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UM's Academy of Leadership Gets $1.6-Million Grant To
Build Association of Renowned Community Leaders
The University of Maryland's Academy of Leadership
has received a $1.6 million grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation
to build an association of more than 1,000 prominent Americans
who have served as Kellogg fellows. Its goal: to strengthen
community leadership in the United States.
The Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance will
support the continued connection and networking of fellows
- university presidents, CEOs, directors of nonprofit organizations,
legislators, doctors, lawyers, artists, scientists, writers,
and others - singled out by the foundation in the past for
their experience with and expertise in community leadership.
Leticia Paez, a former Kellogg fellow and new
president of the National YWCA, helped build the case for
the new alliance. "The Kellogg Foundation gave fellows the
gift of time to pursue individual learning and leadership.
Now it's time for us to leverage our collective knowledge
and skills to make this world a better place."
The three-year grant will fund:
- an electronic network of, and resources for, former Kellogg
fellows,
- small grants for innovative community leadership,
- institutes for fellows to share information and spark
creative solutions to social problems and influence changes
in public policies,
- continued leadership learning opportunities for fellows
engaged in community change efforts.
The Kellogg Foundation has a long history of fostering healthy
communities by nurturing local leaders. "We're proud to have
a role in assembling such a diverse group of leaders with
the demonstrated ability to get things done and the passion
to make a difference in the lives of others through service,"
notes Richard Foster, vice president for programs at the Kellogg
Foundation.
"We're pleased to have been selected as the home for such
a talented and accomplished group of leaders," notes University
of Maryland President C. D. Mote. "We look forward to their
contributions on campus, in their communities, and nationwide."
Nance Lucas, director of the University's Academy of Leadership,
will oversee the grant. "The need for effective, principled
leadership has never been more evident. The time is right
to bring together community leaders who can be a force for
positive change and who will engage ordinary citizens to make
a difference."
The James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University
of Maryland fosters principled leadership through scholarship,
education, and training, with special attention to advancing
the leadership of groups historically underrepresented in
public life.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation was established in 1930 to "help
people help themselves through the practical application of
knowledge and resources to improve their quality of life and
that of future generations." Its programming activities center
around the common visions of a world in which each person
has a sense of worth; accepts responsibility for self, family,
community, and societal well-being; and has the capacity to
be productive, and to help create nurturing families, responsive
institutions, and healthy communities.
To achieve the greatest impact, the Foundation targets its
grants toward specific focal points or areas. These include:
health; food systems and rural development; youth and education,
and higher education; and philanthropy and volunteerism. When
woven throughout those areas, funding is also provided for
leadership; information systems/technology; efforts to capitalize
on diversity; and family, neighborhood, and community development
programming. Grants are concentrated in the United States,
Latin America and the Caribbean, and southern Africa.
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