Kara Brewer Boyd
It all begins with an idea.
Kara Brewer Boyd (Lumbee) is the co-founder and president of the Association of American Indians.
She is an Air Force with a get things done and go-getter attitude. She has experience in various fields related to advocacy, civic engagement, public policy, and fundraising. Passionate about serving and educating her Native brothers and sisters, her previous roles include: Advisor for the Native Organizers Alliance and co-founder of Indigenous Cultural Ways; Executive Director of Metrolina Native American Association; Member of the North Carolina Indian Child Welfare Standing Committee; and Board Member of the United Tribes of North Carolina. She was also appointed to a Legislative Committee to address Indian Children Welfare laws and concerns of American Indian families.
She is married to civil rights activist John Boyd, Jr, President of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA). The Boyds have spent over 30 years advocating for civil rights and social justice while trying to retain and increase land ownership for minority farmers. Kara currently serves as the NBFA Event and Program Coordinator.
The Boyds were featured in the docuseries; the American Farm on the History Channel, Kara was featured in a docuseries Women We Love: Unexpected Beauty by Paola Mendoza for Estee Lauder on her farm. In 2019, the Boyds purchased an additional 1,000 acre farm with 5 documented Indian Village sites on the Roanoke River in Virginia (ancestral homeland of the Saponi Tribe). Kara created Saponi Ventures, LLC and secured a VA Hemp Growers License. Her 1st hemp crop was grown using regenerative agriculture practices. Kara joined the Board of Directors for Kiss The Ground in 2020 and was featured in the 2023 film Common Ground.
