Donate to the Native American Advancements Education Plan

NAAC's plan has begun with the expansion, doubling its workforce from 16 to 32 on staff. This expansion is by accepting new grant programs that increased our capacity of the existing workforce development and worker protection systems. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

NAAC pairs job creation efforts with next-generation training programs, The Infrastructure Plan is investing in evidence-based approaches to supporting workers. This initiative includes high-quality training and effective partnerships between workforce development, AmeriCorps, Climate Corps, and employers.

This funding will ensure comprehensive services for workers who have lost jobs through no fault to gain new skills and get the career services they need with in-demand jobs.

NAAC's sector-based conservation training programs will be focused on growing, high-demand sectors such as our weatherization programs. We target workforce development opportunities in underserved communities. Structural racism and persistent economic inequities have undermined millions of workers' prospects.

All the investments in workforce training will prioritize underserved communities and communities hit hard by a transforming economy. The Plans goal is to create new jobs in clean energy that are open and accessible to women and people of color, focusing on the Native American communities.

Our History

We, Nanticoke Lenape citizens, have survived the winters by planting the seeds, nurturing the land and plants, and harvesting the fruitfulness of our labor.

Little is known about us, Nanticoke Lenape, and the perils of our existence. We never speak about our hurt and pain and how we survived. We have stories from our elders and pass these stories on to our youth from one generation to the next.

For many years we survived as a remote community and remained a hidden people. Our babies, brothers, and sisters have been torn away from our homeland for hundreds of years. They are still a part of our life and our soil today. We remained and are keeping this land and seed for all.

In 1524, we revealed ourselves to Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer of North America. We were living on what is now called the Delaware River. In 1924, 400 years later, we American Indians finally became citizens of America. But this Act was not retroactive. We were not citizens if we were born before 1924.

This citizenship did not change until the passage of The Nationality Act of 1940, just 80 years ago. My name is Ty from the Nanticoke Lenape Nation. I am the President and CEO of Native American Advancement Corp. My grandfather was born in 1919. His military service card listed him as an Indian "Citizen" because he participated in the war.

In 1628 we welcomed the Puritan's first town in Salem, Massachusetts. They told us that they called themselves "Puritans." They wanted to "purify" themselves from the Church of England. The puritans set up a religious colony based on their beliefs and to practice their religious freedom.

In 1978, 350 years later, The American Indian Religious Freedom Act was finally established. This act protected our rights so that we could exercise our traditional religion. In 1978, we finally had access to our sacred sites and objects and the freedom to worship through traditional ceremonies.

We protect the animals and fish. We are still here. They tried to erase us from history, yet history preserved us through antiquity. They have recorded our tribal presence, not just ancient communities, but our bones that are buried in this land.

What We Do

Historically, only 0.4 percent of large U.S. philanthropic giving is directed to Native communities, and even fewer of those dollars are directed to Tribal-led conservation efforts to protect and preserve the variety and variability of life on earth.

Native American Advancement Corp is managed by members of the Nanticoke Lenape citizens and conserves and protects our ancestral lands and waterways in Lenapehoken (New Jersey). We Nanticoke Lenape people have long-held knowledge and sustainable practices critical to a healthy environment.

Your support, pledge, and donation will provide much-needed expansion in our ability to coordinate, support, and provide conservation work. NAAC is expanding programs in our successful conservation services.

We offer many opportunities through DCA and AmeriCorps to make our world a better place. Please help NAAC with the next endeavor by supporting today.

NAAC addresses educational concerns with energy conservation, and natural resources, soil, water, and air. This education plan aligns with the goals and educational resources currently in place. With partners like the DEP, DCA, DOE, Nature Conservations, community organizations, individuals, and local universities and schools, NAAC will be the leader in the change to preserve and protect natural resources by utilizing a Native American approach to address conservation concerns.

The Pledge to Our Native Education Plan

To join the pledge, donors can commit to allocating a specific amount of programmatic dollars or a percentage of annual programmatic spending that allows donors to participate in opportunities offered by NAAC to complement their financial commitment.

We will collaborate closely with you to convene a series of learning opportunities that seek to engage supporters around emerging issues.

We will start with the fundamentals of the seven generations. We honor the ways of our ancestors by instilling in each generation the way to form a firm foundation: to live in balance and harmony. Balance and harmony are living one with nature.

Without the teachings of seven generations, simply acknowledging the ways of our people as a culture would imply that we risk losing the traditions that keep our community alive.

Harmony, in general, is about teaching our children and passing on our people's ways, knowing how to identify the seed, when to plant the seed, and when to harvest the fruit. Our harmony is about learning how to prepare the meal that comes from the fruit.

Our connection is about knowing how to preserve the seed for future generations by harvesting the fruit we planted.

This expansion represents our harvest of many years, our citizenship, and our religion and pays tribute to us as a people! We are returning to the land of our ancestors!

How To Get Involved

Donors can commit to NAAC's Conservation Pledge by designating an amount of dollars for our conservation plans listed on our website:
https://www.nativeadvancement....

Hours M-F: 9 am - 4 pm
Telephone: 856-455-0600
Email: TyGould@NativeAdvancement.org

Native American Advancement Corp
501(c)(3) organization
Donations are tax-deductible

17 E COMMERCE STREET 1ST FL
Bridgeton NJ 08302-1919

Bridgeton NJ | IRS ruling year: 2010 | EIN: 27-2313072
Charitable Registration number: CH4447400

Donate to the Native American Advancements Education Plan

Historically, only 0.4 percent of large U.S. philanthropic giving is directed to Native communities

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