Past events
Take Back Our city
L to R: Rev. Jerry McAfee, Mickey Frost, Inspector Charles Adams, Al "AJ" Flowers
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In a MN Safe Streets sponsored event, our Project Coordinator, AJ Flowers moderated a conversation between Minneapolis Organization Leaders, Minneapolis Police, and our Minneapolis Community Members. In attempt to come up with action items and plans to eliminate Community violence and crime. Some community organizations that participated and were in attendance were, the YMCA, 21 Days of Peace, 8218 Truce Center, Unity Community Mediation Team, GodSquad, Inc., Salem Inc. among others. Other key attendees included, State Rep. John Thompson, Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ryan Winkler, Senator Bobby Joe Champion.
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Three-Day Youth Leadership Summit
Objective: To provide community leadership training and skills development for young people, from diverse backgrounds, who are interested in emerging as leaders in business, government, industry, and non-profit sectors across our Twin Cities.
Topics to be discussed and skills to be acquired include:
The character and qualities of leadership
Moral and ethical considerations and expectations
Agents of change and transformation
Innovation and creativity
Compassion and understanding
Ability to delegate
Leadership foundations
Mentors
Practice
Training
Personal Development
Networks
Voice
Praxis
The character and qualities of leadership
Moral and ethical considerations and expectations
Agents of change and transformation
Innovation and creativity
Compassion and understanding
Ability to delegate
Leadership foundations
Mentors
Practice
Training
Personal Development
Networks
Voice
Praxis
Day One:
9:00 am Registration and networking
10:00 am Welcome
10:15 am Panel: Overview and introductions
11:30 am Keynote (45 minutes) “Why Do We Need Leaders?” (“Where Have They Traditional Come From?” What Makes A Leader? “What Needs to Change?”)
Noon Lunch
1:00 pm The Character and Qualities of Leadership
2:00 pm Panel: Cohorts Purpose of cohorts
Livelong networking
Mutual growth or common inquiry
Interdependency
4:30 pm Closing statements for Day One
9:00 am Registration and networking
10:00 am Welcome
10:15 am Panel: Overview and introductions
11:30 am Keynote (45 minutes) “Why Do We Need Leaders?” (“Where Have They Traditional Come From?” What Makes A Leader? “What Needs to Change?”)
Noon Lunch
1:00 pm The Character and Qualities of Leadership
2:00 pm Panel: Cohorts Purpose of cohorts
Livelong networking
Mutual growth or common inquiry
Interdependency
4:30 pm Closing statements for Day One
Day Two:
9:00 am Leadership: Moral and Ethical Considerations
10:00 am Discussion groups on morality and ethics
11:30 am From leadership theory to practice
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Secret Handshakes
2:30 pm Breakouts ~ facilitators
Personal Styles
Challenges
Is anyone listening?
Change and transformation
Making change stick
4:30 pm Report outs
Diversity in leadership
Personal stories
Leading from behind
Adaptive leadership
Different styles
Different challenges
Different roles
6:00 pm Break and Networking
7:00 pm Dinner Speaker
9:00 am Leadership: Moral and Ethical Considerations
10:00 am Discussion groups on morality and ethics
11:30 am From leadership theory to practice
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Secret Handshakes
2:30 pm Breakouts ~ facilitators
Personal Styles
Challenges
Is anyone listening?
Change and transformation
Making change stick
4:30 pm Report outs
Diversity in leadership
Personal stories
Leading from behind
Adaptive leadership
Different styles
Different challenges
Different roles
6:00 pm Break and Networking
7:00 pm Dinner Speaker
Day Three:
9:00 am Opening Inspirational Speaker: “What Does Leadership into the Future Look Like? How Do I Join those Ranks?”
10:00 am Wrap Up
Panel, randomly selected from the group
Five questions
11:15 am Participant Feedback, with suggestions for next year 11:30 am Awards and certificates
12:30 pm Local artist performance
1:00 pm Depart with packaged lunches
Networking Event
Mentoring opportunities, by sector.
9:00 am Opening Inspirational Speaker: “What Does Leadership into the Future Look Like? How Do I Join those Ranks?”
10:00 am Wrap Up
Panel, randomly selected from the group
Five questions
11:15 am Participant Feedback, with suggestions for next year 11:30 am Awards and certificates
12:30 pm Local artist performance
1:00 pm Depart with packaged lunches
Networking Event
Mentoring opportunities, by sector.