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Community Policing Initiative
Strengthening relationships between police agencies and the Adirondack communities they serve.
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A more welcoming Adirondacks
Adirondack Diversity Initiative
Our mission
Working at the intersection of environmental and transformational justice to make the Adirondacks welcoming and inclusive for residents and visitors.
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Safety & Belonging
Nature Stewardship
Community Building
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Community-led change across the Adirondack Park and beyond.
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Our mission
Belonging is not a side project. It is part of how a region becomes stronger, more connected and more sustainable.
ADI works to make the Adirondacks a welcoming and inclusive place for residents and visitors while helping ensure a vital and sustainable Adirondack Park for future generations.
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Community-ledAdirondack Park + North Country
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Programs
Work shaped by lived experience.
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Emerging Stewards Initiative
Developing new generations of Adirondack stewards from marginalized communities across New York State.
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Cultural Consciousness Building
Facilitated conversations rooted in education and tailored to the needs of each community, organization or business.
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ADI Symposium
A community gathering focused on understanding, awareness and positive change across the North Country.
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Sustaining BIPOC Leadership
Supporting racial, social and economic justice by empowering people who aspire to lead in their communities.
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Our approach
Change happens at more than one level.
ADI adapts its work to people, communities and changing needs, prioritizing historically marginalized communities and supporting local transformation.
Individual
Listen
Community
Build
Region
Transform
Center lived experience
Community members help shape the pursuit of transformational justice.
Equip change agents
Give people tools and resources they can use in their own communities.
Support local action
Enable communities to cultivate and drive their own transformation.
Stay in the conversation
Engage challenging topics in ways that encourage reflection and action.
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Resource library
Find something useful, faster.
A clearer entry point into ADI's growing collection of learning materials, guides, webinars and practical tools.
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People behind the work
Community is the team.
Tiffany Rea-Fisher
ADI Director
Melanie Reding
ADI Deputy Director
Tamara Jolly
Community Initiatives Manager
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Events
Meet. Learn. Act.
ADI hosts, co-hosts, sponsors and participates in events throughout the Adirondack Park and North Country all year long.
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