Summits & Retreats
Native Women Lead provides in-person dynamic experiences for Native women entrepreneurs through our Native Women’s Business Summit, Native Women’s Business Retreat, and Native Women’s Capital Summit.
We convene our community to provide workshops, listening sessions, trainings and self-care activities that focus on providing support, restoration, resources, and a network for Native women business owners.
We extend our deepest gratitude and appreciation to the remarkable community of Native women entrepreneurs, relatives, diverse sponsors, key partners, and our families for their unwavering support and dedication to our mission. Your invaluable contributions have not only helped us provide enriching programming and events but have also fostered a sense of empowerment within our community. Your commitment to uplifting and amplifying the voices of Native women and their businesses is truly inspiring and drives us forward each day. Together, we are creating meaningful change and paving the way for a more inclusive and equitable future. Thank you for being the heart and soul of our collective journey.
2023 Native Women’s Growth Capital Summit
In 2023, Native Women Lead hosted the inaugural Native Women’s Growth Capital Summit in the beautiful Bay Area. This gathering focused on convening Indigenous women founders seeking financial and social capital, investment and support. We brought together key stakeholders and supporters such as partners in philanthropy, social impact investors, and critical decision and policymakers to activate catalytic investment and commitment to Indigenous women founders.
“"The world will be different when you invite Indigenous women to the table."
-Jenn Harper, Summit Keynote”
2022 Native Women’s Business Retreat
In Fall of 2022, Native Women Lead hosted our inaugural Native Women’s Business Retreat at the Tamaya Resort & Spa in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. Created for Native women entrepreneurs at all levels of business, the 2022 NWBR was led by Native women in keynotes and presentations that spoke on resilience, growth, and possibility.
This was the first in-person gathering hosted by NWL since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and was designed to be responsive to the challenges and disruptions that Native women have met, this retreat was meant to prioritize care, reconnection in community, and reignite the movement of Native women leading.
“The natural storytelling and sharing that happened when we are in space together. The speakers were phenomenal, and so was the chance to just BE together. It inspired me to talk through experiences and remind myself I am not alone. I am on this journey too.”
-2022 NWBR Attendee
