L eadership D evelopment I nstitute Helping us continue the work of Catherine McAuley and Ignatius...

Leadership

Development

Institute

Helping us continue the work of Catherine McAuley and Ignatius Loyola in service to the poor and marginalized

by seeing,feeling,

helping,and

fostering lasting

change

The Good Samaritan: LDI’s model of Leadership for Social Change

by seeing,feeling,

helping,and

fostering lasting

change

SeeThe guy’s beat up

Start



FeelHe feels his pain

Start




HelpHe binds his wounds

Start




HelpHe binds his wounds

ChangeHe empowers the innkeeper;

things are better when he’s gone

Start

Payoff!


ChangeHe empowers the innkeeper;

things are better when he’s gone

Payoff!

Leadership calls us all the way to CHANGE!

Seeing, feeling, and helping hold us in simple charity, restrict us simply to service.

Changing things takes us from charity to JUSTICE, from service to LEADERSHIP.


Myth:

Not many children are homeless.

• Children make up about 15% of the homeless population.

• Families with children is the fastest growing group of homeless.

• One child in five in the United States lives below the poverty line.

• Many homeless children are alone and homeless, either runaways or "throwaways".

Myth:

The homeless are uneducated and unemployable.

• Many homeless people have completed high school

• some have attended college • and even graduate school.

Myth:

They are to blame for their own situation.

• Most homeless people are victims. • Some have suffered from child abuse or

violence. • 15% are children. • Many have lost their jobs after years of

employment. • All have lost their homes.

A year of increasing awareness, deepening compassion, persistent

caring, and effective analysis toward the goal of fostering lasting change in

the city that is our home



the city that is our homeUniversity of Detroit Mercy August

2004 - May 2005

An introduction and welcome to University of Detroit Mercy Leadership Development Institute

Shelter & Home Initiative:a collaborative process of learning through direct service & reflection and responding through effective social analysis

to the causes of homelessness in Detroit




What is the

Shelter & Home

Initiative?

• A year-long collaborative learning model • That begins with connection through direct

service experience• Submitting that experience to reflection• Combining that reflection with social analysis

through the gathering and sharing of experience, information, and research

• For the purpose of moving from homelessness to shelter and home.




How is SHI COLLABORATIVE?

• UDM’s Leadership Development Institute (LDI) provides a base by focusing 60 existing Service-Learning courses and group service projects on Saturdays, during student orientations, etc.

• Faculty, student organizations, and community members integrate focus in course content, panel discussions, events, and activities

• Community agencies and leaders, churches, schools, and representatives of the homeless community participate in lectures, events, colloquia, and a closing Open Spaces planning symposium.




What is the

SHI Learning

Model?

• The learning cycle begins with experience through direct service and reflection, focused heavily during September-November.

• December Colloquium provides for accumulation and sharing of experiences

• January-March focus is on the “whys” of homelessness, through course content, evening lectures and panels, etc.

• April Symposium brings together experiences with results of social analysis to design and propose change

Kolb’s Learning Cycle


Concrete Experience


Concrete Experience

Reflective Observation


Concrete Experience


Abstract Conceptualization


Concrete Experience


Active Experimentation

ChangeReflective

Observation


New Concrete Experience, and

so on . . . .

Payoff



ChangeReflective

Observation

Kolb’s Learning CycleAnd my cold office - a problem-solving example


Concrete Experience


Concrete Experience

(there’s no heat)


Concrete Experience

(there’s no heat)


(we’re distracted by the cold)


Concrete Experience

(there’s no heat)





Concrete Experience

(there’s no heat)



Abstract Conceptualization(when it’s cold, we don’t

work as efficiently)


Concrete Experience

(there’s no heat)






Change


Concrete Experience

(there’s no heat)






(bring in a heater)

Change


New Concrete Experience






(bring in a heater)

Change

Payoff



(there’s HEAT)






(bring in a heater)

Change

Payoff



(there’s HEAT)

New Reflective Observation(we’re not distracted

by the cold)


(bring in a heater)

Change

Payoff





(there’s HEAT)


by the cold)

New Abstract Conceptualization(How are we doing on our

mission)


(bring in a heater)

Change

Payoff



(there’s HEAT)


by the cold)


mission)

New Active Experimentation

(activity to improve process or product)

Change

Payoff



(and so on . . . .)


by the cold)


mission)

