mclp annual report - Multicultural Leadership Program

MCLP ANNUAL REPORT
2012 - 2013
To develop diverse leaders
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Visionary Sponsor:
Dear Friends of MCLP,
The Multicultural Leadership Program (MCLP) was built on a dream:
that developing strong, compassionate leaders from all corners of the
community would enrich lives. Your support is beginning to make this
dream a reality. MCLP supporters provided a total of 8,000 volunteer
hours to support the 25 individuals in Class of 2013. You invested your
time, money and wisdom into all our classes because you, like us, believe that true servant leaders can make this world a better place.
As we complete our fourth year, we know the dream is becoming a
reality. We know it when alumni say, “I am a different type of leader
now”; when a mentor says, “My mentee told me he would not have
applied for his dream job, without the confidence he gained in MCLP”;
and when a community organization says, “Our MCLP project took one
of our services from ‘red’ to ‘in the black’ in one year.” We are energized when so many alumni tell us “MCLP is truly a transformative
leadership experience.”
As we begin our fifth year, MCLP continues to rely on you as our circle
of support. Your belief and support of the dream helps us navigate
through our next phase of growth. The self-confidence and self-truths
found during MCLP by each alumnus will fuel the leadership courage
needed to “do the right thing” for our community.
At this year’s graduation celebration we took another step forward. We
announced the MCLP Endowment Fund, to ensure that the MCLP
dream for our community remains strong. The goal is to raise $50,000
by our fifth graduation celebration April 2014. Within a month of the
announcement, we received $20,000 in endowment gifts.
While there is still much to do to ensure a sustainable program, we
move forward in faith and confidence, inspired by your support and
our graduates. Just as our graduates are grateful for their circle of
support, I thank you for being part of MCLP’s circle of support.
Sonya Chu Mau
Executive Director, MCLP
Circle of Support
Behind every successful leader is a circle
of supporters and well wishers.
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Endowment Fund
What is the MCLP Endowment Fund?
It’s a gift that keeps on giving. The MCLP Endowment Fund is a general
endowment fund supported by charitable gifts. The fund is invested and
managed so that over time it provides a sustainable income stream to the
Multicultural Leadership Program (MCLP), yet maintains the gift’s purchasing
power in perpetuity.
Why is this endowment being established?
So that MCLP can continue to develop diverse leaders—individuals with a
passion to serve and lead in their communities, who will address community
needs with solutions that include all the voices of our community.
How does it work?
MCLP began the fund with $50,000 from donations received over the last
four years. The initial goal is another $50,000 in gifts, or a total of $100,000
by end of April 2014. Final results will be announced at next year’s
graduation celebration. Over the long term, the fund will ensure a financially
stable base to fund future MCLP classes and participant scholarships.
The fund will be maintained by the MCLP fiscal agent, Illinois Prairie
Community Foundation, to leverage the value provided by their 15 years of
experience managing a large endowment portfolio.
All MCLP endowment gifts are welcomed.
Individual donors contributing $1,000 or more and corporate donors
contributing $5,000 or more will be recognized as Founding Members. All
Founding Members will be listed permanently on the MCLP website and in
future graduation programs. All amounts are welcomed and tax deductible.
Endowment gifts can be mailed to:
Illinois Prairie Community Foundation—Attn: MCLP Endowment Fund,
2401 E. Washington, Suite 300B Bloomington, IL 61704
Make checks payable to IPCF-MCLP or to “Illinois Prairie Community
Foundation” and cite “MCLP Endowment Fund” as the beneficiary.
You may also endow online at www.bn-mclp.org.
Click on the “Endow” button on the right navigation page.
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Funding Members
All Founding Members will be listed permanently on the
MCLP website and in future program material.
Individuals $1,000+
Andrea and Don Thorpe
Annette Martinez
Arlene Hosea and Ben Ryburn
Carole and Jerry Ringer
Chantal and Carl Sneed
Christa Staley
David and Paula Mitchell
Deanna Frautschi and Alan Bedell
Diana and Dave Hauman
Erin Minné
George and Myra Gordon Heather
Stella
Janet Hood
Karen Schmidt
Laura and Bryan Leaver
Mary Riddle
Michael Wolf and Justin Vickers
Phylis Ver Steegch
Robert Williams
Sandeepa Sangras and Phani
Aytam Sonya Mau
William Snyder
Willie Brown
Organizations $5,000+
COUNTRY Financial
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Making a difference...
