NLNI

July 8-11, 2008
Essex Conference Center & Retreat
http://www.eccr.com

The Civil Liberties & Public Policy Program invites you to attend the 2008 Summer Leadership Institute, a gathering for emerging leaders: four days of networking, skills-building, workshops, retreat, relaxation, and rejuvenation at the Essex Conference Center & Retreat in Cape Ann, Massachusetts, on Boston’s North Shore. Any individual currently working at an organization that participates in NLNI is welcome to apply. The cost of your stay at Essex and your travel expenses will be covered by CLPP.

To apply, register online at: https://clppmembers.org/civicrm/event/register?id=58&reset=1 and submit a complete application (.doc, 1.86 MB) by the deadline, May 16, 2008.

To use the online registration system, you must temporarily accept the security certificate from GAIA Host for your session.

On April 4, 2008, 60 reproductive rights and social justice advocates gathered for the spring meeting of the New Leadership Networking Initiative. The meeting was held on the eve of CLPP’s annual conference at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.

The agenda featured a panel discussion on issues of leadership, power, diversity and inclusiveness. Participants then broke into small groups to discuss their own experiences and to strategize together on how to address issues of racism, hierarchy and exclusion in the workplace. Afternoon workshops included:

• Engaging Religious and Spiritual Communities in Your Advocacy Work
• What Do We Really Think About Late Abortions?
• Project/Organizational Directors’ Caucus

The Fall 2007 NLNI Meeting was held Friday, November 9-Sunday, November 11, 2007 at the Northampton Friends Meeting House in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Over thirty reproductive rights and social justice activists convened at the Menla Mountain Retreat and Conference Center in Phoenicia, New York from Monday, July 9, 2007 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 for the 3rd annual New Leadership Networking Initiative Summer Leadership Institute.

NLNI Reimbursement Form [PDF]

The spring meeting of the New Leadership Networking Initiative (NLNI) was held on Friday, March 30, 2007 at Hampshire College. Over 50 reproductive rights & social justice activists met and attended the following panels:

Understanding the Right: A Prerequisite for Reproductive Justice
Facilitated by: Pam Chamberlain, Political Research Associates

The fall meeting of the New Leadership Networking Initiative (NLNI) was held October 14-15, 2006, at the LGBT Community Center in New York City. Over 40 reproductive rights & social justice activists met over the weekend and attended the following panels:

• Hyde Amendment: 30 Years is Enough!
• Sex Workers Training
• Art Therapy/Activism with the World AIDS Day Quilt
• Leaving Choir Practice: Organizing Outside your Comfort Zone
• Engaging Youth & Adults as Partners