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How to be a fabulous feminist

Introducing our New Intern Manmeet Sahni

I am glad to be associated with the "Wave movement". I am a post graduate in English literature from Delhi University (Hansraj College).

Currently, I am pursuing a post graduate diploma in Journalism and inclined towards women issues, I have been associated with the women studies development centre, University of Delhi.

Introducing WAVE Volunteer Peeyush Sharma

Peeyush is 25 and has a B.E. degree in Electronics & Telecommunications. He currently works as a Junior SAP SD Consultant with Mitashi Edutainment, a consumer electronics company.

He's interested in learning every aspect of film making and to make films, documentary photography and enjoys reading articles related to the Armed Forces.

Peeyush helped WAVE with outreach by sending letters to many corporate social responsibility departments, and we are very grateful for his support.

Calling all Photographers! Win $5,000 - $25,000

The 2011 Sony World Photography Awards is open for entries and the line-up of the 2011 juries has now been announced. Photographers of all levels, from amateurs to professionals, are invited to enter their images for their chance to be judged by influential photography professionals from around the world, including magazine photo-editors, curators, academics and established prize-winning photographers. >> Find out more at www.worldphoto.org Prizes for winners and runners-up include: $5,000 - $25,000 US dollars Professional digital camera equipment from Sony Tickets to attend the 2011 Sony World Photography Awards ceremony in London Return travel to London and accommodation Publication in the annual winners’ book International exposure through WPO exhibitions, local and global media coverage Representation by the World Photography Organisation Continued support on WPO platforms, including our website and social channels

4th Samsung Women's Int'l Film Festival call for Entries - Deadline Oct 29

More details are here. WAVE has entered the festival.

Bhumi Early Leadership Toolkit Train-the-Trainer Program Hyderabad, India | November 19-21, 2010

An intensive 2.5 day program to provide those who work with youth with facilitation skills and content knowledge to deliver early leadership development programs

• - Learn the Center for Creative Leadership’s (CCL) unique approach to leadership development

• - Review essential leadership models, competencies, and approaches

• - Enhance your facilitation skills by learning, practicing and receiving feedback in a safe learning environment

• - Leave with y

our own Early

Leadership

Toolkit - Empower

youth to create positive change now

The program includes three main components.

Experience Leadership

Development: Exposure to CCL’’s essential leadership concepts and an opportunity to explore personal preferences and styles related to leadership (1 day)

Learn How to Facilitate 2 Leadership Development: Building on the Center of Creative Leadership’’s model of leadership

development, grounded in four decades of leadership development research and experience, participants will learn from the leadership development and learning methodology known as The CCL Way. (1day)

Practice Delivery of a Leadership Development Program: The program is capped by a training session in which TOT participants (in trainer group and with support from CCL staff) deliver a module from The Early Leadership Toolkit to a live youth audience with active CCL support and feedback. TOT

lleadership and self-development. Prior experience in training, teaching, or facilitation is helpful.

Who Should Attend

The Early Leadership Toolkit Train the Trainer program is designed for those who work with young people on

The Early Leadership Toolkit

The Early Leadership Toolkit is a flexible and dynamic approach to leadership development for young people. Facilitators can use the kit to create the leadership development and life skills programs that fit the unique needs of their particular group. The toolkit comes with

a set of tools from CCL to enhance self-awareness, communication, meaning-making and create ““learningful conversations.”” These tools include Visual Explorer, Values Explorer, Habitudes, and Global Wisdom Explorer.

Why Leadership Development Matters

Addressing the challenges of today’’s increasingly connected and complex world requires perseverance, creativity, conflict management skills, and the ability to engage, energize, and

Youth around the world have attended CCL’’s early leadership development programs: Burma, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand and across the USA. CCL has worked with youth organizations and educational institutions such as:

•• American Councils for International Education

mobilize people. Leadership development is about unlocking potential to have a greater impact through collective action. Building broader leadership capacity at all levels enhances organizational effectiveness and success in achieving sustained impact.

About the Early Leadership Toolkit

•• Campus Compact ••Cherokee Fund ••Davidson Community College ••Duke University ••Girl Scouts ••Global Citizen Year ••Egerton University

WWe believe in making leadership and life skills development affordable and accessible to all young people. The Early Leadership Toolkit is a low-cost, high-quality effort to provide these development opportunities to young people who might not otherwise get them. We also believe that you know your young people best –– you know what their developmental needs are and you know how to challenge

••Halogen Foundation ••Interfaith Youth Corps ••LEAP Africa ••Rotary

••Tata Institute for Social Sciences ••YWCA ••US Fund for UNICEF

them. With the Early Leadership Toolkit, we hope you will feel even more equipped to create the developmental experiences and programs your youth need.

About CCL & Leadership Beyond Boundaries

The Center (www.ccl.org) is one of the world’’s foremost

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institutions for leadership

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The Center launched the Leadership Beyond Boundaries (www.leadbeyond.org) effort to make leadership development more affordable and accessible in our world.

About Bhumi

The train-the-trainer program is being offered in collaboration with BHUMI (http://bhumi.in). BHUMI

works to create an equitable and strife free society by grooming transformational leaders across social and economic classes. BHUMI fellows bring about large scale, holistic and sustainable transformation.

Registration

For program fees, timing and registration information, please contact Janet Carlson –– carlsonj@ccl.org