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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · 6d

My latest Substack - theatre as protest. Let's go!
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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...

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · 8d

Small businesses that rely on government contracts, and small businesses that don't even rely on gov contracts are feeling it right now. Your support of locally owned indie businesses can do a lot right now!

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · 8d

“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...

How Businesses Are Already Feeling Shutdown Pain

From a medical-device maker to marketers, companies are feeling the pinch of stalled contracts.

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Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell.bsky.social · 22d

Republicans in Congress are dealing big blows to small businesses right now. One looming one is the dramatic increase in health insurance costs for those who buy through the ACA marketplaces. Half— half! — of people under 65 using the marketplaces are small business owners and employees.

About Half of Adults with ACA Marketplace Coverage are Small Business Owners, Employees, or Self-Employed | KFF

This analysis estimates that 48% of adults under age 65 with individual market coverage are either employed by a small business with fewer than 25 workers, self-employed entrepreneurs, or small…

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · 10d

If you visit our store, find the banned book list, and use the code BBW25 you'll get 20% off a banned book! (Note: this sale excludes ebooks and ends October 19th at 11:59 pm PST.‍) bookshop.org/shop/prosper...

Prospera Partners Bookshop

Prospera Partners offers strategic consulting, facilitation, and workshops for small businesses, social entrepreneurs and nonprofits in order to create real change for communities. Our workshops and e...

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · 10d

Books targeted for bans more often than not depict characters who challenge oppressive systems and who question authority and established norms. And from October 5th to October 19th, Bookshop.org is making it a little easier to read them.

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · 11d

It’s fall in Santa Fe. Enjoy the view!

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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 13d

Food banks had scheduled 94mil(!) pounds of food deliveries through a government program that buys meat, dairy, eggs and produce from American farmers and sends them to help people in need.

Trump’s USDA abruptly canceled those deliveries.
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · 13d

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Ramit Sethi (@ramit) on Threads

OUT OF STYLE: "I'll donate to the charity that gives 100% of my funding directly to the cause" IN STYLE: "Nonprofit employees should be paid well so they can do their job effectively"

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · 15d

Cannot agree more with this. "...it’s time to stop simply talking about raising the foundation payout rate and start taking steps to actually do it." #philanthropy #nonprofits www.philanthropy.com/article/a-bi...

A Bipartisan Plan to Raise the Foundation Payout Rate

A modest 1 or 2 percent increase could significantly benefit the nonprofit sector.

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Prospera Partners @prosperapartners.org · 15d

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The Main Street Journal @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social · 16d

If you truly want to support minority-owned businesses, invest in those you know, trust, and love in your own backyard. It’s really that simple. mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/scamming-s...

Scamming Social Change

Since 2018, the Dream Exchange has been raising funds from do-gooders across the country to create a public marketplace for minority-owned businesses.

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · 20d

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

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · 23d

I started voting for Fat Bears during the pandemic because I felt like I needed some joy in my life. Feels like we all could use a little more joy in our lives, so go vote!

explore.org @explore.org · 23d

The wait is nearly over. Fat Bear Week kicks off today at 9 AM PT 🐻

Who’s ready to meet the ultimate salmon snackers and vote for their fave chonk?

Set your alarms and get to fatbearweek.org

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · 23d

This was truly my pleasure and honor to facilitate. I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to get know these young women and support their leadership journeys.

Prospera Partners @prosperapartners.org · 23d

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!

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · 23d

Sometimes you get to be a on podcast without actually being on a podcast!

Prospera Partners @prosperapartners.org · 24d

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 Prospera Partners Process for Crooked Forest

Join Joe and Holly for a conversation about the organizational audit and optimization process that we went through with our nonprofit consultants, Prospera Partners. We reviewed all of our foundationa...

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · 23d

This morning, courtesy of my backyard. #sunrise #SangreDeCristosMountains

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · 25d

Not me getting all giddy when the rock stars and legends start talking about buying local to strengthen our local economies and communities.

Farm Aid @farmaid.org · 25d

Stand up for family farmers! As the show continues, we encourage you to take action and tell your representative that America deserves the best farm bill possible: www.farmaid.org/action-cente... #FarmAid40

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Prospera Partners @prosperapartners.org · 27d

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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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · Sep 15

This is such an important interview for local economic development.

Prospera Partners @prosperapartners.org · Sep 15

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!

The Main Street Journal @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social · Aug 27

Fifteen years ago, local business networks were spreading like wildfire across the country. But now... mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/local-busi...

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · Sep 11

NEW: No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way. That's what Ezra Klein said. We can condemn this heinous assassination but also recognize that with his 2020 election denialism and extremist rhetoric, Kirk built his movement with falsehoods and in a wrong and divisive manner.

No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way

His assassination deserves full condemnation; his full impact should not be sidestepped.

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · Sep 11

New Substack - I'm back! Well, sort of . . . open.substack.com/pub/pozzebon...

A Busy Summer and a Return to NonDoing

I’m back! Well, sort of. . .

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · Sep 9

Commitment across the sector is key - from practitioners in the nonprofit orgs to the philanthropy leaders to the private donors.

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · Sep 9

#nonprofitsky #philanthropy #nonprofit #socialsector

Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · Sep 9

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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. Plus: See the rest of our <a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/is...

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Vicki Pozzebon @vickipozzebon.bsky.social · Sep 9

I've been in the nonprofit sector for 3 decades, in various roles. I am 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 we do something very different this time?

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