The Academy for Leadership and Action has one primary purpose: to prepare leaders and potential leaders, primarily at the local and state-level, to fill the staff, board, activist, and volunteer roles that we have all learned are absolutely critical to our success as a movement.
It also aims to ensure that the composition of our movement’s leadership truly reflects the wide diversity of our community. The Academy will do this by focusing its leadership development efforts in communities that have often been marginalized by the broader LGBT movement on the basis of race, class, gender, gender identity, disability and age. The Academy brings all Task Force training under one umbrella and serves as a hub for organizations and LGBT activists and leaders seeking training. Although it was introduced at 2008's Creating Change Conference, the Academy now operates year-round. It's a unique opportunity for anyone who wants to learn new skills or expand on the ones they already have.
If you have any questions, or need would like more information about what the Task Force Academy for Leadership and Action can help you or your organization, send an e-mail to Academy@theTaskForce.org.
