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🎃 OCTOBER PARENT MEETING 🎃

Join us for an evening of community, culture, and connection as we learn about the significance of Gháájí, explore upcoming events, share community resources, and share a meal together (Potluck Style).

The Indigenous Peoples Day celebration continues as we will have KONEKTED on site to facilitate the Photovoice Project for our NAEP students who did not have the opportunity to participate during IPD. Check out our Photovoice Project post to learn more about how you can start today prior to the parent meeting!

📆 Tuesday, October 20th
📍 Carl Hayden High School (Cafeteria)
⏰ 6:00pm-7:30pm

Come connect with the NAEP & KONEKTED team at the next parent meeting!!

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📸 Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day 📸

PXU NAEP and KONEKTED invite our students to participate in a Photovoice Project for Indigenous Peoples Day!

Use the power of photography to share your story, celebrate your culture, and highlight the people, places, traditions, and passions that shape who you are. Through photos and creative expression, students will work together to create a visual art piece that honors Indigenous identity, history, and resilience!

Creation dates:
📆 Monday, October 12th- Alhambra High School
⏰ 12pm-1:30pm

📆 Tuesday, October 13th- Cactus Canyon High School
⏰ 10am-12:35pm

📆 Thursday, October 15th- Camelback High School
⏰ 12pm-1:30pm

📆 Tuesday, October 20th-Carl Hayden High School
⏰ 6:00pm-7:30pm
➡️ NAEP PARENT MEETING

📲 Message your NAEP advisor/Sign up on Flex

YOUR VOICE.YOUR STORY.YOUR IDENTITY 🪶

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Our hearts are full after gathering in such a powerful way through story, connection, art, and community.

Created through a collaboration between Indigenous CC, KONEKTED, and Phoenix Art Museum, this was a shared vision of uplifting Indigenous storytelling, identity, matriarchs, and community in a way that felt intentional.

Deep gratitude to the incredible Cara Romero and her family for sharing Panûpünüwügai (Living Light) and reminding us of the beauty, brilliance, resilience, and multiplicity of Indigenous identity and experience.

Thank you to the team at Phoenix Art Museum for opening space for Indigenous stories to be felt, witnessed, and honored. A huge thank you to @tiffanylippincott and Kristin for your partnership, vision, and support in helping bring this experience to life. To the @sketchclubcafe , thank you for leading creativity in a beautiful way to capture stories.

Thank you to Skoden Coffee and Emerson Fry Bread for nourishing the community, to DJ JMELee for setting the tone and carrying the energy of the evening, and to ARTenders.

And to the sisters of Matriarch Mixer, thank you for continuing to build spaces where Indigenous people can gather, connect, reflect, and laugh together. The love, care, and intention in this community is deeply felt. Thank you @nakiagovea___ for always showing up for us!!

Thank you to everyone who joined us! Thank you for sharing your stories, honoring the women who light your way, and reminding us that Indigenous storytelling is carried through all of us.

We are the story.💜
We are the light.💙
We are the lineage.💗

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Join us for our First Friday Matriarch Mixer experience in collaboration with Phoenix Art Museum to support the closing show for the powerful exhibit by Cara Romero, Panûpünüwügai (Living Light) led by sister Jillian Waln (Sicangu Lakota) owner of Konekted.

We will move through an immersive evening of storytelling and honoring the women who carry our stories, shape our lives, and light our way.

This experience will include:
• Immersive storytelling spaces
• Community connection
• Open mic storytelling
• Our famous earring exchange
• A walk-through of Living Light

We are the story.
We are the light.
We are the lineage.

Get your tickets using the link in our bio!

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Matriarch Mixer Meetup | Paint N Sip Hosted by Walela, led by sister Katherine Jacobs(Eastern Band Cherokee). Like and reshare ✨

Our event is designed for Indigenous woman who leads, builds, and carries — this mixer is a sacred pause. Through creativity, community, and intentional conversation, we create space to reconnect with who we are beyond our titles and responsibilities. Leave feeling grounded and recalibrated in your path ahead.

What to Expect
* Two-hour hosted networking experience with self-guided Painting (painting kit provided).
* Light food and beverages
* Our famous Earring Exchange
* Intentional connection with Indigenous women entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals across the valley.