…to the community and sponsors
By building stronger, well‐rounded community members, our community as a
whole is strengthened. MCLP small-group projects provide low-cost solutions
to key issues affecting our community. By emphasizing diversity, MCLP produces leaders who are equipped to collaborate in building a stronger community—a community that designs inclusive solutions to address complex issues,
a community with programs reflecting the diversity of the people living in it.
…to employers
Employees who complete MCLP will develop greater diversity of thought and
core leadership skills that are effective both inside and outside of their place of
work. Employees gain a better understanding of their community and establish
meaningful contacts within powerful networks throughout McLean County.
…to participants
Participants develop leadership competencies and benefit from a robust
learning experience through their class sessions, mentoring relationships, and
hands-on community service projects. They are exposed to new thoughts and
views to address complex issues, while also learning more about the community in which they live and work. They walk away better prepared to be effective
employees at their jobs and take on leadership roles in the community to serve
the local organizations.
“ Diversity is not about how we differ.
Diversity is about embracing one another’s uniqueness.”
Ola Joseph
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Class Curriculum
What is MCLP?
MCLP is an intense, professional development curriculum that provides a
framework to those with an interest and potential to step into leadership roles
within our communities. Participants attend class sessions and carry out community projects over an eight-month period. MCLP strives to prepare skilled
individuals for leadership positions in public, private, educational, political,
and non-profit sectors. MCLP is offered annually to develop community leaders. The MCLP self-exploration framework is designed to help each participant
examine the answers to these questions:
 Who are you?
 What are your strengths and passions?
 What are you going to do now?
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Class Curriculum
The MCLP Curriculum focuses on five key areas:
Self-Awareness
The first step to becoming a community leader is to become self-aware. In
MCLP, each participant completes a Myers-Briggs evaluation, StrengthsFinder
and Leadership 360. These evaluations assist participants in completing a
comprehensive study of their leadership style and leadership strengths. Class
sessions round out opportunities for self-exploration, including emotional intelligence, relationship building, and life-balance topics.
Community Service
Each participant works with a small group of diverse individuals on a community project specially selected for their group. Participants learn invaluable
skills, such as leveraging the strengths of team members, communicating a
concise point of view, and contributing to the common goal of the team. In
addition to helping a community organization, the team dynamic itself is a
gratifying learning experience. At the end of the class, each group will have
finished a service project meeting an identified community need.
Leadership Skills
All aspects of the leadership experience and skills building are explored during
this intense eight-month class. Some of the topics in leadership include strategic thinking, team building, managing conflict, change management, crisis
leadership, and situational leadership. Each topic is presented by experienced
facilitators who encourage both class participation and spirited debate.
“ It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve…
Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.
[The servant leader] first makes sure that other people’s
highest priority needs are being served.”
Robert Greenleaf, founder of the servant leadership movement
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Class Curriculum
Social and Community Awareness
Social and community awareness is a primary focus of MCLP. Panel discussions are interspersed throughout the program on topics such as health care,
sustainability, politics and social justice, and education. Panels are comprised
of distinguished community leaders who share their unique opinions and experiences. The class also participates in a humbling and eye-opening poverty
simulation experience.
Servant Leadership
One of the most valuable concepts explored in MCLP is servant leadership.
This is the foundational core of the program. The central meaning of servant
leadership is that a great leader is first experienced as a servant to others. This
simple fact is central to the leader’s greatness: true leadership emerges when
the servant leader has the courage to step forward and lead when asked by
those he or she serves.
“ The best test [of a true servant-leader], and difficult to administer, is:
Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become
healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves
to become servants? And, what is the effect on the least privileged in
society? Will they benefit or at least not be further deprived?”
