Over the course of 18 months the WKKF Community Leadership Network with the Center for Creative Leadership program convened leaders from across the country to connect, grow and develop their leadership skills.

From Albuquerque, to New Orleans, from Michigan to Mississippi, these leaders were challenged to dig deep and unearth new understandings of themselves and how they show up in community.

During class three’s final gathering in Detroit, Michigan, fellows participated in panel discussions to

Many of the issues children, families and communities face do not have one simple solution.

Effective leadership requires understanding the difference between solving a problem and managing a polarity. Within the WKKF Community Leadership Network with the Center for Creative Leadership, a problem is defined as a situation with one answer and a definable end point. A polarity is a situation where two or more right answers are interdependent with no identifiable end point that must be managed over time.

Leveraging polarities is an ongoing practice of holding multiple realities and perspectives at the same time, even when they appear to be in opposition. During the class three gathering in New Orleans, fellows were encouraged to explore the polarities active in their communities and apply new tools and strategies for leading through polarity management.

We facilitated a roundtable conversation with Caitlin Brooking of Jackson, Mississippi; Shay Everitt of New Mexico; Dr. Allisyn Swift of New Orleans; and Kamilah Henderson of Michigan on how polarities are showing up in their work and how their learnings from this fellowship have changed their

So many of the communities we serve have had their trust broken by failing systems.

Hear fellows reflect upon the importance of fostering trust within their communities, what are barriers to that process, and how the fellowship is helping them gain tools and insights for promoting true healing and change.

The Importance of Trust

In the first video in our series on trust, class three fellows