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Vicki will be leading a Local Leaders Roundtable for the American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) @theamiba.bsky.social on November 13

Learn more and register here:
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Lessons from Down Under: What the US Can Learn from Australia When it Comes to Social Enterprise Advocacy - Prospera Partners A visit from an Australian makes Vicki ask: what can the US learn from Australia when it comes to social enterprise advocacy?

@vickipozzebon.bsky.social was honored to host @nundahcoop.bsky.social on a learning tour and exchange of ideas on social enterprises in Santa Fe, NM, this fall. Her biggest takeaway among all of their exchange? ... Read this month's blog to find out: prosperapartners.org/social-enter...

Hear Crooked Forest spill the beans ...
... On what it was like to work with us!

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Lessons from Down Under: What the US Can Learn from Australia When it Comes to Social Enterprise Advocacy - Prospera Partners A visit from an Australian makes Vicki ask: what can the US learn from Australia when it comes to social enterprise advocacy?

In early Sept, Vicki had the pleasure of hosting @nundahcoop.bsky.social on a tour/exchange of ideas on social enterprises in Santa Fe. Her biggest takeaway? Keep reading to find out prosperapartners.org/social-enter...

Send in the Clowns or Puppets - To All the Protests Long before I worked with local economies and social enterprise, I cut my social justice theatre chops with Bread and Puppet Theatre Company performing in the Domestic Resurrection Circus as a giant f...

"Send in the Clowns-or Puppets-to All the Protests"
Read Vicki's latest reflecting on her Bread and Puppet Theatre days and more open.substack.com/pub/pozzebon...

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Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! FAAM is honored to share the beauty, creativity, and unique stories of Indigenous People today and everyday.

#IndigenousPeoplesDay #NativeArt #NativeSky #FirstAmericanArtMagazine

How Businesses Are Already Feeling Shutdown Pain From a medical-device maker to marketers, companies are feeling the pinch of stalled contracts.

“We know from past experience that we will see lower sales than we would have as long as the government shutdown lasts,” said Mike Roach, co-owner of Paloma Clothing, a 50-year-old women’s clothing retailer in Portland, OR. www.wsj.com/business/gov...

Celebrating Banned Books Books targeted for bans more often than not depict characters who challenge oppressive systems, question authority, and also question established norms.

- from October 5th to October 19th, Bookshop.org is making it a little easier to read them. If you visit our store, find the banned book list and use the code BBW25 you'll get 20% off a banned book! 2/2

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Books targeted for bans more often than not depict characters who challenge oppressive systems and who question authority and established norms 1/2

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Here's how federal workers can apply for New Mexico unemployment during the shutdown - New Mexico Political Report New Mexicans who depend on a federal paycheck are being told to gather a few essential documents they’ll need in order to apply for state unemployment benefits if the anticipated federal government sh...

Here's how federal workers can apply for New Mexico unemployment during the shutdown nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/09/30/h...

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Our final community of practice in the series to support nonprofit employees in New Mexico happened last week, and we're so grateful to all who showed up with great ideas and great support for their peers. The work you're all doing is so important, and we are grateful for all you do!

👀 Nonproft fundraising is shitty enough. Let’s not make it shittier.

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭! Honored to facilitate a leadership workshop to support the amazing young women of Tomorrow's Women, a nonprofit that trains and supports Palestinian, Israeli, and American women to become strong, compassionate leaders, at their Alumni Leadership Summit in NM earlier this month!

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭! CENTER is a nonprofit in Santa Fe that supports social and environmentally-engaged lens-based projects through education, public platforms, funding, and partnerships. Vicki was honored to have facilitated a recent board retreat for the New Mexico-based @centersantafe.bsky.social !

If you’d like to learn more about how we work with clients, especially within the context of a start up organization, we encourage you to listen to this podcast that the Crooked Forest Institute released! Thank you so much Crooked Forest, we loved working with you!
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The Race to Lead 2025 Survey explores how race, identity, and power continue to shape nonprofit work—and what’s changed over the past decade. Your anonymous input will help challenge assumptions, inform leaders, and strengthen calls for equity and accountability across the sector.

Link below 👇

Community-Centered Strategic Planning: More Important Now Than Ever - Prospera Partners We are in a nonprofit crisis in this country, with the federal government attacking the sector from many angles - funding cuts, investigations into DEI and organizing work, potential changes to laws t...

We're revisiting a blog from last year to dive into the differences between traditional strategic planning and our process of centering community instead. We hope it inspires your organization to think about how to do things differently, especially now. More: prosperapartners.org/community-ce...
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Community-Centered Strategic Planning: More Important Now Than Ever - Prospera Partners We are in a nonprofit crisis in this country, with the federal government attacking the sector from many angles - funding cuts, investigations into DEI and organizing work, potential changes to laws t...

While strategic planning is an important part of nonprofit work and a way to address the current chaos, we think now is a great time to get back to the heart of what you do with Community Centered Strategic Planning. 3/4

Community-Centered Strategic Planning: More Important Now Than Ever - Prospera Partners We are in a nonprofit crisis in this country, with the federal government attacking the sector from many angles - funding cuts, investigations into DEI and organizing work, potential changes to laws t...

funding cuts, investigations into DEI and organizing work, potential changes to laws that govern the sector - and it feels like constant chaos. 2/4

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 - We are in a nonprofit crisis in this country, with the federal government attacking the sector from many angles 1/4

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A New Playbook: How Nonprofits Are Reinventing Themselves Amid the chaos of 2025, organizations are adapting and innovating to survive. The new approaches might eventually make them stronger.

We're ready for a new model, not another "rebuild" of the sector. Seems we've been talking about rebuilding the sector every time a major crisis or admin change happens. Can't we do something *very* different this time?

www.philanthropy.com/article/a-ne...

If your community thinking about organizing better support of local biz to strengthen the local economy, now is the time to read this great interview with Vicki's friend and colleague, Kimber Lanning of Local First Arizona. In big cities, small towns, rural communities, local prosperity is possible!

Disrupting the Path - Part 2: Navigating Current Chaos Community of Practice - Prospera Partners Join a free, virtual meet-up for NM nonprofit pros. We'll connect and share resources in order to work through the chaos of 2025, together!

Our final (free and virtual) session happens the last Wednesday of this September! RSVP here - we'd love to see you: prosperapartners.org/event/disrup...

Our community of practice that supports those in NM nonprofits has been a great way to find support from others who are dealing with similar issues in a particularly challenging time. The thought shared in the graphic is just one great take away from August's meet up — there have been so many more!

This Fall 🍁 Shop Small - AMIBA - American Booksellers Association Shop Early, Shop Local: A campaign launched by the American Booksellers Association.

Why promote our Shop Indie Local Holiday campaign early this year? buff.ly/3D28hKS

There's still time to join tomorrow's community of practice - one created for passionate nonprofit pros who are making a difference in New Mexico. Save your spot: www.eventbrite.com/e/disrupting...

We've loved providing a space for nonprofit professionals in NM to:
Not feel alone in the tumult
Build meaningful connections
Share and gain knowledge
Tackle common challenges with the collective wisdom of the community
Hope you'll join the August 27 session!
Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/1285704128...