Robert Greenleaf, founder of the servant leadership movement
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Class of 2013
Name
Title/Employer
Alex Moncrief
Ann Perry
Systems Analyst, State Farm Insurance
Human Resources Representative,
State Farm Insurance
Instructional Assistant Professor, ISU
Network Engineer, Integrity Technology Solutions
General Manager, Retail Operations, ISU
HR Manager, Afni
Producer, Uplift Productions
Associate Director of Development, ISU
Coordinator of Orientation and Transition Service,
ISU
Project Coordinator, State Farm Insurance
In-Language Specialist, State Farm Insurance
Systems Analyst, State Farm Insurance
Director of Marketing & Community Relations,
McLean County Museum of History
Data Designer, State Farm Insurance
Sr. VP Adult and Children Supports, Marcfirst
Systems Analyst, State Farm Insurance
Commissioning Section Manager,
Farnsworth Group
Project Coordinator , State Farm Insurance
Branch Manager, Mid-Illini Credit Union
at Mount Pisgah
CAP (Capacity, Availability, and Performance)
Team Lead, State Farm Insurance
Operations Coordinator, School of Music,
Illinois Wesleyan University
Senior Project Manager, iGATE Corporation
Radio Host, Production Coordinator, WXRJ 94.9
Program Support and Implementation Analyst,
State Farm Insurance
Retail Manager, Heartland Bank and
Trust Company
Aparna Idate
Carlos T. Miranda
Chuck DiVerde
Christa Staley
Donald Wiggins
Emily James
Emily Vigneri
Erica Scott
Fernando Cornejo
Goverdhan Galpalli
Jeffery Woodard
Kelli Saizon
Mary Riddle
Mauricio Sadicoff
Michael Wolf
Missy Thomas
Sabrina Coleman
Sparsula Simmons
Stephanie Kohl Ringle
Sudhir Pai
Tereva Parham
Tiffany Cho
Tony Curcuru
Brian Cunningham
Gina Palmer
Class Facilitator
Class Facilitator
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Class of 2013
Class after Graduation—April 2013
Class on Networking Night—September 2012
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Graduation Celebration
On April 13, 2013 the elegant Brown Ballroom at Illinois State University was
filled with over 500 people celebrating the graduation of 25 MCLP graduates.
Each had completed a rigorous eight-month leadership program. That evening,
family and friends came together to recognize their achievements as leaders.
Nicole Clemmons, Master of Ceremonies (MC) for the evening, introduced Rob
Fazzini, chair of the MCLP Advisory Council. Rob acknowledged the community
leaders in our audience as well as our founder, Phani Aytam.
Emily Vigneri, class of 2013 speaker, set the theme of the evening with the
recognition of gifts she’s received during the MCLP journey: 1) knowledge of self
and community, 2) heightened responsibility with urgency to act, and 3) connections throughout the community and among classmates. Emily challenged all
MCLP graduates, past and present, to reflect on the gifts they received during
MCLP and share their gifts with others.
Emily was followed by Macaria Lopez, graduate of the inaugural class of 2010.
Macaria shared how “personal” the journey really is. “Being more of a leader
than I ever thought” brings great responsibility. Every word or action may help
or hinder others along their life’s journey. Through MCLP, Macaria found the
courage to make the right decisions for the right reason.
Following our graduates, two founding advisory council members, Deanna
Frautschi and Willie Brown, announced the MCLP Endowment Fund. The new
fund’s purpose is to help MCLP sustain and achieve the dream of strong, compassionate leaders from all corners of our community.
A memoir slide show of the past eight months’ activities was followed by our
keynote speaker, Azim Khamisa. His leadership journey inspires us all to find
the strength to bounce back from our setbacks and proceed to serve and lead
where needed.
Leslie Harding, graduation chair, introduced the facilitators for class of 2013:
Brian Cunningham and Gina Palmer. The facilitators introduced our graduates as
they took the traditional graduation walk with an MCLP alum as escort. During
each graduate’s walk, his or her “circle of support” stood to be recognized, proving that no leader achieves alone. The evening closed with Sonya Mau, executive
director, inviting the class on stage to be recognized officially as the 4th annual
amazing MCLP graduating class!
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Graduation Celebration
“Azim Khamisa epitomizes the principles
upon which MCLP is built.”
Azim Khamisa is an international speaker
and advocate for eliminating gang
violence, for forgiveness, and for peace.
Azim Khamisa
2013 Key Note Speaker
Mr. Khamisa was an international banker
in 1995, when his only son, Tariq, was
killed in a senseless gang-related incident
by Tony Hicks, a 14-year-old gang
member. Azim Khamisa chose to forgive
because he felt there were victims at both
ends of the gun. By this courageous
decision, Azim Khamisa began a journey
that is transforming lives: his own life, the
life of his son’s killer, and that of millions
who have been touched by his efforts.
