7 Directions of Service (7DS) is an Indigenous-led organization focused on environmental justice and grassroots power, operating on the ancestral homelands of the Occaneechi-Saponi in rural North Carolina. Our mission encompasses the seven directions of service, aimed at protecting Sacred Places, advocating for the legal recognition of the Rights of Nature, and establishing a land, language, and cultural center grounded in traditional Yesah teachings. Through educational and cultural programming, community projects, and civic engagement, 7DS serves as a vital force in coalition-building and cultural shifts towards environmental justice and Indigenous visions of the future. We are dedicated to being a powerful voice for the lands, waters, and the interconnected more-than-human world.