The Matriarch Mixer is part of Indigenous Community Collaborative’s mission to advance economic opportunity for Indigenous entrepreneurs by creating spaces for connection, collaboration, and community building. Each mixer is co-hosted with fellow sisters and business owners Turquoise Devereaux (@indigenousskye), Mikenzi Dupree (@stillshelives), Jillian Waln (Konekted Media), Katherine Jacobs, Roshan Spottsville (@photographybyroshan) and Carol Deed (@Generations4Change)

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👔✨ 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 ✨👗
We’re calling on our community to show up for the next generation of Indigenous leaders.
The Annual PXU-NAEP Career Expo Clothing Drive helps high school students step into their futures with confidence, style, and access to professional opportunities. Having options for professional clothing attire allows students to feel prepared, seen, and empowered when an opportunity comes their way!
One of the most loved parts of the Career Expo is when students get to “shop” for their own professional outfits by choosing pieces that reflect their own personal style.
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝:
• Pants & jeans
• Blouses
• Ties
• Blazers & suits
• Jackets
• Ribbon skirts & ribbon shirts
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧.

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 & 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 🤍
To donate, schedule a meetup or pickup:
📞 Troi Waln — 480-628-0568
📧 jillian@konekted.co

**PXU STAFF you are welcome to reach out to your campus NAEP advisor for a location to drop off**

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Obsessed with the new format! We laughed, chatted, and learned more about each other. Looking forward to our next Matriarch Mixer meetup hosted by Turquoise. Thank you Alex and Roshan for capturing 📸 the evening.

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🚨 RSVP NOW! 🚨
Native American PXU high school students, this one’s for YOU.
Join us for our Annual Career Expo on April 16th from 4–7 PM at the Heard Museum.
This is your chance to explore career paths, connect with Indigenous professionals, and build real-world skills in a space designed with you in mind.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭:
• A special live performance (announcement coming soon 👀)
• 1:1 meetups with Indigenous professionals
• FREE professional headshots
• Delicious food
• Access to professional clothing
• Career resources + so much more
Come build connections. Come build confidence. Come build your future.

✨ RSVP now using the link in our bio! ✨
Tag a friend who needs to be there!

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I’m deeply honored to be part of the first Women to KNOW in Arizona ✨ @theknowwomen

As an Indigenous woman and entrepreneur, this representation matters as we as Indigenous women are leading, building, and shaping systems in spaces where we haven’t always been seen.

What meant the most was standing alongside incredible women doing transformative work across Arizona, and sharing this moment with two of my sisters and fellow Indigenous entrepreneurs, @jilliankris and @melo3134 👏🏽 I feel so proud!

I also got to celebrate with my partner, the steady support behind it all. He’s my biggest support and sees the up and downs that have got me here. I love you so much! 💗

My heart is overflowing with gratitude to be able to serve my community in this way and to be a part of something that allows future generations to see what’s possible.

#indigenous #indigenouswomen #indigenousentrepreneur #womentoknow #womentoknowaz

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Sisterhood. Connection. Community. Auntie laughs. ❤️
Yesterday, we gathered to receive the medicine of sisterhood - sharing stories, creating art, enjoying a meal, and catching up on life. We laughed, filled our cups, and soaked in the energy that only happens when sisters come together. Missed our sis Kenzi!
If you’ve been craving that kind of connection, we invite you to join us at our next Matriarch Mixer (link in bio). We would love to gather with you, catch up, and experience this beautiful feeling together. ✨ 📸 Photo Credit: @photographybyroshan

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HOMAGE, a Native American Heritage Month event. November 15th: A night of Indigenous excellence, art, culture & community. This 100% Indigenous-curated experience brings together art, culture, food, and community.

What to Expect:
Danny Upshaw’s immersive Homage mural installation • Matriarchs of the Valley Awards honoring Rosetta Walker, Doreen Meyers Duncan & Laureen Chischilly • First-ever Earring Artist Showcase • Our famous Earring Exchange • Indigenous food by Chef Padilla & James Beard Best Chef Southwest in 2024 Chef Rene • 5 immersive cultural experiences • Music, mocktails, raffles & more!

📅 November 15th
⏰ Doors 5PM | Program 5:30-9PM
✨Dress Code: Indigenous Excellence

100% of proceeds support the Matriarch Fund for Indigenous entrepreneurs supporting Laree Lynn Creations.

Link in bio for tickets!
Get Tickets: Bit.ly/HOMAGE2025

📷 Design + Photography by Danny Upshaw

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#MatriarchMixer #Homage #IndigenousExcellence #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #PhoenixEvents #NativeOwned #IndigenousArt #CommunityBuilding Collage of multiple group photos showing Indigenous community members at the Homage event presented by Matriarch Mixer, displaying the community connection and gathering. With overlaid text reading “homage presented by Matriarch Mixer”

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