American Leadership Forum

In 2016, the american leadership forum spearheaded a series of dialogue around implicit bias. More than 40 senior fellows, from a variety of sectors, participated in two six-week series to learn about cognitive science and understand our own biases. Senior fellows learned techniques tested and true which minimize bias in our brains and allow us to address bias in the workplace and inside institutions. In 2017, this dialogue was developed into a two-part training workshop designed for nonprofits, for-profit entities, public sector leaders and individuals who wish to better understand the cognitive science behind our unconscious biases. In 2018, beyond bias was developed as an accompanying training that includes a deep dive into interventions across personal, interpersonal, institutional and structural levels. These trainings are tailored for each audience and provide the basis for effective dialogue on race and equity for institutions that want to transform their cultures. We provided 15 trainings and had over 400 participants. We continue to provide diversity equity and inclusion training as well as belonging.

The american leadership forum operated the encore fellows program in the sacramento and sierra regions. As with all the encore fellows programs, the encore fellows sac/sierra program matches highly experienced professionals with nonprofit organizations where they can perform high impact work and help those organizations build capacity and grow strategically, ultimately making a significant impact on the broader community. The program is designed to promote positive cross-sector learning and deliver sustained organizational impact to the nonprofit sector. By operating an encore fellows program in the region,the american leadership forum will enable nonprofits to grow and sustain their organizations through fellow's high-impact social-purpose roles. The program will be sunsetting in 2025.