LDIR

Community-Based Program

The Community-Based LDIR Program is a 6-month intensive training program that provides hands-on, interactive leadership training and experiences. The 3 primary training goals outline the philosophy of the LDIR program since its inception in 1991: awareness of the root causes of institutional oppression, the leadership skills needed in coalition to address these inequities, and the action steps necessary to foster positive intergroup relations.Currently, the Community-Based LDIR Program is being held yearly in Flint, Michigan.

LDIRs in Health

LDIRs in Health is a 6-month leadership development and training program that combines an intensive workshop series with hands-on, interactive health leadership experiences. LDIRs in Health seeks to challenge and support individuals to broaden their ideas about community health and leadership while building deeper solidarities across sectors and communities. While working broadly to improve community health, individuals practice self-reflective leadership in the context of wider social and economic justice principles. Participants work as a diverse cohort and in collaborative teams in order to develop progressive community health projects for social change.

Facilitation for Social Change

The Facilitation for Social Change program offers a 2-month, 8-session, condensed awareness and skills-building training series. Bringing together a diverse cross-section of the health community in Los Angeles, the training guides individuals in analyzing and understanding the root causes of health disparities, and enhancing skills in self-reflective leadership, coalition building, facilitation and advocacy.

School-Based program

The LDIR School-based program which started in 1997, develops and promotes multiracial and intergroup collaboration through a formal high school class curriculum, a network of LDIR-trained teachers, and technical support services for teachers, staff, schools and school districts.

Technical Assistance

LDIR offers capacity-building technical assistance and training services to organizations and communities. Areas of focus include community-building, community health, dialogue facilitation and leadership development. LDIR staff are supported in this work by the program’s pool of skilled facilitators. LDIR also has an ongoing relationship with its pilot communities in Flint, MI, Philadelphia, PA, and California’s Central Valley.