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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><br><b>Subject:</b> 2023-2024 Native Agriculture & Food Systems Scholarship<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=contentpasted0 style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:josefinSans;color:#555555'>The<span class=contentpasted01> </span><strong><span style='font-family:josefinSans'>Native Agriculture and Food Systems Scholarships</span></strong><span class=contentpasted01> </span>encourage more Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian college students to enter agriculture and food systems fields so that they can better assist their communities with their food systems efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=contentpasted0 style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:josefinSans;color:#555555'>First Nations will award<span class=contentpasted01><b> </b></span><strong><span style='font-family:josefinSans'>20 to 25 $1,000 to $1,500</span></strong><span class=contentpasted01> </span>scholarships for the 2023-2024 academic school year to Native college students majoring in agriculture and agriculture-related fields, including but not limited to, agribusiness management, agri-science technologies, agronomy, animal husbandry, aquaponics, environmental studies, fisheries and wildlife, food production and safety, food-related policy and legislation, food science and technology, horticulture, irrigation science, and sustainable agriculture or food systems. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:josefinSans;color:#555555'>Scholarship Award Timeline </span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:josefinSans;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in;box-sizing: border-box' type=disc><li class=contentpasted1 style='color:#555555;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:josefinSans'>Application Open: Monday, July 10, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=contentpasted1 style='color:#555555;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:josefinSans'>Application Close: Thursday, August 10, 2023, 5 PM MT<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=contentpasted1 style='color:#555555;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:josefinSans'>Applicant Notifications: September 25-29, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=contentpasted1 style='color:#555555;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:josefinSans'>Scholars Awarded: November 2023<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=contentpasted2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:josefinSans;color:#555555;background:white'>For more information, visit </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.firstnations.org/rfps/native-agriculture-food-systems-scholarship-23-24/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!j-aXol_GJ1xFA2cUyn71nP49YnSb5lnpwxhq4jG2uc4o_NKvxLpUSoAnPiTyxYpKZ5M8khIy6JpM$"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white'>https://www.firstnations.org/rfps/native-agriculture-food-systems-scholarship-23-24/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=Signature><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F5C1A'>Kolia Souza, MS Arch, MSCD, MPH </span></b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F5C1A'>(<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/namedrop.io/koliasouza__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!j-aXol_GJ1xFA2cUyn71nP49YnSb5lnpwxhq4jG2uc4o_NKvxLpUSoAnPiTyxYpKZ5M8ktmi9mD-$" title="https://namedrop.io/koliasouza">How to pronounce?</a>)</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>Food Systems Equity & Advocacy Specialist | MSU Center for Regional Food Systems</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'> </span><span style='color:#201F1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>480 Wilson Road | 303 Natural Resources Building | East Lansing, MI 48824</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E'> </span><span style='color:#201F1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>p: 517-353-3535 | c: 785-717-5924 | </span><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>e: </span><span lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a href="mailto:rspirog@msu.edu" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#954F72'>ksouza@msu.edu</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E'> </span><span style='color:#201F1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:#201F1E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. In particular, the University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. We recognize, support, and advocate for the sovereignty of Michigan’s twelve federally-recognized Indian nations, for historic Indigenous communities in Michigan, for Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now, and for those who were forcibly removed from their Homelands. The Center for Regional Food Systems affirms Indigenous sovereignty and will work to hold Michigan State University more accountable to the needs of American Indian and Indigenous peoples.</span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'> </span></i><span style='color:#201F1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'> </span><span style='color:#201F1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F5C1A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>"We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice...But one thing is certain, if we merge mercy with might, and might with right, then love becomes our legacy, and change our children's birthright." - excerpt from National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb"</span></i><span style='color:#201F1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p>EQUITYFOOD is a listserv that connects members of the Racial Equity in the Food System Workgroup. This national workgroup is a convening of Cooperative Extension professionals and community stakeholders. Members of this national workgroup are working to connect, learn, and collaborate to build racial equity within the food system. Content posted to EQUITYFOOD does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University, the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems, the eXtension Racial Equity Workgroup, eXtension, or the Cooperative Extension System. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to <a href="mailto:LISTSERV@LIST.MSU.EDU">LISTSERV@LIST.MSU.EDU</a> with "SIGNOFF EQUITYFOOD" in the message body (not subject). <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>