This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to the global center for cultural entrepreneurship

Specifically, the project will support the recipient and its partners to engage residents of the eight northern pueblos (ENP) in new mexico around climate and environmental justice issues that are affecting them. Engagement includes education for residents, CO-produced reports and recommendations that will inform state, local and tribal governments about the communities' environmental justice priorities, and training for young adults to become stewards of environmental justice in their communities. The focus will be on data sharing, rather than only data collection, because preliminary discussions among partners revealed a GAP between receiving and understanding scientific data that is shared in the ENP. The new mexico partnership for equitable climate planning and policy (NMP) includes seven collaborating entities (the partners) located within or in proximity to the ENP: amigos bravos, creative startups, eight northern indian pueblos council office of environmental technical assistance, the indigenous design and planning institute at university of new mexico (UNM), the new mexico environment department, northern new mexico college, and santa FE county planning department. The partnership represents a historic collaboration designed to reduce the above systemic barriers through an indigenous-led approach among tribal, state, and county governments, community-based environmental and justice organizations, and higher education institutions.activities:the activities will be lead by the new mexico partnership for equitable climate planning and policy (NMP) and together, the partners will assist eight northern pueblos (ENP) community leaders and organizations in hosting over forty climate justice and community engagement workshops and events directly engaging eight hundred and forty ENP residents; publish and widely disseminate three annual eight northern pueblo climate justice reports and recommendations; design, launch and host the climate justice leadership development program graduating thirty young adults (cohorts) from ENP communities; and establish three seminal climate justice agreements among tribal, state, county and climate justice organizations to reduce barriers to meaningful resident participation. Subrecipient:amigos bravos' (501C3), communities for clean water program will focus on engaging locally-based climate justice community based organizations and advocacy organizations, advise on community priorities RE climate justice, and advise on state, county, EPA rule-making processes. Eight northern indian pueblos council (501C3) office of environmental technical assistance (oeta) will focus on CO-lead tribal resident and governmental outreach with indigenous design and planning institute (ID+PI), ENP events and workshops, cohort recruitment, advise on community priorities, science, and environmental justice. Indigenous design and planning institute (ID+PI) at the university of new mexico will focus on CO-lead measurement via plan, access, engage, and share (P.L.A.C.E.S.) framework, CO-lead tribal outreach with oeta, and CO-lead cohort recruitment, advise on community priorities regarding environmental justice. Northern stewards at northern new mexico college (nnmc) will focus on applying extensive experience working with ENP young adults, adapting award-winning curriculum, and CO-lead cohort recruitment.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include engaging state, county, tribal, higher education, and eight northern pueblo (ENP) residents in collaborative decision-making processes resulting in a new mexico environmental department (nmed) citizen advisory board with the eight northern pueblos (ENP) and twice annual state and county senior leadership meetings with ENP residents and leaders; reports to activate public support and engage policy, decision-making