2023 Emerging Leaders Institute

If we want the mission of community media to grow and endure the next twenty years, we need a next generation of community media leadership.

And we can grow that generation of emerging leaders with your help.  

We know that community media will face new challenges and opportunities as technologies, legal frameworks and communities may profoundly change.  On top of this, a generation of leaders in our field will retire and pass the torch of leadership to others in coming years.

We think it's essential the we nurture and empower emerging leaders to meet the challenges we face.    We know this from our work - It's our superpower in community media - We support others. 

Over the last four years, the Community Media Emerging Leaders Institute has supported over 70 participants and emerging leaders from across the United States by exploring their leadership style and capacity and helping people chart their leadership journey.

With your help today, we will host the Institute again over four weeks in October 2023 for another class of emerging leaders.   The Institute is led by Paula Manley and Toni Tabora-Roberts, two women with a deep track record of success building organizations and leaders in local community media.   

Your tax deductible donation to the Foundation will expand our training and support of young leaders at the Institute by allowing us to reduce the cost of tuition for participants. 

What kind of impact will your gift have?    Here's some perspective from a recent student:

"Being a new Executive Director is a great opportunity and exciting adventure for me, but weighty at times. ELI challenged me to evaluate my own leadership principles by providing tools, resources and insightful guidance to support the tough, introspective work of personal and professional growth. I want to be a compassionate leader. ELI has helped me on this lifelong journey and introduced me to an amazing group of community media leaders from across the country." 

Your donation today helps us grow the next generation of community media leaders  and build the future of community media.    

Thank you!