K. Wayne Yang is a professor and scholar of community organizing, critical pedagogy, and Indigenous and decolonizing studies.
During this time, he co-founded the Avenues Project, a non-profit youth development organization, as well as East Oakland Community High School, which were inspired by the Survival Programs of the Black Panther Party.
[5] At the University of California, San Diego, he co-founded the Indigenous Futures Institute (IFI) and Black Like Water.
IFI is an Indigenous-led institute that aims to counter the legacy of unethical scientific practice and Indigenous peoples.
IFI channels a community-based participatory model to create community-driven solutions to climate crisis, global pandemics, and the continued denial of Indigenous sovereignty.