Noted Dendrochronologist, Thomas Windes, taking core samples of historic wood at the Rael Ranch House to help date the structure and possible changes made to it over time. This is part of our research for the Historical Structures Report being prepared by Cornerstones for the BLM, who owns the property located in La Cienega, NM. Issac Logsdon, Cornerstones Project Manager, is the primary researcher working on this project.
Thomas Windes taking samples and the Rael Ranch House
The Solar Initiative
Cornerstones' Solar Initiative has granted funds to the Energy Sovereignty Institute (ESI) for an exciting new project. An existing grantee organization, ESI is a partnership between the Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative and the Microgrid Systems Laboratory. Its mission is to promote the benefits of decentralized energy systems and technologies for Native American communities.
Funds from the Solar Initiative will support the creation of videos about energy sovereignty and NM solar projects and will include several Cornerstones-funded projects. ESI is working with acclaimed writer/producer Thom Eberhardt of Sky City productions to create the videos, which will be a component of the ESI clearinghouse website.
Supporting Community
$44,645.00 Raised to Date!
YouthWorks is an innovative organization offering a continuum of services designed to reconnect “at-risk” and disadvantaged youth with our community through education, employment training, and job placement. Cornerstones' Supporting Community Fund is pleased to grant YouthWorks funding for the purchase of food for the Golondrinas Program in La Cienega during this extraordinary time of COVID-19.
A YouthWorks worker transporting food at Las Golondrinas.
