Leadership Today 2010 Applications are now available.
2010 Leadship Today Brochure and Application [PDF]
Leadership Today is a 4-day leadership development program designed to train advanced student leaders to positively and effectively build community around issues of diversity. A diverse representation of students will be selected based on their application to the program. There is no cost to participate.
Students who are chosen to attend the Leadership Today Retreat are expected to plan and execute a follow-up activity in the Spring semester after attending the program.
***Leadership Today is a joint program between the MOSAIC Cross Cultural Center and Student Involvement.
Program Activities include interactive workshops, large and small group discussions, and activities on inter-group relations and personal exploration. Program curriculum will cover the following topics:
| Description | Date |
|---|---|
| Retreat Date: | January 5-8, 2010 |
| Applications Available: | October 1, 2009 |
| Applications Due: | November 2, 2009 |
| Applicants Notified By: | November 25, 2009 |
| Mandatory Delegate Orientation: | December 9, 2009, 3:00pm-5:00pm |
Leadership Today is presented by one Lead Trainer and 6-7 Leadership Today Facilitators. LT Facilitators are SJSU Faculty and Staff who are responsible for overseeing a dialogue group at the retreat as well as assisting the group with their Spring Follow-Up Activity.
SJSU Faculty and Staff should contact sadika.hara@sjsu.edu for more information on how to become a LT Facilitator as well as learn about the benefits from serving in this role.
Every year 2-3 former LT Delegates are selected to come back and serve as LT Assistants. LTAs support the program coordinator with marketing the retreat, assisting onsite with logistics, serving as a support system for delegates throughout the experience, and emceeing Cultural Pride night.
Former LT Delegates should contact sadika.hara@sjsu.edu for more information on how to become a LT Assistant. Applications are typically available in late August to early September.
"This experience has already affected my life. I’ve finally found a term that I love identifying with. I feel extremely more comfortable with myself and because of that, I now have the confidence to get to know people that I wouldn't have had the self-security to have approached before." - 2009 LT Delegate
"This retreat revealed the need for a more educated community and that I am to respond to that need if a change is going to be made in this world." - 2009 LT Delegate
"This retreat definitely changed my perceptions on a lot of things and it definitely made, and will make, a difference in the messages I promote as a person and as a leader in my community." - 2007 LT Delegate
"My best experience was working directly with students. I loved the opportunity to interact and experience dialogues about issues so rarely brought up at standard leadership trainings." - 2008 LT Facilitator
"When I signed on to facilitate LT, I thought that I would be doing all of the teaching. I am humbled to say that I have learned SO much from the students, staff, my colleagues... the entire program." - 2006 LT Facilitator
"I had no idea how impacting LT was going to be on me. I have really changed as an instructor as a result to my experiences at LT and after hearing the stories that the delegates shared." - 2006 LT Facilitator
Sadika Sulaiman Hara, Assistant Director for the MOSAIC Cross-Cultural Center
Phone: 408.924.6562,
Email: sadika.hara@sjsu.edu
or
Richard C. Kelley, Director of Student Involvement
Phone: 408.924.5950,
Email: richard.kelley@sjsu.edu
Congratulations to our new 2010 Leadership Today Assistants
Gerald Baptiste
Maritza Martinez
Joseph Pelina
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