🐝 Happy Bee Day from NAFSA 🌼⁠ Bees are our relatives, and they teach us to move with purpose, give without taking too much, and to connect life wherever we go. They remind us that nourishment comes through relationship 🌻🌿⁠ ⁠ 🐝 In many of our foodways, bees are part of the system we’re responsible to. When their habitats are destroyed, or their numbers fall, it’s a disruption of kinship.⁠ ⁠ Here are a few ways to be a good relative:⁠ 🌼 Plant Native Flowers⁠ Support the foods that feed both bees and people.⁠ ⁠ 🚫 Avoid Chemicals⁠ Pesticides hurt pollinators and medicines.⁠ ⁠ 🌿 Leave Wild Spaces⁠ Bees nest in soil, stems, and old wood; not hives.⁠ ⁠ 📖 Learn & Share Their Teachings⁠ Pollinators show us how to live in balance and reciprocity.⁠ ⁠ 🌀 Honor Their Seasons⁠ Let pollinator plants bloom and seed before cutting or clearing.⁠ ⁠ 💧 Protect Water Sources⁠ Clean, shallow water helps bees drink and cool their homes.⁠ ⁠ 🍯 Treat Them as Kin⁠ Pollinators are relatives, not resources. Care is reciprocal.⁠ ⁠ 📸: Mereya Blanco @iwiigara @midnightdisco.fungi⁠ ⁠ #BeeDay #PollinatorsAreRelatives #IndigenousFoodSovereignty #NAFSA #WorldBeeDay (fb)

🎓✨ BIG CONGRATULATIONS to our very own Trena Bizardi! 🎉🎉⁠ ⁠ Trena, our incredible Senior Program Officer, just graduated with her Master's Degree from Northern Arizona University! 💙💛🦋⁠ ⁠ 🙏🏽 We are SO proud of you, Trena! Your brilliance, dedication, and heart inspire us every day. This is a huge milestone and we’re cheering you on every step of the way!! 💪🏽📚⁠ ⁠ Drop a 🎉 to help us celebrate Trena!!⁠ #NAFSA #IndigenousExcellence #NAUGrad #MastersDegree #NativeLeadership #NAFSAProud #CongratsTrena (fb)