Leading for Social Change at a Critical Time: What do Leaders Need?

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Tue, Feb 16, 2021 - 12:30 PM — Tue, Feb 16, 2021 - 02:00 PM
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Free
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'Leading for Social Change at a Critical Time' Series

About this Event

Leading for Social Change at a Critical Time: What do Leaders Need?

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86457872091

Webinar ID: 864 5787 2091

 

Panelist:

Cristina Jiménez - Co-Founder and former Executive Director, United We Dream, the largest organization run by young people to defend immigrant rights

Nsé Ufot - CEO, New Georgia Project, which has registered and engaged many thousand Georgia voters, especially young people and people of color

Moderated by:

Deepak Bhargava

Distinguished Lecturer, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies; Co-Lead Planner for new Leadership Center for Democracy and Social Justice 

 

As we explore the possibility of a new initiative to train leaders in the social justice space to be housed at CCNY’s Colin Powell School and the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, we have interviewed dozens of social justice movement leaders, conducted multiple focus groups with students, organizers, labor activists, and nonprofit staffers and have developed a comprehensive picture of the field as it stands today. We know where there are strengths, where there are gaps, and what leaders – particularly young leaders of color – tell us about what they need to succeed.

This event will feature a brief overview of our research findings and two leaders of organizations working on immigrant rights, democracy protection and racial justice, who will react and reflect on questions like: How was a whole generation of young women of color developed in Georgia over the last decade – what can we learn from that process and investment? How have young, undocumented immigrants faced with never-ending threats to their existence in the US dealt with the trauma and still fought for change? What qualities are required now of leaders to navigate the complexities of the inside/outside game – pushing fellow progressives when needed but also joining with them to fight off authoritarian forces?

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