MCW YOUNG LEADERS' PROGRAM-ADEWUYI ROSELINE ADEBIMPE
It was a nice experience to be part of the MCW
Global Program in New York University anD Champlain College, Burlington,
Vermont from July 22 to August 4, 2018.
The Young Leaders' Access Program
brings together youth from all over the world, united by the goal of creating
positive change in their communities. It is a one year program comprised of
three components: YLA Retreat, Project Implementation, Alumni Support
The YLA launched with the Retreat
in late July, held in New York, NY and Burlington, Vermont. It consists of
three modules: Modern Leadership, Global Citizenship, and Local Change. During
the final phase of the retreat, Young Leaders will create a unique action plan
to address an issue in his/her community. Over the following year, Young
Leaders implement their plans while being guided remotely through online
workshops and a Mentor from the Young Leaders alumni community. Once Young
Leaders have successfully completed the YLA they are eligible to apply for the
Alumni Ventures Fund which awards grants of up to $5,000 USD with a year of
professional mentorship.
I will be sharing with you some
of the things I learnt from this enlightening program.
On the Modern Leadership aspect,
I learnt what leadership entailed in the modern world and that leadership is
not by position but in action. I also learnt different leadership styles and
how to always improve on our leadership styles. We likewise got to understand effective
communication strategies as a modern leader.
I really loved the global citizenship
session. It made me to be conscious of the fact that I am a global citizen and
I have responsibility towards my world. I also learnt that the environment is
shared by everyone on earth. Every use of resources affects someone else
because there is a finite amount of resources therefore as global citizen, one
must understand that the use of one's resources will affect others. We also had
a cultural exchange where we got to understand one another's culture. This made
me appreciate cultural diversity.
On the vision planning. I learnt
the clear cut difference between vision and mission. We were deeply immersed on how to write our
vision and mission statement in implementing our projects for the year. This
was quite wide as we got know more on and think deeply on identifying the root
causes of the issue we wanted to solve in order to have more strategic and
practical ways to solve them. We further
learnt how to build a budget for our project. On this too, we got to understand
the role of gender in the global community and gender consideration in
implementing our projects. Other
components of this were strategy for implementing our projects, identifying
resources for our projects, obstacles when implementing our projects, stakeholders
involved in implementing our projects, benchmarks and timelines for our projects, importance
of social media in our works and monitoring and evaluation. All these
components simplified the projects for us as we already saw what was ahead. One
aspect that stood out for me was the Storytelling for impact which made me to
further understand the importance of storytelling to amplify our voices and
galvanize actions as change makers.
We also had different people
present their projects and we all had to come up with strategic solutions in implementing
their projects under the ''Hack-A-Thon Workshop which was really insightful for
me. As young change makers, we had a session on ''What Does Your Better Look
Like'' whereby each one of us came up with what he or she would love the world
to be look like in order to be a better world. We learnt how to pitch to
investors as change makers.
Finally, my
vision : A community where girls are able to fully explore their potentials and
mission : To offer mentorship to young girls in order to maximize their
potentials in their communities.
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