LEADERSHIP Alumni Breakfast:
Workshop on Forging Your Legacy

George Dow, Vice President, Right Management Consultants spoke to LEADERSHIP alumni. Sponsored by Independence Blue Cross

LEADERSHIP Alumni Event:
Michael Nutter and Al Taubenberger

Michael Nutter and Al Taubenberger addressed LEADERSHIP's Core class at CAPA (The High School for the Creative and Performing Arts).

Core Classes of 2007 and 2008:
Please Touch Museum

The Core classes of 2007 and 2008 mingled and heard from Please Touch Museum President and CEO Nancy Kalb '89 with news about the museum's move to Memorial Hall.

This event was sponsored by Please Touch Museum. Hosted by Sandy Wax '07 and Woody Rosenbach '07.

Inspiring Philadelphia Leadership:
Meet Vince Papale

Vince Papale, Eagles star and subject of Disney's Invincible, spoke and signed autographs at Lincoln Financial Field, Chrysler Premier Club Lounge.

This event was sponsored by KPMG and SCA Americas.

Exciting New BRIDGE* Project
Building a bridge through dialogue to advance race relations in Philadelphia

The program consisted of two workshops, leading to the design and production of a mural representing our conversation.

A. Workshop 1: October 26, 2006 from 3:30pm - 6:30pm, Independence Blue Cross
B. Workshop 2: November 14, 2006 from 3:30pm - 6:30pm, Atwater Kent Museum
C. Helping to paint the mural

Dr. Portia Hunt led the first session, a dialog on race relations, while muralist Jane Golden and futurist Medard Gabel led the second session, in which the mural artists collected design ideas. The design was translated into a mural, which BRIDGE participants will help to paint and will dedicate in the spring.

This program is a joint venture of the Urban League of Philadelphia, LEADERSHIP Philadelphia and the Mural Arts Program and is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Community Advisory Committee.

World famous poet David Whyte, author of The Heart Aroused and counsel to Fortune 500 companies spoke at the Alumni Event at Historic Christ Church. David Whyte is an expert in understanding the dynamics of individuals and organizational work through the insights and imagination of poetry.

NetForm CEO, Harvard faculty member, and social network czar, Karen Stephenson, spoke at the Alumni Breakfast and at the Pyramid Club. Ms. Stephenson, who was introduced to us by Malcolm Gladwell, is working with us to map Philadelphia's connections as part of Leadership's Legacy Project.

Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point and his new book, Blink, spoke before a standing room only crowd at the Alumni Breakfast at the Franklin Institute.

Parade Magazine CEO Walter Anderson spoke on his book, Meant to Be.

Author, Eric Weiner previewed his book on Wall Street, What Goes Up.