Call to Action
— uniting Fellows and collaborators around a specific issue |
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| 2012 Calls to Action | |
In each Call to Action our Fellows and collaborators will tackle some of the hottest issues of the day
with innovative tactics aimed at breaking the constructs that dominate the framing of these issues
and taking us beyond discussions of the status quo.
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| Past Calls to Action | |
2011
2010
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Connect, Renew, Leverage.
A KFLA program in collaboration with the Annie E. Casey Foundation,
seeks to delineate new perspectives of racial identity in our
increasingly multi-ethnic society and determine what they mean
in terms of cultural identity, democratic representation, class
struggles, and more. Participants will consider how changing
demographics will impact education, health care, immigration,
justice, and other critical social structures.
Ever increasing shifts in global patterns of migration present new challenges and opportunities for communities. Today, the U.S. and other countries face unique challenges compounded by the global economic crisis, a rising xenophobic tide (e.g., South Africa, Italy, U.S.), new patterns of urban and rural demographic and migration flows, and social and political unrest leading to an unprecedented wave of immigrants, refugees and internally displaced persons.
A team of national and international thought leaders are exploring potential solutions to address this 21st century phenomenon in a series of colloquium.
Using six community case studies developed by the International Centre for Local and Regional Development in Ireland, fellows and emerging Irish community leaders will share their experience and perspective, glean knowledge from each other, and think deeply about how to develop sustainable leadership for community. The multi-disciplinary background of the participants who come mainly from outside academia distinguishes the gathering.
In coopoeration with the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good and the Lumina Foundation, the KFLA co-hosted a summit that addresses the lack of comprehensive institutional policy, practices, and public understanding regarding educational access for immigrant students.