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Grassroots Leadership ProgramThe JWPC offers a learning experience that transforms lives and neighborhoods. Funded by the University Area CDC, the Grassroots Leadership program offers you the unique opportunity to network with neighbors from other communities, interact with local government officials, and tap the resources of the University of South Florida. The training is fun, exciting, interactive and extremely useful. Not only does it give you skills to improve your community, it also will enhance relationship skills in your life and your family. By the end of the training, the participants do not want it to end. They maintain the relationships they have formed not only with their fellow classmates, but also with the staff of the JWPC and others within the university and community.
During the program you will put what you are learning into practice by working with a group of leaders who share the same goals for their communities. Your project team will further their own community’s goals while sharing resources, ideas, and expertise with one another.
Commitment to the entire program is paramount, as class size is limited. Completing this program may increase the possibility of funding for community-based efforts. Each class provides the opportunity for participants to develop their own community project, while they learn the necessary tools to implement it into their community of choice.
MissionWe develop community leaders who will engage the community in meaningful dialogue and civic action to build stronger communities. In order to create common ground, we model a facilitative leadership style that values the personal experience and wisdom of the participants. Specifically, we teach leadership skills; including visioning, strategic planning, project management, communication and team building.
Community ImpactThe community had a need, and we listened...
The Grassroots Leadership Program began in 2004 with the “Across the Bay” class. Initially, the program targeted local government and its employees. However, it soon became clear that the real need in the community was providing support to the people who lived in the community, so they could contribute to making a change in their own community, interact with government and solve their community issues. To date, we have graduated over 300 Grassroots leaders including, youth, neighborhood association leaders, faith-based leaders, university area business members, and nonprofit leaders both locally and internationally from 6 Cental American and Caribbean countries, to name a few.
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