Community Leadership Foundations
Separate root problems from symptoms, recognize assets, understand perception and framing, and develop a grounded leadership purpose.
A practical leadership-development experience for community leaders, organizers, nonprofit professionals, campaign staff, and people considering public service.
The CH2 Civic Leadership Pathway helps participants understand a problem clearly, identify who has authority to change it, organize people and resources, and turn public purpose into disciplined action. Training combines instruction with real scenarios, peer learning, coaching, and practical assignments.
Community members, volunteers, nonprofit staff, advocacy leaders, organizers, campaign workers, prospective candidates, and people seeking appointed or elected public service.
Small-group sessions build trusted relationships while participants practice public problem-solving, stakeholder analysis, organizing, communication, government navigation, and campaign strategy.
Separate root problems from symptoms, recognize assets, understand perception and framing, and develop a grounded leadership purpose.
Map stakeholders and decision-makers, build coalitions, recruit and retain volunteers, plan escalation, and create shared ownership.
Navigate government, public policy, ethics, boards and commissions, public meetings, accountability, and institutional decision-making.
Assess readiness, develop a message, build campaign infrastructure, plan field and fundraising operations, and prepare to lead a viable effort.
Full-pathway participation: $1,950–$2,250, with priority registration, participant resources, group coaching, and completion recognition. Sponsored seats may be available through partner organizations.
*Scholarships and sponsorships are available.
Participants analyze local challenges, identify formal and informal power, develop strategy, and rehearse the conversations and decisions leaders actually face.
Training connects leadership to legislative, administrative, budget, regulatory, electoral, and community processes.
Cohort relationships, guest public officials and campaign practitioners, alumni connections, coaching, and field-based opportunities help participants build support beyond the classroom.
Each participant completes a defined next step: lead a community initiative, serve on a board or commission, join a campaign, pursue public employment, or explore candidacy.
Completion is not the finish line. Participants are expected to apply what they learn and open a pathway for someone else.
Complete a concrete civic, organizational, campaign, or public-service action after training.
Measure what changed, what resistance emerged, and what the next decision requires.
Recruit, mentor, nominate, or support another emerging leader.
Participants may apply directly or be nominated by an elected official, civic leader, employer, nonprofit, community organization, or past participant. Admission considers commitment, goals, readiness, cohort fit, and the community perspective each applicant brings.