Subject: IDEAL 2009 Application Now Available Online
 Dear Friends,
   
         The Great Valley    Center  is currently recruiting candidates for
the 2009 class of the Institute for the  Development of Emerging Area
Leaders (IDEAL).   Applications are due on Friday, October 3rd.
 Tomorrow¹s elected officials, commission members, and organization  heads
are emerging today, in the neighborhood organizations, businesses, and
nonprofit groups of the Valley.  By  fostering their development, the region
can ensure a cadre of qualified leaders  who will reflect the diversity of
its communities.   

The IDEAL program is targeted to emerging leaders from  underrepresented and
rural communities by taking a unique, issues-based  approach to fostering
diverse and collaborative community leadership in the Central Valley.  This
program brings together a diverse group of twenty community volunteers and
leaders to address a wide variety of issues important to people of the
Central Valley.
 

In each of the two or three-day monthly,  weekend seminars, IDEAL Fellows
will work with experts, exploring issues  important to the region through
presentations, field studies, small-group  discussions and group activities.
The  class of Fellows will bring a wide range of experiences, backgrounds
and  perspectives to the discussions and together, they will develop a
greater  understanding of the complex issues facing their communities.  The
next IDEAL class will run from  January to June 2009.  The deadline  for
applications is Friday,   October 3, 2008.
 

The tenth class of IDEAL Fellows graduated this past  June.  There are
currently 181 alumni,  many of whom have assumed greater leadership roles in
their neighborhoods and  communities.
 

Manuel Alvarado,  Programs Manager of the Great Valley    Center,  will be
happy to speak with you or any potential candidate, or set up a meeting
with an alumnus of the IDEAL program.   Please contact him at (209) 522-5103
or [log in to unmask] for more  information.  Applications are also
available at http://ideal.greatvalley.org
<http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=
224763881&u=2351494> .
 

The IDEAL program is a rare and rewarding opportunity for  anyone who wants
to improve his/her own community. Scholarships are available on  a needs
basis, which makes this program one of the best regional leadership
opportunities  anywhere.  I hope you'll consider the Great Valley's  IDEAL
program as a chance to develop your skills and learn about this amazing
region.
 
 
   
    

Sincerely,
 
  
    
 David Hosley 
 
  
 ³Where  are the Jeffersons and Lincolns of today?
 I am convinced that they are among usout there in the settings with which
we are all familiar are the unawakened leadershardly aware of their
potential.²-  John Gardner




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