Ongoing initiatives

• Health & Wellness: funding for health services; affordable housing; targeted services for elders & Two-Spirit; mental health; culturally relevant health education & services

• Education/Youth/Families:  Culturally appropriate K-12 curricula and afterschool programming; youth suicide prevention; education opportunities; banning Native mascots

• Cultural/Political/Social Issues:  Increasing visibility of American Indians locally and nationally through establishing Indigenous People’s Day, removing community statues/symbols of conquest & genocide, changing street names.  

• Government: More hiring of Native peoples in government leadership positions / boards / commissions, federal and local gov’t acknowledgment of historical misrepresentation and oppression of Natives and changing to supportive actions and language.  

Bay Area Resources

Families

• Find free meals for children

• Find out about emergency childcare centers

• State Disability or Paid Family Leave Benefits

Elders

• Get meals for elders

• Designated Safe Shopping Hours for Elders

General Community

• Find a Food Bank Near You

• Suspended Power & Water Shutoffs

• MOHCD - Moratorium on Rent Evictions

• Shelters & Temporary Housing

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