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Events available for Registration...
Member Hello | Meet C. Marie Taylor, ALP's Incoming Executive Director
12/18/2025
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Leadership Connections | Designing Experiences That Stick: Unlocking Lasting Engagement
1/20/2026
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Certified Community Leadership Practitioner | 2026 CORE Training Course
1/26/2026
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ALP Exchange: Program Applications, Class Selection & Process Design
2/9/2026
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Building Social Trust in Your Community
2/24/2026
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Member Hello | Meet C. Marie Taylor, ALP's Incoming Executive Director
12/18/2025
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Leadership Connections | Designing Experiences That Stick: Unlocking Lasting Engagement
1/20/2026
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Certified Community Leadership Practitioner | 2026 CORE Training Course
1/26/2026
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ALP Exchange: Program Applications, Class Selection & Process Design
2/9/2026
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Building Social Trust in Your Community
2/24/2026
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Events in the month of February 2026
Candidates must complete 16 hours of CORE training before proceeding to the Mastery coursework. The CORE training will be offered virtually over five separate days. Participants must attend each of the following sessions in full:
Candidates must complete 16 hours of CORE training before proceeding to the Mastery coursework. The CORE training will be offered virtually over five separate days. Participants must attend each of the following sessions in full:
Participants build skills in starting conversations, sharing stories authentically, and connecting across difference themselves. They also discuss and develop strategies for “seeding civity” – creating civity opportunities in their gatherings for other community members. This workshop includes one (1) one-on-one post-workshop coaching session, available for up to a year after the workshop.
Cost: $225
The workshop is sponsored by ALP and the National Leadership Network. It will be delivered by Malka Ranjana Kopell and Palma Joy Strand, co-founders of Civity, a national nonprofit organization that envisions a society where we all belong. To see Civity’s work with Leadership Rhode Island, take a moment to watch this recent profile by Judy Woodruff on the PBS NewsHour.
Please note that this workshop requires a minimum of fifty individuals to register in order for facilitation to proceed. If the minimum registration requirement is not met, all registrants will be refunded.
About the Facilitators:
Malka Ranjana Kopell, Co-Founder and CEO of Civity, has over 30 years’ experience facilitating public policy conflict resolution and community engagement processes. She served as a program officer for the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, was the founding managing director of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford University, and is a senior mediator/facilitator with the Center for Continuing Education at California State University, Sacramento. Malka holds an M.P.P. from Harvard University and a B.A. from Stanford University, and is a proud graduate of Leadership San Francisco.
Palma Joy Strand, Co-Founder and Research Director of Civity, is a Professor Emerita of Law at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, where she taught in the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program. Most recently, she was Visiting Professor at Marquette University Law School. She also designs and facilitates Conversations on Race and Belonging for teachers and parents in public education. Palma holds a BS (Civil Engineering) from Stanford University, a JD from Stanford Law School, and an LLM in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Legal Problem-Solving from Georgetown University Law Center. Palma is a proud graduate of Leadership Arlington.
2/2/2026
The Certified Community Leadership Practitioner (CCLP) certification is designed to enhance individual performance, elevate professional standards, and recognize the Association, Chamber of Commerce, and other nonprofit professionals who demonstrate the knowledge essential to the practice of program development in a leadership organization.Candidates must complete 16 hours of CORE training before proceeding to the Mastery coursework. The CORE training will be offered virtually over five separate days. Participants must attend each of the following sessions in full:
- Monday, January 26, 2026 | 12:00 - 4:00 PM ET
- Monday, February 2, 2026 | 12:00 - 4:00 PM ET
- Monday, February 23, 2026 | 12:00 - 4:00 PM ET
- Monday, March 2, 2026 | 12:00 - 4:00 PM ET
- Program Scope
- Program Specifics
- Program Strategies
- Program Systems
- Program Sustainability
The same ZOOM link will be used for all sessions and shared the week prior to the first session.
2/3/2026
This group connects staff from Statewide Leadership Programs serving entire states, providing a platform to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities of Statewide impact. Members collaborate to share insights, refine best practices, and develop strategies tailored to engaging diverse communities across a broad geographic area.2/9/2026
This ALP Exchange session is an open, peer-driven conversation designed to surface questions, challenges, and best practices that don’t always make it onto an Affinity Group meeting agenda—but impact nearly every leadership program.
Together, we’ll explore program applications, class selection, and related processes, including:
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What information programs should—and shouldn’t—be collecting
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Equity, access, and transparency in application and selection practices
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Opportunities to update, streamline, and automate workflows
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Tools, systems, and approaches peers are using right now
This is a collaborative space to share what’s working, ask honest questions, and learn from fellow ALP members navigating similar decisions.
Come ready to contribute, listen, and leave with ideas you can apply immediately to your program.
2/23/2026
The Certified Community Leadership Practitioner (CCLP) certification is designed to enhance individual performance, elevate professional standards, and recognize the Association, Chamber of Commerce, and other nonprofit professionals who demonstrate the knowledge essential to the practice of program development in a leadership organization.Candidates must complete 16 hours of CORE training before proceeding to the Mastery coursework. The CORE training will be offered virtually over five separate days. Participants must attend each of the following sessions in full:
- Monday, January 26, 2026 | 12:00 - 4:00 PM ET
- Monday, February 2, 2026 | 12:00 - 4:00 PM ET
- Monday, February 23, 2026 | 12:00 - 4:00 PM ET
- Monday, March 2, 2026 | 12:00 - 4:00 PM ET
- Program Scope
- Program Specifics
- Program Strategies
- Program Systems
- Program Sustainability
The same ZOOM link will be used for all sessions and shared the week prior to the first session.
2/24/2026
This three-hour workshop is designed for Community Leadership Programs staff, volunteers, and alums – anyone who wants to nurture relationships across social differences in their communities. Highly interactive, it provides content and practice for building skills in starting a conversation, authentic story-sharing, and connecting across difference.Participants build skills in starting conversations, sharing stories authentically, and connecting across difference themselves. They also discuss and develop strategies for “seeding civity” – creating civity opportunities in their gatherings for other community members. This workshop includes one (1) one-on-one post-workshop coaching session, available for up to a year after the workshop.
Cost: $225
The workshop is sponsored by ALP and the National Leadership Network. It will be delivered by Malka Ranjana Kopell and Palma Joy Strand, co-founders of Civity, a national nonprofit organization that envisions a society where we all belong. To see Civity’s work with Leadership Rhode Island, take a moment to watch this recent profile by Judy Woodruff on the PBS NewsHour.
Please note that this workshop requires a minimum of fifty individuals to register in order for facilitation to proceed. If the minimum registration requirement is not met, all registrants will be refunded.
About the Facilitators:
Malka Ranjana Kopell, Co-Founder and CEO of Civity, has over 30 years’ experience facilitating public policy conflict resolution and community engagement processes. She served as a program officer for the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, was the founding managing director of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford University, and is a senior mediator/facilitator with the Center for Continuing Education at California State University, Sacramento. Malka holds an M.P.P. from Harvard University and a B.A. from Stanford University, and is a proud graduate of Leadership San Francisco.
Palma Joy Strand, Co-Founder and Research Director of Civity, is a Professor Emerita of Law at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, where she taught in the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program. Most recently, she was Visiting Professor at Marquette University Law School. She also designs and facilitates Conversations on Race and Belonging for teachers and parents in public education. Palma holds a BS (Civil Engineering) from Stanford University, a JD from Stanford Law School, and an LLM in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Legal Problem-Solving from Georgetown University Law Center. Palma is a proud graduate of Leadership Arlington.