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YOU SHOULD APPLY FOR THIS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY IF YOU:
- Build community and have active community relationships
- Have significant experience working in areas such as, but not limited to, community organizing, arts, education, native sovereignty, public systems, health care, youth development, community and economic development and housing
- Are open to new experiences, relationships, collaborations and potential partnerships with others in this field
- Are ready to engage with new ideas and transform the way you work to more effectively meld community development and the arts in community-building strategies
- Are willing to step forward and make a difference in your community; and
- Can commit to the dates and times scheduled for the Institute
THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE WILL ...
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Select up to 25 fellows (approximately half from the community development field and half from the arts/culture field) through an application and interview selection process based on commitment to exploring new ways of working, experience and personal development goals;
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Be led by a core faculty of three highly respected and experienced professionals in the field of community cultural development: William Cleveland, Wendy Morris, and Erik Takeshita. In addition to our core faculty, national leaders in the field serve as resources for fellows;
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Explore the history and ecology of arts-based community development, the creative process as a tool for change, standards of practice, program creation (design, assessment, advocacy and resource development), and strategies for effective partnerships, adaptive leadership, and sustainability; and
- Consist of hands-on learning activities, lectures/discussions, critical readings, site visits, case studies, community interactions, writing assignments, creative engagement with guest artists and other presenters from the field, and a laboratory project in which fellows collaboratively design an arts-based community development program.