The Leadership Renaissance
The Leadership Renaissance
The Leadership Renaissance
The past has seen Chicago's Black Community rely on ward organizations and community organizing as crucial mechanisms for training promising leaders. But times have changed – these systems are becoming relics of a bygone era. It’s time for a fresh approach: enter The Bench.
The Bench is here to fill the void and supercharge the Black political IQ for the next generation of civic leaders. With a focus on community building, fostering creativity, and developing leadership skills, The Bench is ushering in a new wave of empowered Black leadership.
The Bench is here to fill the void and supercharge the Black political IQ for the next generation of civic leaders. With a focus on community building, fostering creativity, and developing leadership skills, The Bench is ushering in a new wave of empowered Black leadership.
Cultivating the Next Gen of Social Justice Champions
Cultivating the Next Gen of Social Justice Champions
Participants engage with leadership theories, traditions, and models, learning to create, communicate, and carry out solutions to social justice challenges in Chicago’s Black Community.
Participants engage with leadership theories, traditions, and models, learning to create, communicate, and carry out solutions to social justice challenges in Chicago’s Black Community.
Elevating Skills and Impact
During the program, individuals think critically, developing a deeper understanding of leadership and its possibilities for fostering progress within the Black Community.
During the program, individuals think critically, developing a deeper understanding of leadership and its possibilities for fostering progress within the Black Community.
Who We Are
Who We Are
Who We Are
Black Bench Chicago (The Bench) aims to develop Black community leaders who can create and carry out a plan that delivers Black Chicagoans resources. Individuals, ages 25-45 years old, who are in the public affairs arena serving in the fields of civic engagement, civil service, elected office, and strategic leadership from Chicago’s South, East, and West sides are eligible to apply.
The Bench brings individuals together to build community, foster creativity, develop leadership skills, and encourage more progress. During the program period, participants are challenged to think critically about leadership theories, traditions, and models to create, communicate, and carry out solutions to social justice and other challenges in Chicago’s Black Community.
Black Bench Chicago (The Bench) aims to develop Black community leaders who can create and carry out a plan that delivers Black Chicagoans resources. Individuals, ages 25-45 years old, who are in the public affairs arena serving in the fields of civic engagement, civil service, elected office, and strategic leadership from Chicago’s South, East, and West sides are eligible to apply.
The Bench brings individuals together to build community, foster creativity, develop leadership skills, and encourage more progress. During the program period, participants are challenged to think critically about leadership theories, traditions, and models to create, communicate, and carry out solutions to social justice and other challenges in Chicago’s Black Community.