NDN Collective Campaigners & Organizers

NDN Collective is the most ambitious, systemic effort to empower Indigenous communities in the history of philanthropy.

Director of Policy and Advocacy Jade Begay Diné / Tesuque Pueblo

Jade Begay (she/her), Director of Policy and Advocacy, is a citizen of Tesuque Pueblo and is also Dine and Southern Ute. Jade works at the intersections of storytelling, narrative strategy, climate and environmental justice, and Indigenous rights policy both at the domestic and international level. She has served as the Creative Director and Climate Justice Campaign Director at NDN Collective. Now, Jade directs the Policy and Advocacy work leading programs and projects that elevate policy and advocacy issues that are important to the self-determination of Indigenous Peoples and Tribal Nations.

Jade has a Bachelor’s degree in Film/Video and Communications and a Master of Arts degree in Environmental Leadership. In 2021, she was appointed by President Biden to serve on the inaugural White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Jade was named a “Grist Fixer” in 2022 and is a fellow in the Ripe for Creative Disruption: An Environmental Justice Movement Fellowship.

Recent posts

Stories How to Survive the Elections: Organizing Forward, Indigenously
2020 has been an especially challenging year for our People, and yet, this election is affording us with the opportunity to change the course of things in a big way.
Stories SKO VOTE DEN: Why voting in NDN Country matters, AND a NEW podcast hosted Jade Begay
Voting is a complicated topic in NDN Country and yet a critical component of a multi-pronged strategy for building power. To unpack this, NDN Collective announces the Sko Vote Den podcast.