In February and March, Transformative Leadership Education gave a virtual course through Wilmette Institute with over 40 participants from all over the world. In the course, we encouraged the participants to identify initiatives they could take to share Transformative Leadership in their communities.
One of the participants was Fabrice Mouketa Doha from Congo, who formed two groups to study the Transformative Leadership book. He has shared the following information about his activities
“The first group is in Nanga (my neighborhood).
This group is comprised of my wife, who is a school principal, another school teacher, and two other friends, as well as myself. The group participates in a Ruhi Institute study circle during the week and has a Transformative Leadership session on Sundays.
With this group the aim is to help every member to grow personally and professionally and to build a creative group of friends serving the community together. Among the actions this group has taken was an informational campaign about Covid-19, which included the distribution of free simple masks and information about home gardens.
The second group is in Amour du Pays.
This group started after a friend who attended a session of Transformative Leadership shared the ideas with a few of his friends in his neighborhood. The young people with whom he spoke were interested and thought that leadership would help them build capacity and better manage their band.
So I have a 60 to 90 min session with them every Tuesday. The aim is to help these youth reach their potential and become aware of how this potential can serve them not only in their work with the band but also with the community at large.
In all cases, I encourage them to foster friendship and participate in group dynamics where they learn and serve together. My challenge is to find ways to adapt my teaching/learning style to the needs and context of each group and to give sessions a structured approach.
Recently, I have decided to take my two junior youth children with me to help as assistants during sessions. I’m attaching a drawing of the last study session in Amour du Pays made by Nabyl (my 13-year-old son).
Fabrice has also begun to translate Transformative Leadership into French.