Sydney's background includes fundraising, project management, grant writing, and consulting for organizations focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), planetary regeneration, and community living. She also advocates for leveraging blockchain technology, alternative governance structures, and community currencies to build regenerative economic systems. Sydney co-founded Permatours, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that uses a rotating leadership model to address food and housing insecurity. Through permaculture action-focused events across the U.S., and primarily in the Northeast, Permatours promotes food and housing security / sovereignty while weaving together a network of regenerative, earth-conscious community hubs offering affordable housing, access to healthy food, work trade opportunities, and / or relevant education.As Executive Director of Kinship Earth Flow Fund, Sydney leads efforts to transform traditional philanthropy by empowering grassroots activists and community leaders with unrestricted flow fund grants. She oversees the development of participatory grant-making processes, ensuring that those closest to their communities are deciding where funds flow. At Kinship Earth, Sydney is responsible for strategic planning, fundraising / donor relations, managing partnerships, and bioregional flow funding education. Finally, Sydney is passionate about creating systems that support community-driven solutions to global challenges.
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