Says Khamisa: “We humans continuously confront defining moments in our
lives. Sometimes these events are joyous; sometimes they are tragedies. At
these moments it’s important to make the right choices. When we do, we are
literally able to manifest a miracle and produce transformation in ourselves
and others.”
Khamisa believes that “forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.” His decision to
forgive Tony, freed Azim to pursue a mission that both honored his son and
helped reduce violence among youths. His Tariq Khamisa Foundation
(www.TKF.org) and subsequent forgiveness work has reached millions
through international speaking, public and corporate workshops, an award
winning movie, audio recordings and four published books, including the
award-winning From Murder to Forgiveness and the Random House book
The Secrets of the Bulletproof Spirit, coauthored with Jillian Quinn.
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Community Awards
Mike Matejka
2013 MCLP Community Service Award Recipient
Mike Matejka has served the Bloomington-Normal
community for almost forty years as a community
volunteer, multicultural advocate, and servant leader.
Margarita Alvarez
2013 MCLP Alumni Award Recipient
Margarita Alvarez is an advocate for basic human
rights and has always been the voice of those who,
at many times, cannot speak for themselves.
Each year MCLP presents an award to two individuals who live the principles upon which the Multicultural Leadership Program was founded. The
individuals are selected from nominations received from the community.
The MCLP Community Service Award is a person from the community at
large. The MCLP Alumni award is an MCLP graduate. Both are selected
based on the following criteria:
1. Demonstrated history of making a positive difference in our
community
2. Takes action with a drive to serve others and the courage to lead
when needed.
3. Leave those he or she works with better off — either wiser, healthier,
richer, happier.
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Class of 2013
Panelists & Presenters
Aaron Quick
Aimee Ingalls
Dr. Al Bowman
Dr. Allen Goben
Annette Martinez
Aron Klein
Dr. Barry Reilly
Ben Bennett
Bruce Bergethon
Cheryl Gaines
Cindy Blackburn
Cristina Deutsch
Christina Schultz
Dr. Connie DeVeer
Dale Strassheim
David Hales
Deanna Frautschi
Dennis Goodwin
Diana Hauman
Dr. Dick Wilson
Dixie Axley
Erika Arnhart
Gail Kear
Dr. Gary Niehaus
Dr. George Gordon
Jane Chamberlain
Dr. Janet Krejci
Jay Verner
Jim Browne
Julia Turner
Jo Ann Reidy
Jon Greiner
Dr. Karen Schmidt
Karen Zangerle
Kristen Sand
Lonnie Smith
Mark Peterson
Mary Crego
Mike Matejka
Pat Lingenfelter
Patty Michels
Dr. Paul Pederson
Paula Mitchell
Rachel Schlipmann
Rick Bleichner
Rick Glass
Rick Owens
Rob Fazzini
Sally Zuhn
Sandy Bentley
Sean Wells
Sonya Mau
Steve Denault
Dr. Steve Perry
Steve Schroeder
Steve Wannemacher
Dr. Tari Renner
Todd Hughes
Tom Jecklin
Dr. Tony Bankston
Tony Coletta
Vicki Tilton
Wille Brown
Mentors
Dr. Allen Goben
Dr. Amelia Noël-Elkins
Andrea Thorpe
Dr. Barry Reilly
Carole Ringer
Chris Martin
Christina Schulz
Dale Avery
Deanna Frautschi
Dr. Gary Niehaus
Dr. Janet Krejci
Jean Lawyer
Jeff Gendron
John Wohlwend
Jon Voegele
Dr. Larry Dietz
Marcel Blythe
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Mark DeKeersgieter
Mboka Mwilambwe
Rob Fazzini
Rob McDade
Sean Wells
Sonya Gong Jent
Steve Wannemacher
Tony Coletta
Class of 2013
Advisory Council
Andrea Thorpe
Annette Martinez
Bernie Anderson
Carl Sneed
Carl Teichman
Cindy Blackburn
Deanna Frautschi
Erin Minné
Gigi Fansler
Gregg Chadwick
Judge Elizabeth Robb
Mark Peterson
Paula Mitchell
Rob Fazzini, Chair
Sonya Gong Jent
Steve Wannemacher
Tony Coletta
Willie Brown
Board of Directors
Anand Bhende
Bert Neptune
Carolyn Davis
Craig Luchtefeld
Diana Hauman
Iwin Huang
Janet Hood
Janine Peacher
Juan Garcia
Kari Sandhaas
Kristen Sand
Leslie Harding
Phani Aytam
Rearn Dotson
Sandy Bentley
Santosh Raut
Shleah Scarborough
Tina McCormick
MCLP Staff (Part-time)
Sonya Mau, Executive Director
Patty Michels, Program Coordinator
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Class of 2013
Committee Members
Anita Moore
