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by JanineMasonJune 13, 2022 Uncategorized0 comments

All We Can Save Learning Circle

A New Program to Answer the Call for Climate Change and Environmental Justice Leadership

Building upon the success and impact of our Leadership Reading Group, Fieldstone is pleased to announce a new program for nonprofit leaders to explore leadership regarding climate change and environmental justice. Reading the book, All We Can Save, the learning circle will gather together monthly to explore each chapter. All We Can Save is a bestselling anthology of writings by 60 women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward. This small group experience will provide nonprofit leaders with space for generous dialogue about the climate crisis, to connect and find their place in the “we” that is necessary to create a “just and livable future”. The program is open to any nonprofit leader interested in learning more about the challenges and opportunities to address climate change. Learners do not need to be working in the environmental sector to participate.

The program will be facilitated by Mary Jo Shumann, PhD. Mary Jo is a graduate of Fieldstone’s Learning Group and Reading Group programs. Her leadership in this facilitating this program is an outgrowth of her participating in our Reading Group. “The goals of our leadership reading group are to create leaders with a disciplined reading habit, and who have the ability to use literature as a leadership tool for themselves and for others. To be able to amplify Mary Jo’s experience from a member of a group to the facilitator of another program is a meaningful outcome which magnifies the impact of our work in important ways”, according to Janine Mason, Founder of Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego. “We are thrilled to be able to offer this opportunity to focus in on a specific area in need of every day leaders who are willing to work on the issue’s behalf. We can think of no better place to begin than with the environment, which impacts all of us”.

Deeper Dialogue and Stronger Communities

Circles have been designed to address the needs for deeper dialogue about the climate crisis and to build leaderful community around solutions. We will use the All We Can Save anthology as our grounding and jumping off point. ⁠Following the flow of the book, the Circle curriculum is crafted as follows:

Begin – ” My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed”

Root – A call, a welcoming, a place to ground – The foundation of Indigenous wisdom

Advocate – How we hold the powerful to account and (re)write the rules with all people in mind

Reframe – Language and story, creativity and culture – Our means of making sense

Reshape – Problems embedded in the contours of cities, transport, infrastructure, capitalism

Persist – Standing for justice, for health, for the sacred – We don’t have to do this alone

Feel – Awake, aware, attuned – Hearts break, souls shake with anxiety

Nourish – Soil, food, water, sky—inseparable – The foundations of our aliveness

Rise – For a future that holds us, all of us – This is the work of our lifetimes

Onward – “There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep, and still be counted

as warriors”

Program Details:

Program will open for book distribution on September 6, 2022.
The first Circle Conversation will be October 11, 2022.
Circles will be held monthly on the 2nd of the month, month through month.
The Circle will meet from 9 to 11 am.
Program will be facilitated by Mary Jo Schumann, PhD
Circles will take place at the offices of Fieldstone Leadership Network in University City.
Cost: $175 and includes a paperback copy of the book, group facilitation, meeting refreshments and resources.

This course is offered to answer the call by All We Can Save for more leadership and participation in responding to our climate crisis. Circles were created by Dr. Katharine Wilkinson. This learning opportunity is presented as part of our Leadership Reading Group Program and Project Stone Catcher.

by JanineMasonJune 8, 2022 Uncategorized0 comments

Learning Groups Graduate!

32 Nonprofit Leaders Complete Fieldstone’s Six Month Leadership Development Program

The cornerstone of our Network, Fieldstone Learning Groups provide nonprofit leaders with an exceptional opportunity to further their skills in leading a nonprofit organization or team while developing trusted and supportive relationships with other professionals in the sector. Learning Groups are offered to senior leadership team members and CEOs and Executive Directors. This year FLNSD hosted three learning groups. Offered since 1994, the learning group program is a sell out each year!

