Transformative Leadership for Youth and Releasing the Society-Building Powers of Youth integrated multimedia art within the 8 weeks sessions and provided the online community culture where skills in graphic art, photography, music, and media were nurtured through professional accompaniment and encouragement. Diverse art was created and inspired by the youth’s innate attraction to beauty and thirst for knowledge combined with their commitment to personal and social transformation. It is clear that youth are the change we want to see in the world and through our recent sessions, the youth have cultivated authentic friendships founded on mutual support imbued with passion and purpose of service to humanity.
In the midst of the world pandemic and the immensity of today’s challenges, youth from around the world have dedicated themselves to study and service through Transformative Leadership and the arts. In the most recent youth seminars hosted by Wilmette Institute, youth ages 11-17 investigated humanity’s current need for a new model of shared-leadership based on ethical principles, scientific evidence and strengthened a new conceptual framework of 6 elements and 18 capabilities that support personal transformation, better interpersonal relationships, and contribute to social transformation.
The Transformative Leadership conceptual framework provides the support to live a life of material and spiritual coherence. It has complemented youth in their engagement in the Ruhi Institute society-building activities and fostered greater capabilities as they engage in the three areas of endeavors; expansion and consolidation, social action and societal discourse. In addition, vital to the processes of personal and social transformation are the relationships within the family. Youth have applied their learning within their families by imbuing thoughts and actions with love, practicing effective consultation, giving encouragement and promoting unity in diversity. Ultimately, their commitment to principles of love, unity, justice, truthfulness and unity are cultivating families and community through conscious knowledge, volition with purpose and action inspired with love.
The Youth Move the World video is dedicated to all the youth and their commitment to being the change we want to see in the world. It shares a highlight of the art created by youth and is a celebration of their society-building powers that are fostering and building an ever-advancing civilization. Our next Transformative Leadership for Youth sessions will begin on January 16. For more information visit wilmetteinstitute.org or contact Jessica Kerr, lead faculty for Transformative Leadership for Youth, jkerr@wilmetteinstitute.org.
For older youth and adults who have studied the conceptual framework of Transformative Leadership, a level-2 course, “Cultivating the Capabilities of Transformative Leadership”, focusing on the 18 capabilities of Transformative Leadership that contribute to personal transformation, improving interpersonal relations, and bettering society will begin on February 25. For more information write to translead9@gmail.com or go to https://wilmetteinstitute.org/courses/capabilities-of-tl/
The level-1 adult course “Cultivating Transformative Leadership” for those who have not previously studied the framework will begin on April 1