WASHINGTON – The Indigenous Environmental Network champions the THRIVE act because it represents the historic opportunity for Congress to act big and bold on climate, care, jobs, and justice. By passing a transformational economic recovery and infrastructure package that puts 15 million people to work, addresses the climate crisis, and advances racial, Indigenous, gender, environmental, and economic justice, the THRIVE act delivers the scale necessary to tackle several interlocking crises at once.
 
By codifying Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), the THRIVE act helps dismantle harmful colonial systems that continue to oppress us all and moves us toward a future in which Indigenous nations and communities are full partners in all decision-making processes that impact us and our lands. Free, Prior, and Informed Consent is the pathway toward restoring Indigenous autonomy, righting colonial wrongs, & ensuring we all have healthy land, air, and water for many future generations to come. By advancing THRIVE, we advance FPIC and we normalize consent. THRIVE is for us.
 
Thrive is the NDN Country, it’s #TimetoTHRIVE!

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