Black Defender Leadership 1.0
The goal of BDLI 1.0 is to introduce 15 participants to the core competencies of transformational leadership and create a pipeline from the field to leadership within public defense and beyond. BDLI 1.0 participants will attend monthly leadership sessions, which provides substantive learning, small group discussions, and coaching led by a diverse faculty of defender leaders and race equity experts.
The BDLI online platform is a collaborative space that engages community members in online asynchronous learning, weekly updates, peer mentorship, and open discussion threads. Throughout the program, there will be ongoing evaluation and assessment to allow participants and BPDA to make changes or additions to the programming to help participants meet desired leadership outcomes.
Black Defender Leadership 2.0
BDLI 2.0 is designed to provide emerging Black leaders with access to resources and wrap-around leadership support to implement the six core competencies of transformational leadership through a specific community-based project or leadership goal. Participants will attend monthly BDLI 2.0 training sessions, which will include presentations by professional and personal development professionals, as well as facilitated small group workshops. The program will also consist of asynchronous learning, for which materials will be provided to participants via the BDLI online portal. The BDLI 2.0 faculty and program evaluator will do monthly check-ins with each participant to discuss how they are applying monthly training concepts to their project/leadership goal.
The BDLI 2.0 participants will be paired with professional mentors, and they will be provided one-on-one access with other experts to help them execute their leadership plans. Expertise made available will include the areas of development, research and data analysis, communication and outreach, wellness, professional development/coaching, or other areas that may be identified through evaluations of participants’ leadership goals.
We held an informational session on April 14, 2022 to clarify the difference between BDLI 1.0 and 2.0 and provide an opportunity for questions to help applicants determine who should apply to each module. You can access the recording below with the following passcode: T=4XZPrW
