Strengthening Grounded & Culturally Aligned Leadership
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This session invites BIPOC nonprofit leaders into a space for reflection, connection, and shared learning. Through guided dialogue and experiential practices, participants will explore how to strengthen leadership that is grounded in cultural values, community relationships, and collective responsibility.
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Through guided dialogue, ecosystem mapping, and accessible somatic practices, we will:
- Ground our leadership in cultural values, community knowledge, and collective experience
- Strengthen collaboration rooted in trust and shared responsibility
- Explore resilience practices that move beyond burnout culture
- Practice community-centered decision-making that reflects values
You will leave having connected with peers who understand your context, reflected on your leadership through a cultural lens, and clarified ways to stay aligned in your day-to-day decisions within a space that recognizes the realities you carry as a leader.
This session is presented through the Santa Fe Community Foundation’s Learning Hub and is part of the BIPOC Nonprofit Leader Series program. This event is free; registration is required.
About the Learning Hub
The Santa Fe Community Foundation proudly offers our Learning Hub as an educational space for nonprofit board, executive directors, staff members, and donors. Each year, the Hub offers dozens of events, workshops, and learning circles that promote leadership, skill building, and peer-supported growth.
Meet the people leading the conversation
Vickie Oldman
Vickie Oldman
Vickie Oldman is an enrolled member of the Navajo tribe, and her clans are Black Streak of the Forest People, Mud People, One Who Walks Around People, and Folding Arm People. She is a founding partner with Seven Sisters Community Development Group, LLC (a national consulting firm), the Principal of Kitseallyboy Consulting, LLC, and the founder of Real Native Roots: Untold Stories Podcast.
Vickie specializes in culturally relevant approaches to organizational development. She has over 25 years of expertise in strategic planning, board development, leadership training, team building, asset building, and executive coaching to Native and rural communities. She is recognized nationally as a skilled facilitator, trainer, and speaker. Vickie is a certified coach, trainer, and facilitator for Leadership that Works, Institute of Cultural Affairs’ ToP Strategic Planning and Workshop Methods, True Colors, Nonprofit Management, Grove Team Performance Model, and Emergent Learning Principles.
Vickie has a Master's in Social Work with a degree in Community Planning and Administration from New Mexico Highlands University. She also holds a Bachelor of Social Work from Arizona State University. She currently sits on New West Community Capital, Prosperity Now, and First Peoples Fund board.
Meet the people leading the conversation
Meet the people leading the conversation
Vickie Oldman
Vickie Oldman
Vickie Oldman is an enrolled member of the Navajo tribe, and her clans are Black Streak of the Forest People, Mud People, One Who Walks Around People, and Folding Arm People. She is a founding partner with Seven Sisters Community Development Group, LLC (a national consulting firm), the Principal of Kitseallyboy Consulting, LLC, and the founder of Real Native Roots: Untold Stories Podcast.
Vickie specializes in culturally relevant approaches to organizational development. She has over 25 years of expertise in strategic planning, board development, leadership training, team building, asset building, and executive coaching to Native and rural communities. She is recognized nationally as a skilled facilitator, trainer, and speaker. Vickie is a certified coach, trainer, and facilitator for Leadership that Works, Institute of Cultural Affairs’ ToP Strategic Planning and Workshop Methods, True Colors, Nonprofit Management, Grove Team Performance Model, and Emergent Learning Principles.
Vickie has a Master's in Social Work with a degree in Community Planning and Administration from New Mexico Highlands University. She also holds a Bachelor of Social Work from Arizona State University. She currently sits on New West Community Capital, Prosperity Now, and First Peoples Fund board.
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