Alaska Native Resilience Circles

JumpScale is delighted to share the 2023 Alaska Native Resilience Circles Impact Report. In 2023, JumpScale and Native CDFI Spruce Root launched the first organizational Resilience Circles to support Alaska Native impact companies and NGOs. This report highlights our culturally-informed approach to supporting Native Alaskan entrepreneurs and their ventures.

Resilience Circles are a breakthrough in the Indigenous-led movement for healing and regenerative economies and seek to scale the impact and health of Alaska Native communities. The JumpScale and Spruce Root teams look forward to sharing Resilience Circles’ impact and exciting program developments in the coming year in a webinar on February 16th.

In this episode of The ReMembering and ReEnchanting Podcast with host Sara Jolena Wolcott and guest Dr. Alexis Bunten, we start with history, the colonial gaze, and its impact on today's tourism and travel ‘explorations,’ look at the dangers of "Disneylandification," and more.

The Native-led kelp movement in Alaska is taking off and is integral to JumpScale's efforts in Alaska to support the wellbeing of Alaska Native entrepreneurs. Along with NDN Collective and Tamalpais Trust, we recently returned from Cordova, Alaska, where we went on a deep dive into the work of Dune Lankard and the Native Conservancy team to restore Native sovereignty, repair the ecosystem, and build a Native-led regional kelp economy.

Over a dozen collaborators and movement-makers joined JumpScale and Native CDFI Spruce Root in Southeast Alaska on a remarkable learning journey to support Resilience Circles, a wellbeing-centered accelerator for Alaska Native business owners. We learned in community with Alaska Native leaders in hospitality, regenerative forestry, plant medicine, weaving, carving, and more.

Watch Senior Advisor Valentina Yaman share her experience in Ecuador and activating the country’s carbon market for the first time. She also discusses how JumpScale works with investors to consider indigenous worldviews, the rights of nature, and their work's personal and ecosystem impacts.

JumpScale Senior Advisor and Indigenous Economics expert Alexis Naficy guides viewers through a conversation about entrepreneurship in Indigenous communities and how you can support Indigenous entrepreneurs.

Native American entrepreneurs are an essential part of building regenerative economies and ecosystems, yet face real and unique challenges building successful organizations.

Organizational Wellbeing is the conscious action to promote individual self-care, communication, and business practices to foster a deeper sense of purpose for healthy growth, from individuals to whole business systems. And, according to new research, Organizational Wellbeing is good for business.

JumpScale always has a strong presence at SOCAP, the world's leading conference bringing together the largest and most diverse community of social entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders working towards a more just and sustainable economy.

In collaboration with Social Venture Circle, JumpScale’s Daniel Roth and Alexis Bunten spoke with Founder and Executive Director of IllumiNative, Crystal Echo Hawk. In this episode, we discussed her breakthrough research on the invisibility of Native Americans, current campaigns to end racist sports mascots, and the rising voices of Native Americans in politics and economics.

In collaboration with Social Venture Circle, join JumpScale's Daniel Roth and Alexis Bunten for a conversation with thought leader, Edgar Villanueva. Edgar Villanueva is a globally-recognized author and expert on philanthropy. His newest book is Decolonizing Wealth, which offers compelling alternatives to the dynamics of colonization in the philanthropic and social finance sectors.

We look forward to an interactive mini-workshop session with JumpScale Senior Advisor, Alexis Bunten. For the second portion of this episode, we’ll invite you to unmute and try on the adaptation strategies Alexis has learned from years of experience with Indigenous communities and her recent research on COVID-19 impacts.