21st Century Leadership Academy
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The 21st Century Leadership Academy is a week-long residential leadership development program for Missouri college students designed to stimulate interest in public policy formation, and teach the skills necessary to succeed in this arena. Students from participating Missouri universities are invited to apply to the program, which is typically held the week before Memorial Day at the Pierre Laclede Honors College on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus.The unique curriculum includes many interactive, hands-on programs along with panel discussions, small group projects, and skill building opportunitites. The training also includes a day-trip to the State Capitol in Jefferson City where past participants have engaged in a mock legislative debate and met with Supreme Court judges and statewide elected officeholders, as well as prominent women legislators and influential women legislative staffers.Workshop sessions are taught by women leaders who are shaping public policy as elected officials, government leaders and policy advocates. These women role models make policy real and donate their time to give participants a glimpse of what it means to be a woman in public life. They also help participants develop leadership skills that will increase their effectiveness as policy makers. For a list of women who have served as faculty for the Leadership Academy and other Institute programs this year.
Learn more about the 21st Century Leadership Academy, or contact the Institute for Women in Public Life at 314-516-6623.