CORE INITIATIVES

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Despite the urgent necessity to phase out fossil fuels, the Southeast is facing an onslaught of methane gas expansion projects, including the Transco SSEP, Duke & Dominion's T-15, MVP Southgate, and Buc-ee’s 120-pump gas station.

7DS is helping to build an educated, leader-full grassroots movement of impacted community members across race and class differences to stop these disastrous projects from moving forward.

We are leading a long-haul effort to bring the Indigenous-led Rights of Nature Movement to NC.. We will start by advancing Rights of Nature legislation for the Haw River in the NC General Assembly, as well as at the municipal level. By fostering cultural shift towards the Indigenous and Earth-honoring values at the heart of the movement through advocacy, outreach, media campaigns and education, we know we will build the base necessary to achieve our goals.

Visit our Rights of Nature page to learn more and get involved.

Throughout the year, 7DS offers youth programs, rites of passage and Yesah culture classes to our community members. Most programs take place at the 7DS Yesah Farm, which serves as a space for re-establishing Indigenous agricultural and cultural practices and teachings, and hosting opportunities for youth and leadership development. 

Our relational, cultural and land work are intwined with environmental justice and slowing the climate crisis, as it's well understood that the solutions we seek already exist within the foundation of Indigenous cultures. For these practices to take root again, we need to put LandBack into Indigenous hands.