This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to we stay (NOS quedamos)

The recipient will create and implement a curriculum where trainers can train others to develop environmental literacy and create culturally competent community leaders which will ultimately collaborate with other leadership and stewardship teams to be able to manage and implement resiliency hubs. Resiliency hubs are crisis coordination centers which include solar panels, stormwater collection, refrigerators, wireless charging stations, etc. To substitute failed infrastructure in the case of catastrophic climate events. Activities:the activities include: contracting the curricula design and evaluation consultants; launching a design development team; conducting surveys and assessments of existing resources, to guide curricula and facilitation focus groups and visioning sessions; conducting planning and content development sessions; and piloting the delivery and application of the curriculum.subrecipient:the subawardee is a key partner that will be paid to review and test the curricula and provide specific feedback to the design development team with bimonthly meetingsoutcomes:the intended beneficiaries of this project are: NOS quedamos youth leaders, the melrose commons community, including both youth and elders, local educators, policy advocates, systems change advocates, local south bronx elected officials, and educators (both formal and informal). The anticipated deliverables include: two (2) environmental justice and resiliency curricula geared towards youth and the wider community, measurement and evaluation plans for both the community curriculum and the youth curriculum, bilingual outreach materials, community members reached after each session, and the number of youths trained on the curricula. The short term expected outcomes include increased knowledge, reasoning, and awareness on climate priorities, improved understanding of local climate priorities. For youths especially, the expectations are increased interest in science and environmental fields, the ability to engage stakeholders, decision makers, and community members in advocacy for south bronx neighborhoods, practice science, and being able to plan effective activation of the resiliency hubs. After 2 years, the expectations are that the local residents continue the self-advocacy and community ownership in melrose commons; that resiliency hubs are used for long-term emergency preparedness and centers of community building, that advocacy increases the number of local policies and plans that incorporate support for building climate resilient communities, and that youth involved pursue careers in the environmental justice fields such as planning, public health, etc. In the future.