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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CommUnity Leadership Institute (CLI) Each year, Just Communities' CommUnity Leadership Institute prepares 50 Central Coast high school students to understand injustice in the world and translate that understanding into positive action in their schools and communities. The eight day residential program is a unique opportunity where young people from diverse backgrounds explore their multifaceted identities, learn how to recognize and counter bias and gain advocacy skills and tools to bring back to their schools and communities. Activities include discussion groups, role playing, learning exercises and presentations on a variety of human relations and social justice issues. Young people participate in and learn from activities which focus on ethnic and racial identity, stereotyping, communication, family issues, racism, homophobia, sexism, and classism.
Click here to download the 2008 CLI staff application packet. Click here to download the 2008 CLI participant application packet.
Change Agent Network for Dismantling Oppression (CAN DO) CAN DO is the year round follow-up and networking program for Just Communities' CommUnity Leadership Institute (CLI). The program is completely youth-run and youth-led, and the goals of CAN DO are:
The CAN DO Leadership Team is made up of CLI graduates throughout the Central Coast. The Leadership Team will gain experience in planning, public speaking, facilitating, organizing, understanding group dynamics and effective networking with their peers as they support their change agent goals and efforts for the school year.
Upcoming 2007-2008 meeting dates for CLI CAN DO:
All sessions are from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Institute for Equity in Education JUST COMMUNITIES' Institute for Equity in Education is a 3.5-day residential, intensive training that provides educational leaders with an opportunity to explore personal leadership issues related to race and difference, and to identify constructive strategies for addressing institutional racism, educational inequality, and achievement gaps in schools throughout the Central Coast. JUST COMMUNITIES' Institute for Equity in Education helps participants develop the skills, tools, and resources necessary to create effective learning environments for all students. IEE Follow-up Sessions for 2008 All meetings take place on Wednesdays, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. on February 20, March 19, April 16, and May 21.
Upcoming IEE Training July 7-11, 2008 at Best Western Colony Inn, Atascadero August 4-8, 2008 at Dunn School, Los Olivos
Click here for a brochure.
Beyond Names & Numbers: Building a Diverse AND Inclusive Board of Directors Diversity and inclusion are key components to a successful board. As demographics continue to shift, nonprofit and community boards must reflect and represent the needs and perspectives of the communities we serve. A diverse board enhances an organization’s ability to work with and be accountable to its constituency. It unlocks new perspectives and solutions to the issues our organizations address. It opens possibilities for new funding streams. It ensures the best possible organizational practices. But meaningful diversity is not possible without an inclusive board culture. Beyond Names and Numbers: Building a Diverse AND Inclusive Board is an 8-hour training for Executive Directors and Board Members focused on achieving a Board that is comprised of a diverse group of people AND fully values and includes those people in every aspect of Board work and organizational life. Upcoming workshops for Beyond Names and Numbers:
Friday, March 14, 2004 8:30 a.m. thru 4:30 p.m. Ventura County Community Foundation 1317 Del Norte Road, Suite 150 Camarillo, CA 93010
Fee: $149 per organization which includes up to two (2) staff and up to three (3) board members. Each additional person: $40. Breakfast and lunch included.
To register, email vccf@vccf.org.
Towards Justice Series: 1-Day From Awareness to Action Workshops
Just Communities offers one-day experiential workshops on various topics focusing on inequity. The workshops are designed to increase understanding of how we are impacted by issues such as racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, etc. and what our unique roles are in dismantling oppression based on our own identities. Each workshop focuses on one specific area of oppression.
All workshops typically address:
The next workshop is on Sexual Orientation, which will be held on April 26 at Santa Barbara City College from 9am-4pm. Click here for a flyer and registration form.
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