“Healing is an act of communion.”
bell hooks
Often in our enthusiasm to reimagine our futures, we can miss a step. Discovery and diagnosis. The urgency—usually self-imposed—leads us to sacrificing a credible analysis of what fixes need to be made prior to reimagining how to thrive.
Maven Leadership Cohort is an immersive experience that unlocks creativity, wellbeing, and belonging for visionary decision-makers who are curious about improving collective futures.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
We will focus on integrating the pause into business, public service, or social impact. In practical terms, this year, we wish to support leaders at critical moments in their careers who want to:
1. Introduce evidence-based strategies for expanding team capacity for greater discovery, diagnosis, and contingency;
2. Assess, recalibrate, and pivot with confidence, OR
3. Create consistent milestones for respite and fortification in planning and operation
Our theme this year explores defining a perpetual sabbatical. We will emphasize developing collective rituals to establish disciplined practices and cultures to support it.
GOAL
Our goal is for Mavens to feel more confident in achieving social impact and asserting greater agency over their professional practice. Maven Leadership Cohort is a gateway to career-long professional development including, collaborative learning, executive coaching, relationship-building, well-being activities, and catalytic sponsorships.
THRIVING
This experience is for decision-makers who wish to:
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- design sustainable strategies for incorporating discovery, planning, rest, and recalibration
- expand methods for increasing team capacity and consistently finding ease in their professional practice
- understand collaborative, reciprocal relationships that nourish professional aspirations
- access an ecosystem or care that fosters collective wellbeing and increases individual options for health
MAVEN LEADERSHIP COLLECTIVE
Maven Leadership Collective is a social impact ideas lab for queer and trans leaders of color and our allies who shift culture, unlock creativity, and reimagine antidotes for collective futures. We are an increasingly vital, free community resource that contributes new ideas, immersive learning experiences, and welcoming health opportunities for grassroots leaders in the arts, health equity, civic engagement, and economic independence. Maven creates ecosystems of support for our leaders to build just communities with greater ease, agency, and belonging. Maven has nourished greater social expressions of civic care and unlocked professional creativity in South Florida since 2016 with ongoing offerings in Orlando, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill and New York.
- Social impact leader that is committed to centering queer and trans people of color in building more just communities
- In a position of leadership for your initiative that provides me with the agency to make decisions, control your time, and allocate resources.
- The concept for your initiative is fully developed and you are seeking professional development in either implementing or scaling its impact.
- You live in or around Miami; Ft. Lauderdale; West Palm Beach; Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill (NC)
Application Season
Maven Leadership Cohort applications allow us to gain an expansive understanding of you and your professional development priorities. A letter of support will need to accompany your submission.
Life has a way of happening. Please do not leave your submission until the last minute. Good luck!
Individual interviews will take place via a virtual platform with candidates.
Based on the applicant submissions we will invite a group of applicants to join us in Miami for a group interview. We will cover travel expenses.
You will have an opportunity to engage with your peers and share your alignment with the learning experience as you get a taste of the cohort. Travel expenses covered.
Congratulations! Welcome to the Maven community of learners. We look forward to collaborating with you on building more just communities.
Learning Season
In the cohort, learning happens beyond the classroom walls. We will connect with local changemakers and apply lessons to our social impact practice.
Miami, Florida
Maven Camp, Costa Rica
Miami, Florida
Durham, North Carolina
FAQ
Applicants with significant autonomy, including decision-making, scheduling, and budgeting, tend to avail themselves of the resources and opportunities most successfully.
Mavens receive professional development support at no cost to them. We wish to encourage participation at all income levels. We are grateful to Mavens who “pay it forward” in their support of Mavens and by advancing the Maven community.
Please do not submit an application.
We understand that leaders have commitments and try to make accommodations when possible. Because this is a collaborative learning experience being present is critical. If you are unable to attend the Maven Camp or the first Miami session, please do not submit an application. If you have a conflict with Durham or Maven Rising, we still welcome your application, but please let us know at the time of submission.
If your social impact directly benefits either region and engages residents of those communities in the planning or operation, we welcome your application.
Eligible applicants are social impact leaders in the private, public, or civic sectors who are or whose work benefits queer and trans people of color and allies and are reimagining futures in health equity, civic engagement, the arts, and economic independence.
Absolutely. We encourage it.
Yes, if you were selected as a Maven before 2023 and meet the other criteria..
Welcoming 2025 Maven Leadership Cohort Applications