Returning to in-person meetings in January 2022, three learning groups met monthly for six months. Each month’s module was designed to enhance a learner’s understanding of the vital leadership competencies necessary for nonprofit leaders. Monthly discussion topics were based on state-of-the-art leadership and management research and grounded through the practitioner’s lens for an effective blend of theory and real-world experience. Topics include:

Problem Solving
Leading Through Crisis and in a Post-Pandemic World
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Team Development and Multi-Generational Leadership
Conflict Resolution and Persuasion
Board Governance and Development
Time Management and Delegation
Strategic Formation
Organizational Sustainability
Fundamentals of Leadership and Management

Learning Groups are facilitated by professionals who have served as an executive director of a nonprofit organization. Each facilitator has a unique combination of proven experience, knowledge, skills, and passion which allows them to relate to and understand the current issues and challenges being faced by nonprofit leaders. They are respected executives and consultants in the social sector who share an enthusiasm to impact other nonprofit leaders by sharing their talents, experience, and mistakes. Our 2022 groups were facilitated by Tom Hall, former Managing Director of The Globe Theatres and current principal of AlbertHall & Associates. Tom was a participant in FLNSD’s first ever San Diego Learning Group back in the early 1990s!!

Congratulations to the Fieldstone Graduates of 2022

Congratulations to our Executive Learning Group Graduates:

Back Row (L-R) Sean Spear, Community Housing Works; Dilkhwaz Ahmed, License to Freedom; Suzanne Husby, Make-A-Wish SD; Laura Pitts, Carlsbad Education Foundation; Jen Thorn, Moxie Theatre; Matt Koumaras, Boys & Girls Club of Vista; Kelly Douglas, Voices for Children. Front row (seated L-R) Tasreen Khamisa, Tariq Khamisa Foundation; Colleen FitzSimons, SD Green Building Council; Kim Heinle, Bayside Community Center; and Anna Maria Maybury, Girls on the Run.

Congratulations to our Nonprofit Leaders Learning Groups. We were pleased to host two separate groups this year.

Back Row (L-R): Jessica Frank, SD Diplomacy Council; Kathryn Clauzel, Just in Time for Foster Youth; Claudia Ehrlich, Avodah; Jenna Martin, Make-A-Wish SD; Kevin Renac, Bayside Community Center, Janine Mason, FLNSD, Tom Hall, Facilitator, Katharine Mathews, Living Coast Discovery Center. Front Row (L-R) Angela Zappia, Accessity; Jaimie McBreaty, Access Youth Academy; Corey Ford, Casa de Amistad; Erica Connell, Voice of San Diego and Marcela Mercado, Fern Street Circus Arts.

Back Row (L-R) Matthew Medeiros, BLCI; Casey Davis, Diabetes Research Connection; Douglas Flaker, Health Center Partners of So. CA; Middle Row (L-R) Shelby Coopwood, Access Youth Academy; Vicky Kern, La Jolla Institute of Immunology; Jenna Novotny, Mama’s Kitchen; Navid Zamani, License to Freedom. Front Row (L-R) Emily Shuffield, Burn Institute; Eowyn Bates, SD Natural History Museum; and Taylor Beveridge, Carlsbad Education Foundation.

Learning Groups begin each January and run through June. The next opportunity to apply for the 2023 Learning Group opens in September 2022. Each cohort is made up of 10-11 leaders. In keeping with Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego’s mission to provide affordable leadership development opportunities, the program is offered for a nominal fee of $900. Valued at over $4,000, the balance of the program costs are covered by the Clare Rose Foundation. For more information, please visit our website.

by JanineMasonJune 1, 2022 Uncategorized0 comments

Coaching as a Leadership Tool

A Program to Build your Leadership Toolbox

Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego is pleased to present Coaching as a Leadership Tool, an expert developed 3-course learning opportunity that will prepare leaders and managers to use coaching as a leadership tool in managing others. The program is offered in partnership with the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. This is the second programmatic partnership between Fieldstone and NLA.

Research has shown that incorporating coaching into one’s leadership style helps to transform, renew, energize and inspire one’s team while nurturing effective and humane organizations, networks and communities. In a world of increasing complexity, we believe the world need more leaders who are equipped and able to lead like this.

The program is open to those working in the nonprofit sector and currently in a leadership position or to those aspiring to manage others in the future. The series will arm learners with a toolkit of resources and the confidence to coach a team to reach its full potential. Participants who complete all course requirements are eligible for an E-Certificate and a digital badge in Coaching as a Leadership Tool.

This certificate program includes online course material for learners to complete independently and three in-person “coaching conversations” with others in the cohort. Each cohort will be comprised of approximately 16 leaders. “Coaching Conversations” will be facilitated gatherings and will focus on each of the program’s three courses. Learners are expected to complete each course before the in-person gathering so they are able to participate actively in the discussion. All Coaching Conversations will take place at the Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego’s offices in University City.