Bev Hornickel
Bob Bentley
Carol Hreha
Carrie Broquard
Henry Ramsey
Jackie Longbons-Baughman
Katie Doyle
Kaylea Donley
Kristen Grimes
Melinda Zehr
Monica Palmer
Nicole Clemmons
Olemuel Ashford
Paul Hursey
Sally Zuhn
Sharon Gissler
Tammy Vancil
MCLP Interns
Amanda Carlson
Angelique Ambers
Elayne Goldman
Melissa Brount
Board Experience Partners
 Central Illinois Regional
 McLean County History
Airport
 Community Cancer Center
 Community Health Care
Clinic
 Ecology Action Center
 Illinois Symphony Board
 League of Women Voters of
McLean County
 Marcfirst
Museum
 McLean County Regional
Planning Commission
 The Baby Fold
 United Way Of McLean
County
 West Bloomington
Revitalization Project
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Community Projects
Objective:
“Develop and pilot an Employment
Mentoring Program for Adults with
Autism Spectrum Disorder”
Team: ‘Nonsense’
Project Sponsor: Kari Sandhaas
Project Liaison: John Schultz &
Virginia Moody
Group Advisor: Carrie Broquard
Project Team: Missy Thomas, Sabrina
Coleman, Sudhir Pai, Tiffany Cho,
and Tony Curcuru
http://autismmclean.org/
Project Description:
Employment is a primary challenge for people on the Autism Spectrum.
Many are well-educated and highly skilled, but their disability makes access
to employment a challenge. This project focused on designing an Employment
Mentoring Program for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The
goal is to help individuals with ASD (and potentially other cognitive disabilities) develop social/business networking skills and relationships, towards the
goal of increasing their employability and access to local employment opportunities. The program should be sustainable. It should build a network of mentors within the community as a conduit for individuals with ASD. It should
also increase awareness about people with ASD within the larger community
and expand employment access opportunities for individuals with cognitive
disabilities, such as ASD.
Project Results:
Team Nonsense explored current tools and resources available for autistic
adults, then planned and implemented a small two-month pilot program,
called “Bridges to Work.” The program included 1) an application process for
mentors and mentees, 2) mentor and mentee informational packets, 3) setting
expectations for mentees, and 4) job shadowing and business etiquette training.
After the pilot, the team evaluated the program using feedback obtained from
mentors, mentees, and parents of the mentees.
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Community Projects
Objective:
“Increase awareness and support of the David
Davis Mansion and its endowment fund”
Team: ‘History Avengers’
Project Sponsor: Marcia Young
Project Liaison: Elizabeth Whisman
Group Advisor: Diana Hauman
Project Team: Aparna Idate, Christa
Staley, Goverdhan Galpalli, Mauricio
Sadicoff, and Sparsula Simmons
http://daviddavismansion.org/
Project Description:
The project team created a marketing plan for the David Davis Mansion (DDM)
and increased funding for the Foundation’s endowment fund. They also worked
with the David Davis Mansion Board and volunteers to implement portions of
the marketing plan.
Project Results:
$20,000 was raised for the DDM endowment fund during their 2012 Christmas
Tree Festival. A short-term goal and timeline were set to raise $1,000,000.
Training documents were created for board members and volunteers to ensure
appropriate fundraising and solicitation‘asks’ occur at all Mansion events. The
board connected with fundraising experts with dates scheduled for board education. A sponsorship program was created after consulting with the DDM Board
to define various levels of individual and corporate donations and appropriate
‘awards’ based on the various amounts donated (i.e. $50-$10,000 increment
donations). A timeline and budget was finalized for Christmas tree sponsorship
for 2013. The team committed to working on this event through its kick off in
December 2013. Indiegogo was researched and suggested as an international
crowd funding platform for fundraising. The David Davis Mansion Board was
presented a complete set of recommendations.
