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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

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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.

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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.

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Services

We build strategic connections with deep understanding

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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