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Stories – Leadership

Leadership means guiding a group of people, so stories in this category include topics of leadership and governance and highlight programs that foster a sense of pride and belonging and to promote wellbeing, driven by a community need to promote leaders from within to promote several levels of community engagement and create change. Stories show how an understanding of history and intergenerational trauma allows participants to understand their context and to consider the ways they can contribute to the betterment of their community. Several programs focus on fostering resiliency as participants prepare for leadership roles, whatever they may look like. Opportunities exist for participants to receive support to recognize the knowledge they already have, see their own potential, and eventually to become mentors for other participants. Stories in this category focus on the value of knowledge transmission in order to create the next generation of knowledge keepers.