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How to Develop and Support Leadership that Contributes to Racial Justice Webinar September 2010
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Webinar on the report 'How to Develop and Support Leadership that Contributes to Racial Justice.' The report suggests that a large number of leadership programs associate leadership with equal opportunity and individualism. This thinking does not recognize that current systems (i.e. policy, culture and institutional practices) can cause racial identity to limit one’s access to life opportunities. It also focuses too narrowly on changing the behavior of individual leaders. Instead, leadership programs should: 1) make their programs more accessible for people of color; 2) help participants understand how race limits the access to opportunities – in other words, the impact of structural racism; and 3) promote collective leadership. This approach will help participants work together to tackle the systems that maintain racial inequalities. For more info visit www.bit.ly/LeadershipRaceInfo
Transcript of Leadership and Race Report Webinar
How to Develop and Support Leadership that Contributes to Racial Justice Webinar
September 2010
Our Panelists
Professor john a. powell
Terry Keleher
Sally Leiderman
Carmen Morgan
Moderator: Deborah Meehan, Leadership Learning Community
Who we are
• Explore key concepts and findings of the report
• Offer resources and practical tools
• Explore core questions and answer your questions
• Discuss opportunities to get involved
Objectives
“LLC anticipates the future and is a dynamic catalyst capable of creating a link from today’s issues in leadership development to tomorrow’s solutions.”
(Donna Stark, The Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Leadership for a New EraA Collaborative Research Initiative
Supporting leadership that is: •Inclusive•Networked •Collective
How to Develop and Support Leadership that Promotes
Racial Justice
"As racial demographics rapidly change and deep racial disparities grow, we need new ways to develop and support
leadership that move us to greater racial unity and equity. The Leadership and Race publication provides concrete tools and recommendations to help leadership programs move in that
direction.”
Terry Keleher, Midwest Director, Applied Research Center
“We are excited because this is an important report that proactively addresses the impact of structural racism on leadership
development.”
Dr. Gail C. Christopher, Vice President–Program Strategy, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Why this Matters
OR
Individualism & Leadership
Make programs more accessible for people of color
Targeted Resources
Respond to Specific Needs
Skill Development
Access to Networks
Programs need to help their participants understand structural racism
Encourage participants to work together to change the culture, policies, institutions that perpetuate structural racism
What is ‘structural racism’?
Can you talk about the survey you conducted with
leadership programs and the implications of the findings?
Can you give examples of tools and resources that can support leadership in making racial justice a conscious part
of decision making?
As a program that has been implementing a racial justice
framework, can you share some lessons?
Join LNE!
www.leadershipforanewera.org
Contact Us!
www.leadershipforanewera.orgTwitter.com/LeadershipEra
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