INTENTIONALLY DEVELOPING LEADERS OF COLOR PRASANT NUKALAPATI, PROGRAM MANAGER FOR NW REGION KEITH...
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INTENT I O NALLY DE VELOPING LEAD ERS OF COLOR PRAS ANT NUKALAPAT I , PROGRAM MANAGER F OR NW REG ION KEITH WILKERSON, SENIOR PROGRAM MAN AGER FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC REG ION
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PERSPECTIVE/CONTEXT:
• What do we hope will happen for students of color at high powered institutions ? What is the reality of what happens?
• Why doesn’t access translate to tangible success for many of our students?
WHY A LEADERSHIP CURRICULUM:
• To help students of color understand what it means to be a high impact individual
• To develop high impact young leaders of color, with skills capable of taking on leadership positions in society
• To develop students who are already “natural born” leaders into leaders with transferable skills who create change; and to develop students who aren’t “natural born” leaders but who have a desire to be leaders
• To expand the networks of young people of color to be in alignment with their White peers
LEADERSHIP THOUGHT EXERCISE
LEADERSHIP THOUGHT EXERCISE (CONT.)
WHAT DOES THIS CURRICULUM LOOK LIKE?
• A grounding in historical trends to increase awareness and sense of self empowerment
• Skills based• Goal Oriented• Sustaining
EXPANDING CIRCLES EXERCISE:
Most change requires moving a group of people (whether it is your class, your team, your school community, your neighborhood etc.) in one direction towards a goal.
Consider the people in your life that you must motivate to create the change you seek.
Each group represents a concentric circle that expands out from you. On the large sheet of paper you are given, start by creating a circle with you in it and then add the below groups. Once you write down the “headings”, include two-three specific people that come to mind in each of the expanding circles
Who are the people in “the choir?”
Who are the people who don’t really care if this change happens are not?
Who are people that have influence to help you make this change?
Who are the people who have the resources to help you make this change?
CO-CENTRIC CIRCLE EXERCISE
People Who Have Influence/
Resources
The People Who Are
Indifferent
The Choir
The Thing You
Want to Change
10 MONTH CURRICULUM:
Month 1 Overview/ historical perspective
Month 2 Building and Writing a Resume
Month 3 Being a Global (and Local Citizen)
Month 4 Expanding Networks
Month 5 Influencing Others
Month 6 Public Speaking (Part 1)
Month 7 Public Speaking (Part 2)
Month 8 Writing for Multiple Outcomes
Month 9 Leveraging Technology
Month 10 Raising and Managing Money
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND FAILURE
1.A steady commitment required with fixed meeting dates; a contract/agreement
2.Acknowledgement of consistent participation; Consequences for inconsistent participation
3.A curriculum in place
4.A student chair that you can ideally meet with in advance of the meetings
CURRICULUM AND MATERIAL TO DRAW FROM:• Student leadership Challenge Curriculum• Harvard Business Review, HBR Ten Must
Reads: On Leadership• Center for Creative Leadership, Feedback
That Works for Non Profit Organizations, Shera Clark
• 10 Things Employers Want You To Learn in College, Bill Copin
• The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell
CONTACT INFO:
Prasant Nukalapati
A Better Chance Program Manager, NW Region
Keith Wilkerson
A Better Chance Senior Program Manager, Mid-Atlantic Region
