Wildacres Leadership Initiative 2010 –Leading with Civility
In 2010, the Wildacres Leadership Initiative focuses its programming on the theme of Leading with Civility. The joint leadership conference with the Leadership Work Group in April, annual Fellows Gathering in May, and 15th Anniversary Celebration in October all focus on this theme. WLI is also hosting a number of dialogue circles in communities around the state to catalyze courageus and civil conversations.
The overarching goal of each event is to urge participants to incorporate deep respect and humility into their leadership practice, while passionately engaging across deep difference in discourse, activities and decision-making. Please read more here about 2010 and Leading with Civility. Enjoy!
Sterling E. Freeman Executive Director
OUR MISSION
Wildacres Leadership Initiative cultivates a network of courageous leaders who connect across differences in identity and ideas to develop new solutions to the complex challenges facing the people and communities of North Carolina.
WLI fulfills its mission and goals through three core programs:
William C. Friday Fellowship for Human Relations is a two-year Fellowship for emerging leaders in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors who are able to directly affect issues facing our communities.
Fellows Action Network connects leaders who have the common experience of the Friday Fellowship with each other and to other statewide and community leaders.
Center for Excellence in Leadership promotes the value of the principles and practices of leading with integrity, intention, and inclusion through products and services such as a speakers' bureau and leadership curriculum, publications, and articles.
Coming Out~Coming In: Faith, Identity and Belonging, a 30-minute documentary developed by four members of the 2001-2003 class of William C. Friday Fellows in the Wildacres Leadership Initiative, was awarded an Emmy for best topical documentary for 2009 by the 24th Annual Midsouth Emmy Awards.Fellows Laurie Hays Coffman (Durham), Andy Baxter (Charlotte), Keith Martin (Richmond, VA), and Susan Acker-Walsh (Chapel Hill) conceived and raised funds for the documentary that presents personal stories from gay and lesbian Christians who live and worship in North Carolina. Georgann Eubanks and Donna Campbell, Principals of of Minnow Media and program partners for the Fellowship, produced the documentary. For more information and to purchase a copy of the film, go to www.coming-out-coming-in.net Go to the 35 minute mark on the video below to see Keith Martin and Donna Campbell accepting the Emmy. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/4337507
