exports, pipelines, greenwashing, and false solutions like desalination, carbon capture, recycling, chemical recycling, and hydrogen that only perpetuate the demand and use of fossil fuels contributing to the climate crisis. 

We are helping to bring more attention to these issues by documenting and creating media content that brings awareness to the issues and lets the community know how to get involved and address the problems in the under-represented and under-resourced Indigenous, Brown, and Black frontline, fenceline communities. We also hold community workshops and programs to help families reduce/replace the use of plastic bags, straws, and most consumer plastic products with other options. We want to help bring more education about replacing plastic products in people's daily lives by teaching and providing alternative options and lifestyles through Indigenous Knowledge. One analysis predicts that by 2050, the plastic waste in the oceans will outweigh the fish, which will change our way of life forever, and this is why we believe there is no time to waste addressing the plastic epidemic. Read More

 

False Solutions Project

At FalseSolutions.org, we believe that everyone has the right to accurate information, particularly when it comes to issues that affect our planet and our future. That’s why we’ve dedicated ourselves to uncovering the truth behind the solutions being offered by corporations, politicians, and other organizations.

We’ve all heard the term “greenwashing,” which refers to the practice of making false or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of a product or service. But greenwashing is just one example of the kind of false solutions that we’re dedicated to exposing. Whether it’s a company claiming to be “carbon neutral” while continuing to engage in practices that contribute to climate change, or a politician touting a new policy that sounds great on paper but fails to address the root causes of a problem, we believe that it’s our responsibility to call out these false solutions and demand better. Read More

 

 Border Wall Project

The construction of the border wall in South Texas has resulted in the U.S. government waiving 28 environmental laws, creating significant concern among local tribal communities and environmental justice communities. Our project aims to collaborate with these local tribal communities to protect sacred sites and raise awareness about the negative ecological impacts that the wall's construction is causing.  

The waiver of the 28 laws to speed up the border wall construction allows the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to waive environmental and public health laws in 11 different areas in Texas. Some of these segments are adjacent to the Lower Rio Grande National Wildlife Refuge, The Butterfly Center, nature preserves, sacred Native American sites, and segments that run through agricultural lands and communities.

Some Private landowners have already had land seized without just compensation to build border barriers. Approximately 40 miles of existing border wall divide communities, wildlife refuges, and ranchlands. So this border wall and its disregard and waiver of the 28 laws jeopardize wildlife, endangered species, and public lands; the U.S.-Mexico border wall is part of a larger strategy of ongoing border militarization that damages human rights, civil liberties, native lands, local businesses, and international relations. The border wall impedes the natural migrations of people and wildlife, essential to healthy diversity.Read More

 

The No PHP Project

The Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP), a project developed by Kinder Morgan, is poised to extend its reach across 430 miles of Texas, posing significant threats to our natural resources and communities. This extensive pipeline will traverse regions critical for environmental and public health, including the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers, which supply clean drinking water to over 2 million residents in San Antonio and surrounding Hill Country communities.

Our project aims to raise awareness and mobilize action against the potential contamination of water, land, air, and wildlife that this pipeline expansion could cause. The Edward and Trinity Aquifers are vital for sustaining not just human life but also the intricate ecosystems that thrive around these water bodies. Contamination or disruption here could have irreversible consequences.

Moreover, the PHP, along with four other pipelines in the area, poses significant risks to underrepresented and under-resourced communities. Many local communities remain unaware of the pipeline routes and the potential long-term adverse effects on their communities, land, water, air quality, and overall human health. This lack of awareness and engagement is a pressing issue that this project seeks to address. Read More

 

 

 

 

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