Growing Leaders

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EMERGING COMMUNITIES

Diversity in leadership produces diversity of thought, which in turn leads to innovative strategies for racial equity advancement and quality of life improvement for all members of our community. We provide a variety of events and programs to strengthen networks and support the professional development of emerging and established leaders of color in Grand Rapids. Our community of collaborative, innovative, entrepreneurial and transformational leaders are catalysts for impact.

TLP Leaders Share Their Experiece

2022-2023 Transformational Leadership Program

TLP Application Process Timeline

  • Date
  • Monday, August 1st
  • Tuesday, August 9th, 6 - 7pm
  • Friday, August 19th at 5pm
  • Thursday, August 25th, 9am - 2pm
  • Thursday, September 1st
  • Thursday, September 15th
  • Activity/Event
  • TLP Application Opens
  • Zoom Info Session - register here‍
  • Application Closes
  • TLP Meet & Greets
  • Candidates notified of decision
  • TLP Orientation

Apply for TLP Cohort 9

Application CLOSED

Candidates for Cohort 9 will be notified on Thursday 10/1.

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Cohort 9 Schedule

  • 3rd Thursdays (except November)
    12-4:30pm
  • 9/15/22
  • 10/20/22
  • 11/10/22*
  • 12/15/22
  • 1/19/23
  • 2/16/23
  • 3/16/23
  • 4/20/23
  • 5/18/23
  • TLP
    Session Topic
  • Orientation
  • Grounding Ourselves in Relationship Building
  • Personal Brand and Communicating Your Why
  • Advocacy as Leadership
  • Achieving Racial Equity through Systemic Change & Collective Impact
  • Interrogating Mindsets of Wealth Building
  • Entrepreneurship: Finding Your Next
  • Final Presentations & Reflections
  • Graduation (evening)

APPLY to the 2021 TRANSFORMATIONAL
LEADERS PROGRAM

The Urban Core Collective’s Transformational Leaders Program (TLP) is a unique training program designed to advance a pipeline of leaders of color within Grand Rapids. The program’s objective is to help emerging and existing difference-makers develop the hard and soft skills needed to promote racial equity. TLP leaders are radically changing the landscape of community as influencers in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, as well as in grassroots movements, civic and voluntary board service and as residents of metro Grand Rapids.

All application components for the 2021 - 2022 TLP cohort must be completed and submitted by Monday, August 23, 2021 at 5pm. Virtual and/or in-person interviews will take place on Friday, September 17th and program invitations will be sent out on Wednesday, September 22nd.

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Now accepting applications for 2020-2021 tlp cohort

The Transformational Leaders Program (TLP) is a unique training program designed to advance a pipeline of African-American and Latinx leaders within Grand Rapids. The program’s objective is to help emerging and existing difference-makers develop the hard and soft skills needed to promote racial equity. TLP leaders are radically changing the landscape of community as influencers in the public, private, and nonprofit sector, as well as in grassroots movements, civic and voluntary board service and as residents of metro Grand Rapids.

View the application overview for more on what to expect in all four application components. RSVP to the Informational Session on Thursday, August 13th on our events page or Facebook.

All application materials are due by 5pm on Monday, August 24th.

Application Overview
Application
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Reccomendation Form
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employer Form
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Partner/Spouse Form
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