Blog - Valery Navarrete

Three things to avoid if your nonprofit wants a community-centred strategic plan

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True tales of a racialized woman executive

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Fewer things, more deeply

A cardboard sign held up on a stick in front of treetops and a blue sky reads: All you need is less.

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How did I fail?

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The time we have, the time we lost

Valery Navarrete is a strategist, facilitator, and community builder who wants to inspire more of us to have more "us" in our lives.

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How do I choose to be here?

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Community nourishment

A blue bowl filled with red fideo soup and garnished with green chopped cilantro sits above and to the right of a large white plate filled with two cheese quesadillas and a serving of guacamole garnished with lime wedges. The table underneath is red.

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We need more “us”: the hope of community

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Any way you slice it, there are only so many hours

A pie with one slice cut out and served to represent that there are only so many hours in a day.

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One day at a time

A calendar for the month of January sits next to a pocket watch and a house plant.

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