Registration for 2023 Learning Groups and Coaching Opens
Applications Being Accepted Now for Popular Programs
The Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego is now accepting applications for its two foundational programs: Learning Groups and Executive Coaching. Each program will begin in January 2023. Applications are being accepted through October 14th, 2023 and are available under the program tab on the Network’s website.
Learning Groups
Learning groups are the cornerstone of our Network. Learning groups are offered for nonprofit CEOs, Executive Directors and Presidents (executive group) and for leadership team members (nonprofit leaders group).
Facilitated by a professional with authentic nonprofit organization leadership experience, the Learning Groups encourage dynamic and candid exchange among nonprofit executives and provide access to:
• Cutting edge tools and research on nonprofit management and leadership.
• An exchange of real case studies guided by a problem-solving methodology that empowers the participants to envision feasible solutions and craft action plans.
• An intimate and confidential environment to support and enhance your leadership.
• A new network of colleagues with a common purpose – to support each other’s leadership beyond the program.
• Experienced facilitators with deep knowledge and insights about the distinctive characteristics and dynamics of nonprofit organizations, and the skills to foster collective wisdom and fellowship.
Survey results from our 2022 cohorts indicate the following:
- 100% of participants reported that the Learning Group experience helped them develop as a leader
- 100% of participants reported that the problem-solving process helped address an organizational/ professional challenge.
- 100% of participants reported that the Learning Group experience help them or will help them increase the capacity/effectiveness of their organization.
- 100% of participants rate the relationships they’ve built with the other leaders in their Learning Group as very or extremely valuable (4.6 out of 5).
- 100% of participants have seen positive impacts to their professional network from the Learning Group experience.
With a newly re-designed and updated curriculum, the Learning Group will explore topics critical to successful leadership of a nonprofit organization, including:
- 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 meet monthly at the Fieldstone offices from 9 am to 4 pm. Each cohort is limited to 10 leaders to provide a save, confidential and meaningful experience for all.
Executive Coaching
The Coaching Program has exceeded all of my expectations. I love my Fieldstone Coach!
For 26 years, we have offered coaching to nonprofit leaders in San Diego.
Our program pairs executive directors or senior leadership team members with a nonprofit CEO who has been trained to be a peer coach, in a twelve-month, confidential, one-on-one coaching relationship.
Through a series of monthly meetings and ongoing conversations over the course of a year, coaches help to empower coachees to accomplish specific leadership goals and resolve organizational problems. Through coaching you will have access to:
·Experienced coaches with deep knowledge and insights about the dynamics of nonprofit leadership, and the skills to foster reflective wisdom and discernment.
·Organizational self-assessment tools and a 360 degree professional assessment and feedback from the Center for Creative Leadership
·An intimate and confidential environment to support and enhance your personal and professional growth.
Having a coach who stays on the coachee’s agenda, provides additional perspectives and resources supports a nonprofit leader as they address the challenges and opportunities that are part of leading a nonprofit organization and increases the likelyhood of success for them, their team and their agency.
It is amazing to have this safe space with my coach. She understands how it is and that is so helpful.
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FLNSD NAMED “2022 TOP-RATED NONPROFIT” by GreatNonprofits
Award based on Community Recommendations
Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego announced today it has been named a “2022 Top-Rated Nonprofit” by GreatNonprofits, the leading website for community recommendations of charities and nonprofits. Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego provides leadership development services and support to nonprofit professionals throughout San Diego County. resulting in better equip leaders and trusted relationships for collaboration and support.
“We are all about creating and nurturing the community of nonprofit leaders who we have come to rely upon to provide a wide array of services to our community. We are honored to be recognized because of their feedback on how we are meeting our mission of supporting nonprofit leaders to develop their leadership capacities and build trusted relationships in the sector”, says Janine Mason, Fieldstone’s Founder and Director. We are proud of our programs, which include learning groups, coaching, reading groups, experiential leadership trainings and equity training.”
The Top-Rated Nonprofit Award is based on the rating and number of reviews that Fieldstone Leadership Network received from volunteers, donors and a program participants. “Beyond the skill building exercises, great literature, and strong facilitation, I have been able to connect to a community of non-profit leaders that I am very privileged to know. I feel very supported by them and this organization”, reports Navid Zamani, of License to Freedom.
“Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego is a great example of a nonprofit making a real difference in their community,” said Perla Ni, CEO of GreatNonprofits, “Their award is well-deserved recognition not only of their work, but the tremendous support they receive, as shown by the many outstanding reviews they have received from people who have direct experience working with their Network.”
“I can’t recommend their suite of leadership programs enough. They are unique to the field, always evolving, and their staff (and trainers) have an uncanny ability to sense the trends and shifts in the field and apply them to their current offerings. My ability to serve my community is all the better for my time spent with Fieldstone – and the bonus is that I have made friendships that will last a lifetime and been inspired to be more and do more as a result of my participation.”
Ryan Ginard, nonprofit professional and author
This is the third consecutive Top Rated award for Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego.
I’m not really sure if I can put into words how much I have gained from Fieldstone over the years, but I can say that I am more than thankful to them for providing a space for me to grow and collaborate and become the best me I can.” David Proulx
GreatNonprofits is the largest donation website for nonprofits and where people share stories about their personal experiences on more than 1.6 million charities and nonprofits. The GreatNonprofits Top-Rated Awards are the only awards for nonprofits determined by those who have direct experience with the charities – as donors, volunteers and recipients of aid.