The program includes:

The Self-Aware Leader

This course is about taking time to explore your own values as a leader. The focus is on the “inner” you in leadership. Of course, this process of self-reflection is an ongoing task — one that never ends. This course provides you the window of time to focus on self-awareness. You will participate in many leadership assessments that give you a better understanding of your own strengths.

Learning Objectives

Explore your leadership values
Affirm your leadership ideals
Increase your understanding of the leader’s role with a focus on empathy
Develop confidence to be an authentic leader, aligning values, expectations, and behaviors

Coaching Conversation: September 8, 2022 9 am to 12 Noon in person

Build Your Organization’s Bench: Leadership and Coaching Conversations

This course is about using a coaching strategy to make your role less stressful while building the capacity of your team members and the productivity of the organization.

Learning Objectives:

Define coaching as a leadership style
Build a case for why coaching is a useful leadership style in today’s organizations
Prepare you to incorporate coaching into your leadership practice

Coaching Conversation: October 13, 2022 9 am to 12 Noon in person

The Capable Coach

This course will further your understanding of coaching competencies and how to use them productively in managing and developing the people on your team. In the coaching role, managers emphasize the use of questions and active listening to help others be more successful in their work, problem-solve effectively, and accomplish their goals.

Learning Objectives:

Review the value of coaching as a leadership tool
Understand and apply the GROW Model for Coaching
Identify the key elements of an effective coaching environment.
Comprehend and apply coaching competencies.

Coaching Conversation: November 10, 2022 9 am to 12 Noon in person

Coaching Conversations: A Unique Addition

Because we believe in the power of sharing personal wisdom and experiences to augment our theoretical learning, and offer support to other leaders, we have crafted a unique in-person component to the online curriculum called “Coaching Conversations”. “Coaching Conversations” will be in-person small group gatherings for all participating in the online course and will take place monthly, for a total of three meetings. They are designed to give learners an opportunity to explore the course material and practice coaching with others. They are also designed to reflect the value we place on learning communally, building relationships with other nonprofit leaders and reciprocity. .

The three-part online series is estimated to take 11 hours to complete. Coaching Conversations will total 9 hours.

PROGRAM DETAILS

Registration for the program is open now using THIS LINK
Program will open for online access on August 1, 2022. The first Coaching Conversation will be September 8, 2022. The second conversation will be on October 13 and the final conversation will be on November 10, 2022.
Cost: $300 – includes online access to the three courses, group facilitation and meeting refreshments.

To REGISTER use this link

by JanineMasonMay 3, 2022 Uncategorized0 comments

Leadership Reading Group Opens for Registration

Cohort 7 will Begin in September 2022

Harry S. Truman said, “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers”. To support our nonprofit leaders in developing and sustaining a healthy reading habit and provide opportunities to study leadership using literature, Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego created the Leadership Reading Group in 2015. To date, six groups of leaders have participated in the programs. Reaching a milestone at year 7, the Leadership Reading Group is now open for registration. The program is set to begin in September 2022 and will run through June 2023.

Professionally facilitated by Stefanie Schiff of San Diego Book Talk, the group meets together once a month for a total of 10 months. Using fiction, non-fiction and trade books, the facilitator will model how to lead a book discussion using different types of materials. Learners will then select a book from a curated book list and work with a partner to facilitate one of the remaining six sessions.

Participating in the program has proven to:

Provide an opportunity to commit to and develop a systematic reading habit to sharpen intelligence and increase knowledge.
Help the reader read more deeply and better understand diverse perspectives.
Allow the reader to build and deepen relationships through shared learning.
Develop leaders who are more comfortable and confident in professional discussions and in using literature as a teaching tool.

According to one participant from Cohort 5, “ The Fieldstone Leadership Reading Group is a wonderful opportunity to learn from fellow mission-driven leaders. The Reading Group will challenge you to look at leadership from new perspectives, and inevitably lead to personal and professional growth.” Another participate from 2021 agrees sharing, “The Leadership Reading Group Program was an invaluable experience, not only for the material in the books and great discussions but also for the friendships developed with other nonprofit leaders. I would highly recommend this program!”

