Minority-Owned Fellowship with Katrina Tolentino of Naturally Network
If we truly want to live in a just and equitable society, we need to embrace diversity everywhere, from the board of directors to the factory employees to the product we buy. Today’s guest, Katrina Tolentino, understands this concept well as she is on the frontlines of supporting diversity in her industry through her role as the Executive Director of Naturally Network, an organization that creates change in the natural and organic products ecosystem through community-based programming. Katrina joins us to talk about the Minority-Owned Fellowship and how this program helps to transform the lives of those who get involved. We also learn about what it means to “naturally network” and how businesses and individuals can evolve by adopting the philosophy. To learn more about the importance of diversification and what it means to be impact-driven, press play now!
Key Points From This Episode:
How the Regenerative Organic Alliance and the certification program were formed.
What Naturally Network’s Minority-Owned Fellowship (MOF) is and how it works.
Fighting back against the old-white-boys club: the transformative nature of the MOF.
What it means to “naturally network”, and why it’s so important.
Other programs and offerings from Naturally Network, and how you can get involved.
Katrina’s holiday-themed rapid round of questions.
Our guest’s definition of being impact-driven.
“What I love about the [Minority-Owned] Fellowship program is that – the fellowship is both education but also facilitated networking. The education is being taught by experts in the community, so they’re meeting resources while they’re learning.” — @RealAustin [0:03:56]
“We’re really serving the needs of the future, but the future is really now – All of the growth in population coming from multi-cultural groups.” — @RealAustin [0:09:03]
“I don’t think companies can really [afford] not [to] be impact-driven anymore. I mean, consumers demand that; they want to align their dollars and what they do with those dollars with companies that serve that value.” — @RealAustin [0:30:28]
