This limited edition commemorative shirt helps to fund PTM Foundation’s Indigenous Peoples Day 2020 fundraising campaign and $20,000 matching grant program to support human rights nonprofit DigDeep’s Indigenous-led Navajo Water Project in expanding water access on the Navajo Nation across New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, where over 30% of residents are living without clean, running water in their homes.
“Lack of running water has been a historical problem and has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Navajo Water Project has been working in emergency response mode and these new funds are immensely critical at this time,” says Emma Robbins, Director of the Navajo Water Project. “We are strengthened by the generosity and support of Portugal The Man and the PTM Foundation.”
On the campaign, Portugal The Man’s John Gourley says, “this campaign is an opportunity for us to help raise awareness, highlight Indigenous artists and activists, and fundraise in support of water access for communities of Indigenous Peoples, who are 19 times less likely to have running water than non-Natives. Over 2 million Americans have no access to running water. We’re taking action because the Government won’t. We can’t just sit back and watch our friends get sick and die. It’s enough.”
100% of proceeds from these shirts will be split between the Navajo Clean Water Project and addressing the water crisis the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have been experiencing in Oregon.
This shirt was made in collaboration with Acosia Red Elk (Umatilla) and Josué Rivas (Mexica and Otomí)