Indigenous Lifeways
Rasheeda Hawk
Rasheeda Hawk Participant: 2021 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Removing pollutants and toxins from Los Angeles communities through science and education. Region Los Angeles, CA Affiliations & Roles Program Director of Syntropy within Commonweal Rasheeda’s motivation to be a research scientist started when she used to watch her grandfather make medicine and different herbal concoctions…
Read MoreKaren Crespo Triveño
Karen Crespo Triveño Participant: 2021 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Decolonizing food systems and transnational indigenous spaces. Region California, USA Affiliations & Roles Lead Organizer, Leaders4Earth Karen is a Quechua Bolivian who grew up in the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. She is…
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Tiffany Cook Participant: 2021 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Healing her tribe through food justice and environmental advocacy. Region Mohawk Valley, New York Affiliations & Roles Partner & Corn Sister, Three Sisters Sovereignty Project Tiffany Cook is a grandmother and mother of three. She runs a successful juicing and nutritional support initiative which brings healing through…
Read MoreJanet Valenzuela
Janet Valenzuela Participant: 2021 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Bridging food sovereignty and environmental justice issues. Region Los Angeles, California Affiliations & Roles Eco-Mujerista Janet Valenzuela (She/Her/Hers) is an eco-mujerista from Huntington Park (Southeast Los Angeles) whose work is centered on bridging food sovereignty and environmental justice issues in Los Angeles (occupied Tongva territory) using…
Read MoreBeth Roach
Beth Roach U.S. Accelerator Program Lead Elizabeth (Beth) Roach is a Co-founder of Alliance of Native Seedkeepers, an organization that was formed to keep ancestral seeds alive and to rebuild culture and food security in native communities. Beth has an extensive background in grants management, conservation, financial management, and organizing. She is also a storyteller…
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