About Us
ABOUT
Through our work at 7 Directions of Service, we seek to mobilize and advocate for Indigenous and historically marginalized communities bearing the brunt of social and environmental injustices locally, nationally, and beyond. We also carry a responsibility to be a strong voice for the lands, waters, (and more-than-human world, four-legs, no legs, and winged ones).
We bring a historical analysis and intersectional lens to all of our efforts so that we can ground our current work and struggle in a political context that acknowledges the ongoing oppressive legacy of white supremacy, settler colonialism, classism, heteropatriarchy, and the impacts that continue to be felt today through the violence of racial capitalism. Our efforts are a part of a legacy of grassroots movements born from the state violence exacted against our communities. While we certainly find ourselves in unique times, the harms our communities continue to face under the settler state are not new. The destructive force of racial capitalist economies continues to harm all life and sacred kinship systems, beginning with our beloved earth and extending all the way to our intimate family relationships. We are living in uncertain times and yet the moment is ripe with opportunity to make a radical change. Now is the time to look to the leadership, wisdom, and experience of those who ARE the frontlines.
Grassroots Organizing
For indigenous communities across the country, and in the Piedmont of North Carolina, we can see evidence of explicit attempts to take and control both land and people and there is a growing need to stand up for our neighbors and the land that sustains all of us. 7 Directions of Service emphasizes that the construction man camps that the pipelines bring into the affected communities has a link between missing murdered and indigenous women.
Social Justice
As an experienced leader, we have consistently delivered quality services at the best value to its clients and developed an outstanding reputation with clients and regulatory agencies for understanding the intricacies of heritage management planning, permitting, and project implementation. In the past centuries have been influenced by non-traditional ways of life, resulting in traditional practices being lost.