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NCAI Toolkit Reframes Tribal Workforce Development as a Way to Revitalize Tribal Communities and Cultures
We’d love for you to learn about a dynamic tool that helps open up career pathways and systems change in tribal communities. The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Partnership for Tribal Governance offers the Tribal Workforce Development Toolkit, or...Continue Reading →
The African American Financial Capability Initiative Is Successfully Wrapping Up Its Third and Final Year. Here’s Why This Is Important.
Estimates indicate that more than two centuries will pass before African American households hold the same level of wealth that white households have today. In response to this daunting and persistent racial economic inequality, NWAF launched the African American...Continue Reading →
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Publication Features a Conversation with NWAF Board Member Zach Ducheneaux: Reservation-Based Agricultural Economies Poised to Thrive
Zach Ducheneaux; photo by Dawnee LeBeau, courtesy of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Earlier this year, Ducheneaux discussed strategies to address underinvestment and improve lending policies in Indian Country. He shared his insights in “Reinventing the...Continue Reading →
Insights on Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Journey 2: Seeing DEI as a Pathway to Necessary Change
Ann Naithani, our director of organizational effectiveness and talent development, talks about philanthropy’s strengths to advance DEI. When I was considering joining the staff of the Northwest Area Foundation in the summer of 2017, I was largely unfamiliar with...Continue Reading →
