Hey Leadership Austin Community – Help us expand list of resources for helping our neighbors We are all in this together. For those wanting to help during this winter storm, we suggest checking on loved ones, your neighbors, your team, and intentional self-care for yourself…
Dear Alumni and Friends of Leadership Austin, I have important and exciting news to share! As many of you know, next year, Leadership Austin will celebrate an amazing 44 years of connecting and developing leaders to courageously transform our communities. What you may not know…
When we evaluated results from the last major alumni survey, staff identified recurring themes of “informal opportunities to connect in the community” and “co-branded events with other organizations”, as well as “opportunities to engage across programs and program years”. We have taken that feedback and…
Experience Austin is a fast-paced opportunity to explore the community issues and resources that are shaping Greater Austin. What does that mean? It means we are going to be sharing a lot of information—all to prepare you to better understand Greater Austin and how you…
Leadership Austin seeks a strategic, innovative, and creative Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who will cultivate and inspire an effective community of leaders. Reporting to the Leadership Austin Board of Directors, the CEO is responsible for furthering the vision, mission, values of the organization under the…
This year’s Essential classes have challenged our pre-established beliefs and pushed us to the limits of our comfort. The Institutional Racism discussion, led by Cal Jackson of Courageous Conversation: Beyond Diversity™, was no exception. Upon completing Institutional Racism I am reminded of the experience documented…
In his essay , “The Purpose of Education,” Dr Martin Luther King, Jr stated, “At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose.” As the granddaughter and daughter of educators devoted to critical thinking and hands-on science, I have found…
