Holly Gordon, Senior Community Engagement Manager, and Adelaide Alexander, Data Analyst, have been accepted to the Lincoln Vibrant Communities Fellows Program.
The fellows program invests in leadership, policy, and advanced practical skills, with the goal of helping to build vibrant, engaged communities defined by trust, facilitated by resident agency, and focused on positive change.
The six-month hybrid program begins and ends with immersive in-person training complemented by a fully online leadership curriculum, individual and group coaching, expert webinars and training, and peer networking on emerging practices that help cities and counties grapple with vexing local challenges.
They were selected from a very competitive applicant pool across the country for 40 spots.
Supported by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the Vibrant Communities Fellows Program is powered by the distinctive leadership framework of Claremont Lincoln University.
It harnesses the Lincoln Institute’s nearly 80 years of research, case studies, toolkits, and advanced practices, using land policy to help public and private sectors create thriving municipalities that benefit all residents.
Topics that will be covered include:
- Methods to drive municipal change:
- Scenario planning
- Data visualization and AI practice
- Strategic communication
- Conflict management and mediation
- Building cases and models
- Developing a workforce pipeline
- Defining policies and systems for intentional and intended change
- Storytelling to inspire, influence, and advocate
- New, urgently needed leadership for the public sector:
- Situational awareness
- Ethical leadership in a fractured world
- Dialogue and collaboration
- Change and conflict management
- Resilient and culturally competent professionalism
- Engagement of diverse perspectives for change
After the program, fellows will be invited to join a national network of catalysts for local change, leaders who engage others across the public and private sector to transform their communities. Fellows will also be invited to join a team-based phase of Lincoln Vibrant Communities, working directly on a critical challenge in their municipality
https://www.claremontlincoln.edu/lincoln-vibrant-communities/
