Our ‘Art That Feeds’ Food Drives serve as a youth empowerment platform generating over 7,000 hours of volunteer time and over 65,000 meals annually. Our signature program takes place at concerts and festivals all across the country. At each stop, music fans donate hundreds of pounds of food, as[...]
Our ‘Bring Nutrition Home’ Backpack Program provides bags of healthy kid-friendly food for students at Isna Wica Owayawa (Loneman School) on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. 100% of the students (K-8) receive Free and Reduced Lunch; 109 are considered homeless by government standards. Through the help of our generous sponsors[...]
Every quarter, we host a Free Store to provide clothing, bedding, and other basic necessities to families in need. Our Free Stores distribute over $60,000 worth of products, which are generously sponsored by individuals and major partners such as Bed Bath & Beyond, PrAna, Common Era, Montrail, Columbia and Mountain[...]
Our school garden program offers over 700 students at Pine Ridge School in South Dakota access to learn how to garden as well as an opportunity to enjoy the healthy harvest. Our family garden program makes fresh produce a reality for over 35 people who live on Pine Ridge[...]
Art is a vehicle to engage youth in activities that affirm confidence, creativity, hope, and ambition. Not only can such programs enhance young peoples' attitudes about themselves and their futures, but the programs also provide opportunities for youth to learn new skills and encourages them to engage in the arts. Over[...]
ANNUAL HOLIDAY MEAL DELIVERY The shortage of food for a family in need is even more pronounced during the holiday season when people are gathering for special meals. Receiving something like a turkey with all the trimmings is not just a holiday treat - it brings loved ones together for[...]
Conscious Alliance is proud to support a new sustainable housing project on Pine Ridge Reservation by partnering with the University of Colorado and the Native American Sustainable Housing Initiative (NASHI), a nonprofit design-build program seeking to improve housing conditions on tribal lands through research, education, and outreach activities. CU Environmental[...]
Every January, Conscious Alliance sponsors the Fort Robinson Outbreak Spiritual Run, a 400-mile journey from Fort Robinson, Nebraska to Busby, Montana. Coordinated by Phillip Whiteman Jr. and Lynette Two Bulls (yellowbirdinc.org) from their home in Lame Deer, Montana, the run was created to pay homage to Northern Cheyenne ancestors[...]
Each December, Conscious Alliance makes an annual toy delivery to the children of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana and the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Jakks Pacific generously donates toys for each delivery, and has provided thousands of holiday gifts for the youth of these reservations throughout[...]
