NAZ Local

12/24/2024

We've been needing to send out an update but it's been a busy Summer. Lots of new things, but for right now, the app is in the shop. For all inquiries and updates for the future of NAZ Local, please connect with Link Duarte at [email protected]. Thank you and have a happy holiday.

10/17/2024

I'm sharing my comment from another as my commitment and like to share it with all of you:

"I have seen some comments that are coming down on the homeless for being critical of the services being provided by these gracious volunteers. It's not about the volunteers or the help they offer in the community. These are kind people. Criticisms are not about them.

Criticisms are of the system that is causing volunteers to exhaust their time, energy, be spread in different directions, but still aren't able to meet all the need out there. My criticism is of the system that renders people homeless without taking accountability that there needs to be a solution to the causes of homelessness.

My Criticisms are of the people that say "not in my backyard" as they go to church on Sundays and say "pray for our country and stop sending money overseas." My Criticisms are of the churches and community orgs that have safe empty parking lots while their would be members sleep in the desert. My Criticisms are that not enough is being done on the part of governments that tax the crap out of their citizens and report wrong data while they exploit their local workforce who sleep in their car. My Criticisms are that we use code enforcement to criminalize homelessness while funding programs that make blankets from trashbags and give awards to law enforcement officials that "keep pur community safe from those pesky homeless." My Criticisms are that we put temporary bandaids on problems to hide them away instead of stepping up against the wrongs and corruption that is causing the problems in the first place.

And before you are snarky and say "well what's the solution then..."
there are tons....but are you willing to come together as a community, despite your differences, and discuss them? If so, I'll be first in line to host the conversation because I'm done with the same dang problems and tired bandaids that maintain the status quo."

I'm ready for change in our community. I'm starting a "Thriving Communities" community conversation online in November. Anyone want to join?
Linking Dreams Prohuman Foundation NAZ Local

08/30/2024

With thousands of headed to , we are gearing up to give working travelers their best and most experience yet!

08/30/2024

I'm nearing the end of the hardest thing I've ever done in my life: putting together the 12 year portfolio and data lake of everything I've ever done with Linking Dreams as a and everything I think this will produce as a result.

I've served in the military, been a leader in various organizations, and I've had 14 years of formal education. I've lost a child and became an attorney to get her back...and this was still harder. I've done heartbreaking work....and putting together this plan has still topped all of it....the desire to give up so many times and start over some place new and just let it go. I just couldn't...because I'm too compelled because I know...it means everything to get it going.

NAZ Local isn't just an ; it intends to in community, economy and in life. It will enable people to build meaningful relationships with the people and places that are right around them. People will be able to find work so they can thrive in todays tough economy while also finding the help and need to find who they are lookkng for. And finally, an yoy can trust while having fun thats safe for the whole family; that goes fir everyone who lives and visits and the greater southwest region.

I've spent 12 years designing the blueprint for NAZ Local; perfecting it, trying and failing....over and over and over again....all the while? Learning how not to do it next time. So with that, I tip my glass knowing that this business has taken everything I have, but what it will give to the future of our community of Northern Arizona, makes every bit of it worth it.

PS. It's bigger than I ever imagined it to be but it's everything that I ever have hoped for.

See you soon Arizona. 🧡

08/26/2024

Red or Blue = Division.
In a broken world, we need solidarity in order to solve real problems

08/22/2024

Every day I come on Facebook only to learn that another life has been lost. It's incredibly sad. My hope is that humans can band together through these hard times and . We need to show more compassion and stop judging people from a far; stop gaslighting through passive posts...you know who you are. Try picking up a phone, sending a text, maybe just a word of encouragement to let the other person know you are thinking of them. is everything.

08/19/2024

Word! People are so rude to the people who show up! Stop it or pick up a mop or rag and help out, but don't be an a-hole

08/04/2024

Heres our sign!!
Imagine sitting down with a cup of coffee on your porch and suddenly a gov official, a sheriff and a person from the electric company shows up, without warning, and take your electric meter. (YES we were current on our bill). Imagine that there's nothing you can do, nobody to call, and you have limited resources to fight back. That's what happened to us. All because I started a small business that stirred awareness around corruption in local politics. "This should shut you up"...that was the direct quote from the person who pulled the plug....

So as it may appear that we are on vacation, we aren't. We dropped everything to drive to Boston, MA, to Harvard, to raise awareness about what is happening in Arizona and how we plan to solve it. As a graduate of their most advanced program in future technologies, I figured if Harvard taught me how to solve the world's most pressing problems with technology and AI, then they should support us in the cause to create visibility around how technology is making small town struggles related to growth, invisible. There are unintended consequences that are erasing humans. We need to put the human back in the equation and stop allowing big media to make profit off our division in society. So, it is our hope that with our journey, we can inspire people to connect with one another, inspire kindness, and we hope to inspire the greatest tech innovators in the world to listen to the real stories of small towns across the United States and know that it's not all about politics.

If you feel compelled and are able, please help us in our mission. Since we've left, we've made money from door dash and Uber Eats as we've traveled. This has helped us pay for gas; however as of tomorrow, we do not have registration on our car so we can't drive. We have found a place to stay for a few days in Cambridge, but we need help now to pay our primary bills like car payment, insurance and phone bill. Please help if you can. You'd be helping us make the biggest difference we can possibly make in this divided world. Thank you. Here is our Spotfund link: http://spot.fund/93n839sc

07/23/2024

The whole reason I did all this, the reason I worked so hard to create NAZ Local was so that when any person needed help, they could find it when they needed it from a source they could trust. Now I'm in that position and can't find help among any "emergency resources" for my demographic. This only further validates my passion to get this thing off the ground.

Know that if you every come to me for help, I will do everything in my power to connect you with a safe person who doesn't judge you for who you are. Why? Because nobody should ever feel hopeless or invisible at the hands and power of someone proclaiming they are a resource who helps. The sunset is there even if you can't see it. We should all strive to share our light with the world.
Please continue praying for us. We need it today.

If you feel compelled to help us get heard, our spot fund link is in the comments. Thank you

07/12/2024

Sometimes the best things in life come from lemons. In the words of my good friend Shannon Wolfe, "then we'll make a damn fine lemonade"
My hope is that you'll take the time to read our story and be inspired to join our mission to inspire human connection in this world of divide

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06/25/2024

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Android App Link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nazlocal
Apple App Link
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nazlocal/id6453764446