THURSDAY SESSIONS 5:00-6:30

 

November          5                                              February         18

November        12                                              February         25

December          3                                              March                4

December        10                                              March              11

January              7                                              March              18

January            21                                              March              25

February            4                                              April                  1

February          11                                              April                  8

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Pilot Program Showcase

May 6, 2021

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Grassroots movements are critical for driving social, economic, environmental, and political systems change to create neighborhoods that

foster healthy pregnancies and infants.

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Our Advanced Leadership Pilot Program Was Made Possible by IU Foundation Account Funds to Create Level Two Skill Building Training for Grassroots MCH Leaders

• Leaders will participate in these training modules after they completed initial training and have begun working on their community leadership project

• Emphasis is on critical reading, writing, speaking, technology skills, organizational management skills and fund raising

• Implemented in 15, 90 minute sessions, with homework for each session

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Section 1: Empowerment as a Process, not a Product (3 sessions)  Reflection on Leadership: Read Plato

• Understanding your leadership empowerment process (Kellogg Foundation Materials)

  • Work through some of the five findings (Evaluating Your Grassroots Leadership Skills) from the Kellogg Workbook for Aspiring or Current Grassroots Leaders

 

NOVEMBER 5: Session 1

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HOMEWORK: READ Ella Baker “Developing Community Leadership” published in Gerda Lerner (1920-2013) “Black Women in White America” + Access Kellogg Foundation Materials on WIX (bottom of Curriculum area, under the MORE tab) take 5 minutes to skim through the 5 Findings

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SESSION OVERVIEW: Kellogg Foundation Materials Introduced

Ella Baker: Her insights and advice

Kellogg Foundation Materials pp. 4-12 + complete the self-assessment tool

Lucille Clifton “won’t you celebrate with me”

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NOVEMBER 12: Session 2

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HOMEWORK: READ Langston Hughes “Let America Be America Again”

+ Kellogg READ pp. 17-27 + OPEN A WIX ACCOUNT

Writing about your triple focus: See this program WIX for Session 2 questions & type responses

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SESSION OVERVIEW: Kellogg Finding 3 and Finding 4

BIG IDEA: Triple Focus with practical plans

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave introduced [the Socratic method]

Setting Goals and Taking Practical Steps

                        WIX Website building basics + links to our program WIX

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DECEMBER 3: Session 3

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READ Plato The Republic Book VII—Allegory of the Cave

WRITE: One grassroots goal + two practical steps toward that goal + three actions you can take to initiate/complete your practical steps

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SESSION OVERVIEW: Socratic method + servant leadership

Framing your PLAN to share on your WIX

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Section 2: Harnessing the Power of Communal Storytelling (3 sessions)  Reflection on Leadership: Read Dr. King

• Public speaking (Create and practice a mini-TED talk): use materials/videos from https://www.ted.com/playlists/574/how_to_make_a_great_presentation

 

DECEMBER 10: Session 4

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HOMEWORK/ see WIX for more details: WATCH Nancy Duarte’s Ted Talk (link above) + READ Dr. M. L. King’s “I Have a Dream”

WRITE: Big Ideas for my Mini-TED Talk = Topic + Three lows and highs

 

SESSION OVERVIEW: The power of storytelling + using the Duarte model

M. L. King: storytelling, metaphor, research/evidence, and call to action

Brainstorming a goal + ideas for getting there + related story

 

JANUARY 7: Session 5

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HOMEWORK/ see WIX for more details: READ Dr. King “Letters from Birmingham City Jail” + WRITE: FORMAL outline your 5-minute TED talk on one goal + story, with a practical call to action [reflect on how this connects to your triple focus]

 

SESSION OVERVIEW: MLK and the power of the written word

The value of writing and planning prior to speaking + framing stories with setting, character, and artifacts

The power of brevity AND clarity when you’re in the room where it happens

 

JANUARY 21: Session 6

 

HOMEWORK: Visit “The Top 5 TEDTalks on How to Give a Great TED Talk”/ Watch 2 of the videos + READ Adrian Matejka “Unfunky UFO”

SESSION OVERVIEW: Giving your TEDTalk

 

TED Talks Shared: You will share your 3 to 5 minute mini-TED talk

After Class: Recording + Uploading your mini-TED to WIX

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Section 3: Building Leadership Structures to Support Collective Efficacy 

(4 sessions) Reflection on Leadership: Read Antigone 

• Building Coalitions: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/promotion-strategies/start-a-coaltion/main

• Engaging Community Members/ Building Teams: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/leadership/leadership-ideas/team-building/main

• Fund raising (Development officer will provide this)

• Basic management skills: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/leadership/effective-manager/management-plan/main

 

FEBRUARY 4: Session 7

 

HOMEWORK: READ Section 4 Building Teams + READ Section 5 Coalition Building [URL Building Coalitions above]

Writing About Readings: What type of team do you need as part of your triple focus? How can you begin to cultivate and build that team = practical steps.

