MARCH 12 & APRIL 16: Cultivating Inclusive Leadership Workshop Series, Elmira, NY. Co-sponsored with CCE-Chemung, the Cornell Team & Leadership Center. Supported by Cornell's Office of Engagement Initiatives. Details and Registration
MARCH 19: Decision Making for the Inclusive Organization, Ithaca, NY. Presented by TC3Biz. Details and Registration
NLI In the News!
NLI program educator MIchele Jones talks about the Natural Leaders Initiative to "All Things Equal" podcast host Kate Supron.
The Cornell Chronicle published a story about NLI co-founder and coordinator Margo Hittleman, quoting NLI Grad Tierra Labrada and highlighting NLI's inclusive leadership development programming.
Thanks to Our Supporters!
NLI's 2018-19 programming has been supported by the Women's Fund and Conneman Family Fund (both part of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County); the City Federation of Women's Organizations; Tompkins County; Greenstar Market's "Bring Your Own Bag" program; and many individual community members. We are deeply grateful to all.
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NLI's Mission
Building strong, inclusive, equitable and sustainable communities
requires widespread civic participation, with diverse community
leadership. Toward this end, the Natural Leaders Initiative:
supports, catalyzes and
accelerates the growth of natural leaders, (particularly from
communities of color, immigrant communities, and low/moderate-income
communities),
assists organizations to strengthen their capacity to recognize, include, support and develop diverse community leadership, and
helps people to organize within and beyond their own networks and take collective action for systemic change.