NATIVE WOMEN ARTIST ACCELERATORS
- Success Stories
- April 15, 2019
ONABEN’s accelerator programs provide culturally appropriate training and assistance to Native women artisans. Those services aim to accelerate the growth and success of Native-owned businesses. Through our accelerator initiatives, we help participants grow their audience and build their entrepreneurial skills. Specific accelerators so far have included the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs …
Read More 
EMPOWERING ENTREPRENEURS & GRASSROOTS CAPACITY BUILDING DEVELOPMENT
- Success Stories
- April 15, 2019
Through our Empowering Entrepreneurs & Grassroots Capacity Building Development project, ONABEN worked with Native communities throughout the country, to implement sustainable economic development strategies. By providing a variety of entrepreneurial trainings and customized assistance we focused on economic growth, employment opportunities, and business creation. Our signature approach of creating effective synergies between training, technical assistance, and capacity building was the …
Read More Spring Change, Bridge to Success and The Marketing Mix
Hello, friends and colleagues! It’s hard to believe that we are already in the third month of 2016! Team ONABEN has been incredibly busy! But, alas I found some time to catch you up on our progress and projects! In February our team traveled to El Paso, Texas, where we kicked off our Bridge to Success (B2S) Program. B2S, as …
Read More A Busy New Year for Team ONABEN
Hello, friends! The first month of 2016 is nearing an end — how time flies when you’re having fun and doing what you love! It’s been a busy New Year for Team ONABEN, and I don’t foresee our team slowing down anytime soon – we’re refreshed and ready to go! Already in 2016, ONABEN is on the move. In early …
Read More Summer Update, July 2015
Hello, friends! It has been a while. But, that does not mean that ONABEN has not been busy! Our team has embarked upon some major grant writing. I wish I could say that the process is complete. But, anyone involved in the world of non-profits understands that in many ways fundraising is an on-going activity. And, that’s okay! Raising dollars …
Read More Trading at the River 2015
Hello Friends of ONABEN, Whew! It’s been a busy week. This little lady is tired! Our team just finished up our 13th Annual Trading at the River Conference and Marketplace. With every event, something new is learned and our team grows. This year’s event was a bit different…it was in Oklahoma…outside of the Pacific Northwest for the first time ever. …
Read More Entrepreneurial Exchange Program. NAFOA & OWEESTA
Hello Friends! It’s been a while, so we have a lot to catch up on! Very recently, ONABEN spent some time in Moloka’i in coordination with our ANA grant. This trip was a special… but then again, aren’t they all? So, maybe I shall say this trip was extra special, as a group of Oklahoma entrepreneurs made the journey with …
Read More Native Marketplace, July in Asheville!
Hello Friends! Wow, what a week it has been! Team ONABEN presented three youth art camps to three different schools in Oklahoma in coordination with our contract with the Mvskoke Loan Fund, a CDFI affiliated with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. I love working with youth! Have I ever mentioned that? If not, well I do. Youth projects are probably at …
Read More Passion to Reflection to Success to Celebration..All in a Day’s Work….
Hello Friends! Are you as busy as me? I hope so! How I love the work we do. As usual, Team ONABEN is engaged in a flurry of activity. Where to begin? Where else but with entrepreneurial development, which you know is a big deal in ONABEN’s world. We constantly advocate for the establishment and growth of Native-owned businesses, so …
Read More “Aspire to Inspire: Arts…Culture… Entrepreneurship” is the theme for Trading at the River 2015
Hello, Friends! What’s new with ONABEN? On Monday, Selena and I will travel to beautiful, Santa Fe, New Mexico, for the Administration for Native American’s Grantee Meeting. We are always excited to network with our peers, many of whom are more like life-long friends than colleagues! And we are honored to have been asked to sit on two separate panels …
Read More 
Recent Comments