Four of the Center for Ethical Leadership's most popular titles: "Ethical Leadership: In pursuit of the common good," "Gracious Space," "Courageous Collaboration with Gracious Space," and "The Collective Leadership Storybook" are all now available for e-reader devices such as Kindle, Nook, iPad, and Sony E-reader.  The titles can be purchased through Amazon.com; BarnesandNoble.com, or the iTunes bookstore app on your iPad or iPhone.

This is part of "Seattle Race Initiative: Let's Talk About Race." It will be held 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1634 19th Ave. in Seattle. Anyone interested may participate, and it's free.  Read the Seattle Times article with more information about the "Seattle Race Initiative."

This article from the Bothell Reporter talks about the Nourishing Networks Thanksgiving Summit that the Center for Ethical Leadership helped host on November 16.  Nourishing Networks is a new program helping to build the local initiative and capacity to end hunger in King County.

http://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/134367208.html

Pat Hughes was recently honored for her in work in using Gracious Space to bring diverse groups of people together.

Pat was the recipient of this year's Diversity Award for her work in spreading and deepening Gracious Space in the region. The Diversity Award is given for "meeting the leadership challenges for a diverse Eastside."  Pat Hughes was selected for the award because "Gracious Space, which is being implemented in organizations around the world, helps groups 'welcome the stranger' and set guidelines to make the work done together productive. Gracious Space gives a path for people of diversity to come together, find common ground and work toward a greater good." The award was presented on October 20, 2011 at the First Annual LENi Awards hosted by Leadership Eastside.

January 8 - 10, 2012. "The Politics of Education and Community Development." Register your team today!

Center staff Melissa Hamasaki will speak at the Girls Unlimited workshop on October 15, 2011, in Redmond. Local middle and high school girls will attend three different workshops designed to strengthen their leadership skills.

This event is free, but registration is required. Click here for more information.

Leadership Eastside just announced that Center for Ethical Leadership Senior Partner and co-author of "Courageous Collaboration with Gracious Space," Pat Hughes, will be the recipient of this year's Diversity Award for her work in spreading and deepening Gracious Space in the region. The Diversity Award is given for "meeting the leadership challenges for a diverse eastside."  Pat Hughes was selected for the award because "Gracious Space, which is being implemented in organizations around the world, helps groups 'welcome the stranger' and set guidelines to make the work done together productive. Gracious Space gives a path for people of diversity to come together, find common ground and work toward a greater good." The award will be presented on October 20, 2011 at the First Annual LENi Awards hosted by Leadership Eastside.

Members of the Center for Ethical Leadership staff and Board will join 30 other thought leaders and journalists on September 22-25, 2011 at the Highlander Retreat Center in Tennessee.

Invitees represent multiple entry points into issues of public education, community-based leadership development, youth voice, social justice, and journalism.  The dialogue will center on questions such as:

• What is the narrative of education that serves us well?
• What messaging and partnerships are possible?
• How can we bring journalists into issue-based conversations?
• What is the role of journalism in shaping a narrative about education?  In what ways are journalists agents of change?
• How can we become proactive rather than reactive to forces trying to destroy public education?
• What is the story of education that elevates voices from inside the system? From community?
• What primary strategies make sense?  What new models/approaches to our work are required?
• What does it mean for education to be the next civil rights issue?
• What do these educational issues look like in 10, 20 or 50 years?  Where are we heading?  What are we building? What kind of society are we creating and what’s the role of education?