Specific Benefits of the Fieldstone Leadership Reading Group

The program is designed purposely to allow the members to develop a skill that they can use as a leadership tool within their organization for continuous learning.
The experience will build cross-sectoral relationships as the members will be paired together to work jointly on the facilitation of a reading group session and develop trusted relationships with each other through discussions and shared insight.
Technical assistance will be available to each participant in preparation for their monthly facilitation.
Professional feedback will be provided to each pair from the facilitator, as well as from the peer group, to gain insight and further develop technique.
Access to a professionally curated book list. All literature is selected for its ability to aid and inspire the personal leadership development of the nonprofit leader-readers.

The Ripple Effects of our Leadership Reading Group:
Cohort 1 is now beginning its 7th year of meeting contnuously.

Cohort 2 is now beginning its 6th year of meeting continuoulsy.

One member of Cohort 3 has now written a best selling book.

One member of Cohort 4 will be facilitating a new literature program for Fieldstone beginning in October 2022.

One member of Cohort 5 has created a book group at her organization for staff and board members.

The Leadership Reading Group is available to both executive directors and senior leadership of a nonprofit organization in San Diego County. Each group is limited to 12 members. Applications for the 2022-2023 Group are due July 1, 2022 and are available HERE

by JanineMasonApril 25, 2022 Uncategorized0 comments

Equity Journey 3.0 Begins

What’s Fair? Exploring Social Justice in America

Continuing our partnership with the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego opened the third and final course in the Equity Journey series on April 25, 2022. The online training aims to help nonprofit professionals begin the conversation about social justice in our communities. What’s Fair? Exploring social justice in America is powered by the Thought Industries customer training platform.

Learners will explore the meaning of social justice and what it looks like in our world, as well as learn how to advance key issues in their own organizations and communities. Darian Rodriguez Heyman, former executive director of Craigslist Foundation and Co-Founder of GenderSmart, is featured in the virtual session sharing his insights about the social justice movement happening in our world today.

Learners will complete the academic portion of the course individually and come together with other learners in the cohort every two weeks for a facilitated discussion throughout the duration of the program. Called “Pit Stops”, these discussions are unique to Fieldstone’s offering of the Equity Journey. Pit Stops curriculum reflects the online course material and has been curated by our founder, Janine Mason, who also facilitates the discussions. Pit Stops were included and designed to reflect Fieldstone’s values of peer learning, relationship building and reciprocity. They are hosted online and last for 90 minutes. Past participants have been enthusiastic about the impact of the group discussions, reporting that they help them feel connected to other leaders and to the material as they navigate this Journey and work to increase their confidence in advancing social justice.

Janine Mason and Susan Tomlinson Schmidt meeting in San Diego, April 2022

“As the people in our communities continue to struggle with what is just and right, our most powerful tool for change is learning more,” said Susan Tomlinson Schmidt, CNP President and CEO of The Alliance. “We have to explore our own values and meanings for ideas like social justice and then consider what we can do to change what we think is wrong. Self awareness is the first step in a social justice journey.”

“Over the course of the past two years, our world has evolved in significant ways. However, the need for people committed to working toward fairness and justice, those we call “stone catchers”, has remained”, said Janine Mason, CNP and Founder of Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego. “We are honored to partner with NLA in bringing this learning opportunity to San Diego’s nonprofit leaders. We believe that learning about and reflecting on equity and how it does and does not show up in our organizations and communities is vital. And we believe it will result in our sector working in new ways – ways which center fairness and justice in our organizational policies and procedures and, most importantly, throughout our personal leadership. Nothing is more important.”

Learners who complete the course and participate in the Pit Stop discussions will earn a certificate offered jointly from both organizations. To date, over 600 nonprofit leaders have participated in Equity Journey courses. Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego and Nonprofit Leadership Alliance have worked together as partners since 2020.

by JanineMasonMarch 31, 2022 Uncategorized0 comments

What’s Fair? Social Justice in America

Equity Journey 3.0 Open for Registration

As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting the leadership development of the nonprofit sector, and due to the feedback we received on the impact of The Equity Journey, we are continuing our partnership with the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance to bring you The Equity Journey 3.0: What’s Fair? Social Justice in America. This is the final course of the three-part series. Over 500 nonprofit leaders have participated in the Equity Journey series offered by Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego since it began the program in September 2020.

