Applications are now being accepted for a new leadership-training program, Neighborhood Leadership Fellows, which will begin in January 2018. It’s presented by Creating Whole Communities, a partnership of University of Missouri- St. Louis, University of Missouri Extension and the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership. The primary geographic focus for the program is the federally designated St. Louis Promise Zone.
The program, set to convene on January 12, will meet one weekend a month from January through September 2018. Participants will engage in shared collaborative learning experiences through dialogue, and presentations among fellows and respective community and state leaders. Educational workshops will cover policies, new research, and innovations that promote equitable neighborhood development in areas of housing, education, economic development, public health and safety. The goal is to give participants the foundational knowledge to run for boards, commissions, committees and elected office.
Neighborhood Leadership Fellows strongly encourages residents from the St. Louis Promise Zone (most of north St. Louis city and county) to apply for the program. All participants who are accepted receive a $2,000 stipend and a UMSL Chancellor’s Certificate upon completion.
To learn more about the program and apply, visit cwc.umsl.edu/nlf.