Tag: democratic leadership
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How the ICDL Found Me
Here is the real treat: enjoying the endless forms in which democracy and leadership relate to our everyday life, our passions, fears, revolutions, and routines. Leadership is performative art, entropy and order, jazz, dance, tragedy, laughter, trial, conflict, consensus, death, and rebirth. It is learning from the global assemblies or from your grandparents’ cozy tea…
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What Democratic Leadership Looks Like to a Postsecondary Educator
From work study positions in college (where I developed my love of learning and writing centers) to classrooms, and fabrication floors, my postsecondary learners will understand the importance of how their work and training makes the community better and our democracy stronger. This is my pledge to each of you.
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Leading Through Disappointment with Agape: On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
As a model of democratic leadership, Rev. King shows us how to practice agape even in the face of disappointment.
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Life in Boston: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“As a native Bostonian, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is not just about the legacy of a complex and brilliant person; it is also about connections he made in my city, the power of mentorship, and the unsung contributions of women whose hopes and dreams have always played a role in public leadership.”
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My Experience as an ICDL Alum
This was my second International Camp for Democratic Leadership. ICDL was, most certainly, all about Democratic Leadership. The sessions provided a full range of opportunities to learn about and practice the skills necessary for both leadership and for participation in a truly democratic community.
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A High School Teacher’s First Time at the International Camp for Democratic Leadership (ICDL)
ICDL wasn’t about plucking from ancient texts the answers to US democracy’s problems. Instead, people came to practice how to think, act, and lead when things get hard.
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My “American Democracy”
The biggest lesson that I learned throughout this course is that our democracy relies on all Americans to work to improve our current conditions and recognize that our democracy must be our priority to sustain or it will become at risk.