Equity Journey 3.0 will look at the meaning of social justice and how it takes shape in our world. This two-module course will help learners explore social justice using a broad lens, including race and ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, ability, birthplace, economic status, history, education and politics. This program builds on Equity Journey 1.0 and 2.0 and further develops one’s understanding of social justice.

Learners will leave the course with the confidence to engage in conversations and activities to advance social justice in organizations and communities. Learners will move through the course at their own pace, participate in two communal zoom discussions and will earn a certificate upon completion.

This two module course, enhanced by bi-weekly group discussion groups, will help learners:

Improve your understanding of social justice;
Be more aware of the barriers that hinder social justice;
Create a personal definition of social justice and learn how to put it into action
Examine strategies for how to support and nurture social justice and;
Connect to and learn from other nonprofit leaders committed to social justice.

To register for the course, learners may use this link

When you register, learners will be able to choose their discussion group from these options.

Module 1 Discussion – May 9 at 9 am or 1 pm or May 10 at 9 am
Module 2 Discussion – May 23 at 9 am or 1 pm or May 24 at 9 am

Equity Journey 3.0 opens online on April 25th, 2022. This will be the only offering of this program this year.

The program is offered as part of Project Stone Catcher which provides opportunities for nonprofit leaders to develop the skills and understanding necessary to lead nonprofit organizations in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion and to advance social justice issues for the broader community.

by JanineMasonMarch 14, 2022 Uncategorized0 comments

On the Road Again

Equity Journey 2.0 Begins

Continuing our work with North County Philanthropy Council and Association of Fundraising Professionals San Diego, we are pleased to offer Equity Journey 2.0: Nonprofit Organizational Success. The second in a three-part series, this course focuses on the creating plans and policies to address equity in nonprofit organizations. The course has two parts: a self-guided on-line course broken into two or three learning modules and a series of 90-minute small group discussions corresponding to each module. The discussion sessions are an enhanced program feature unique to the Fieldstone offering and our facilitated by our founder, Janine Mason. Past participants have been enthusiastic about the impact of the group discussions, reporting that they help them feel connected to other leaders and to the material as they navigate this Journey.

Fieldstone facilitated Equity Journey 1.0 for these two groups in Fall 2021. Feedback from this experience has been positive and indicative of increased understanding of the concepts of social justice, increased confidence to talk about social justice issues and movement toward making changes in how we work and lead:

100% of respondents report increased ability to incorporate systemic thinking in their work as a nonprofit leader.
97% of respondents report increased understanding of concepts and definitions critical to social justice.
91% of respondents report increased confidence in holding conversations with peers about race and equity.
91% of respondents have changed or plan to change the way they do their work.
67% of respondents saw changes or planned changes at their organization.

This offering is generously underwritten by Nordson Corporation Foundation and ImpactCubed. The program is sold out.

The current course of Equity Journey 2.0 began on February 28th and will continue for six weeks. Equity Journey 3.0 will also be offered to this group and is scheduled to begin on April 25th.

Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego has offered The Equity Journey program since September 2020. Since that time, over 500 nonprofit leaders have participated in this certificate program. The online curriculum was written by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance and the Pit Stops (group discussions) were developed by FLNSD. The Equity Journey is offered as part of Project Stone Catcher, our commitment to support nonprofit leaders in developing the skills necessary to advance social justice and to create a community of like-hearted leaders so support each other in this work.

by JanineMasonMarch 10, 2022 Uncategorized0 comments

International Women’s Day

The Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego is blessed by the wisdom, service and participation of many talented and generous women. During the month of March we are recognizing those currently participating in our 2022 programs and others we see in person with a card and a HerSHEy bar specially designed for International Women’s Day. In all, HerSHEy created bars with 10 different phrases to celebrate women’s leadership. All proceeds from these special bars support Girls on the Run.

Our founder, Janine Mason, was able to present a gift card to San Diego’s Girls on the Run CEO Anna Maria Maybury. Anna Maria is a current member of our Executive Learning Group.

