Fellowship for Human Rights and National Security Reform Leaders

The National Security and Human Rights Campaign was launched in 2008 as a three-year campaign to dismantle the flawed paradigms used to justify current national security policies, and to promote progressive policies that respect human rights and the rule of law.  The campaign provides grantmaking and operational support to challenge torture, arbitrary detention, racial profiling, excessive government secrecy, surveillance, and other policies that have destroyed U.S. credibility as a champion of human rights and have eroded support for human rights around the world.

Rockwood Leadership Institute is proud to announce the launch of a new partnership with the Campaign - the FELLOWSHIP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND NATIONAL SECURITY REFORM LEADERS to support these leaders engaged in US national security policy reform and protect diverse communities' human rights.

The FELLOWSHIP provides leaders with tools to:

• Deal more effectively with leadership and organizational challenges,
• Create and sustain compelling visions for their organization, and
• Engage in a learning community of leaders working across the country on human rights and progressive national security reform.

The Program

This six-month intensive leadership program is designed to teach powerful visioning, listening, speaking, presentation, coaching, team-building and feedback skills to leaders engaged with advocacy and organizing for progressive national security reform. The program includes two 5-day residential retreats, professional and peer coaching sessions, and additional leadership support.

Key Skills

• Deal more effectively with organizational challenges
• Manage relationships to increase personal and organizational effectiveness
• Sharpen and sustain compelling visions for your work
• Inspire and align others to work effectively towards common goals
• Increase sustainability and engage with tools to prevent burnoutBuild partnerships inside and outside your organization

Program Offerings

Art of Collaborative Leadership

April 5-9, 2010, West Cornwall, CT

The Art of Collaborative Leadership is an intensive retreat workshop in which participants will hone skills related to articulating vision, managing difficult conversations, and identifying personal leadership strengths and challenges. Each participant receives a 360-degree leadership evaluation from peers. The training includes time for participant-driven dialogue aimed at strengthening collaborative work in the National Security and Human Rights field.

Advanced Art of Leadership: Leadership in Action

September 20-24, 2010, Sonoma, CA
The Advanced Art of Leadership: Leadership In Action challenges participants to delve deeper into their professional development and partnerships. This second Fellowship retreat builds off the tools and experience of the Art of Collaborative Leadership, with continued opportunity for field dialogue. It is designed for leaders who wish to enhance their skills in areas of both leadership and collaboration, including an examination of power (personal, positional and institutional), strategy and performance, personal and organizational sustainability.

Professional Coaching Sessions & Peer Coaching Circles

Coaching is both an important leadership skill and resource for social change leaders. In the Fellowship, leaders each have access to 4 hours of professional coaching, and will be partnered with two other Fellows to engage in a peer coaching relationship over the course of the six months.

Monthly Leadership Practices

To reinforce the tools of the training, Rockwood has designed leadership practice "homework" assignments for Fellows. Assignments involve "practicing" with the tools from the trainings. As an example, the Art of Collaborative Leadership offers some strategies to engage with difficult conversations. One Leadership Practice assignment invites Fellows identifying an actual conversation that they can use the training tools for and implementing the tools.

The Trainers

Our programs are led by nationally and internationally-recognized thinkers, educators, and activists who are experienced in sharing the most in depth, leading insights on leadership development , collaboration and capacity building.

The Fellowship for Human Rights and National Security Reform Leaders will be led by:

Helen S. Kim, who is an organizational development consultant, facilitator and executive coach with 18 years of experience working with social change organizations and leaders in the U.S. and internationally.

Leslie Sholl Jaffe, who has over 24 years experience as a consultant and trainer across a broad spectrum of businesses and non-profit organizations as well as 6 years as an executive director.

Fellow Criteria

Rockwood's optimal criteria for enrollment the Fellowship include a cohort of leaders who:

• Are grantees of the National Security and Human Rights Campaign
• (Atlantic Philanthropies, Open Society Institute, Proteus Pooled Fund)
• Are engaged in US human rights advocacy and progressive national security reform - including work on restoration of due process, reform of surveillance laws, restore broad privacy protections, protect freedom of speech, association, or religious expression, combat  racial, ethnic, and religious profiling, increase government accountability and transparency.
• Have been engaged with this work for at least 3 years
• Play a decision-making/leadership role within their organization.
• Demonstrate personal/professional readiness to learn new leadership skills-and to be assessed and evaluated for same
• Have experience with and interest in gaining more skills with cross-strategy collaboration
• Will contribute to a learning community that reflects the diversity of issues, strategies, geographic and community focus.
• Will make the full time commitment to the program - including participating in the two 5-day retreats, coaching, and leadership practice assignments.
• Will make a contribution towards program participation based on organizational budget (see COSTS below)

Costs

The actual value of the program, including two residential retreats and professional coaching and travel stipends, is approximately $15,000 per person. The fellowship is supported by the Proteus Fund National Security and Human Rights Pooled Fund. Rockwood requests a nominal participant fee based on a sliding scale:

If your organization's annual budget is:

$10,000,000 or up, the Fellowship Participation Fee is $500
$4,000,000 to $9,999,999, the Fellowship Participation Fee is $400
$1,000,000 to $3,999,999, the Fellowship Participation Fee is $300
$500,000 to $999,999, the Fellowship Participation Fee is $200
$0 to $499,999, the Fellowship Participation Fee is $100

Based on need and request, Rockwood can also cover some travel costs.

Application Process

• To be considered for the Fellowship Program, one must complete and submit an online application form by the application deadline.
• Applications will be reviewed and screened based on the above listed Fellow Criteria.
• Select applicants will be invited to participate in a phone interview.
• THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR 2010 IS CURRENTLY CLOSED.

Please check out the list of 2010 Fellows here.

Contact

If you have questions, or wish to nominate a leader to the Fellowship for Human Rights and National Security Reform, please contact us at:

(510) 524-4000 x 113 | fellowship@rockwoodleadership.org