Los Angeles, CA - On Wednesday, July 14th, CAUSE held the ninth session of the 2021 Leadership Institute virtually on Zoom.
This session was led by Alison De La Cruz, an Executive Arts Leader, a Cultural Organizer, a Multi-Disciplinary Theater Artist, and the Co-Artistic Director of Outside in Theatre. Together, Alison and the cohort focused on storytelling and how to craft and effectively communicate their personal stories. During the session, they explored the importance of authentic storytelling, the components that make up personal story pitches, and the effect of different messaging environments on these stories. Alison empowered the cohort with her own personal stories and examples of how authentic storytelling can create positive impacts on the people around us.
The cohort worked in small groups to workshop their story pitches and will continue working on these story pitches throughout the next few weeks.
The CAUSE Leadership Institute (CLI) is a community leadership and advocacy training certificate program for high-potential professionals with seasoned leadership experience and a passion for serving the needs of the APA community in California. Participants complete the program armed with the skills and connections vital to advocate for the APA community. Graduates of this program have gone on to change the civic landscape in the region through elected office and leadership roles in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The 2021 program will be held virtually using Zoom.
Our program is highly selective and each member of our cohort is selected based on their leadership abilities, public service, and community involvement. Program fellows are identified by leading elected officials, select nonprofit partner organizations, CAUSE Board Members, and CAUSE Alumni.
Read more about this year’s Leadership Institute cohort here.