Change Makers is a leadership and empowerment program that equips a cohort of 20 individuals with the skills they need to advocate for LGBTQ+ individuals and create sustainable change within their community. Empowered individuals catalyze change, and Change Makers allows community members to learn advocacy and leadership skills to further LGBTQ+ equality in rural America. Each week, the cohort will discuss a “When Everyone Leads: How The Toughest Challenges Get Seen And Solved” section by Ed O’Malley and Julia Fabris McBride with a guest speaker from the LGBTQIA+ activist community. With the guest speaker and book discussion, Change Maker cohort members will walk away with the confidence and tools to educate, empower, and raise visibility. 

We are currently seeking a Coordinator to run this program. If you are interested, please click here to apply.

About the Book:
This book is not about leadership, at least in the way we normally think about it.
Leadership is not about position or authority.
It’s not about big speeches or grand visions.

Leadership is engaging others to solve daunting challenges. Those challenges appear in our professional lives, in our communities, our families―and they seem unsolvable, beyond our ability to see what needs to be done or outside our capacity to make the changes needed.

They are not.

Because, leadership is an activity―small actions taken in moments of opportunity. And as you start to look around, you can begin to see more of those moments, seize the opportunity in those moments. Most importantly, you can help others see those opportunities too.

That’s why everyone can lead and the real power to solve our most important challenges is when everyone leads.