NYAPRS encourages all emerging leaders to apply for The College for Behavioral Health Leadership’s Equity-Grounded Leadership Fellow Program. We are happy to announce the application deadline has been extended to June 26th. The Equity-Grounded Leadership Fellow Program was co-produced with leaders from around the country. It is an immersive experience of in-person and virtual sessions for up to 25 current or emerging leaders with learned and lived experience who have a deep desire to effect change in their organizations, communities, or regions.
See below to learn more about the program, including how to apply.
The Call-to-Action.
The Equity-Grounded Leadership Fellow Program shifts the focus of cross-sector behavioral health leaders to intersectionality, equity, and anti-racism for behavioral health systems transformation. The program will:
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Cultivate a deep understanding of how inequity is perpetuated by and in the behavioral health system.
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Support all leaders to step into their own voice, courage, and power.
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Empower new leaders to thrive as change agents to unravel systemic racism and inequity.
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Prepare all leaders to take measurable action to create equitable systems.
What is Equity-Grounded Leadership?
Equity-grounded leadership stems from the understanding that the current systems are unjust. It empowers leaders to mobilize themselves and others to create positive change. Equity-grounded leadership begins with courageous inquiry of personal and professional biases that impact how one views themself and others, and how to collectively influence others to create communities that are rooted in resilience and promote healing.
Equity-grounded leadership recognizes the danger caused by unchecked power and hierarchies in all forms and works to mitigate them. It demands transformative solutions away from the status quo. Equity-grounded leadership is anti-racist, person-centered, recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and acknowledges that individuals have different experiences, abilities, needs, and strengths. It allows leaders to account for those and develop strategies for decision making to include all voices. It is different from leading from a place of equality, which is about sameness and assumes that all individuals will benefit from being provided the exact same support.
Equity-grounded leadership ensures all leaders are equipped to lead with influence and from a position of love and humility.
Interested? Apply here: Apply for the 2023-2024 Cohort! – The College for Behavioral Health Leadership (leaders4health.org)
