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Applications for Emerging Leaders Program open Jul 17 – Aug 18, 2023

“Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic selfhood. As we do so, we will find our path of authentic service in the world.”
-Parker J. Palmer

INVESTING IN PEOPLE WHO DRIVE & CREATE CHANGE

Our communities need inspired, capable, and connected leaders. But the system in which our leaders operate is too often characterized by dysfunction, division, and a lack of investment. Leading From Within equips community changemakers to grow in their ability to lead, collaborate, and drive solutions. We bring social sector leaders together to:

  • grow as individuals and improve their effectiveness as leaders,
  • sustain each other as peers to keep leading and learning, and
  • increase their capacity to be collaborators for the common good.

IN THE NEWS

CTL July 2022 Retreat
Interview with Our Founder, Ken Saxon

THE MONTECITO JOURNAL - PHILANTHROPY Leading From Within BY STEVEN LIBOWITZ   |   FEBRUARY…

Jordan Killebrew
Jordan Killebrew

District Representative/Communications Director to County Supervisor Laura Capps Emerging Leaders, 2017 Growing up, Jordan moved…

RESCHEDULED- Arroyo Hondo Alumni Hike

We have rescheduled to Sunday, May 21 when the wildflowers should be incredible! Let's Get…

Abe Powell

Co-founder and CEO of Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade Courage to Lead, 2019- 2022 Decades before…

Sylvia Barnard

Executive Director, Good Samaritan Shelter Leading For Community Impact Sylvia Barnard was a single mom…

Teresa Alvarez

Executive Director, Carpinteria Children’s Project Emerging Leaders, 2016 Teresa Alvarez knows firsthand how critical the services…

Mindful Presence Series

“There's no greater gift to ourselves and those we are privileged to lead and work with than…

Yup, Still Talking About Race: Where are we now post summer of 2020?

  What has changed since the summer of 2020? Has DEI become the next box…

Gloria Soto

Executive Director, Future Leaders of America Council Member, City of Santa Maria  Emerging Leaders, 2017…

Leadership Roundtable

Leading From Within invites anyone from our community to join us in partnership with UCSB…

Katherine Harvey Fellows Alumni Cooking Class!

  We will cook together and then head outdoors to share our meal together. We…

Katherine Harvey Fellows Information Sessions

Join us to learn more about the Katherine Harvey Fellows program to see how this…

Knowing Our Community | Social Gathering!

Leading From Within is excited to host with our friends and partners of the Latino…

“Finding Hope- Belonging over Otherness” | Reflections by Ed France

I'm not about to be eloquent here. Maybe like you, I was still trying to…

Leading From Within Welcomes New Board Members

SOURCE: ANN PIERAMICI FOR LEADING FROM WITHIN SANTA BARBARA, California, (March 2022) – Leading From…

Knowing Our Community | Social Gathering!

Leading From Within is excited to host with our friends and partners of the Latino…

Our Words Collide Documentary Feature

The documentary Our Words Collide, screening at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival this weekend,…

Meet & greet with Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn

Join us on Thursday, February 17! Special meet & greet and Q & A with Nicholas…

Leadership Programs

We train, develop, connect, and support all social sector leaders in a shared leadership practice, culture, and experience.

As a result, leaders amplify their ability to address issues important to our community. 

Alumni Communities

We cultivate ongoing learning and access to resources and opportunities for collaboration between Leading From Within alumni.

Jordan Killebrew
Jordan Killebrew

District Representative/Communications Director to County Supervisor Laura Capps Emerging Leaders, 2017 Growing up, Jordan moved…

Abe Powell

Co-founder and CEO of Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade Courage to Lead, 2019- 2022 Decades before…

Sylvia Barnard

Executive Director, Good Samaritan Shelter Leading For Community Impact Sylvia Barnard was a single mom…

Teresa Alvarez

Executive Director, Carpinteria Children’s Project Emerging Leaders, 2016 Teresa Alvarez knows firsthand how critical the services…

Gloria Soto

Executive Director, Future Leaders of America Council Member, City of Santa Maria  Emerging Leaders, 2017…

Karin Powers

Finance and Human Resource Director | North County Rape Crisis & Child Protection Center Emerging…

Impact Network

Investing in our leaders creates positive, exponential impacts – to the individual, the organization, the sector, and the community.

We design and create community impact vehicles that seek to facilitate the fertile ground for social innovation and collaboration among the network.

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