Accelerate 77 Summer
Internship
Leadership Development Program
(May 28, 2012 - August 3, 2012)
The students that participate in the leadership
development course at the beginning of the summer will play a leader and coordinator role
later in the summer program. These
students will be pivotal in the success of the Accelerate 77 summer internship
program.
The leadership program of Accelerate 77 will
include classroom time with students from around the U.S. that are
participating in ICA’s summer service learning program,
coupled with more in-depth training on
community organizing and participatory planning methodologies. ICA-USA is known for its
technology of participation ToP ®
facilitation methodology. Students participating in the leadership program will
expand their facilitation skill sets. This will include facilitating meetings,
shaping group consensus, and using participatory processes to foster change.
During the three week program, students will:
Gain a deeper understanding of the dynamics of systemic
oppression, socially constructed identities (race, class, gender, etc.) and the
self-replicating processes that produce poverty and social subordination;
Learn a common language that describes oppression systems and
outcomes;
Develop a sense of personal agency regarding "making the case” for
local sustainability and facilitating/organizing the change process at the
local level;
Advance their understanding of and skill at framing issues as
practical challenges rather than ideological debates.
Gain a clear grasp of some of the practical challenges
associated with "going green” in urban America;
Expand their understanding & grasp of global
interdependence and the ability to discern and articulate linkages among the
persistence of poverty, shaping sustainably green communities, and building the
foundations for global peace;
Cultivate a sharpened appreciation for the importance of
local/micro actions in relation to global/macro challenges;
Improve their ability to see and think beyond the silo
imagination that separates the issues and challenges of social justice,
ecological sustainability and world peace;
Increase their capacity to facilitate group planning processes;
Become intentional about and gain experience in the use of
tools of the interior life, e.g. journaling, self-reflection etc.
For additional information or questions please email, Nina Winn, nwinn@ica-usa.org.
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