Rockwood Leadership Institute

A grant to support leaders of color to participate in an intensive leadership development program.

The nationally recognized Rockwood Leadership Institute delivers the best practices and methodologies in leadership development to the nonprofit community. Rockwood’s vision is to develop thousands of inspired social change agents trained in partnership, communication, conflict resolution, team building, planning and producing powerful results.

Regions Served:

Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma counties
Central Coast: Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties
San Joaquin Valley: Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare counties

Total Award: $300,000

Program Details:
Rockwood has designed the Fellowship for California Leaders of Color to offer transformational leadership tools to a community of nonprofit leaders. Rockwood will select three cohorts of 18 Fellows each, for a total of 54 leaders. The program model includes a suite of coordinated activities that take place over a year, including two four-day leadership training retreats, peer coaching, and online resources.

Selection process:
Participants must be nominated for the program, and self-nominations are also accepted. Rockwood staff review the nominations, invite individuals to apply, review applications, and conduct interviews.

Application Deadline:
The nomination and application process for the 2009-2010 Fellowship is now closed. Please contact fellowship@rockwoodleadership.org for information about the 2010-2011 Fellowship Program for California Leaders of Color.

Participating Fellows:
The following individuals were selected for the inaugural fellowship class of Rockwood’s California Leaders of Color Fellowship:

Nikki Bas, East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
Susana De Anda, Community Water Center
Jayeesha Dutta, Youth in Focus
Alicia Garza, People Organized to Win Employment Rights
Javier Guzman, Chicano Youth Center
Lamar Henderson, Merced County Human Service Agency
Keith Kelley, Fresno West Coalition for Economic Development
Jeremy Lahoud, Californians for Justice
Destiny Lopez, ACCESS/Women’s Health Rights Coalition
Alma Martinez, Radio Bilingue
Khanh Pham, National Radio Project
Gerald Richards, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Lolita Roibal, Mobilize the Immigrant Vote
Kemi Role, Western Addition Health Training Program
Joy Rucker, HIV Education and Prevention Project of Alameda County
Marcela M. Ruiz, California Rural Legal Assistance
Daniela Simunovic, Center on Race, Poverty and Environment
Khampha Thephavong, Southeast Asian communities

Biographies are available here.

Website: http://www.rockwoodleadership.org

Project Contact:
Stacy Kono
Fellowship Director
Stacy@rockwoodleadership.org
(510) 524-4000 x113