Spreading leadership and responsibility across our organizations through the practice of democratic governance is one key way to break down hierarchies and counter the historical concentration of power in a few hands.  At the same time, leadership is a capacity that must be intentionally nurtured and developed - and intentional leadership development often requires clearly defined developmental hierarchies.  How do we navigate these tensions in our movements and organizations committed to liberatory practices and democratic governance?  What tools and approaches can we practice to ensure that everyone in our movement organizations receives support and accountability to support their own growth, without relying on old models that equate “leadership” with an outdated hierarchical “power over” model?  

Join members of the Momentum Community of practice, bringing their learnings from work in the IfNotNow Movement and Movimiento Cosecha, for Collaborate to Co-Liberate Module 11: Leadership Growth and Development. Together we’ll explore tools and frameworks you can use to nurture an explicit set of  leadership development practices throughout your organization and movement, in both 1:1 and group contexts. We’ll explore how to get explicit about what leadership means in your context, grounded in your people and values  - in particular, we’ll discuss how to identify the skills that are needed for success in your workplace or movement, and how to articulate plans for ensuring your members develop these skills effectively. We’ll also explore  the broader conditions and culture that we believe is  needed in your movement and/or organization to support ongoing and robust leadership development. 

This module is essential for:

• Activists, organizers, and changemakers within organizations who want to democratize leadership while ensuring clear, meaningful pathways for leadership development
• Organizations practicing liberatory governance who have experienced the tensions of dismantling hierarchies in ways that created leadership gaps
• Movement practitioners who want to strengthen their understandings of how to build leaderful movements

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