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Who We Are

  • Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights

    Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights

    Our founders have worked with the first places in the world to establish legal rights of nature. Today, we are working with grassroots, tribal, and NGO partners and governments across the globe to develop, implement, and enforce Rights of Nature laws.

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  • Center for Ethical Land Transition

    The Center for Ethical Land Transition is an emerging nonprofit organization bringing a land centric approach to ethical land transitions. The Center for Ethical Land Transition supports the land justice movement with alternative real estate transitions rooted in BIPOC solidarity, land centric orientation, and innovating how land is legally and cooperatively stewarded.

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  • One Light Global

    One Light Global transforms crisis-impacted communities into cities of inspiration. Through empowered collaboration with marginalized communities, integrating innovative technology with cultural wisdom, One Light Global co-creates replicable, scalable, sustainable models for how humanity can thrive in our rapidly changing world.

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  • Regenerative Earth

    Regenerative Earth is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is committed to preserving biological diversity and indigenous wisdom in keystone ecosystems globally, as well as enabling conditions where humans and the environment thrive within.

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ADVISORS

  • Rebecca Jim

    Rebecca Jim is the Tar Creekkeeper as well as the Executive Director and co-founder of the non-profit organization LEAD Agency (Local Environmental Action Demanded). She is a member of the Cherokee Nation.

    Rebecca began working in Miami Public Schools as a counselor in 1978 and soon found finding ways to reclaim Tar Creek, restore the land and protect the health of the people her mission.

    Rebecca holds a BA in Behavioral Sciences from Southern Colorado State College and a Masters in Education, Counseling from Northeastern State University.

    When not fighting for environmental justice, Rebecca is enjoying her home on tallgrass prairie in northeastern Oklahoma and is a craftsperson in beadwork and baskets, with a lifetime love of the arts.

  • RAMSAY TAUM, KUMU RAMSAY

    Tribal affiliation: Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian)

    Representing: Royal Family of Hawaii, crownofhawaii.com

    Residing in: Honolulu, Hawaii

    I have actively been involved in restorative justice issues related to native Hawaiian rights for over 40 years as a cultural practitioner, academic and professional facilitator.

  • Maija Danilova West

    Maija Danilova West is a business consultant, advisor, and peacemaker, drawing on 15 years of practice as a former attorney and strategist. As the founder and managing partner of Maija West Consulting, she combines leadership training with a fierce commitment to elevate and support women’s voices during this time of great change.

    Maija’s leadership vision is guided by the cultural practices of her Latvian heritage—she was raised to honor and support relationships, traditions, and life’s many transitions. Professionally, she has been advising nonprofits, foundations, businesses, Tribes, and government agencies for over 25 years. Maija uses reconciliation, peacemaking, and other forms of conflict resolution to support advanced communication and leadership in diverse communities. She is also the co-founder of the Healing and Reconciliation Institute.

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