Community leadership is built in our everyday acts of belonging.
Throughout 2020, the Community Leadership Learning Initiative engaged grassroots groups, community-builders, youth, faith-based networks, community-based organizations, and many other stakeholders from across the country to explore community leadership through storytelling. We welcome to new and returning members to our learning community and look forward to continuing to grow together.
Upcoming Session:
Lessons from the Community Leadership Learning Initiative
- January 21st, 1:00 – 3:00 PM Central
- Register here
We know that people with deep lived experiences of inequities are actively creating transformation, by leading in ways that respect and leverage their cultural ways of knowing and being. Our partners’ stories help us better understand how community leadership is built and practiced collectively, in our everyday acts of belonging. We hope the resources below help strengthen your practice of community leadership.
Resources from Past Learning Sessions:
2020
Dec 2: Community Leadership Story Share
Part 1 Video : Learning Community Purpose & Intergenerational Multilingual Storytelling Soundscapes
CLLI Card Set (PDF)
Card instructions and ideas for Reflection & Facilitation (PDF)
Part 2 Video: Buffalo Food Stories Project
Food for the Spirit website with project stories
Part 3 Video: Starseed Earthroot
Sovereign Earthworks Zine (PDF)
Part 4 Video: Together Baton Rouge, Spirit & Justice & Closing comments
Spirit & Justice website
Together Baton Rouge website
Nov 24: Growing Our Community
Co-hosted by Starseed Earthroot
Nov 17: The Importance of Being Together (Convivir): An Experiment in Collective Leadership and Co-creation
Co-hosted by Intergenerational, Multilingual Storytelling Soundscapes
Oct 21: Building Foundations for Food Sovereignty: Collective Leadership & Storytelling
Co-hosted by Buffalo Food Equity Network
Sept 24: Reflect & Refresh: Community Leadership Stories
Resources: Coming Soon
Aug 6: Making Change: Discovering & Disrupting the Story of Us
Resources:
Video Recording
Notes from the session
Story of Us: Snippets
July 9: Leadership WITH/IN Community
Resources:
Leadership WITH/IN Community PowerPoint Deck
CLLI Leadership Survey – Executive Summary
CLLI Leadership Survey Phase 1 – Full Report
June 3: Community Ownership and Authorship: Framing Leadership During COVID
Resources:
Video Recording
Notes from the session
Community Ownership and Authorship: Framing Leadership During COVID powerpoint deck
May 18: Story of the World You Want
Resources:
Video Recording
The Story of the World You Want PowerPoint Deck
Now, Wow, How Worksheet
Discussion Notes
April 20: Framing Leadership—COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP & AUTHORSHIP
Resources:
Feb 26: Community Storytelling Launch—DEEP CONNECTION