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Western Organization of Resource Councils is a regional network of grassroots community organizations that include 15,190 members and 39 local chapters. WORC helps its member groups succeed by providing training and coordinating issue work.

Jun
18

Western Native Voice Community Spotlight: Patrick Yawakie

Meet Patrick Yawakie, community organizer, advocate, and founder of the #DecolonizeTurtleIsland grassroots movement. This month Western Native Voice visited with Patrick Yawakie in order to learn more about what inspires his activism and community involvement. Patrick is a food sovereignty advocate and community organizer on the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes reservation. He is a co-founder of the #DecolonizeTurtleIsland grassroots movement, has served for two years on the Salish Kootenai…

Jun
14

Zinke Visits North Dakota But Puts Oil Execs Above Residents Affected by His Rule-Making

Two Dakota Resource Council affiliates invite Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to their areas, but both are ignored. On May 22-23 Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke visited North Dakota to speak at…

Jun
11

The 10 Worst Checkoff Program Abuses

Huge corporations use Ag Checkoff Programs to lobby against family farmers. It's time to change that. You may not know what a checkoff program is, but chances are, you’ve seen…

Christina Stucker-Gassi, chair of IORC’s Ag and Food Task Force says, “It is discouraging how farmers and ranchers have lost...

Interior Secretary Zinke visited North Dakota, but he put meeting with oil and gas executives above meeting the residents who...

Western Colorado Congress is now known as Western Colorado Alliance for Community Action! We're trying to have patience with Facebook...

Update from Sheridan's Food Forest weeding adventure.

WORC summer meeting - ORA group photos!

MMIW Action Alert! Please call your Montana tribal leaders and ask them to submit comments on the potential MMIW bills the...

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You and your fellow Montanans make possible everything we do to protect our air, water, land, family farms & ranches,...

"We want them to follow the law. Meridian's conditional use permit has lapsed so they're not able to start construction....

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Now is the Time to End Self-Bonding

Too Good to Be True

Sowing the Seeds of Sustainability

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