Category Archives: Inclusive Bridge Building

INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP EDUCATION IS A TIMELY GIFT TO THE WORLD

As politicians and other leaders join with ordinary people across Canada and around the world in condemning all forms of racism, discrimination, intolerance and bigotry there is growing hope for a world based on the Earth Charter values of integrity, respect, justice, and peace. And, at the same time, facilitators, mentors and participants in our “Discover Your Inclusive Leadership Potential” Online Course are realizing that Inclusive Leadership Online Education is a very timely gift for us to be sharing with the world.

You are invited to give this practical and hopeful course to yourself and gift this course filled with skills for embracing diversity to others you know who value equality, justice and inclusion as much as you do.

With ongoing enrollment, no-one left behind participatory learning, spirit of generosity pricing, and sponsorships for anyone who needs one, this is an accessible, welcoming all inclusive continuing education opportunity for champions of diversity and inclusion from all walks of life to sign up for anytime they are ready. Click here for a detailed course description and enrollment information.

“The world is addressing the question of bringing racism to an end by changing systems. We must all come to embrace diversity by building bridges to equality – beginning internally and extending to families and friends of friends till the systems are completely changed. Systems can be changed when our orientations are changed.” (Daniel Ojo, Teacher, Street to School Initiative, Nigeria).

We are thrilled that Daniel Ojo and 40 more new Inclusive Leaders from Cameroon, Canada, England, Fiji, Jamaica, Nigeria, and Uganda are in the midst of graduating from our Winter/Spring 2020 ‘Discover Your Inclusive Leadership Potential’ online course!

Something very wonderful about this group of grads is that most of these participants received this Inclusive Leadership course as a gift!  The ILC is challenging ourselves to welcome at least 30 new participants from 30 places on the planet during the next 30 days and so now would be a great time for you to gift this course to a champion of diversity and inclusion you know.

Relatives and friends are gifting Inclusive Leadership to each other. “My daughter signed me up for this course as a gift. She thought since I have always been interested in learning better ways to communicate and better ways to make the people I come into contact with feel appreciated and acknowledged I would love the content of this course. She was right.” (Alison Clarkson, Retired Professional in Canada).

School principals are gifting Inclusive Leadership to their staff: “I want to see the beautiful online program expand and become a major vehicle for teaching Inclusive Leadership around the world. What better gift can we give our children than to teach them what it means to be inclusive in regard to their fellow human beings and in regard to the world around them? As a first step, I am enrolling all the teachers in my school.” (Beat Odermatt, Founder, Owner and Operator of U-Can International School, Uganda).

Employers are gifting Inclusive Leadership to their employees: “Taking this course for work was to enhance my leadership skills to be a positive influence in our world. I discovered that I can be who I am, believe in myself and that I can make small positive changes. I will be applying these skills to my work environment. I have compiled an action plan to focus my energy.” (Lynn, Support Worker in Canada)

Professors are gifting Inclusive Leadership to their students: “Inclusive Leadership is one of the best initiatives to come along in a very long time. I am encouraging the human rights education volunteers at the University of Victoria to participate as part of their volunteer training.” (Moussa Magassa, Human Rights Education Advisor, University of Victoria, Canada)

Volunteer Co-ordinators are gifting Inclusive Leadership to their volunteers: “My main aim is to equip our young leaders and HIV Advocates to be inclusive in their activities, engagement and be catalysts for change in the area of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion. I am enrolling two volunteers now and more in the months to come.” (Temo Sasau, Advocate and Volunteer Co-ordinator, Fiji).

Individual champions of inclusion and diversity are gifting Inclusive Leadership to ourselves:

“I am grateful to everyone who is part of this great quest for inclusive learning. Thank you all for your commitment to always showing up and allowing me to tap from your wealth of knowledge and sharing your ideas with me.” (Peter Onuoha, Volunteer and Passionate Activist engaged in putting an end to Human Trafficking in Nigeria).

“As a nonviolent communication practitioner and facilitator, I wanted to find new skills and perspectives for working in environments where basic needs are not met or there are belief systems that prevent compassion. I really enjoyed how building communities that support each other is a medicine for discrimination and injustice. I opened my vision of what a leader is and what inclusive leadership can do to empower people and bring together differences.” Claudia Sanchez, Full Communication Practitioner and Facilitator, Colombia).

“Meeting with others on this course has given me strength, companionship and an optimistic feeling about the future of humanity on this planet.” (Arlene Nesbitt, Artist and Volunteer Community Builder, Canada).”

“I am so grateful for this top-notch course that the world needs more of. How about if each and every person in areas such as Uganda undertook a basic course in understanding inclusiveness? Would we learn not to be harsh while connecting with different people? Would this lead to a society where everyone is welcomed?” (Joanita Babirye, Founder and Director, Rainbow Smiles Foundation, Uganda).

For more information and to apply for sponsorships or group enrollments, email inclusiveonline@gmail.com

Inclusive Leadership Facilitation Practice Group: Enroll Today

You are warmly invited to join our March to April online practice group.

We are gathering new and experienced facilitators of Inclusive Leadership from around the world into an empowering mutual mentoring alliance of co-learners and co-facilitators of Inclusive Leadership skills.

