2004 National Leadership Symposium
Leadership in a Challenging World: A Call for Transformative Civic Engagement
July 15 - 18, 2004
University of Richmond
Richmond, VA
The 2004 National Leadership Symposium is a professional development experience designed for faculty, student affairs administrators, and staff practitioners involved with college student leadership development. Participants should have significant professional experience in leadership education.
College students, and young people in general, are looking for a world that embraces all living beings, not just those who are privileged enough to live in circumstances of affluence and power. We all seek leadership that both heals and transforms; leadership that heals the wounds of a global society that is experiencing the deep and continuous pains of violence, medical epidemics, fractured social relationships, poverty and forced isolation. Leadership that transforms the very consciousness of people such that acceptance of old ways of acting out of fear and hatred are exceptions, not the rule. Behaving differently is significant, though not sufficient to build or sustain the kind of change that is needed in the world. A broader collective understanding of the dynamics of democratic engagement, power and social change is required to be effective in leadership roles in all institutions, by all people. People of all ages and in all life circumstances are not only ready to engage in this type of leadership, they are being called by historical conditions to do no less.
Symposium Outcomes
Leadership that creates pathways to social change, civic engagement and learning that makes a difference will be the focus of our work at the 2004 Leadership Symposium. Specifically, Symposium participants will:
- Explore the application of three familiar leadership models (social change model, servant leadership and transformational leadership) within the framework of a call for transformative leadership.
- Develop an understanding of the dynamics and influence of civic leadership in social change, civic engagement and learning.
- Recognize that diverse frames of reference, backgrounds and experiences can influence both students’ and professionals’ understanding of the practice and ideals of democracy.
- Create a personal plan for modeling effective civic engagement, civic leadership and democratic practice.
- Design a civic leadership experience for students consistent with the context of their campus and community while, at the same time, expanding the frontiers of understanding about broader dynamics that can enhance or impede the kind of social change that is needed.
- Create a network of practitioners, educators and scholars that is developed through book reviews, skill sessions and small group work.
Scholars-in-Residence
- Ms. Juana Bordas
President, Mestiza Leadership International
- Dr. Tony Chambers
Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Michigan
- Dr. Edmund O’Sullivan
Director of the Transformative Learning Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, at the University of Toronto
- Dr. Suzanne Morse
Executive Director of the Pew Partnership
Required Reading
In order to fully participate in the Symposium experience, delegates are expected to read and generate a working knowledge of these assigned books and documents on leadership constructs prior to the program. The particular books that will be discussed are:
- Expanding the Boundaries of Transformative Learning: Essays on Theory and Praxis by Edmund O’Sullivan, Amish Morrell and Mary Ann O’Connor
- The Tribe of Many Colors: Leadership for an American Democracy by Juana Bordas
- Smart Communities: How Citizens and Local Leaders Can Use Strategic Thinking to Build a Brighter Future by Suzanne Morse
SYMPOSIUM DETAILS
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