Given the divisive behavior in the national news, and LEADERSHIP’s ability to create a safe space for intense, meaningful and moving conversation, we are focusing our 60th Anniversary celebration on causing conversations that connect, including our popular series of Master Classes.
Mini-murals containing thought-provoking and uplifting questions created in partnership with Mural Arts are being posted around the city to cause people to pause, reflect, and connect. Look for the latest additions at the Philadelphia Airport and Reading Terminal Market!
The mini-murals pulse these questions, and the connections they ignite, into the community and can lead to greater mutual understanding and trust. Have you seen the mini-murals around Philadelphia? Post a picture and tag us on Twitter @leadershipphila or Instagram @leadershipphiladelphia.
LEADERSHIP Master Classes convene a diverse, inter-generational set of Philadelphia’s leaders to discuss our shared humanity, and to build bridges throughout our community. Master Classes leverage these conversations to foster Empathy, Connection, Compassion, Common Ground and Caring and other key traits.
Click here for a Playlist of videos about past Master Classes
On March 20th, 2018 a diverse group of alumni of our Core, Connectors, and Keepers programs attended a Master Class on Empathy led by playwright, MacArthur Fellow, and Notes from the Field author Anna Deavere Smith.
On May 23, 2018 Liz Dow reconvened an overlapping group of alumni for a workshop focused on compassionate listening, pairing leaders from different backgrounds and generations to share their stories and their humanity.
On October 2nd, LEADERSHIP alumni, as well as students from Freire Charter High School, gathered to watch and discuss Walk in My Shoes, a production by Teya Sepinuck of Theatre of Witness on police and community relations. Through a series of intense table exercises, alumni and students shared their humanity through stories sparked by the content of the video. Due to the popularity of this class, a second session was held on May 2, 2019.
On December 4, 2018, Ronnie Polaneczky, award-winning Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News columnist led a Master Class on Common Ground. Polaneczky created a process using the journalistic inquiry, “Who? What? Where? Why? When? How?” to prompt diverse people to share their stories to find common ground.
Master Class on Caring
LEADERSHIP alumni and students from Freire High School gathered on Valentine’s Day for a deep discussions on the power of noticing others. Liz Dow and Linda Cliatt-Wayman, CEO of Currently Trending shared insight on ways to empower people by paying attention to them. Participants shared personal stories of connection with one another, and found common ground through table-side exercises.
Click here for a Playlist of videos about the Master Classes
Quotes from Master Class participants:
I am always amazed that LEADERSHIP provides almost never what I expect but always what I need to reflect on how to be the best me that I can be.
Chris Solecki
I always come away from these sessions feeling a deep love for humanity. We all share our own trials and tribulations throughout our lives, and if we could all force ourselves to listen, have empathy, and love humanity, together we will inevitably breathe life into the dry bones.
Aaron Greenfield
To connect people is to receive another way of thinking and mindset and integrate it into your own life.
Jasmine Brooks (student)
LEADERSHIP Alumni and Connectors at Master Classes
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Directions:
Think through:
Questions that Strengthen Connection:
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For more questions see The 36 Questions That Lead to Love
Please share with others. Create a ripple of connection.
Pause, reflect and connect!
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