Orientation
to SGLA: Sustainable Global Leadership
Alliance -- www.sgla.org

Join us for a fun, informative and inspiring talk with SGLA Founder
& Executive Director, Myra Murphy Jacob, visiting from Albuquerque,
New Mexico.

Thursday, January 31, 7-8:30pm
and
Saturday, February 2, 3-4:30pm

Both talks will be in downtown Bellingham:

• Center for Expressive Arts, 1317 Commercial, between Holly &
  Magnolia, above Tivoli restaurant

• Free parking at Parkade (across the street) on Saturdays

• 3 blocks from the bus depot

• Saturday's talk will be followed by informal socializing,
  networking & connecting at Center for Expressive Arts - come
  prepared to have fun and meet great people!!

SGLA delivers cutting-edge leadership programs for young
adults, 16-22, empowering them to be effective catalysts for positive
change.
We train
young leaders to navigate interrelated global, social, economic and
environmental realities. We emphasize the personal and interpersonal
development essential to being effective leaders, and
prompt participants
to explore and expand their leadership skills through implementation of
sustainability projects in their communities.

Open to All Interested Youth, Parents, and Community Members!
No Charge
Snacks and Refreshments Served.

The Sustainable
Global Leadership Adventure (www.sgla.org )
consists of 5 weekends of training and a three week immersion in a
foreign culture (India).  The weekends are
comprehensive explorations that develop the unique talents of each
participant towards becoming effective leaders. For additional info: Alan Seid 599-2134  alan@sgla.org Or, Leslie Shankman 733-4356 leslie.shankman@comcast.net   As
an overview: Weekend
I: Explore “World and Me” ·        
Accomplishment coaching, establish relationship with
life coach for duration of program ·        
Pachamama Alliance Symposium—Explores how underlying
societal and personal assumptions effect environmental, social and
spiritual issues ·        
Exploring Sustainable Initiatives ·        
Globalization and the future ·        
Ecological footprint Weekend 2:  “Simulated
Society” ·        
Establish a simulated society with infrastructure of
industry, political parties, judicial system and mass media.  Create social experiences that develop awareness of
leadership styles, decision making, communication.  How
participants function effects success of society. Weekend 3:
“Extraordinary Communication” ·        
Culture Shock training ·        
History and Culture of India ·        
Non-Violent Communication 3 Weeks
in India ·        
Spent being with villagers in various Northern India
locations, a culture outside the Judeo-Christian matrix, not a consumer
culture, with a language that has no verb tenses—the cultural lens is
in the NOW ·        
Experience dissolves known frames of reference and call
s on participants to turn to inner connections ·        
Allows  experience of using
emotional intelligence in leadership ·        
Use of non-violent communication to negotiate unfamiliar Weekend 4:  “Dynamic Leadership” ·        
Exploration of underlying self-beliefs ·        
Training in personal financial system ·        
Look at Global Economy ·        
Training in Public Speaking ·        
Vision for the World-brainstorm, develop a 3 month
project to support vision Weekend 5:  “Conscious Leadership” ·        
Further community project development—structure,
time-line, mentor ·        
“Launching “ event—meeting for friends, family,
community to hear participant speeches—reflections, awareness, project,
goals Ongoing ·        
Coaching for 3 month community and sustainability
project ·        
Affiliation with national SGLA Grads