We Have the Answers: Centering Interconnected Healing and Community-Led Solutions

In our sixth episode, we continue our conversation with Julie Garreau, Chief Executive Officer, Cheyenne River Youth Project (CRYP), and a 2022 Community Food Systems Fellow. We learn more about CRYP's intentional approach to developing expansive programs that are centered on interconnected healing, including the WInyan Toka Win Garden, which was started by community elders — including Julie’s mother — and has since become the heart of the youth project’s Native food sovereignty initiative and a precious source of sustenance, healing, safety, and trust. Julie reflects on the inherent wisdom and self-sufficiency of communities, recognizing that “we have the answers, we have the solutions,” and speaks to the importance of changing how organizations do business so they are able to center healing and indigenous practices and strengthen pathways for future leaders. Featured guest:Julie Garreau, Chief Executive Officer, Cheyenne River Youth Project Host: Ronda Alexander, Director of National Partnerships, NOW at Vital Village NetworksResourcesCheyenne River Youth Project Website: www.lakotayouth.org Lakota in America, a short documentary commissioned by SquareWaniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count), an award-winning documentary produced by CRYPCRYP-produced documentary films on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/Lakotayouth Produced by: Networks of Opportunity for Child WellbeingMusic: Want U W/ Me (Instrumental Mix), by Akira Sora, From the Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0Edited By: Resonate Recordings