New Active Experimentation

(activity to improve process or product)

Change

Payoff

Kolb’s Learning CycleUsing the Shelter & Home Initiative


Concrete Experience


Concrete ExperienceConcentration through fall on

personal exposure to homeless persons through direct service



Reflective ObservationReflection on these experience in

Service-Learning courses, reflection programs following service projects, and collectively through three campus-based

Colloquia in December







Abstract ConceptualizationSocial analysis through Service-Learning class discussions and

course content, a January - April Social Analysis Series of lectures and panel discussions, and a year-ending Symposium with an Open

Spaces format to encourage bridging to CHANGE


Active ExperimentationThrough Year-ending Open Spaces Symposium,

beginning of design improvements in courses and campus events, initiation or strengthening of community partnerships (service agencies,

schools, government, etc.

Change










NEW Concrete ExperienceResulting from experimentation




Change

Payoff








Concrete ExperienceConcentration through Term I on personal exposure to homeless persons through direct service




Change

Payoff Service-Learning Course placements, service projects

(Saturday service groups, Viewpoints, Urban Plunge)

Learning Activitiesfor the Shelter & Home Initiative










Colloquia late in Term I




Change

Payoff

Reflections on service in Service-Learning courses,

following service projects, in class discussions, on

retreats, and in Term-end Colloquia on each campus

Service-Learning Course placements, service projects










Abstract ConceptualizationSocial analysis through Service-Learning class discussions and course content, a Term II Social Analysis Series of lectures and panel discussions, and a year-ending Symposium with an Open





Change

Payoff







More concentrated during January – April, through class discussions using homelessness to illustrate a theory, evening workshops, lectures, and panels,

course modules related to aspects of homelessness; integration of experiences and theoretical / academic concepts.





Abstract ConceptualizationSocial analysis through Service-Learning class discussions and course content, a Term II Social Analysis Series of lectures and panel discussions, and a year-ending Symposium with an Open





Change

Payoff






More concentrated during January – April, through class discussions using homelessness to illustrate a theory, evening workshops, lectures, and panels,

course modules related to aspects of homelessness; integration of experiences and theoretical / academic concepts.

Open Spaces Symposium in April develops ideas and plans, along with

collaboratives committed to working on them; grant sought for 2nd year toward

social change process.


• Aug 31 & Sep 3: Freshman “Viewpoints” group projects

• Sept 7-17: 30 Service-Learning Course Presentations

• Sept – March: Saturday Group Service Projects

• Sept 18-19: Homeless Service Plunge Weekend

• Sept 20-23 Direct Service Fair/Signup

• Nov 16 Outdoor Shelter sleepout

• Nov. 23: Fall Campus Colloquium and Exhibition

• Dec. 2: La Posada pageant & reflection

Term I Calendar: Shelter & Home

Initiative

• Jan 10-21: Service-Learning Course Presentations

• Jan 24-27: Direct Service Fair/Signup

• Jan-March Social Analysis Series on Homelessness (4 evening programs)

• Mar 7-11: Homeless At Home In-Town Spring Break Immersion

• Apr 12: Spring Campus Colloquium & Exhibition

• Apr 16: Shelter & Home Initiative Open spaces Symposium

Term II Calendar: Shelter & Home

Initiative

Why would we all support the

Shelter & Home Initiative?

• The validity of Kolb’s learning theory suggests that this experiential model will improve our learning outcomes

• In the Shelter & Home Initiative our urban location is a learning lab, inviting us to join together into a learning community

• The Shelter & Home Initiative focuses the attention of thousands of volunteers, their schools, churches, and neighborhoods.

• The Shelter & Home Initiative provides an efficient model for collaborative engagement in all types of agencies

• It provides Detroit an opportunity for positive visibility

• Agencies: identify and register opportunities for direct (face-to-face) volunteer service related to lack of Home & Shelter

• Schools and Worship Communities: strengthen your existing education and justice programs and create new ones with the Shelter & Home Initiative learning model

• All: add reflection and social analysis events at UDM and your own locations on one collaborative calendar

• All: Encourage your people to attend colloquia, lectures, events, and Symposium.

How can we all support the

Shelter & Home Initiative?



the city that is our homeUniversity of Detroit Mercy August

2004 - May 2005

to ChangePayoff!

TogetherWe can comeall the way…

…from Homelessnessto Shelter & Home.

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