Mesa Refuge offers creative residencies for writers and activists who are advancing national and global conversations about the environment, economic equity and social justice. Since 1997, Mesa Refuge has supported more than 1,000 emerging and established writers and activists. Mesa Refuge’s Indigenous Knowledge Holders Cohorts offer a unique opportunity for (elder) language keepers and knowledge holders and (younger) knowledge learners to share knowledge, culture and Indigenous language across generations in a sanctuary space.