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Community Projects
Objective:
“Prepare a comprehensive marketing
plan to reach a broader audience in
Bloomington-Normal”
Team: ‘Roots’
Project Sponsor: Tim Glancy
Project Liaison: Meg Murphy
Group Advisor: Juan Garcia
Project Team: Alex Moncrief, Emily
James, Erica Scott, Jeffery
Woodard, and Mary Riddle
http://cyfsolutions.org/
Project Description:
The Center for Youth and Family Solutions (CYFS) is a new agency that wanted
to improve their public awareness and increase financial support from the community. Team Roots worked with CYFS to complete a marketing plan, including
Community Outreach, Media Outreach, Fundraising and Sustainability. Team
Roots and CYFS began implementing that plan by completing a poster campaign, that increased public awareness and helped increase financial support for
CYFS, contacting media outlets (newspapers, TV stations, radio stations) to generate publicity, researching grant opportunities, and completing a framework for a
unique signature event to raise funds.
Project Results:
Specifically, Team Roots created 11 posters advertising the services provided by
the Bloomington-Normal branch of the Center for Youth and Family Solutions
(CYFS). All posters were translated into Spanish. Twenty-eight businesses and
non-profit organizations in the Bloomington-Normal area agreed to hang the
posters. Team Roots also researched and identified grant and partnership opportunities for CYFS. Finally, a unique signature event, Painted Wishes – Silent
Auction, was designed with CYFS. It is a large-scale fundraiser where artwork
produced by the Family Art Workshop will be auctioned off through a silent
auction. This is a new event to the Bloomington-Normal area and should attract
many community members.
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Community Projects
Objective:
“Develop a plan to re-launch the
Automated External Defibrillator
program in Bloomington-Normal”
Team: ‘Heartthrobs’
Project Sponsor: Kathi Franklin
Project Liaison: Janice Berlin
Group Advisor: Jon McWhirter
Project Team: Donald Wiggins,
Emily Vigneri, Kelli Saizon,
Michael Wolf, and Stephanie
Kohl Ringle
http://www.ihlf.org/
Project Description:
The project team worked with the Illinois Heart and Lung Foundation (IHLF) to
evaluate their Automated External Defibrillator (AED) program in Bloomington
-Normal. Team Heartthrobs brought their unique perspectives and individual
talents to the project as they researched issues and challenges facing widespread
AED adoption; including training, maintenance, registration, usage reports, accessibility and state laws. After contacting various community organization and
governmental entities, researching and synthesizing the information, a final report detailed findings and recommendations for future programs to implement.
Project Results:
The team recommended events and actions to help promote widespread acceptance of AEDs. They provided a streamlined process for other agencies to
apply for reduced-cost devices and further training/marketing to encourage
compliance with current laws. In addition, contacts with various organizations
on specific actions allow IHLF to begin implementation of selected recommendations immediately.
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Community Projects
Objective:
“Create a brand identity for Labyrinth as a
recognizable entity in the community”
Team: ‘Fantastic Voyage’
Project Sponsor: Feli Sebastian
Project Liaison: Mary Campbell
Group Advisor: Anand Bhende
Project Team: Ann Perry, Carlos T.
Miranda, Chuck DiVerde,
Fernando Cornejo, and Tereva
Parham
http://www.labyrinthoutreach.org/
Project Description:
The purpose of this project is to build community awareness of Labyrinth, its
services, and how Labyrinth addresses the needs of formerly incarcerated
women. After interviewing Labyrinth staff, researching options, and brainstorming approaches, we defined a three-pronged effort: 1) building bridges,
2) media connections, and 3) branding and marketing. By project’s end, we had
implemented many of the tasks identified in the three-pronged effort.
Project Results:
“Building bridges” focused on establishing partnerships to create a donor base,
corporate support, government funding and private assistance. Some of these
entities included State Farm Insurance Companies, Heartland Community College, and Central Illinois Links Incorporated. Through “media connections,”
Labyrinth is now able to work with three diverse radio stations, two print publications and one television station. The team established contacts within each
outlet to assist Labyrinth in the future to spread news worthy information.
“Branding and marketing” produced a website, logo, and print materials including business cards, brochures, stationary, branding guidelines, and a
portable banner.
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Community Involvement
MCLP is a catalyst for our alumni to remain involved with community organiza-
tions after graduation. Alumni serve in leadership roles for the following organizations as board members, advisors, volunteers, and employees.
