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Three Urban Bird Project co-directors–Amelia King-Kostelac, Kenneth Walker, and Jen Smith–have won a major USDA-HSI Grant to help support UBP people and projects in Veracruz, México! The Coalition for Regenerative Ecologies and Agriculture (CREA) is a transdisciplinary project co-led by faculty at the University of Texas at San Antonio and St. Philip’s College along with partners Terra Advocati, Estampa Verde, and Vetiver Roots Technology. Together they have established a transnational collective that supports regenerative ecological and agricultural training in the field with farms and cultural organizations in San Antonio, Texas and Veracruz, México. Each year CREA runs a fully-funded Spring Fellows program (SATX), a Fall Internship Program (SATX & Veracruz), and a Summer Study Abroad Program (Veracruz, México). Drs. Amelia King-Kostelac (Dept. of Biology, Health, and the Environment), and Kenneth Walker (Dept. of English) are the faculty leads from UTSA.

For more information, see our profile on UTSA News, our UBP blog on CREA, and the CREA website. To learn more about how CREA supports UBP people and projects, see our recent UBP blog post about the CREA summer study abroad and internships in Veracruz, México.