AICCAz Networking Chamber Luncheon presents NWEAZ! Read all about it and register here for American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Arizona’s November 16, 2018 luncheon. ### Can Native Women Businesses…
OUR PURPOSE
Help reduce entrepreneurial adversity.
MISSION:
To be a supportive social network advancing Native Women Business Owners through advocacy, leadership and data.
VISION:
The goal is to have a better understanding with the information we provide, creating a new truth collectively on what it means to do business as Native Women-Owned Businesses.
EXECUTIVE and ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Troi Lynn Waln, NWEAZ Executive Director
ADVISORY Board Members:
TBD
NOTE: We invite others to apply for Advisory Board Members. If interested, email us at info@nweaz.org.
WORK SESSIONS & NETWORKING
We promote interaction that fosters connection that will lead to empowerment. During these work sessions we also come together to learn and set goals with strategic planning. Another key benefit for NWEAZ Work Sessions is it provides an opportunity to network and promote one another’s businesses.
NWEAZ Coloring Contest Winner: Algernon Sakiestewa
NWEAZ member’s efforts are all on a voluntary basis. Your contribution would help make a difference!
Please consider DONATING!
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We will notify you of the next NWEAZ Event as soon as it’s scheduled.
Benefits of our Work Sessions and Socials:
Network
Meet other Native Women Business Owners
Share news and announcements
Support/Mental Health Check-in
Raising Our Collective Voices:
NWEAZ Indigenous women business owners acknowledge their accomplishments and with their collective voices bring to attention concerns of their business communities.
Together We Make a Difference
According to a December 2017 Forbes article, female entrepreneurs receive less than 3% of venture capital funds. Those numbers are even more detrimental when business owners are Indigenous women. Help us reduce entrepreneurial adversity.
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It Starts With Us, United2020 Marked NWEAZ Third Anniversary Celebration. Our virtual event was a success on
August 28, 2020
Thank you to all our sponsors for NWEAZ 3rd Anniversary Virtual Gathering!
Advancing Native Women Owned Businesses
NWEAZ is established for Native American Women Business Owners in the state of Arizona. Native Women Entrepreneurs of Arizona Members:
CFproductions LLC
Spottedhorse InfoSystems
Tinhorn Consulting
LCR Roofing
Salt V. Mo
Native Grill Navajo Soul Food
Fourth World Design Group
Mud Head Soap & Skin Care Co.
JM Stago Consulting
Reed Studios
Dzil Libei Community
Glenda Bags LLC
Smokefire Media
Turquoise Trail Transport, LLC
Adventurous Antelope Canyon Tours
Yellowman Maho Assoc.
Dixie Ellis Lower Antelope
I feel like I have all the right questions to ask, but I’m not finding the right answers… until I reached out to NWEAZ. It’s been life-changing for me! ~Zaniya Pro Clean, LLC
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3rd Anniversary Interactive Gathering Week was another success! Due to Pandemic, events are on hold.
Native Entrepreneurs: Business During A Pandemic
August 24, 2020
10:00 AM MST
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Topic Discussion
Thought provoking ‘real talk’ about what it means to be a Native American Small & Micro Business Owner doing business during the Covid-19 Global Pandemic. With 32 years of collective experience, hear from these guests:
Tudor Montague
Spirit Mountain Roasting Co.
Germaine Simonson
Rocky Ridge Gas & Market
Bleu Adams
Co Owner Black Lamb Restaurant Group
Cherylee Francis, owner of CFproductions, LLC and Executive Director of the Native Women Entrepreneurs of Arizona will be moderating this candid conversation.
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Kidpreneureship: Boomers Teaching Zoomers
AUGUST 25, 2020
10:00 AM MST
Room A1
Topic Discussion
An insightful conversation about Entrepreneurship for Kids. This discussion is designed to mentor, support, and equip our Native children and parents with the necessary success skills to set them on the path of becoming our future entrepreneurs.
Confirmed guests are:
Violet & Manaya Duncan
Children’s Book Author/Creative Director
Young Warriors
Rhianna & Kamia Brown
Owners of Nizhoni Soaps
Additional special guest, TBA.
Candis Yazzie, Co-Founder and President of Dzil Libei Community Incorporated will moderate this forward thinking discussion that sets children up to become successful entrepreneurs and allows parents to get involved in the process every step of the way.
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Vote and be Counted!
AUGUST 26, 2020
10:00 AM MST
Room A1
Topic Discussion
An informative discussion about voter engagement and the importance of being counted in the census. Walk away with a new tool you can add to your voter engagement toolbox and ideas on how to implement it right away. Confirmed guests are:
Debbie Nalwood
US Census Bureau
Partnership
Jayne Parrish
Director of Navajo-Hopi Campaign,
Navajo County
Special guest Lena Fowler, Coconino County Supervisor – District 5 will moderate this educational dialogue that shows how voter engagement creates community empowerment. Stand Up, Be Counted!
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Universal Based Income (UBI)
AUGUST 27, 2020
10:00 AM MST
Room A1
Topic Discussion
Current crisis brings important discussions about community wealth building, which is a fast-growing economic development movement that strengthens our communities through broader democratic ownership and control of business and jobs. Then what about UBI (Universal Basic Income)? A conversation about America’s extreme and growing wealth inequality. Some see cash payments as a way to help even the playing field.
Confirmed guests are:
Kimber Lanning, entrepreneur, business leader, community development specialist, and founder of Local First Arizona and Local First Arizona Foundation. Vicki Pozzebon, owner and principal consultant of Prospera Partners, a consulting firm that designs local economy networks, systems, and social enterprise developmental plans for businesses, organizations, and government agencies that put our communities first. Bleu Adams, co-owner of Black Lamb Restaurant Group. Cherylee Francis, owner of CFproductions, LLC and Executive Director of the Native Women Entrepreneurs of Arizona will co-moderate this meaningful and necessary conversation.
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NWEAZ 3rd Anniversary Interactive Gathering
AUGUST 28, 2020
10:00 AM MST
Room A1
NWEAZ Annual Message
We are kicking the event off with the “State of the Native Union Address”: Where things are in Indian Country and encourage NWEAZ members to work towards making it better for all of us.
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GET INVOLVED! Please consider supporting our
ongoing efforts to fulfill our mission of painting the landscape of what Native Women entrepreneur in Arizona looks like. Utlimately, your support will help spotlight areas where we need to focus more attention on as we foster support of Native American women business owners in Arizona.
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Some News
NWEAZ Work Sessions Native American Women Entrepreneurs work sessions and discussions center around advancing Native women owned businesses. Entrepreneurs identify challenges running their businesses and living in both rural and…
To our past event Sponsors, we extend our sincere appreciation! 1st Annual Anniversary Sponsors K’é – Main Street Learning Lab Adventurous Antelope Canyon Photo Tours, LLC Dixie Ellis’ Lower Antelope…
JOIN US! REQUEST INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEXT NWEAZ EVENT
If you’re a Native American woman owned business in Arizona, we invite you to become a member of NWEAZ. Work Sessions are held every 2 months to plan, network, or share entrepreneurial path experiences. By developing relationships among NWEAZ members, we can problem solve together and mutually support one another.
To request NWEAZ Membership: Fill out form and please state reason you want to join NWEAZ in the comment section, so we can better serve you.
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We appreciate your support
by sponsoring our previous meeting space, food and events
NWEAZ 3rd Anniversary Interactive Gathering Sponsor(s)!
Eighth Generation donated wool blanket for Friday, August 28, 2020 raffle. IndigeDesign Collab created NWEAZ 3rd Anniversary Interactive Gathering event logo. Without our sponsors, our virtual events would not be a success!
