Jheri Neri is Diné (Navajo) and Mescalero Apache. He works as the Project Director with the Greater Cincinnati Native American Coalition in Cincinnati, Ohio. Currently some GCNAC members are working in conjunction with University of Cincinnati to update Ohio curriculum about Native Peoples. He has worked in the past with schools and organizations such as the Miami Valley Native American Council, Southern Ohio Archdiocese of the Episcopal Church/Native American Ministry Council, Poor People’s Campaign, and Sierra Club.