International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality.

by JanineMasonMarch 8, 2022 Uncategorized0 comments

Best Selling Author Creates Questions for Discussion

Daniel H. Pink, author of The Power of Regret, supports Fieldstone Leadership Reading Group with a Gift of Questions

While Fieldstone’s Leadership Reading Group is officially a 10-month program, many of our groups continue to meet in some form or fashion to discuss leadership using literature. Our first group, LRG 1 has been meeting monthly for almost seven years! In February, some members of the group gathered at the Central Library to hear from best selling author Daniel H. Pink as he discussed his recently released book, The Power of Regret. Mr. Pink signed our books and was gracious sharing his time in conversation well after the program had ended. LRG1 member Jeff Rowland asked Mr. Pink if he would provide one question for our group to use when we met to discuss his book at our upcoming meeting. He agreed. But when the time came, Mr. Pink generously provided a slate of personalized questions just for us! The questions, as you can imagine, were insightful and provided the foundation for an inspired conversation from a leadership perspective.

With a goal of creating well-read nonprofit leaders while imparting facilitation skills and building trusted relationships among nonprofit leaders, the Leadership Reading Group offers a unique opportunity to study and develop leadership in a communal setting. Research has shown that reading has always been an essential component of leadership development (HBR, Feb. 2016). However, even with the best of intentions, it is often difficult to get to or finish all of the books competing for our attention. Being in a reading group helps one to stay committed to reading the book and to reading books across a wide array of interests and type. Being in a reading group breaks one out of their personal pattern of reading and provides an opportunity to explore concepts and theories with others.

In addition to the monthly meetings, Fieldstone’s program also includes an annual Author’s Insights event. Author’s Insights is an opportunity for members of our Reading Group Program to delve more deeply into leadership concepts with an author whose book was read in the program. Following the tradition set by American Booksellers Association in 1938 to provide a forum for authors to speak about their work, Author’s Insights is uniquely focused at furthering our understanding of leadership by furnishing members with a unique and intimate environment to explore the leadership concepts featured by the author in his or her book. Members are invited to examine the leadership theories posited by the author in a trade book or probe the leadership which was or was not exercised by an author’s characters in a work of fiction or non-fiction.

And now, even when an author can’t join us in person, we have the occasion where they can gift us personally crafted questions for us to consider. The learning opportunities of the Leadership Reading Group continue to evolve and present themselves to us in very meaningful ways.

LRG 1 highly recommends The Power of Regret. If you choose to read the book, let us know…we have some great questions for you to consider!

The next Leadership Reading Group will begin in September 2022. Registration will begin in May.

by JanineMasonMarch 7, 2022 Uncategorized0 comments

Clare Rose Sabbatical News

Five Nonprofit Leaders to Leave on Sabbatical Before July 2022

In a sign that the world is making its way through the challenges of the last two years, Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego is preparing to support five San Diego nonprofits with a Clare Rose Sabbatical in the next four months!

Renato Paiva and Access Youth Academy began their Clare Rose Sabbatical and Capacity Building Program during the last part of February. This is “take 2” for Renato and his team, as they embarked on their program two years ago right before the world shut down. The sabbatical was postponed so the organization could still participate in the program after the completion of its recently opened new building. Renato is spending part of his time walking the Camino de Santiago and meeting his fellow pilgrims whom he met two years ago. Two of his staff who will be leading in his absence, Jaimie McBreaty and Shelby Coopwood, are current members of our Nonprofit Leaders Learning Group.

Joining Renato this year will be:

Torrie Dunlap and Kids Included Together. Torrie will be leaving in mid-April

Tonya Torosian and Promises2Kids will begin their experience at the end of April.

Stephanie Ortega will be acting CEO in Tonya’s absence and is currently participating in our executive coaching program.

Nicole Mione-Green and Casa de Amistad will begin their CRS in May.

A team will be leading in her absence and Corey Ford is currently in our Learning Group program in preparation.

Dilkhwaz Ahmed and License to Freedom will embark on their CRS in July.

Dilkhwaz and Navid Zamani, who will lead in her absence, are both participating in our Learning Group program.

In addition to the support they are receiving from other Network programs, the CRS includes time with a consultant to help the leader and the organization prepare for the experience. The consultant is available during the sabbatical to support those leading during the CEO’s absence and for re-entry, once the CEO returns.

The next application deadline for the Clare Rose Sabbatical Program is January 30, 2023. The grant is valued at $50,000 and allows a CEO to leave work for three continuous months to provide an opportunity for rest and reflection while providing leadership opportunities for those remaining at the organization. To date, Fieldstone has granted 27 Clare Rose Sabbaticals. More information and the application can be found on our website under the program tab.