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Grantmakers in Health conference

Vision Maker Media was honored to be invited by The Kresge Foundation and Grantmakers In Health, to the Health Equity and Climate Resilience: Advancing Community-Driven Innovations post-conference meeting at the 2024 Grantmakers in Health (GIH) Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy in Portland, OR. 

The conference highlighted the intersections between climate justice, health equity, and the social determinants of health. Vision Maker Media had the opportunity to share our perspective of educating Native youth on these connections through our VMM programs; iNative Shorts for Kids, Native Youth Media Project and Creative Shorts Fellowships. 

In collaboration with Portland’s own Wisdom of The Elders, Vision Maker Media emphasized how Indigenous knowledge and our way of life are at the forefront of climate resiliency. Storytelling continues to be a primary means of educating and shaping public perception. 

Native American youth are the future, and like our elders, it will be incumbent upon them to learn, protect, practice, maintain and revitalize Native cultural knowledge, science, and wisdom. We shared heartfelt stories and examples, and the response from conference participants was inspiring and engaging, with conversations continuing during and after each session. 

We are so grateful to be a part of such a powerful conference and are so very honored to be asked to return next year to continue the conversations and nurture the relations established this year. A huge thank you to The Kresge Foundation for their support of our Vision Maker Media mission and vision.  

“We envision a world changed and healed by understanding Native stories and the public conversations they generate.” 

Walt Pourier

Vice Chair

Walt is Oglala Lakota and created the logo for Urban Rez. He is Creative Director, owner of Nakota Designs Advertising Designs and Graphics. Executive Director of the Stronghold Society nonprofit dedicated to instilling hope and supporting youth movements through Live Life Call To Action Campaigns.

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lynn palmanteer-holder

Lynn Palmanteer-Holder, an Indigenous plateau woman of North Central Washington and member of eight of twelve Tribes of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Lynn recently retired as inaugural Director of Tribal Government Affairs for Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges, the state’s oversight agency of 34 CTCs.  She is a highly accomplished professional that spans over 40 years. She is an experienced educator that has a demonstrated history across K12, post-secondary & higher education as a teacher, school counselor, superintendent, researcher, and professor. Also, she has diverse experience as an entrepreneur, Tribal leader and administrator. She is skilled in curriculum and program development, facilitating government to government relationships that led to formal partnerships between state institutions and Tribes developing custom programs. Lynn has served on many boards and has been recognized for various statewide, and national awards. She has several scholarly publications and has done various conference presentations and speaking engagements, at the local, national and international level. Lynn holds a Ph.C. (ABD) in Social Welfare Policy from University of Washington. She earned her M.Ed., with a concentration in counseling psychology from Washington State University and B.Ed., in K12 Education from Eastern Washington University. Lynn is a wife of 49 years, a mother of three adult professional children, granny of 10 and great granny to two. Lynn and her husband are high school sweethearts, and together enjoy time with their 15+ two-legged blessings.