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Ma Hope
Institute (mä · hōʹpĕ: facing future) is a not-for-profit, place-based, community-engaged
research institute in Western Montana working to foster and ensure healthy
futures for children, youth, and communities by honoring, perpetuating, and extending placed-based knowledge and
biocultural diversity through research, education, youth development, and social
action.
Located in the Jocko Valley near
Arlee, Ma
Hope is
initiating Year 1 of Heartlands & Homelands
during Fall 2019. The multi-year
research-writing-advocacy and materials development project is designed to
inform and advance public sentiment and policymaking by addressing three
important areas related to nurturing and sustaining community
wellbeing: (a) education and youth
development addressing diversity and social justice; (b) public service
addressing leadership and organizational capacity building; and (c) land
stewardship addressing protection of public lands, shared spaces, and
sustainable agriculture in communities of place.
While addressing the
public-at-large, Heartlands & Homelands
specifically targets educational
institutions and public agencies, social and community-based nonprofits,
and public policymakers impacting children and youth and land use in
communities in Ravalli and Lake Counties and on the Flathead Indian
Reservation in Western Montana. The
initiative is collaborative and community-engaged and ultimately intends
to, in large measure, radiate out to impact the greater Western Montana
community, the state, and the region as well.
Issues and Topics
Educating and Developing Diverse Youth
Troubled
youth, Montana Juvenile Justice, and Judicial District #21 Youth Court
Indian Education for All
curriculum and materials development (Bitterroot Salish)
Codes of power: White
male privilege in The Sign of the
Beaver, a popular YA novel
Accessing multiple opportunities
for public post-secondary education
Advancing public education in
the face of for-profit privatization
Advancing Community Service Leadership
Scaling up, out, or
in-place: Expanding organizational
capacity and efficacy
Advancing compassionate service
leadership: Considering the case of Ali‘i Trusts
Comprehensive reforms: Connecting housing, healthcare, and
education
Stewarding Land and Communities of Place
Protecting public lands, shared
spaces, and clean water
Heartlands & Homelands: The
Bitterroot Salish Homeland
Family
farms in Montana and the legacy of “Get Big or Get Out"
Tariffs, taxes, and losing the
family farm: A relevant story from
Puerto Rico
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