Support the Pueblo Relief Fund
In an effort to meet the most critical needs of the 20 Pueblo Nations during the COVID-19 crisis, the All Pueblo Council of Governors (APCG) and the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC), have created and are administering a Pueblo Relief Fund.
The donations to the Pueblo Relief Fund will be used to immediately begin addressing supply and service needs of the Pueblos in order to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus and lower the infection rate among tribal members. These needs include essential disinfecting supplies, personal protective equipment, and food distribution. APCG and IPCC will use the funds to immediately begin purchasing these essential items and delivering them to the Pueblos for distribution to tribal members.
“As the pueblos are being impacted by COVID-19, we, as tribal leaders, continue working around the clock advocating for our communities’ needs and resources as it is our responsibility to protect the health and safety of our people. Our tribal communities are very tight-knit, and we have multigenerational housing within our pueblos, so the immense scale of this pandemic has created intricate challenges in the delivery and expansion of preparedness resources to our tribal members. Now is a time where we have come together to support one another in this crisis, and appreciate any support that can be afforded to our communities as we collectively address this emergency.”
– Chairman J. Michael Chavarria, All Pueblo Council of Governors
Ryan "Opalanietet" Pierce says
Dear Pueblo Relief Fund,
Kwamgomel (Greetings). My name is Ryan Opalanietet Pierce. I am a member of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape tribal nation, and Founder and Artistic Director of Eagle Project, http://www.eagleprojectarts.org. I had the pleasure of attending and listening to the virtual meeting of the Navajo, Pueblo, and Hopi nations earlier this week. I heard about it through the American Indian Community House of New York City, of which I’ve been a member since 2001.
I’m writing this morning to let you know that my company, Eagle Project, is collaborating with some other organizations in putting together a virtual music and arts festival called Justice Beats on May 30th to help raise money for some organizations that work in and with impacted communities of the Coronavirus.
Given your tremendous work and the current struggles that are happening in our indigenous communities, I wanted to know if your organization, and other you may know about, would be interested in possibly being a beneficiary of some of the monies raised. If there is, please contact me at ryanvpierce@yahoo.com.
Any thoughts you have would be of tremendous help.
I’ve included more information on the festival and the criteria for beneficiary organizations below this message.
Kindly let me know your thoughts, and w’anishi (thank you) for your time.
Yours truly,
Ryan Opalanietet
Eagle Project
Eagle Project in partnership with Adalah Justice Project, Center for Constitutional Rights, and Donkeysaddle Projects present:
Justice Beats: Virtual Fundraiser
A virtual music festival that will raise funds for communities in urgent need. The May 30th festival will focus on five impacted communities: Undocumented folks, Palestinians, Incarcerated People, Indigenous Communities, and Houseless People. Not only will the funds raised benefit folks from those vulnerable communities, but the festival will also be used to amplify the work of DJs, musicians, and other artists from that community. The event will also be an opportunity for these artists to earn some much-needed income at a time when artists’ livelihoods have been decimated.
Criteria:
The orgs/collectives/groups are comprised of/lead by members of the impacted communities
The orgs/collectives/groups ensure that the funds raised will directly benefit impacted community members (as defined by the org)