Prospera's Third Summit for Latina EntrepreneursHealth, Wellbeing and Entrepreneurship

Highlights & Final Report 2019

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TOGETHER WE DREAM, GROWAND PROSPER

Dear Prospera Friends, Sponsors and Partners,  Once again, thanks to all of you, Prospera’s ThirdAnnual Summit for Latina Entrepreneurs was agreat success!  Prospera’s Annual Summit is the kind of magicalexperience that is only possible when a powerfulcommunity of Latina entrepreneurs is in the leadfrom start to finish. Every single workshop, panel, activity - and even the food - was organized by acommittee of volunteers. This year was also about venturing into newterritory connecting health, wealth, cooperationand entrepreneurship and creating community isan essential part of that. As one of the participantssaid: “I learned how important it is to care forourselves and to care for each other. When wehave our health and we have each other we cando so much.”  Learning to create greater balance between caringfor ourselves and launching a business isabsolutely key to our success. This kind of wisdomdoes not come easy. It comes with the manychallenging experiences lived by Prospera’sentrepreneurs in the daily struggle to createcooperative businesses that impact our wholecommunity. Indeed this Summit confirms that we are on theright track. Participants asked for more, so we planto add a new component community educationprograms - stay tuned for health & wellness clinics!

BY MARIA ROGERS PASCUAL &CLAUDIA ARROYO PROSPERA CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

At this Summit we also announced an importantshift we are making in our leadership model thatwill contribute to greater sustainability anddeeper connections to our immigrantcommunity. Claudia Arroyo and Maria RogersPascual are delighted to join together to lead thenext chapter of Prospera as Co-ExecutiveDirectors.   For Claudia, an immigrant, mother andcommunity educator, this is an opportunity toinspire Latina immigrant women to step intoleadership positions owning their experienceand bringing their whole selves. For Maria, whohas been in the Executive Director role for almost5 years at Prospera, this collaboration withClaudia will open new opportunities to innovateand help the organization grow. In these challenging times, what we need most isto join forces and Claudia and Maria are ready forthe challenge. As one of the Summit participants remindsus: “we don’t need to be afraid when women aretogether supporting one another.”

OPENINGCEREMONY

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Welcoming the Four Directionsby Mayra Hernández

Welcome message by Remedios Gómez Arnau ConsulGeneral of México in SanFrancisco

Keynote: Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, CEOLatino Community Foundation

INSPIRATIONALPANELS

Maria Lemus

Executive Director, Visión y Compromiso

Concha Saucedo MartínezFounder Instituto Familiar de La Raza 

Juana Flores

Executive Director, Mujeres Unidas y Activas

Moderated by: Maria Rogers PascualCo-Executive Director, Prospera

The Power of a DreamThe Power of your own story

Nancy RosalesFounder Pepitos Paletas,

Prospera Fellow & Prospera Board Member

Lupita VidalsFounding member of Producciones Arcoiris cooperative

Prospera participant

Anahi RojasFounder Professional Eco-cleaning

Prospera Fellow

Guadalupe PérezFounder member De Colores Collective

Prospera participant

Moderated by: Claudia ArroyoCo-executive Director, Prospera

Health, Well-being and Entrepreneurship 

WORKSHOPS

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Drum Circle Concha Saucedo Martínez, FounderInstituto Familiar de La Raza & JuanCuba, Health Educator

Financial Health Viridiana Ponce and Susana Gamafrom Amigas Empresarias

Metamorphosis: How a woman cantransform into her inner light, Dr. DulceLópez, Psychologist.

Women's Health Dr. Sonia Ordoñez (OBGYN) fromKaiser Permanente

16Self-care practices in solidarity Mayerling Castillo, Personal Fitness CoachXimena Orozco, Leadership Coach andProspera staff member.

COMMUNITYRESOURCES

156People attended the event, 74were Latina entrepreneurs fromacross the Bay Area

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Information tables

14 Alameda County Family Justice CenterAmigas Empresarias Centro Community PartnersConsulate General of Mexico in SFKaiser PermanenteLa Casa de las MadresLa Clinica/ "Cultura y Bienestar"Mujeres Unidas y Activas My Insurance SolutionsRenaissance Entrepreneurship CenterU.S. Census BureauVision y Compromiso Wells FargoWorking Solutions

Mercadito Prospera Latina entrepreneurs offered their productsand services

Free Health Services by Street LevelHealth Project Healthy and Fun activities by JUMPLE USA - Vicky Ávila & AngieZumba! Guadalupe Pérez Community Building & Networking"Inlakesh". Activities connecting Latinaentrepreneurs with each other, allies,supporters and Latino professionals Celebration with music by Gala band.

WHAT PARTICIPANTSHAVE TO SAY ABOUTTHE SUMMIT

“For me the Summit is an opportunity forwomen entrepreneurs to share our stories,to connect, motivate and inspire one another.“

Nancy MordanSummit participant

"I’m walking away with a lot of motivation,creativity and clarity about what’s possible

for Latina women. We can all beentrepreneurs and support each other.”

Susana CardenasSummit participant and volunteer

“I appreciate the resources and the initiativeto bring women together who are launching

themselves as entrepreneurs. For many of us under this administrationwe have no other option. I learned a ton

about what it takes to grow. From the bottom of my heart, thank you!

Anonymous

MEDIA COVERAGE

TELEVISION Telemundo - Comunidad del Valle by Damian Trujillo. Link

Azteca 50 by Helder Rodríguez. Link

RADIOHecho en California by Marcos Gutierrez

La Z by Paco Quiroz

En contacto con la Raza by Enlil Garcia

Radio Bilingüe - Linea Abierta by Samuel Orozco. Link

Radio Bilingüe – Special Program from the Summit

by Chelis Lopez

El Pajaro Latinoamericano by Jorge Bustamante

KBBF - Voces de Mujeres by Amalia Contardi. Link

NEWSPAPERVisión Hispana by Elena Miramar. Link

WORD MAP FROM THE SUMMIT WHAT PARTICIPANTS WALKED AWAY WITH

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS!

Thank you

From the Prospera Team: Claudia Arroyo, Maria Rogers Pascual, Claudia Delgado, Maite Gascó, Ximena Orozco

Thank you to all of our volunteers for making this Summit a reality: Danielle Ancin,

Verónica Añorve, Maricarmen Arjona, Gaby Arvizu, Susana Cardenas, Angelica Flores, Ana

Galvis, Omar Garcia, Maria Garcia, Héctor Garza, Myriam Gonzalez, Oscar Grande, Ana

Paula Jimenez, Jared Medina, Saday Osorio, Matilde Pineda, Lorena Rodriguez, Javier

Salinas, Hugo Vargas, Raúl Vargas, Lina Vera, Maria Zapata, panelists, Prospera

ambassadors, Fellows and Board members.