
Pro-Inclusion Napa
Respect, Acceptance, Kindness

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Next PIN General Meeting
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 · 5:30 PM
Napa Methodist Church — 625 Randolph Street, Napa, CA 94559
Parking available in the lot on Division Street behind the church.
PIN meets every other month, on the third Tuesday, at 5:30 PM. Upcoming dates: October 20, 2026 · December 8, 2026 (Note: the December meeting is a holiday social, moved to December 8, 2026 — venue TBD) · February 16, 2027 · April 20, 2027.
What We Do
We support Napa Valley being a place where everyone feels included, safe, and accepted as full members of the community, and we seek to work with other groups that share that goal.
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We act in positive ways to remind our community that Napa County welcomes everyone, excludes no one, and has no tolerance for hate speech in any form. We take action that counteracts and helps neutralize hateful messages with positive messaging.
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As we move from good ideas and good intentions to effective actions in our community, we will remain open and flexible to the ideas and input of our members and Napa County residents.
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Pro-Inclusion Napa, like Napa Valley CanDo, does not identify with any political party or religion.
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Why did we start? What are we doing to promote respect, acceptance, and kindness for everyone in our community? How can you help? Watch this brief video and find out.
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We rely on your donations to help us fill Napa with messages of hope and inclusion through our projects.
To support our work, click here. Follow the instructions to make a donation to CanDo’s Pro-Inclusion Napa project.
Our Values
Pro-Inclusion Napa embraces these values as essential to creating an inclusive and beloved community:

Inspiring Inclusion
This monthly column in the CanDo Connection, focuses on diversity, its significance, and the way it is celebrated and supported locally. PIN members are frequent contributors for Inspiring Inclusion, sharing ways that Napa inspires inclusion to assure that every person in our community feels included, needed, and valued.
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Navigating Difficult Interactions with Kindness – September 1, 2026
Music, Health, and Well-being – August 4, 2026
Disability Pride Month – July 14, 2026
Built, Grown, and Healed: The Enduring Legacy of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders – May 12, 2026
The Impact of Words – December 30, 2025
December is Human Rights Month – December 2, 2025
Native American Heritage Month – November 4, 2025
Filipino-American History Month and Día de la Raza – October 7, 2025
Hispanic Heritage Month – September 2, 2025
August is Teen Mental Health Awareness Month – August 5, 2025
Mental Health is Community Health – July 29, 2025
July is Disability Pride Month – July 1, 2025
Gay Pride – June 3, 2025
Enduring Contributions in Napa of Jewish-Americans and Asian-American Pacific Islanders – May 6, 2025
Arab American Heritage Month – April 1, 2025
Inspirational Women in Napa, Past and Present – March 4, 2025
Native American Heritage Month – November 5, 2024
Homelessness in Napa County – October 31, 2024
Filipinx American History Month – October 1, 2024
Napa Celebrates Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month – September 3, 2024
A Call to Do SOMEthing – August 6, 2024
The Power of Art – July 30, 2024
July is Disability Pride Month – July 2, 2024
Pro-Inclusion Napa Steering Committee
Contact Us: pro-inclusion@nvcando.org
Chair
Joanne Sutro’s nonprofit experience spans 30 years of senior leadership positions in arts, media, and healthcare organizations. A Napa resident since 2000, she has served on the board of the Mt. Veeder Fire Safe Council for 15 years and volunteers for several other community organizations since retiring in 2019 as Collabria Care’s Director of Development & Communications.
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Vice-Chair
Laura Keller, BS, BSN, PHN, NP, retired after 32 years at Napa County Public Health as Director of Public Health Nursing and Maternal, Child, Adolescent Health Director. She served as a commissioner on the Napa County First Five Commission for 16 years, was a Touchpoints trainer for 21 years, and has been the treasurer of the Napa Valley Breastfeeding Coalition for the last 9 years.
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Secretary
Susanne Deiss Costanzo, MBA, PHR, SPHR spent nearly 25 years working with Napa Valley non-profits in marketing, administration, and human resources. Before retiring in 2022, she was Human Resources and Operations Director for Cope Family Center. She has served on the Board of Calistoga Affordable Housing, volunteered most recently with Sunrise Horse Rescue, and is a member of the League of Women Voters Napa Valley.
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Treasurer
James Dugan is a retired businessman and entrepreneur who founded and led a successful licensed painting contracting firm in San Francisco for 35 years, before moving to Napa in 2012. His volunteer experience ranges from helping to restore neighborhoods in Spanish Harlem with Monsignor Robert Fox, and the Full Circle organization, after the 1967 Harlem Riots to serving as treasurer for two HOA’s in SF, to serving on the board of SIR’s chapter #149 in Napa.
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At-Large Members
Stefanie LaMarca, MA in Education, PPS Credential, has worked for the Napa Valley Unified School District for the past 23 years, as a counselor at Napa High School, Harvest Middle School, and now at Valley Oak High School. She has volunteered for the Napa Food Bank, as a Club Advisory for Interact (Napa Sunrise Rotary), WE Schools, Crush MS, the Napa Landmarks Scholarship Committee, and the Sierra Service Project. She also supported the Napa High School Band Boosters as a Band parent, and as a board member.
Marilyn Bennett has lived in Napa most of her life, attending school here and raising her children and grandchildren while witnessing many changes in our town and landscape. She retired from Vallerga's Markets after 25 years as a deli manager. Most of Marilyn's volunteer work has been with Relay for Life and church functions at St. Mary's Episcopal, where she has served as President of St. Elizabeth's Guild, co-director of the altar guild, and a member of the vestry. She currently serves her HOA as both secretary and social director.
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