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100 Black Men
Aktion Club—Kiwanis Program
Autism Society of McLean County
The Baby Fold
Back to School Alliance
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central
Illinois
Black Business Alliance
Bloomington Kiwanis
Bloomington-Normal Daybreak
Rotary
Boys & Girls Club of BloomingtonNormal
The Center for Youth and Family
Solutions
Collaborative Solutions Institute
Community Cancer Center
Community Health Care Clinic
Conexiones Latinas de McLean
County
Crossroads Global Handcrafts
David Davis Mansion Foundation
District-87
Ecology Action Center
Faith in Action
Juvenile Extended Day Program
Habitat for Humanity of McLean
County
Habitat ReStore
Heartland Head Start
Heartland Community College
Foundation
Home Sweet Home Ministries
Humane Society of Central Illinois
 Illinois 4-H Youth Development
Program
 Illinois Heart and Lung Foundation
 Illinois Prairie Community
Foundation
 Illinois Symphony Orchestra
 Labyrinth Outreach Services to
Women
 League of Women Voters of
McLean County
 Minority & Police Partnership
 Marcfirst
 March of Dimes
 McLean Country Indian Association
 McLean County Planning
Commission Board
 McLean County Recovery Court
Advisory Board
 Multicultural Leadership Program
 Normal Human Relations
Commission
 Organization of Chinese Americans
Inc., Oca Cil
 Prevent Child Abuse - Illinois
 Project OZ
 The Salvation Army
 Unit-5
 Unity Community Center
 West Bloomington Revitalization
Program
 Western Avenue Community
Center
 WXRJ
 YWCA
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Our Graduates Are Our Legacy
Class of 2012
Class Facilitator: Theresia Taylor
Anand Bhende
Brian Cunningham
Carrie Broquard
Craig Luchtefeld
Gina Palmer
Grace Pagowska
Heather Stella
Henry Ramsey
Henry Walker
Janet Hood
Janine Peacher
Johnny Nguyen
Juan Garcia
Kari Sandhaas
Kristen Sand
Laura Duvendack
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Nicole Clemmons
Pretty Reji
Sagar Gollapudi
Santosh Raut
Shleah Scarborough
Tim Golliday
Tina McCormick
Our Graduates Are Our Legacy
Class of 2011
Class Facilitator: Gary D. Williams
Anita Moore
Brian Peacher
Carolyn Davis
Cavell Walcott
Denise Younge
Erika Arnhart
Iwin Huang
Jon McWhirter
Kimberly Pfeifer
Latha Rao
Leslie Harding
Lori Harvey
Matt Johnson
Munjal Dave
Nida Kazim
Paul Hursey Jr.
Peter Stroyan
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Rahul Bafna
Rearn Dotson
Renee Lafontaine
Sandeep Davalbhakta
Sharonna Owens
Theresia Taylor
Vicente Adame
Yoon Yim
Our Graduates Are Our Legacy
Class of 2010
Class Facilitator: Phani Aytam
Bert Neptune
Carl L. Davis
Daniel Liu
Don Paul
Gary Donell Williams
Jamaal Crayton
Jhun Medina
Joe Zacharias
Karen Kapela
Ken Starks
Lauren Kim
Macaria Lopez
Mandava V. Rao
Margarita Alvarez
Marisanta Hidrogo
Mark Walcott
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Michael Donnelly
Monica Williams
Nina Olvera
Teena Rajan
Roshaunda Ross
Tom Moy
Vani Prasad
MCLP Statistics & Financials
Distribution of Revenue
Class of 2010 Class of 2011 Class of 2012 Class of 2013
Graduates
23
25
22
25
Class Presenters
76
78
72
75
206
318
498
535
11,392
13,913
17,287
17,918
252
387
491
560
Facebook Daily Total Reach
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—
3,388
25,842
Facebook Daily Total Impressions
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—
50,675
79,382
Graduation Reservations
Website Visits
Facebook Likes
25
Thank you to our sponsors!
Scholarship Sponsors
Endowments
Individual Donors
Ann and Carl Frautschi
Scholarship Fund
Nadine and Joe Yurieci
Scholarship Fund
Willie Brown
Scholarship Fund
MCLP Endowment Fund
Susan Noble
Endowment Fund
Annette Martinez
Bill Snyder
Deanna Frautschi &
Alan Bedell
Willie Brown
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