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About Ventures
We’re working to create the world we want in partnership with rural Latino working-class families in California’s Central Coast to ensure a shared and equitable economic future for all.
Our transformational programs make certain that individuals understand and use their economic and political power. From building their savings to advocating for a living wage, our approach builds community and connects financial stability, wealth building, and self-determination.
Our work creates dignity by recognizing, acknowledging, and valuing our community members’ leadership in making change happen. Together, we are working towards a shared and prosperous economic future where zip code, race, gender, or immigration status do not dictate income or wealth.
We believe that:
We work in ways that:
Our geographic reach encompasses Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties. Ventures is a Latina immigrant led organization.
About Ventures
We’re working to create the world we want in partnership with rural Latino working-class families in California’s Central Coast to ensure a shared and equitable economic future for all.
Our transformational programs make certain that individuals understand and use their economic and political power. From building their savings to advocating for a living wage, our approach builds community and connects financial stability, wealth building, and self-determination.
Our work creates dignity by recognizing, acknowledging, and valuing our community members’ leadership in making change happen. Together, we are working towards a shared and prosperous economic future where zip code, race, gender, or immigration status do not dictate income or wealth.
We believe that:
- Money, and how it is earned, used, and implemented to build wealth and financial systems, is a key component to building wellbeing and a vibrant society.
- We must be intentional an explicit in our work towards racial and gender equity, as social systemic oppressions, including those based on race and gender, are replicated and augmented through the current economic system and related policies.
- Local economies and equitable distribution of income and wealth provide the greatest return and align best in creating wellbeing.
- Money and financing are not well understood and there is a level of mystification around the topic that prevents engagement.
We work in ways that:
- are family centered and culturally appropriate;
- remove system level barriers to economic equity;
- provide leadership development and financial education for children and youth;
- develop new financial and asset building vehicles; and
- lift up and leverage the great work already being done
Our geographic reach encompasses Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties. Ventures is a Latina immigrant led organization.
Futuro Program Director
Ready to build the future economy? A key member of a values driven and team‐focused leadership team, the Futuro Program Director will oversee the execution, evaluation, and partnership management of Futuro, a worker-owned cooperative development vehicle based in the Salinas Valley. This community led business structure is focused on activating a living wage job and income generation model that enables a new equitable economic framework for individuals who have been traditionally excluded from economic markets, especially immigrant and Latino workers. This includes market research, business development, business technical assistance, policy engagement, and community education on worker-owned cooperative structures. This position interfaces frequently with the public, as well as other organizations including educational institutions and nonprofit organizations.
Learn more here: Futuro Program Director
Learn more here: Futuro Program Director
Semillitas Program Director
We're looking for an entrepreneurial leader committed to the wellbeing of families! The Semillitas Program Director will oversee the execution, evaluation, and partnership management of Semillitas, which aims to create a community of belonging and hope for every child in Santa Cruz County.
Launched in 2021, Semillitas, which means small seeds in Spanish, has three goals:
Learn more here: Semillitas Program Director
Launched in 2021, Semillitas, which means small seeds in Spanish, has three goals:
- Improve early childhood development.
- Raise expectations for higher education.
- Build dedicated savings for postsecondary education and healthy lifelong financial habits.
Learn more here: Semillitas Program Director