Leadership and Development
Leadership Looks Different Here
Preparing students to lead extraordinary lives.
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion office offers a unique leadership development experience for students. Rooted in the foundation of Jesuit values and the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm, we prepare students to lead from an ethical compass, working towards the common good and a collective vision and imagination of a better world.
Our lives are impacted by catastrophic social oppression and systemic inequities and addressing that is paramount to preparing our students for the world. We believe that leadership is a moral obligation to advancing justice. Therefore, acknowledging social and political contexts of how power, privilege and oppression intersect with leadership is critical and at the core of our educational approach. Utilizing historical and contemporary contexts, leadership frameworks will be grounded in the following principles: rooted in values and principles, shaped by personal identities and social location, a commitment to the collective and in relationship to one another, and exist within a model of possibility.
By participating in our programs, students will develop an understanding of socially conscious leadership, enhance important critical thinking skills and strengthen their capacity for self-efficacy and personal responsibility.
Leadership Education and Development (LEAD)
Program Overview
Started in 2016, the Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Program is a social justice cohort-based program that aims to cultivate the skills and leadership capacities of CDI mentees. The program centers equity-assets based approaches to skill development and application and seeks to provide alternatives to toxic leadership models. Cohort members will be supported in identifying their leadership styles and goals and can expect to engage in team meetings, develop service-learning projects, and gain tangible skills and knowledge about salient equity and justice topics.
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“Leadership involves living in a state of possibility, making a commitment to a vision, developing relationships to move vision into action, and sustaining a high level of integrity. Effective leadership takes place in the context of a community and results in a more equitable society.” LeaderShape
Leadership Looks Different Here
Preparing students to lead extraordinary lives.
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion office offers a unique leadership development experience for students. Rooted in the foundation of Jesuit values and the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm, we prepare students to lead from an ethical compass, working towards the common good and a collective vision and imagination of a better world.
Our lives are impacted by catastrophic social oppression and systemic inequities and addressing that is paramount to preparing our students for the world. We believe that leadership is a moral obligation to advancing justice. Therefore, acknowledging social and political contexts of how power, privilege and oppression intersect with leadership is critical and at the core of our educational approach. Utilizing historical and contemporary contexts, leadership frameworks will be grounded in the following principles: rooted in values and principles, shaped by personal identities and social location, a commitment to the collective and in relationship to one another, and exist within a model of possibility.
By participating in our programs, students will develop an understanding of socially conscious leadership, enhance important critical thinking skills and strengthen their capacity for self-efficacy and personal responsibility.
Leadership Education and Development (LEAD)
Program Overview
Started in 2016, the Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Program is a social justice cohort-based program that aims to cultivate the skills and leadership capacities of CDI mentees. The program centers equity-assets based approaches to skill development and application and seeks to provide alternatives to toxic leadership models. Cohort members will be supported in identifying their leadership styles and goals and can expect to engage in team meetings, develop service-learning projects, and gain tangible skills and knowledge about salient equity and justice topics.