Recent Projects

Ten Teams, Ten Opportunities -
Class of 2009 Projects

“When work, commitment, and pleasure all become one and
you reach that deep well where passion lives, nothing is impossible.”

The hallmark of the LMR Leadership Quest experience is the Community Action Project. Designed to streatch leaders and challenge their assumptions about how things get done, apply the learnings of the LMR year and enhance their capacities for leadership and community impact.
 

LMR Presents the Leadership Quest
Class of 2009 Community Action Projects

In short: What happens when individuals long used to
formal authority structures shift to moral authority positions 
 based on trust and shared passion?

The result is significant shift in the Community Action Project. From a design of assigning projects to predetermined teams, class members were called to identify their passions, work in self selected teams and create a project that was meaningful, sustainable, and actionable with a focus on community wide impact.

Throughout the year, teams struggled to define their project, voice and goals. Some used traditional models to define roles and responsibilites. Others switched direction mid way through the process. However, by May 2009, each team had a clear vision of what needs to happen to improve the Richmond region for all.

The excitement generated by this year's projects is felt throughout the LMR membership and is illustrated by a recent editorial by Tom Silvestri, '97, Immediate Past Board Chair and Publisher of the Richmond Times Dispatch:

"LMR's importance to the Richmond Region is that many of the 1,700 graduates of the Quest program stand ready to further help the community. Think about them as engines for actions.

I'm glad we invited the 2009 LMR class to take a chance on a new approach to community advancement. The teams excelled. Now, here's to more victories for our region in the years ahead."

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