52: Rising Hearts with Jordan Marie Whetstone

“I think anyone will have their own definition of what that means to them and I think for me and for Rising Hearts it really embodies, you know, the passion and the commitment to what you love and care about the most that truly makes it the work that’s coming from the heart.” 

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the It Matters To Me Podcast, a show where we highlight people working alongside nonprofits that intersect with the outdoors. 

Jordan Marie Whetstone, professional athlete, advocate, and founder of Rising Hearts, an Indigenous-led grassroots group devoted to elevating Indigenous voices and promoting intersectional collaborative efforts across all movements with the goals of racial, social, climate, and economic justice. 

As a 4th generation runner, Jordan garnered national headlines during her 2019 Boston Marathon race where she ran on behalf of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) with a red hand painted across her face to symbolize the silent voices taken. Through her advocacy work, Jordan's primary focuses are to inform, elevate, mobilize, and organize through strategic and targeted advocacy, establishing collaborative partnerships to help create a better and safer future and environment for all of our relatives who inhabit this planet, past, present and future.

Additional Links  

Rising Hearts (Website): https://www.risinghearts.org/ 

Rising Hearts (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/rising_hearts/ 

Jordan Marie Whetstone (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/nativein_la/ 

It Matters To Me (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/adamcasey/ 

It Matters To Me (Website): https://itmatterstomepodcast.com/ 

Jordan’s Website: https://www.jordanmariedaniel.com/film 

Rising Hearts Documentary Film: https://youtu.be/vAbapAmkjFo 

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