View in Browser: http://list.ciea-health.org/scripts/wa-CIEAH.exe?A2=CIEA_LIST_TRIBAL;8b435538.2301p ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### CIEA Environmental Chronicle - Vol. 45, Issue 2, January 2023 Monthly news of environmental issues affecting Indigenous Peoples ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### 1. Webinar Opportunity- How’s My Waterway: January 25, 2023 2. Funding Opportunity- Open Society Foundations: Soros Equality Fellowship: January 31, 2023 The Soros Equality Fellowship, a program of the Open Society Foundations, aims to support long-term leaders influencing the racial justice field. The Fellowship provides individuals with $100,000 to support the production of an innovative racial justice project over the course of 18 months. The goal of the Fellowship is to incubate new ideas, promote risk-taking, and develop different ways of thinking that challenge and expand our existing assumptions. The proposed project must provide considerable value to the racial justice field and inspire new approaches to address issues of structural inequities and discrimination. Activists, lawyers, artists, journalists, organizers, and others with unique perspectives are eligible to apply. The application deadline is January 31, 2023. Visit the Open Society Foundations website to learn more about the Fellowship, which can be found in the read more button below. READ MORE: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/soros-equality-fellowship 3. Apply to the CA Coastal Commission's Environmental Justice & Sea Level Rise Advisory Group- Apply by January 31, 2023 The Coastal Commission is looking for 7-8 individuals to collaborate in an advisory group to support the development of new Commission policy guidance at the intersection of sea level rise and environmental justice. The advisory group will provide input on background information on sea level rise and environmental justice concerns, the draft policy guidance outline, and a broader community engagement strategy for the draft guidance. For more information, please hit the read more button below. READ MORE: https://www.coastal.ca.gov/env-justice/advisory-group-info/ 4. Funding Opportunity- Clif Family Foundation: February 1, 2023 The Clif Family Foundation supports nonprofit grassroots organizations that have the ability to engage local groups, positively impact their communities, and focus most of their resources on useful and positive actions. Grants are provided throughout the United States to support innovative groups working to strengthen our food system, enhance equitable community health outcomes, and safeguard our environment and natural resources. Priority is given to organizations that address two or more of the Foundation's funding priorities, demonstrate strong community ties, and operate within viable and clearly defined plans for positive change. Applications are reviewed three times per year; the application deadlines are February 1, June 1, and October 1, annually. Visit the Foundation's website to learn more about the grants program and to take the eligibility quiz. 5. Comments Opportunity- Draft Grant Guidelines Workshops Announcement Fifth Assessment Tribal Research Program: Due February 1, 2023 California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment Tribal Research team is excited to release for public review the draft grant guidelines for the first round of Tribal Research Grants. The draft can be viewed on the California Energy Commission website or by contacting [log in to unmask] With a goal of making this program meaningful and accessible to all California Native American tribes, we held 4 listening sessions and consultations to create the draft grant guidelines and we would greatly appreciate your feedback. Please register below by hitting the read more button below to join a virtual Draft Grant Guidelines informational workshop on January 26th from 3pm-5pm Comments on the draft are due by 5:00 pm on February 1, 2023. You may provide comment during the workshops or submit comment to [log in to unmask] READ MORE: https://governorca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwucO2pqDwuGNw0nOXgLSZllmRBBCeDCYxv. ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### Unsubscribe: http://LIST.CIEA-HEALTH.ORG/scripts/wa-CIEAH.exe?SUBED1=CIEA_LIST_TRIBAL&A=1 P.O. Box 2128 Berkeley, CA 94702 510-848-2043 [log in to unmask] http://www.ciea-health.org/ If you would like us to share any events or news related to our mission, please do not hesitate to send the information to [log in to unmask] ############################ To unsubscribe from the CIEA_LIST_TRIBAL list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://list.ciea-health.org/scripts/wa-CIEAH.exe?SUBED1=CIEA_LIST_TRIBAL&A=1