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The future of leadership is heart-centered leadership.

Those selected for the Transformational Leadership Initiative will become part of a cohort, brimming with kind, thoughtful, and innovative leaders. The cohort will journey through our Heart-Centered Leadership curriculum (EMERGE+) and will come together during our monthly training sessions.

Each of the 10 EMERGE+ training sessions will take place on the 2nd Saturday of the month, starting on June 10th

Sessions will be 3.5 hours long
Topics include:

  • Physical wellness (sleep, nutrition, stress & the autonomic nervous system)

  • Intellectual enrichment (core values, polarity dynamics, ego mechanisms)

  • Emotional healing (letting go of shame, intergenerational trauma, inner child & reparenting)

  • Social capital (Nonviolent Communication®, visualizing community, identity-based trauma bonding vs. social justice)

  • Spiritual evolution (H.H. The Dalai Lama's Millennium Practice, spirituality vs. religion, Ho'Oponopono)

  • Vocational growth (Multiple Natures® & Multiple Intelligences, impostor syndrome, bypassing "burnout")

  • Financial freedom (healing money wounds, the Arigato Technique, money IQ vs. money EQ, prosperity/abundance mindsets)

  • Environmental integrity (Beloved Community, Broken Window Theory, home & neighborhood clean-ups)

 Each participant will receive an EMERGE+ Training Workbook that will serve as a guide, journal, and resource throughout the training journey.

We will accept applicants ages 20-30.

EMERGE+ Training: Expectations

Attendance:

  • We have high expectations that everyone will participate fully and make attendance at our sessions a top priority. Absences should only be due to an actual emergency or non-negotiable travel plans that were previously communicated.

  • Full participation dramatically improves the experience for everyone. It also demonstrates honor and respect to the applicants who were not selected that you are making the most out of this unique opportunity. Commitment to full participation and your own personal transformation is absolutely essential.

  • All selected participants will receive a Transformational Leadership Initiative Program Participant Agreement, which outlines all expectations and can serve as a reference point throughout the program.

Engagement:

  • This training requires high integrity, commitment, and emotional intelligence.

  • We will share personal experiences, foster vulnerability, give/receive feedback when requested, and generously hold space for honest discussion.

  • We expect all participants to explore the recommended supplementary materials (books, videos, prompts, encouraged new habits, etc.) in between our monthly meetings.

  • We expect all participants not only to learn about but apply the training concepts in their daily lives and work.

  • We expect all participants to take responsibility for their personal and professional growth.

  • We strive for all participants to enjoy this experience and blossom as leaders and individuals. 

All participants selected for the Transformational Leadership Initiative will be able to leverage this training as an opportunity to go deeper into themselves and their healing and refine their approach to community leadership.

“It is my heartfelt intention to cultivate leadership for personal transformation and professional development to create change within myself and my community.” -KiMani Divine, EMERGE+ facilitator

Testimonials

Molly Irvin (2022)

The Transformational Leadership Initiative has absolutely re-shaped the way that I view myself as a queer person and a leader. The past few years of my life have been filled with constant stress about how to define myself, and how to find affirming spaces in a community that I haven't always felt embraced by. Meeting monthly with so many incredible queer leaders from vastly different walks of life has truly given me the opportunity to reflect more kindly on who I am and who I want to be. I feel more centered, more affirmed, and more confident being myself, no matter where my journey takes me.

Jia Hurd (2021)

The Pride Network's TLI training has helped me be purposeful, mindful, and accountable with my community leadership. I learned techniques that guided me to be intentional, self-reflect and do internal shadow work. I received a reimbursement on funds that helped me serve my local LGBTQ community with art services and peer support. I believe future participants will gain so much from this training. Thank you for the opportunity!

Mirandy Li (2021)

The Pride Network's Transformative Leadership Initiative provided me with resources, tools, and skills to be a better leader. Not only was I taught how to be a better advocate, but I was also taught ways to self-reflect and care for my own wellbeing. I was able to connect with a community of like-minded peers who helped guide me in my work as a leader in the LGBTQ+ community.

Peyten Sharp (2022)

Thank you for the program! I really appreciated getting to know so many inspiring leaders and improving on my physical, emotional, and spiritual health!

George Anthony Pratt (2022)

The heart centered leadership training has been extremely transformative and has prompted me to think critically and deeply about the various ways I lead and show up in organizational spaces.

Angie Tamayo Léon (2022)

Thanks to The Pride Network, I feel more confident in my ability to market myself and my social impact project!

Hector Francisco Mañon (2022)

The Transformational Leadership Initiative has helped positively change how I view different areas of my life. It has reminded me to be kind to and with myself, and that I am also capable of so much. The spiritual aspects of the program further opened my mind to something I just was not well versed in.

Feedback on Kim Reynolds, training co-facilitator

"What a beautiful soul. I appreciate the zen nature she brings to our sessions, the love she imparts with her words, and how she's a cheerleader to us all. I'm thankful to have met you." - Hector M.

Feedback on Jacob Rudolph, Executive Director & training co-facilitator

"I'm in awe of the organization he created and so appreciative of his style of leadership. Never have I come across an organization with this approach to serving the community. I'm thankful to have met Jacob and grateful for the opportunity to participate in the TLI." - Hector M.