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We’re Neighborhood Leadership Institute.

Together we share a common goal—to improve the quality of life for people in greater Cleveland’s diverse communities through grassroots leadership development and engagement.

Neighborhood Leadership | True2U Mentoring | Community Health | Youth Engagement

NLI NEWS

Community Book Club: The Body Keeps The Score

As part of the 2022 Wellness Initiative, our Community Book Club will be reading The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bressen Van Der Kolk. Slated to take place primarily within the month of July, which is the month that NLI features intellectual wellness, this special edition of the Book Club covers the topic of trauma. Previously, hundreds of community members have contributed to ongoing dialogue on social justice and important race-related topics. We now invite you to join us for this topic on June 21 as we begin The Body Keeps The Score discussions. The group, which is open to everyone, will convene weekly on Tuesdays until July 26. Guests will participate in discussions led by NLI facilitator GiGi Elder. 

NLI NEWS

NLI’s 2022 Wellness Initiative is underway!

The Institute issued its first annual Community Priorities survey in December 2021. Our organization has responded to the community’s input with new programming that is aligned with the Eight Dimensions of Wellness. NLI is offering a variety of events and activities related to the Dimensions of Wellness over the remainder of 2022. We will also promote related activities hosted by trusted community partners. Click here to learn more about improving your wellness and to discover our continually updating schedule of events. 

True2U

Connecting with Cleveland’s Future Leaders

In the True2U mentoring program, volunteers  work with small groups of 8th graders in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to help the students consider their strengths and interests, create a vision for their future and weigh their high school and post-secondary options so they can set off with confidence down the path to their future.

Mentors are still needed. Do you remember being in the 8th grade? Did you know who you were and what you were going to be, or did someone help you think it through? Just sharing your story with Cleveland students, and being a steady partner along the journey, will have ripple effects for the students and our city, for years to come.

Schools As Neighborhood Resources:

Building Youth and Families from the Ground Up.

Our flagship program for community engagement, Schools as Neighborhood Resources opens six school buildings for recreation and enrichment programming for all ages.

SNR is the longest-running school-community initiative in Cuyahoga County. It’s a model of school, family and community collaboration that turns schools into community gathering places designed to improve the educational environment and social development opportunities for students and families.

Community Engagement

Building Leaders from the Ground Up

Neighborhood Leadership Institute provides leadership training, resources and development to individuals in Greater Cleveland’s diverse communities. We take pride in elevating an individual’s natural leadership talent. Together we share a common goal—to improve and positively impact our communities through courageous leadership, collective ownership, empowerment, inclusion and accountability.

Neighborhood Leadership Institute partners with agencies and institutions to engage ordinary citizens in change initiatives and to strengthen emerging leaders within their communities with targeted trainings.

MORE PROGRAMS

  • As our organization’s Founder, Don Slocum put it, “we serve everyone from G.E.D’s to Ph.D’s.” If you have a desire to sharpen your ability influence your family, your neighborhood, and the world around you, you can find a program here at The Institute that can assist.

    Kevin McDaniel, Executive Director

  • My experiences with the Institute have helped me see my neighborhood, and all of Cleveland’s diverse communities, as rich in assets—however untapped. Respecting, polishing, lifting up the individuals and grassroots organizations in our communities is something they specialize in.

    Erin Randel NLC 19, Scoop on Collinwood

  • As a member of a very early NLC Class, I am amazed and grateful for the learning I received from NLC. The academic, the practical, and applied exposure received through the training continues to enhance me, my family, and my community.

    Muqit Sabur, Institute Board Chair

  • Programs like Schools as Neighborhood Resources, True2U, and The Parent Project build relationships as well as positively impact community residents of all ages. These programs offer positive opportunities for engaging and growing the most important resource in our communities: the people.

    Johnie L. Reed, Sr., NLC Class 17, Institute Board Member

Alumni

Our network of more than 1,800 grads builds community from the ground up.

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