Why it Matters
In one way, or another, we as people have come to define the world as unfair. Violence haunts families and pays the malicious; and what little paradise we individually hold onto becomes all we fixate…
Hate Speech Oregon
Hate Speech Oregon UNITE Oregon works to build a unified, intercultural movement for justice addressing racial profiling and hate crimes. Kayse Jama, Executive Director, discussed with Institute for Community Leadership delegates how we can become…
Singing – The Conceptualization
For thousands of years, all cultures in all parts of the world, have been singing as means to share stories and traditions. Like laughter, play, and exercise, singing helps underpin and maintain our well being.…
The Importance of Circles
Leadership calls on us to step out of our comfort zones. Everyone can see when something is unjust and wrong, yet not everyone will act to be part of the solution. The status quo seeks…
Community Minded in Spokane, WA
The cameras rolled in this Spokane studio with Community Minded TV and Black Lens monthly newspaper organizers, Ben Cabildo and Sandra Williams. The Institute’s youth and staff spent an hour filming a program about our…
Self-Change
To alleviate a social disease or dysfunction, problem, or injustice, we have to change our behavior. Alleviating HIV AIDS requires behavior changes. Addressing childhood diabetes requires effecting behavior changes. To gain more influence in city…
Sovereignty
The Quinault Indian Nation is a sovereign nation with the right to govern itself and deal with other tribes and nations on a government-to-government basis. By various laws established in 1922 and a constitution approved…
Hood Canal School
Delegates joined the superintendent and principal of Hood Canal School District, Mr. Shawn Batstone in Shelton, Washington. We were able to share our experiences, answer questions, ask questions, and learn more about the civic engagement…
Colville Powwow
Elders, children and tribal members of all ages entered fancy dancing and grass dancing competitions, in handmade, elegant regalia from head to foot, arrived on the closing day of the Colville Powwow. The Institute for…
ICL student Paola De La Cruz discusses civic engagement and her leadership
Institute for Community Leadership Kent Meridian student Paola De La Cruz discusses the role of civic engagement with ICL in the development of her voice and her leadership