2014-2015 Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI)

Nexus Community Partners is recruiting applicants for the second cohort of their Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) program, which is advancing racial equity in the Twin Cities through participation and policy-making on local and regional boards and commissions. To learn more about nominating someone or applying to the 2014-2015 BCLI cohort, RSVP today to take part in an upcoming information session!

Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute Information Session

Join us this Thursday to learn more about the BCLI

Join us to hear how the Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) community is advancing racial equity in the Twin Cities through policy on local and regional boards and commissions - and find out how YOU can nominate or apply to the 2014-2015 BCLI cohort. 

When: Thursday, June 5, 2014: 9-10:30am
Where: Hope Community, Inc, 3rd Floor Loft: 611 E. Franklin Ave, Minneapolis 55411
(free Visitor Parking in lot - enter parking lot from Oakland Ave; also street-side parking on Oakland Ave or Portland Ave)

Please RSVP to abrown@nexuscp.org. Light refreshments will be provided.

"We need to be running our own folks for seats by building power that pursues true democracy...We need to be developing leaders to be bold at those decision-making tables and to never leave their community behind. This is how we tell our own story. This is a story that tells everybody they can belong, and this is how we build our movement." Kandace Montgomery, 2014 BCLI Graduate

Can't make it this Thursday? 
Join us for one of our additional info sessions throughout the Twin Cities (please RSVP to abrown@nexuscp.org and indicate which session you plan to attend):

• Tuesday, June 17, 2014 (5:30-7pm) @ CLUES, McKnight Room
• Thursday, June 19, 2014 (6:30-8pm) @ Brookdale Library, Room AB

We're now accepting applications for the 2014-2015 BCLI cohort! 
All Nomination Packets are due July 18, 2014 by 12 midnight CST. Download the Nomination Packet here. 

About the BCLI Nexus' Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) is a 7-month leadership program that supports, trains and places people of color and other underrepresented community members on publicly appointed boards and commissions that influence and impact equity in the Twin Cities Metro Area. About Nexus Community Partners Nexus Community Partners (Nexus) is a community building intermediary whose mission is to build more engaged and powerful communities of color by supporting community building initiatives that expand community assets and foster social and human capital. Learn more about our work here.

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