Leadership
Agents of change in civic life
Mission: To develop and practice effective individual and collective leadership skills which make a difference in society.
The Leadership Community 2010-11
The Leadership Community attracts students with a passion for serving the public good and making a difference in society. The community welcomes students who bring particular interests and experience. Creating a community consensus regarding projects is a stimulating and deliberative process. At the same time, the community has a track record of participating in several ongoing civic engagement events.
The election cycle will include a Georgia Governor's campaign as well as the Congressional District 12 race. Candidates will speak to international, national, regional, and state issues and Georgia College students will play a role in framing and posing critical questions.
The Fourth Annual Global Citizenship Symposium will focus on poverty. The community will have the opportunity to become engaged in planning and implementing events leading up to and including the symposium.
Another global advocacy issue that students bring with them to Georgia College is the plight of child soldiers in Northern Uganda. Thousands of high school students in Georgia and around the nation and world participate in Invisible Children's efforts to lobby the United States executive and legislative branches and raise fund for rebuilding and supplying schools in Uganda.
Beyond their first year, Leadership Community students have the opportunity to register for Grassroots Community Organizing, a two-semester course that employs Public Achievement, a program that links college students with public school students for the purpose of developing citizenship skills and serving the publics good.
The Leadership Community (TLC) is a two year community where students share an interest in making a difference in society by combining their civic and leadership skills to serve the public good. Students learn to be agents of change in civic life. Civic agency is defined as acquiring deep knowledge of community life; developing civic skills relative to planning, communication, solving problems, and assessing the effectiveness of civic efforts; and becoming competent and confident citizens who value collaborative team work in addressing social issues.
TLC students play an important role on campus by helping direct the American Democracy Project, a national program dedicated to increasing young adult involvement in public policy and political activism. The students are also engaged in the wider community through mentoring younger students through a newspaper literacy program, the Peace Corps Correspondence Match Program, and a Public Achievement initiative with public school students.
Some, though not all TLC students share their academic and co-curricular experience in a residential setting. Students may live on or moff campus. They create a team spirit through effectively applying their collective skills in campus and community arenas. Most important, TLC students build supportive relationships among their peers as well as faculty members and staff. They gather valuable experience that will help them prepare to move confidently into their post-graduate years as dedicated American and global citizens.
