Community Leadership Program to Begin in January 2010

Community Leadership Program to Begin in January 2010

Beginning in spring 2010, the Metro College at Youngstown State University will offer a new certificate program in Community Leadership. This new, non-credit program is designed to provide insight into how communities function, how community organizations can positively impact neighborhood development, and empower program participants to create positive community change. The program will offer hands-on training aimed at building the knowledge base and skill-set necessary to affecting community environments. Classroom assignments and activities will address strategies for networking and understanding leadership principles and how to positively influence others.

This program is designed to be highly interactive. Specific instruction will cover the hidden rules of social and economic class, and how that affects community building; the dynamics of the interplay between the private and public sectors; how to become an effective leader; basic operations of a Board of Director; and the principles behind community organizing. Participants will be encouraged to utilize classroom time to address and find solutions to current neighborhood and community issues. Upon completion, participants will possess the skills and information necessary to actively engage in affecting social change, while enhancing their own employment marketability.

For more information regarding this program, please contact Dinah McCamon at Metro College-Southwooods: 330-941-2465.

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