The complete list of 2022 Top Rated Nonprofits will be announced on October 31, 2022.
Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego will open registration for their 2023 Learning Groups and Coaching Program in August. Information and applications are now available on the website.
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Equity Journey Series Concludes
Over 600 Nonprofit Leaders Participated in The Equity Journey
For the past 23 months, Fieldstone Leadership Network has been working with the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance to bring the Equity Journey to local nonprofit leaders. Since that time, Fieldstone has facilitated each of the three components of the series:
- The Equity Journey
- Equity Journey 2.0 – Nonprofit and Organizational Success and,
- Equity Journey 3.0 – What’s Fair? Exploring Social Justice in America
To date, over 600 nonprofit leaders have participated in at least one of the Equity Journey offerings.
The online curriculum was developed by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. In keeping with Fieldstone’s peer learning model and in alignment with our mission to foster trusted relationship between nonprofit leaders, Fieldstone Founder, Janine Mason, designed and facilitated Pit Stops on each of the Equity Journey offerings. Each Pit Stop was hosted on Zoom and lasted for 90 minutes. Pits Stops allowed learners to come together to reflect on the material they were learning individually, share their thoughts, ask questions and hear from others on the Journey. Survey results indicate 91% gained insights from the Pit Stop discussions. One participant from Equity Journey 2.0, described the Pit Stops as
“very meaningful; supportive, informative, offering a safe space to explore our thoughts as well as doubts.”
The Equity Journey series was presented as part of Fieldstone’s 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. In alignment with our mission, Project Stone Catcher aims to build a community of stone catchers who trust each other, offer support to one another and provide safe space for exploration and discussion of issues that have historically been difficult to discuss. Ninety-one percent of participants reported increased confidence in holding conversations about race and equity as a result their participation in the program.
In addition to an increase in confidence in conversing about race and equity, Learners reported a 97% increase in their understanding of concepts and definitions critical to social justice and 100% of participants reported an increase in their ability to incorporate systemic thinking into their work. Ninety-one percent of participants reported changes or plans to change the way they work as a result of doing this course.
In Year 2 of the program offering, Fieldstone was asked by North County Philanthropy Council and Association of Fundraising Professionals San Diego to facilitate the Equity Journey program for their members. Over 115 members participated in the program. This offering, which included all three of the Equity Journey courses, was underwritten by Nordson Corporation Foundation and Impact Cubed.
Leaders who completed each module with the course and participated in the Pit Stops earned a certificate, which was conferred jointly by Fieldstone and the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance.
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Nonprofit Board Exchange
A Free Community Resource for San Diegans
SAN DIEGO–Fieldstone Leadership Network San Diego, a leader in nonprofit leadership development, announces the launch of the Nonprofit Board Exchange™, a community resource which seeks to aid nonprofit’s in recruiting board members and diversify nonprofit governing boards. The Nonprofit Board Exchange is a free, public, online platform that publicizes openings on local nonprofit boards and is available to those interested in serving in a volunteer governing role with a nonprofit organization.
The idea was born out of a desire to democratize and expand the process of becoming a nonprofit board member, which historically, has not been inclusive. “How we serve the world requires diverse and well-trained boards of directors, so we need to be intentional about this effort,” commented Janine Mason, Founding Director of Fieldstone Leadership Network and the creator of the Exchange. A recent study conducted by The Nonprofit Institute at the University of San Diego shows that in terms of racial diversity of San Diego’s nonprofit board members, only 36% identify as Black, Indigious, person of color– and the percentage is even less for those serving as board chairs. In the nonprofit sector, it is the job of the board to govern their organizations so the need to recruit, develop and retain a skilled, diverse board is vital. “The Nonprofit Board Exchange serves as a new access point for San Diegans,” continued Mason. “By making opportunities more transparent and accessible, it allows for a broader pool of applicants interested in serving as a nonprofit board member.” The Exchange also provides information on available board leadership training and other resources for those who serve in this important role.
Any nonprofit organization in San Diego may list a board opening to share with the broader community while any community member can peruse all offerings to find alignment with their interests and experience and contact the nonprofit organization directly.
“As a mission-driven leader, I wanted to grow my influence and impact on my community by serving on a board but I wasn’t sure where to start,” said Angel Ibarra, a manager with Episcopal Community Services who used the platform to match his interests with a local nonprofit. “Through the Nonprofit Board Exchange I was able to connect with like-minded leaders and grow my understanding of what it takes to be an impactful board member.”
The Nonprofit Board Exchange is supported by 14 community partners, including Alliance for Regional Solutions, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Athena, BIPOC Support Foundation, Cal State University San Marcos’ North County Leadership, Catalyst, Clare Rose Foundation, Impact Cubed, Kim Center for Social Balance, LEAD San Diego, North County Philanthropy Council, Rise San Diego, San Diego County Imperial Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, San Diego Workforce Partnership, Social Venture Partners, United Way of San Diego and The Nonprofit Institute at University of San Diego.
- If you are a nonprofit organization and have a board opening that you would like to share, please create an account to post your board listing.
- If you are a prospective or current board member, please visit the site to look for new board openings and for training opportunities in San Diego County.
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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:
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.
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.
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Coaching as a Leadership Tool
A Program to Build your Leadership Toolbox
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:
- 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
Build Your Organization’s Bench: Leadership and Coaching Conversations
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
The Capable Coach
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 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. .
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.
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
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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.
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.
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.