Who For: Our Inclusive Leadership Facilitation Practice Group is for Inclusive Leaders who are involved in or want to be involved in:

  • sharing, mentoring or teaching Inclusive Leadership in school and community settings or
  • facilitating social justice or environmental justice education

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Inclusion is a Door

Submitted by Claudia Sánchez (Colombia)

http://www.comunicacionplena.com

and by Apolosi Lasei (Fiji), Harriet Greenwood (England), and Oluwatosin Adeosun (Nigeria)

(This inspirational excerpt is from our free “Inclusion is a Door” e-booklet: https://inclusive-leadership-global-village.thinkific.com/courses/inclusion)

Claudia teaches Non-Violent Communication, Yoga and Inclusive Leadership

In these times of turbulence, inclusion is a door we can open to support each other and live better lives.

In fact, I think Inclusive Leadership skills are all like doors that will enhance all my dreams and projects and the way I want to live on Earth.

I am slowing down to open the doors to myself; to be more receptive and be able to see the wisdom that life is giving us if we give it time.

The outcomes are long term relationships, sustainability, trust, communication and love.

 

 

Raising the Next Generation of Inclusive Leaders

Galen Armstrong, Organizer, Western Canada, https://www.forourkids.ca/

submitted by Michael Slaby, Lindsay Beal, and Stanley Daniels with encouragement from Kix Citton

Edited by Linda Hill

Inclusive leadership has been something of great inspiration to many of our families: A source of hope. We are grateful to have learned and embraced its teaching and recognized our own potential to lead inclusively with this great program.

Within our own families there is so much we can do to be role models for alternatives to the prevalent western view of leadership that is narrow and hierarchical. Continue reading

Upcoming Inclusive Leadership Events in 2020: In Person and Online

Inclusive Leadership is for everyone who is concerned about oppression and marginalization; everyone who values diversity and inclusion; everyone who has experienced or wants to experience Inclusive Leadership in action.  You are warmly invited to join us in what is now twenty celebratory years of peer-to-peer in-person and on-line education in social and environmental justice skills. The world needs Inclusive Leaders who are globally aware and locally skillful at forging inclusive solutions in our diverse communities.

Here is a list of what is happening in the winter and spring of 2020! Continue reading

Communities For Our Future Online Summit

submitted by Linda Hill

Brandy Gallagher, Inclusive Leader and Leading Edge Ecovillage Thinker and Leader is an ambassador for the Global Ecovillage Network. Their February 2020 Communities for our Future summit welcomed 20,000 people from over 200 countries in a telepresence conference.

Brandy is also a member of the Inclusive Leadership Co-operative and one of the original founders and developers of O.U.R. Ecovillage, Shawnigan Lake (Vancouver Island) BC, Canada.

O.U.R. Ecovillage is one of 300 Ecovillages around the world that are connected with the Global Ecovillage Network : The organization that hosted the Communities for our Future Online Summit. Continue reading

Living Authentically Builds Inclusive Communities

Submitted by April Vance (Inclusive Leader and author of “Hey Church Girl: Get Outta Your Head and Into Your Heart”)

The art of inclusion applies with all humans no matter gender, practices, age, race, creed or religion. Many people arrive at Inclusive Leadership with our own experiences of dissonance with what we have been taught or come to believe and our own determination to live inclusion in every aspect of our lives in peaceful manners with Love. Continue reading

Inviting You On Our Online Inclusive Leadership Quest

Here is an invitation to consider for yourself and share with champions of diversity and inclusion you know.

https://inclusive-leadership-global-village.thinkific.com/courses/discover-1

Did you know that those of us who are deeply concerned about social isolation, discrimination, habitat loss, and climate change are part of a world-wide movement? Did you know our movement is probably 3 billion people strong and growing?

“The real game changers are people and communities…If we are going to solve this civilization crisis, we need to hold hands and collaborate.”  (Paul Hawken, Project Drawdown)

This is where our invitation to Discover Your Inclusive Leadership Potential comes in. Continue reading

We Are Members of A Grand Body

Submitted by Lindsay Beal, Inclusive Leadership Co-ordinator

The Inclusive Leadership Co-operative Annual Report we collaboratively drafted at the Annual General Meeting last November, 2019 is not a dry cumbersome read.

This is Inspiration!

This is Affirmation!

This is Positive Action!

Our report is all of these things because our Inclusive Leadership Co-operative is all of these things.

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Inclusive Leaders Look Back Over the Year

January 4, 2020

Collaboratively written at our Nov 23 ILC Annual General Meeting by Lindsay Beal and Arlene Nesbitt; Terri Beaton; Victoria Blouin, Shelley Lockwood and Robert Blouin; Linda Hill and John Scull; Tara, Rezner and Zanya Jordan/Kubacki; Nola Landucci; Sarah Mathison; Amy and Tafadzwa Matamba; Melissa Parker; Donna and Bill Sassaman; and Pamela Williams – enriched by links to our website blog. Click here for the full ILC Annual Report Sept 2018 to Nov 2019.

We love feeling more and more at home in the Inclusive Leadership Co-operative. Thinking creatively, participating in memorable and fun workshops. It’s important to learn how to de-stress diversity!

A diverse group of people came to our Annual Inclusive Leadership Gathering in September 2018. Our AGM and workshops led by ILC Members and guests demonstrated ways we lead inclusively in our communities. Continue reading