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L.E.A.D.
Welcome to L.E.AD. We appreciate you taking time to visit us here on
the web.
(Leadership Engagement in Applied Development) is a student organization
that focuses on the development of leadership skills and opportunities
for students.
We develop skills in learning in order to promote positive developments
in the community.
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Other Important News:
This past January 2007, Dr. Earl ("Doc") Holliday, a colleague and faculty member within Educational Leadership in the College of Education at KSU, organized and implemented a highly successful leadership conference for African American male high school students on the KSU campus (see http://myurbanreport.blip.tv/ file/141349/ for a media report on the event, which includes statements by KSU President Dan Papp and Doc Holliday).
On February 20th, the Center for Hispanic Studies agreed to collaborate with Doc Holliday to organize and implement a conference for Latino male students to be held at the KSU Center on April 16, 2007, from 9 AM to 1 PM (see NCLR Statistical Brief No, 8, Hispanic Education in the United States, by A. D. Kohler & M. Lazarin, 2007 at http://www.nclr.org/content/publications/ detail/43582/ for latest graduation rate differentials between Hispanic male and female high school students). Jimmy Garcia Arispe, an educational consultant, has also agreed to assist in this endeavor on a pro bono basis. The proposal/rationale is written, the budget calculated, and school district personnel contacted with respect to the possibility of the event transpiring. Also, Hispanic student organizations (L.E.A.D.,MASA, COSAX and UNIFE) have agreed to help organize the event and serve as presenters in the break-out sessions. After the conference, KSU students will serve as mentors to the high school students, communicating with them electronically and through organized events. Of course, faculty mentors will provide guidance, direction and assessment, as well as other types of support, to the college and high school students. Ultimately, the goal is to form a “pipeline,” from elementary through college, where students can mentor one another and keep the pipeline filled and flowing smoothly. Integration, communication, and collaboration among the Latino students with other students (African American, Asian American, Euro-Americans, etc.) are key elements in the model, as inclusive social cohesion is a value of utmost importance in the continued development and maturation of our nation and the globe.
We now need $8,000 to bring 150 high school Latino students to campus, provide food for them, and distribute t-shirts and wrist bands ("Men of Distinction"). These items follow the earlier January conference, so products can be reproduced as opposed to newly designed. Verbal and printed acknowledgement would be given to each of the sponsors. Regarding production and food estimates, we expect that items for 200 people would be sufficient for planning purposes.
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