Terrie Bad Hand and Pati Martinson
Bio
Social Activism is their Passion.
For 25 years Terrie Bad Hand and Pati Martinson have worked together and shared a tireless commitment to social justice.
Working in a “shared leadership and kinship” style they have organized their communities, challenging systems that perpetuate injustice by creating policy while demonstrating a model that impacts institutional change. Terrie and Pati are catalysts for change, having a very dynamic ripple effect in the communities they serve. They demonstrate by example; cultural competency in community projects and programs that build capacity for leadership and change through Board, Staff and Client mentorship and development, inspiration and support.
Terrie and Pati are of mixed Native American ancestry and come from diverse backgrounds of challenge. They are able to move successfully between many worlds with consistency and with integrity. They are experts in Community Facility and Asset Development which they believe are tools that provide focus for social justice work in education, health, social services, youth involvement, economic development and as venues for forums of exchange and civic engagement.
Terrie and Pati are the founders and Directors of Taos County Economic Development Corporation, a community based organization celebrating its 20th year of operation and the current center for their lifelong work with indigenous and land-based cultures. Their model of Kinship and Extended Family Development led to the creation of a Small Business Incubator, Taos Business Park and Taos Food Center. These accomplishments are added to the creation of the Denver Indian Center Development Corporation, which provided the Native American community of Denver, Colorado with a new renovated facility, 48 units of elderly housing, commercial development and neighborhood revitalization.
Their work has taken them to NGO events in China and Italy as well as to the United Nations where they have conducted workshops and trainings and shared their model of community development. In addition they have worked with organizations such as; First Nations Development Institute, United Nations Commission on the Status of Women; Rural Development Leadership Network, the Sister Fund Grantees and are currently working through an Oxfam America Mentorship Program with seven (7) Native American organizations. Together they have raised millions of dollars for their communities, and are exemplary in program and organizational development as well as project management and evaluation.
Interviews
| 01 – What Agriculture Means to New Mexico | Download |