Community Leadership Network

Equipping leaders with the knowledge and skills to build a more equitable future for all.

YOU might be a leader if:

You’re all about connecting people with each other.
You take on issues bigger than yourself.
You’ve identified the most critical issues facing your community and the most powerful assets within your community.
You know that change happens when many gather together and work for a common purpose.

We are accepting applications for class four from Aug. 5 to 28. Visit wkkfcln.org to learn more.

“Every individual has worth. They also bear an incredible amount of responsibility, not only to themselves, but to the families and communities they’re a part of.” – Khan Nedd, WKKF Board Chair.

Our founder recognized that leadership is central to changing communities on behalf of children. The WKKF Community Leadership Network brings knowledge from decades of leadership experience to bear on a primary challenge of our time: how to create equitable communities where all children can thrive.”

La June Montgomery Tabron, president and CEO, WKKF

Why Leadership Matters Today

Connect, grow and lead transformational change

We are at a unique time in our history with great uncertainty and great opportunity for community-driven innovation. The health, happiness and well-being of children are as critical as ever. At the same time, the systems we have traditionally relied on have not worked the same for everyone and are increasingly unstable. Our children, families and communities want leaders who will listen to and unite them around solutions that move us toward a future where every child and family has the greatest opportunities for success.

Changemakers in the WKKF Community Leadership Network (CLN) are compassionate and capable people leading at the local or national levels. Locally-focused fellows are rooted in their communities. National-focused fellows are deeply connected to child- and family-serving ecosystems. Designed in partnership with the Center for Creative Leadership, our innovative CLN fellowship program helps leaders connect, grow and lead transformational change. The 18-month program brings together 80 inspiring and diverse leaders from WKKF’s priority places of Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico and New Orleans, in Tribal nations and communities across the United States.

Ready to connect, grow and lead?

Visit wkkfcln.org

What Our Fellows Experience

Fellows benefit from hands-on leadership development, personalized coaching, peer networking and practical experience. As a result, they gain critical knowledge and skills for navigating today’s challenges and tools to help communities heal and transform systems so they work for everyone.

Through the WKKF Community Leadership Network, fellows become fully equipped to meet the opportunity of this moment and foster a future where every child and family has the greatest opportunity for success.

Joining a Multigenerational, Global Network

When fellows complete their Community Leadership Network program, they become part of a powerful network of leaders in their cities and states. They also join more than 1,200 members of the WKKF Global Fellows Network — all WKKF fellowship alumni — that supports continued connection, collaborative learning and collective action around the world.