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Communities Leading the Way: Strategy Built on Deep Listening
About Namákota
Namákota develops strategic solutions to complex social impact issues and connects diverse communities across sectors.
We work with governments, businesses, organizations and philanthropies to improve the health and wellbeing of folks whom are most often left out or left behind.
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Namákota helps leaders build authentic relationships and move resources into diverse communities.
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We make way for communities to serve their people with the knowing that they are inherently competent. That they hold the power to selfdetermine their own priorities.
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Namákota is located in Spokane, WA. We reach beyond geographic boundaries to serve clients in diverse locations, including the rural regions along the Rocky Mountains and urban communities in the Pacific Northwest
Vision
We see and are seen in ways that allow us to be changed.
Mission
Namákota co-creates community driven solutions to complex social impact issues across sectors. We work with governments, businesses, organizations, and philanthropies to amplify the wisdom of those closest to impact to build healthier more equitable systems.
Values
We are deeply responsible and know that this work is much older than us.
We understand that:
Communities as inherently competent
We are most powerful together
There are real power dynamics
Slowing down is required to connect
Context and timing matter
We learn from history and our past
Energy and resources can be redirected
Community healing moves like a wave
Discomfort is part of the process
There are many valid perspectives of single truths
We are all connected
Imagination and story reclaim power
Theory of Change
STRATEGY
Namákota solves tough problems in businesses, organizations, and governments with collaborative, creative, multi-level thinking and being. We create strategies from the perspectives of those most interested and effected by the work.
EQUITY
As guests and good listeners, we make way for communities to serve their members in the ways they know are best. They are inherently competent and have respected experts whom are best equip to lead work from within. These leaders are closest to the work and its impacts.
RESOURCE
Namákota helps leaders build authentic relationships and move resources into diverse communities. This work is driven by community-led impact where measurable success is determined by the folks served.
Services
We build strategic connections with deep understanding
ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS
Organizational assessment, policy and practice review, and data analysis and reporting to provide a thorough understanding of an organization's current state and inform decision-making.
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Equity-focused change management to support healthy transitions to more equitable systems and cultures by effectively managing the people side of change of achieving lasting impact.
STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION
Diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy development, sustainability planning, program design and implementation, stakeholder engagement, and leadership development and coaching to support the implementation of equitable systems transformation.
EVALUATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
Evaluation, impact measurement, facilitation and team building to assess the effectiveness of equitable systems transformation initiatives and support sustainability as a measure of community resilience.