he Training & Education Committee supports the mission of the Junior League of Los Angeles  (JLLA) by delivering multi-faceted, relevant and flexible trainings structured to create empowered volunteers and community leaders.  The Training & Education Committee provides personal & professional development trainings as well as trainings aligned with JLLA’s “7 tenants of Leadership Core Competencies.”

This League year, the Training and Education Committee organized a total of 20 trainings, including several that covered new topics such as:

• Collaboration
  • Making collaboration a part of your organization’s process
• Development
  • Finding the right funding model for your non-profit
• Global & Community Awareness Action & Advocacy
  • Making a difference for your cause
  • Advocacy within the Junior League
• Operational Expertise
  • Beginners: Basics of non-profits/ 501(c)(3) organizations
  • Intermediate-Advanced: Business continuity planning, code of conduct, financial procedures
• Social & Cultural Inclusion
  • Deep dive into diversity training
  • Volunteering and working with groups in the community
• Strategic Thinking
  • Volunteers and programs
  • Business planning
  • Creating a strategic plan and organization
• Volunteer Development
  • Volunteer sustainability
  • Mentoring and leadership
• Spanish (basic words and phrases)
• Personal & Professional Development
  • Disaster & Emergency Preparedness
    • Wild fires, earthquakes, active shooter situations
    • Self-defense
  • Self/Advocacy and Balanced Life
• Community Impact
  • LGBTQ youth and the foster care system
  • Human trafficking and its impact on foster youth

–Heather Castle