June Leaders on Board Newsletter
Want to serve on a nonprofit board?
Check out LT's quarterly newsletter designed to help LT alumni interested in board service identify and connect with nonprofit organizations that are recruiting board members. Serving on a nonprofit board is a fabulous way to get engaged in the community and apply your leadership. As you can see from the nonprofits included in this newsletter, LT alumni are highly valued! We hope you can find an organization doing work you believe in and want to be involved with.
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Challenge Day Reflections: Arts & Culture, LT'22
How are arts and culture tools for enacting systemic changes toward racial equity and social justice? And how can leaders co-create change alongside communities who are most impacted by inequities and injustices today?
These are the questions we explored during our Arts & Culture Challenge Day. Check out our Challenge Day Reflections for highlights and resources from the day. Many thanks to 4Culture and Sellen for their sponsorship of this day!
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View From the Class: Archana Verma, LT'22, United Way of King County
Archana Verma, LT’22, is Director of Marketing at United Way of King County. In our View From the Class series, we ask current class members to share what they’re learning, what’s challenging them, what has surprised them, and which of LT’s values resonates most with them. Read about Archana’s experience in LT and how LT is impacting her leadership.
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View From the Class: Liam O'Connor, LT'22, Concentrix
Liam O’Connor, LT’22, is Managing Director at Concentrix. In our View From the Class series, we ask current class members to share what they’re learning, what’s challenging them, what has surprised them, and which of LT’s values resonates most with them. Read about Liam’s experience in LT and how LT is impacting his leadership.
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Challenge Day Reflections: Education, LT'22
How might deeply inclusive, antiracist and equitable school environments look and be experienced by those furthest from justice? What would our education system look like if we believed in supporting and investing in the potential of all young people?
These are the questions we explored during our Education Challenge Day. Check out our Challenge Day Reflections for highlights and resources from the day. Many thanks to Kaiser Permanente for their sponsorship of this day!
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LT Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Stephan Blanford, LT'97
Dr. Stephan Blanford, LT’97, is the Executive Director of Children’s Alliance. Read about Stephan’s work advocating for children in our state, how LT has impacted his life personally (he met his wife in LT) and professionally, and which of LT’s values resonate most with him.
“My participation in LT was an inflection point for my leadership, as I undertook my first nonprofit role during my LT year, inspired by the nonprofit leaders I met and the impact that I saw that they were having in our community. I gained an understanding of the interconnectedness of seemingly disparate issues and how a concise and potent problem analysis and theory of action could be a difference maker in whatever arena one chose to apply their talents.”
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April 2022 Newsletter
Check out what’s happening at LT! Read updates from LT’s Executive Director, hear how LT impacted Dr. Stephan Blanford, LT’97, Executive Director of Children’s Alliance, see what LT’22 class members are learning in the Flagship Program, and check out the Grapevine to see how LT alumni are fostering change and growing in their careers.
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Challenge Day Reflections: Health & Wellbeing, LT'22
How do we address anti-Black racism and zero-sum thinking while uplifting each other’s strengths to reimagine possibilities for liberation? What would our society look like if we believed in supporting and investing in the potential of all young people?
These are the questions we explored during our Health & Wellbeing Challenge Day. Check out our Challenge Day Reflections for highlights and resources from the day. Many thanks to Virginia Mason Franciscan Health for their sponsorship of this day!
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March Leaders on Board Newsletter
Want to serve on a nonprofit board?
Check out LT's quarterly newsletter designed to help LT alumni interested in board service identify and connect with nonprofit organizations that are recruiting board members. Serving on a nonprofit board is a fabulous way to get engaged in the community and apply your leadership. As you can see from the nonprofits included in this newsletter, LT alumni are highly valued! We hope you can find an organization doing work you believe in and want to be involved with.
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Challenge Day Reflections: Environment, LT'22
How are global environmental issues manifested in our local communities and how have the impacts been influenced by structural racism? What historical and cultural context must we consider in developing solutions to support communities most impacted by environmental issues? How do leaders build coalitions for successful environmental advocacy and environmental justice work?
These are the questions we explored during our Environment Challenge Day. Check out our Challenge Day Reflections for highlights and resources from the day. Many thanks to Puget Sound Energy and Weyerhaeuser for their sponsorship of this day!
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