Leadership is key to Georgia’s future. Communities that provide leadership development opportunities for its citizens, across all ages, have a competitive advantage in attracting investment and opportunities for the community.
Recognizing the correlation between leadership development and economic vitality, the Fanning Institute launched the Innovations in Community Leadership Initiative in 2020 to provide technical expertise and resources to support communities and organizations in starting or enhancing leadership development programming.
Each year, the Fanning Institute invites communities and organizations within underserved communities, to submit leadership projects, programs or initiatives that will serve to enhance their communities and leverage the leadership development expertise of the Fanning Institute to co-create and implement solutions to community challenges. Through the initiative, the Fanning Institute will provide in-kind technical assistance and expert facilitation to create and implement the community or organization’s project.
Since its creation, the ICLI has communities such as Elbert County, Appling County and Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County start or update adult leadership programming, communities like Barrow County start a youth leadership program.
It has also helped communities develop new and innovative leadership programs such as the Thomson-McDuffie County Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy.
In addition, it has helped organizations such as Brightpaths Athens, GEEARS, and Carroll County Emerging Leaders provide leadership development for target audiences such as youth and children, minority populations/groups, women, young professionals, emerging adult leaders, people with disabilities, community health professionals, etc.
For more information on the Innovations in Community Leadership Initiative, contact Brittany Adams-Pope.
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