Women of Color Leadership Institute
The Women of Color Leadership Institute
The WOCLI is designed to equip and empower a cadre of
skilled leaders to understand the policymaking system, the role of advocacy and
the need to find a voice in the decision-making process that impacts health for
Women of color. We recognize the critical role women play globally, in reducing
poverty, strengthening communities and improving the health of each other and
their families. WOCLI aims to conduct trainings both in the U.S. and the Caribbean, where the HIV epidemic
has taken its toll with rates only second to Sub-Saharan Africa.
WOCLI training includes a comprehensive curriculum to include the following 5
modules:
Government and Advocacy – Women Empowered to Achieve Change
Together (WE ACT) - will provide participants with an understanding of the
relationship between federal, state and local levels of government. National
and International participants, will receive materials modified to address
their relevant government structure; participants will acquire knowledge about
nongovernmental sources of funding as well as governmental sources. By the end
of this module participants will have a clear understanding of how to access
HIV/AIDS resources and where to influence HIV/AIDS funding decisions.
Leadership Development – Making Adversity Your Ally; The
Leader Is You - will provide participants with an understanding of the
importance of their own experience in developing their unique voice as a
leader. This will include an in-depth discussion and exercise on issues of
gender differences in leadership; participants will be able to assess their
skills as leaders and identify new areas for growth; assess roles and
responsibilities in their organization, campaign or group and develop an
understanding of the importance of clarity around roles and responsibilities as
well as reflections of self-care and how they fit in their practice as a
leader.
Program Development – Responding To Women’s Needs and
Services; Doing What It Takes To Make A Difference Through Your Work - will
provide participants with an understanding of information and skills needed to
effectively plan and implement a program designed to provide resources and
services to meet the needs of Women of Color; This will also include hands on
exercises to demonstrate an understanding of the processes and tools needed to
effectively design, develop, revise and implement a successful program
addressing the needs and services responsive to Women of Color; demonstrate an
understanding of the importance of establishing a good relationship between
their Board of Directors, Key Stakeholders, the community and the Women they
serve; demonstrate and understanding of the value of evaluation in determining
and reporting the success of their program.
Communication and Media Advocacy – Speaking Truth;
Envisioning How Your Voice Can Change The Future - will provide participants
with a working knowledge of the functions and process by sharing their stories
and educating their communities about HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment;
develop and expand their skills in the use of grassroots level communications
and media advocacy strategies to identify and develop messages and campaigns
that will facilitate awareness and political support for HIV/AIDS resources;
participants will be given the tools to identify and participate in interactive
exercises and develop models for grass-roots communications that will guide
their media advocacy efforts when they return to their respective communities
and organizations.
Collaboration – Together We Can Get There From
Here; No One
Has To Lose For You To Win - will provide participants with an
appreciation
for cultural, social and political values of other groups. This
interactive
module will demonstrate: an understanding of collaboration strategies,
their
multiple applications and unique opportunities for collaborations
vested in
HIV/AIDS programming for women; an understanding of collaboration in
relation
to local collaborative histories between individual community leaders,
groups , formal and informal agencies and organizations; and heighten
their skills in
structuring a variety of collaborative relationships most appropriate
to
cultural context, political realities, and social needs.
Note: Each of the modules can be presented in 2.5 days or in
an expanded version of 5 days.
If you are interested in holding a training in your area,
please contact us at woc@nmac.org or by
calling 202-483-6622, extension 316.
The Women of Color Leadership Institute is made possible through a generous grant from the American Express
Foundation.
The compilation of materials produced and developed on this site were made
possible through a generous grant from Tibotec Therapeutics.
