We are well into the December holiday shopping season and it’s time to talk about supporting locally owned independent businesses – again. I know, I know . . . I’m a little late this year and probably should have mentioned…
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Resources and Reflections after the Election We are a woman immigrant owned, and queer, woman, and disabled led company and the outcome of the recent election was, well, the worst. Leaders are now empowered to create a world centered on…
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Impact Boom, a B Corp and certified social enterprise that is focused on the support and development of social enterprise globally, hosted Vicki on their podcast this month. She was grateful to spend some time chatting with host Indio Myles…
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It’s only a few weeks into 2024 and we’ve been seeing a lot of organizations and foundations looking to community engagement as a way to renew their impact efforts. So, what is community engagement and how do we do it…
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Social entrepreneur, author, current chair of the Social Enterprise Alliance board, and long time friend and colleague of Vicki’s, David Gaines visits the Impact Out Loud podcast this month for a lively talk about all things social enterprise. In part…
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Tudor Montague's small business journey is a social impact success story. Montague had been working for tribes in the environmental field, and while it was a rewarding career, he had always dreamed of starting his own business. In 2015, after…
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The other day we were scrolling through one of our social media feeds and saw this: “What if I told you there is a secret club working on changing the New Mexico economy for the better through encouraging social enterprise?”…
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Happy 10th Birthday to us, Prospera Partners! How did ten years fly by? Maybe doing the work you love and loving the work you do really can make it seem like a breeze? Let’s be honest. Ten years is both…
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Right now we are all feeling the squeeze of global supply chain constraints and uncertainty. However, we also know that through purchasing awareness and ethical consumption, we can be less affected by these external forces (and more prepared to deal…
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Remember Pepsi's tone deaf ad with Kendall Jenner? The Activist feels the same. By now you’ve probably heard that celebrities Usher, Priyanka Chopra and Julianne Hough have signed on to a new reality show/competition series called “The Activist.” From Deadline:…
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Have we forgotten everything that just happened in the last year and a half? We experienced a massive halt of life as we knew it. Facing the realities of the pandemic, we stopped the hustle out in the world, but…
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It goes without saying that we are in a time of shifts, lifting the veil, a great awakening. Along with a deeper awareness of our blind spots, we are called to come to terms with our own relationships with white…
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Localism is an emerging economic development model that is about community, meaningful jobs, good corporate citizenship, sustainability, food, renewable energy, thinking local first. But, the concept isn’t new. Think about all the parts of a community: The citizens who work in…
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Social enterprise is not easy to define. There are dozens of explanations that muddy the waters of social enterprise by bringing together business, nonprofits, and the government sectors to define what a social enterprise can be. This resonates with me:…
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For years Prospera Partners has had a laser focus on small businesses and social enterprise, growing the leadership of owners so they are heard and seen and helping to provide in-depth community connections to sustain their growth. What we have…
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Had enough with 2020? I know we are all tired of it. We are tired of the isolation of a pandemic and the fear of a transition of power that seems to be held hostage by our outgoing White House…
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“Don’t talk about it, be about it.”— Gloria James, Lebron James’ Mother We are in a moment of transition, voting out hate and pivoting back toward civility, but also reminded of the value of our non-white community. If it were…
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AKA Why I’m Writing About Basketball for the First Time In My Life Growing up I was never really a “sports person.” If you would have told me a few years ago that I would be so excited about the…
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Times are tough right now, I get it. I really do. But, if you’re selling a product as a distributor for a giant company that asks you to recruit new distributors and has the cojones to ask you to recruit…
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I spend most mornings in reflection. One of these mornings in the midst of the protests of police violence targeting our Black and POC families, I was ruminating on my own experiences, and how I relate to this present moment.…
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At the turning of the light between the days of 2011 and 2012 I sat perched on the edge of the world, very literally, nestled on the lava rock cliffs of the Hilo coast of Hawaii. I was deep in…
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So this is happening . . . https://makingchangeatwalmart.org/ I was going to write a long blog post about supporting locally-owned indie businesses on Black Friday and why that’s important for community and the economy but it seems more important right…
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