Nonprofit leader Jennifer Roller discusses economic opportunity and racial equity.

A Warren, Ohio, nonprofit creates high-quality local jobs in the construction sector.

Nick Mitchell-Bennett and Edna Oceguera describe a holistic approach to financial well-being and affordable housing.

Martha Sanchez offers insight into community organizing around infrastructure needs.

Architect Tammy Eagle Bull addresses how colonization has disrupted the traditional holistic relationship between the Lakota community and their environment.

Lakota Elder Ben Elk Eagle speaks about the historical significance of pow wows and how traditions have changed.

Tatewin Means and Kimberly Pelkofsky discuss Thunder Valley’s whole-community approach in creating different pathways to liberation and healing.

Community organizer Marcella Gilbert reflects on her family history of activist education and how the reintroduction of traditional Lakota foods empowers her community to improve physical and spiritual health.

Andrew Corley describes the Sioux YMCA’s work in the community.

Carol Mann looks back on her years as a youth educator on the reservation.

Sharon Vogel of the Cheyenne River Housing Authority considers development in the context of geographic isolation and its associated infrastructural challenges.

Lacy Maher from the Mni Wašté Water Company explains how a decade-long water shortage hindered economic growth and stopped housing development.

Four Bands Community Fund’s Lakota Vogel offers an overview of the economic landscape of the reservation and the spatial challenges of rural development.

Cultural Preservation Officer Dana Dupris shares his upbringing and the effects of historic trauma on the tribe.

Christie Poteet and Deb Gunsallus provide housing, food, and financial security to college students.

Noran Sanford discusses GrowingChange, a nonprofit empowering North Carolina youth.

Jorden Revels shares his story of environmental activism.

Ed Hunt helps small farmers succeed in a challenging environment.