Sharing Leadership and Power

Nourishing the ability to flex across a spectrum of leadership approaches while growing collective power and power within.

Sharing Leadership and Power

Vision calls us to lead as a fractal of the future we want to create. The form our leadership takes may shift based on the terrain we are in and our role in it. However, the DNA of our leadership, in whatever form, must be informed by our visionary values. Leadership defines, understands, cultivates, and exercises power from a perspective of we—to embrace interdependent, mutually accountable, liberating practice as a present guide and an aspirational idea.

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“How might I know when it is time for collective leadership and when it is not?” – Prefiguring Futures Lab Alum

We are making sense of the current situation and discerning when to roll in, step back, invite others, and respond to invitations, opportunities, and challenges accordingly—flexing across a spectrum of directive and collaborative leadership practices—always in service of a vision of liberation and sovereignty.

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“How might I know when it is time for collective leadership and when it is not?” – Prefiguring Futures Lab Alum

Leaderful Ecosystems in Action

John W. Mack Fellows of the Weingart Foundation

The John W. Mack Movement Building Fellows Program is designed to support next-generation movement leaders to advance social justice and racial equity work that will result in a more just and equitable Southern California. Supported by the Weingart Foundation with Change Elemental consultants and others, the program cultivates adaptive leadership, cohort-based learning, and support for staff well-being, based on a dynamic and systems perspective of leadership.

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The John W. Mack Movement Building Fellows Program The John W. Mack Movement Building Fellows program aims to strengthen and develop the pipeline of next-generation movement leaders to lead social justice and racial equity work that results in a more just and equitable Southern California region. The John W. Mack Movement Building Fellows program is designed to help emerging leaders: Transform their leadership skills to more effectively respond and adapt to ever-changing conditions; Better articulate their personal leadership stance; Build upon their existing networks through a dynamic shared peer cohort experience; Deepen the alignment between their personal and shared values and their movement work; Learn from current movement leaders about how to build and manage great teams; Identify how they can better connect with more seasoned movement leaders as well as support the development of the next generation of leaders; and Access other leadership development and support resources for themselves and their organizations. roque armenta Organizing Director Power California Janel Bailey Co-Executive Director of Organizing and Programs Los Angeles Black Worker Center Carlos Cervantes Ride Home Program Life Coach Anti-Recidivism Coalition Sophya Chum Associate Director Khmer Girls in Action Carla DePaz Director of Community Organizing East LA Community Corporation Lesli LeGras Morris Director Los Angeles Reproductive Health Equity Project, National Center for Youth Law Anthony Ng Policy Manager, Immigrant Rights Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Los Angeles Cheyenne Reynoso Director of Ocean Protector’s Program Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples Flor Rodriguez Associate Director Miguel Contreras Foundation Jesus Sanchez Founder and Executive Director Gente Organizada David Turner III Coalition Manager Brother Sons Selves Coalition Tracy Zhao Executive Director API Equality—LA John W. MackJohn W. Mack served as a Commissioner on the City of

Co-creators Cultivating Leaderful Ecosystems

We partner with so many incredible people supporting leaders and cultivating leaderful ecosystems. Here we name just a few that inspire us to learn and deepen our practices.

Interaction Institute for Social Change

Our work together explores and experiments with how to internally align our organizations with our values.

Rooted in Vibrant Communities

Rooted in Vibrant Communities (RVC) promotes social justice by cultivating leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering collaboration between diverse communities.

Move to End Violence

Move to End Violence supports leaders in the U.S. movement to end violence against girls and women to step back from their daily work to envision the change they want to see, imagine new strategies, and build the capacity needed to realize this change.