Social Change Leadership Network
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Training for Trainers: How to Design Memorable Interactive Trainings
by RCLA Fellow Joan Minieri
This new handbook provides a step-by-step guide to designing trainings that engage participants in creative ways of learning. It includes fundamentals on different learning styles, the six steps for designing a training, facilitator tips for keeping participants energized, and a variety of sample activities. The RCLA handbook is based on the Social Change…
ContinueCreated by RCLA Jun 9, 2010 at 1:29pm. Last updated by RCLA Jun 9, 2010.
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A Dance That Creates Equals: Unpacking Leadership Development
By Denise Altvater, Bethany Godsoe, LaDon James, Barbara Miller, Sonia Ospina, Tyletha Samuels, Cassandra Shaylor, Lateefah Simon, and Mark Valdez, 2005
A group of social change leaders asked, "How can we create the space/opportunities for individuals to recognize themselves as leaders and develop leadership?" Through Cooperative Inquiry the group began to view leadership development as…
ContinueCreated by RCLA Jun 9, 2010 at 1:21pm. Last updated by RCLA Jun 9, 2010.

Can the Arts Change the World? The Transformative Power of the Arts in Fostering and Sustaining Social Change
By Arnold Aprill, Elise Holliday, Fahari Jeffers, Nobuko Miyamoto, Abby Scher, Diana Spatz, Richard Townsell, Lily Yeh, Lyle Yorks, and Sandra Hayes, 2006
A group of nonprofit leaders working in the arts, advocacy, political organizing, social services, and education explored the connection between community organizing and creative…
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Time for Change: A Toolkit for Transformation
By Theresa Holden and Meredith Herr with Bob Fulkerson, LuAnn Leonard, Roger Sherman, and Loris Taylor, 2008
A group of seasoned social change leaders from across the US engaged in a process of action and reflection together to uncover pathways to personal and social transformation. The final report includes these discoveries, as well as a toolkit filled with research-based methods to help leaders strengthen…
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Taking Back the Work: A Cooperative Inquiry into Leaders of Color in Movement-Building Organizations
By Angie Chan and Linda Powell Pruitt with Will Allen, Joyce Johnson, Ricardo Martinez, Reggie Moore, Richard Moore, Ai-Jen Poo, and Cidra Sebastien, June 2009
Leaders of color recognized for their exemplary social justice efforts asked: How do we build, strengthen and sustain movement-building organizations led by people of color?…
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The Research Center for Leadership in Action at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service is now recruiting for the Global Social Change Leadership Institute being held July 8-20, 2012, in New York City for university and graduate students and recent college graduates.
The Institute offers emerging leaders a chance to develop practical knowledge and skills to advance social justice in their communities. The…
Posted by RCLA on October 27, 2011 at 12:52pm
Call for Applications: Bloomberg Innovation Delivery Fellowship
In partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, we are pleased to share a call for applications for the Bloomberg Innovation Delivery Fellowship. This exciting new opportunity is for early-tenure public service professionals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership potential. We invite you to…
ContinuePosted by RCLA on October 27, 2011 at 12:49pm
If you have any questions about the Institute, please email RCLA Program…
ContinuePosted by RCLA on April 14, 2011 at 10:30am
The CPL-PA’s New Leaders Program, a part-time, six-month professional development program designed to empower young progressives living, learning and working in the Greater Philadelphia area to be the future of the progressive movement is recruiting candidates. From June…
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Posted by RCLA on October 23, 2010 at 9:00am
Resource Generation (RG) is a national non-profit, organizing young people with financial wealth to leverage resources and privilege for social change. RG offers a variety of programs for young people with wealth to explore how their financial resources relate to social justice and provide tools for them to take action (www.resourcegeneration.org).
Want to learn about social justice, philanthropy and national organizing, all while…
ContinuePosted by RCLA on October 4, 2010 at 3:07pm

