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Healthy House and Leadership Development
in Interethnic Relations
A grant to provide leadership training to nonprofit leaders from disadvantaged communities.
Healthy House (within a MATCH coalition) is a grassroots minority-led organization that aims to improve the quality of life, health and well being of the underserved in Merced County. They will partner with the Los Angeles-based Leadership Development in Interethnic Relations (LDIR) program to deliver LDIR’s signature leadership development program to San Joaquin Valley community-based organizations.
Counties Served:
- San Joaquin Valley: Primarily serving Merced county, with additional outreach to leaders in Fresno, Madera, Stanislaus, and Tulare counties
Total Award: $200,000
Program Details:
The LDIR program is based on the premise that leaders may be effective in their own niches, but don’t necessarily have the time, relationships, linkages or even the vision to connect with leaders and communities outside their own context. The program helps leaders learn how to ably reach across sectors for community solutions, and across color and cultural lines to build strong communities. Healthy House will recruit participants for two cycles of leadership training, with 30 to 35 participants in each cycle. Leaders will be offered a series of skills-based and analysis-building workshops that take place over two weekends. When participants complete the program, they will join an alumni network and continue to participate in activities over a three-year period.
Selection process:
Healthy House staff will identify organizations based on their work with disadvantaged communities, organizational support for the project and willingness to coming to an ongoing peer support process. Recruitment will rely on existing community networks and Healthy House’s collaborative relationships with nonprofits and leaders in Merced County and throughout the San Joaquin Valley.
Target Launch Date: Early spring 2010
Website: http://www.healthyhousemerced.org/ and http://www.ldir.org/
Project Contacts:
Marilyn Mochel
Clinical Director
marilynmochel5@gmail.com
(209) 724-0102
Carmen M. Morgan
Project Director, LDIR
cmorgan@apalc.org
(213) 241-0216
