A Community of Practice to Democratize Power to Advance a Thriving & Just World
The community of practice “is an invitation to sit with the contradictions and misalignment between the world our hearts envision and the world our behaviors create.”
– Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano, Justice Funders Co-Executive Director
The Liberatory Governance Community of Practice is an opportunity for executive directors, senior leaders, foundation board members, as well as mid-level program staff with the responsibility and authority to lead organizational change, governance, and shape organizational culture and practices; to explore a new model for thinking about governance, leadership, and power.
Through seven three-hour virtual sessions and additional peer coaching, participants will be invited to reflect on their relationship with power and how they use it in their organizations. We will explore how power arrangements in philanthropy and participants’ own institutions are presently upheld through governance structures, leadership practices, and cultural norms, and how we can transform those very power arrangements for greater impact and values alignment. Participants will identify pathways to change, and engage with tools to reimagine how they govern themselves and the resources they steward. Throughout the program, participants will identify and implement actions tailored to their roles to shift organizational practices, democratize power, and identify entry points for reimagining governance long term, to cultivate the practices and conditions to actualize the world we envision aligned with the Just Transition.
In recognition that participant needs may vary, Justice Funders is excited to offer a new pilot track for Executive Directors/CEOs tailored to meet their distinct needs. This pilot offering will include a 360 leadership assessment to provide critical baseline data on practices that create the conditions for liberatory governance and (Re) Generative Leadership, paired with six sessions of 1:1 coaching to support pilot participants’ learning journey.
Our dynamic curriculum is aligned with Justice Funders’ updated framework for philanthropic transformation, Resonance: How Philanthropy Redistributes Wealth, Democratizes Power, and Shifts Economic Control and grounded in the (Re) Generative Leadership Framework.
The community of practice is delivered virtually through Zoom.
To learn more about the community of practice, we invite you to review the Program Overview.