 

SESSION OVERVIEW: Building Teams and Forming Coalitions

Introducing Antigone

 

FEBRUARY 11: Optional Work Session

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WORKING TOGETHER: Optional Session to Work Together

 

FEBRUARY 18: Session 8

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HOMEWORK: READ Section 1 Developing a Management Plan +

WATCH 2 TEDTalks on Project Planning & Team Management

Writing About Readings: Start your management plan + comment on 5 things you noticed in the TEDTalks where corporate ideas DIFFER from grassroots movements

 

SESSION OVERVIEW: Developing a Management Plan

Checking in on Antigone

 

FEBRUARY 25: Session 9

 

HOMEWORK: FINISH READING Antigone + Finish your Plan leave a space for integrating funding steps connected to our forthcoming March 4 session

Writing Reading: See questions on our WIX

 

SESSION OVERVIEW: Antigone and tragedy

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Section 4: Navigating the Social Ecological Model of Health Promotion

(5 sessions) Reflection on Leadership: Read Rousseau's The Social Contract

 

A). Developing, promoting and advocating for better MCH Public Policy: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/influencing-policy-development

 

• How to find MCH policy matters - government sites, good agencies who do this work

• Crafting effective communication for policy makers (letter, emails, phone calls)

• How to write a basic one page policy statement

• Understanding where you can give feedback in the policy process – practice a testimony

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B). Leading Community or Organizational Change: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and-resources/community-dialogue/main

 

• Assessing a problem: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and-resources/develop-a-plan/main

• Writing a vision statement, mission statement, goals, objectives, action plan, basic evaluation plan: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/strategic-planning

 

MARCH 4: Session 10

 

SESSION OVERVIEW: Fundraising and Tips from a local expert

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MARCH 11: Session 11

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HOMEWORK: READ 11 Influencing Policy Development +

READ Gwendolyn Brooks we real cool

[special access provided by email to the play “Pipeline”]

Writing About Reading: Draft a one page policy statement

 

SESSION OVERVIEW: Grassroots MCH Influence on Policy Development and ways to move to the next level

 

MARCH 18: Session 12

 

HOMEWORK: READ Section 17 Leading a Community Dialogue on Building a Healthy Community

READ Melvin Dixon Heartbeats

Writing About Reading: TBA

 

SESSION OVERVIEW: Grassroots MCH Leaders sparking dialogue on building healthy communities

Create a list of ways to spark dialogue to add to your WIX after class

 

MARCH 25: Session 13

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HOMEWORK: READ Section 1 Developing a Plan for Assessing Local Needs and Resources + READ Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Writing About Reading: Practical ideas and technological supports for assessing

local needs = create a plan with questions + a way to collect data from a specific audience

List practical way you can design practical/ data based assessments?

 

SESSION OVERVIEW: Grassroots MCH Assessing Local Needs

Technology and You = some tools for collecting data

 

APRIL 1: Session 14

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HOMEWORK: READ Chapter 8 Developing a Strategic Plan

Writing About Reading: Draft a strategic plan

 

SESSION OVERVIEW: Grassroots MCH Strategic Plan

Peer Review of progress + suggestions for development

After the Session: Revising your plan to add to your WIX

 

APRIL 8: Session 15

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HOMEWORK: READ 1Jean Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract

Writing About Reading: Draft a one page response to Rousseau

 

SESSION OVERVIEW: Grassroots MCH Leadership as a social contract

Discussing next steps for your leadership plan

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MAY 6: SHOWCASE of PROJECTS by Advanced Grassroots MCH Leaders

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PRACTICAL OBJECTIVES

 

At the close of Advanced MCH Leadership Training, you will have developed/revised four artifacts that you can share with relevant parties to support grassroots initiatives:

 

Target FOUR of the following to complete and revise to share on your WIX

 

• WIX Website to house outward-facing materials as you continue your leadership development

• Mini-TEDTalk OUTLINE and video

• Triple focus/practical plan

• Strategy for building coalitions and forming teams

• Fundraising idea and document/plan

• Management Plan

• Structured approach for initiating policy change

• Map for cultivating community dialogue

• Assessment Tool/Plan

• Strategic Plan

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