

Hispanic Alliance's leadership program is seeking nominations, applicants
HALDI's second year sees new opportunities, applications open through February 3

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What is HALDI?
The Hispanic Alliance Leadership Development Initiative (HALDI) provides professionals and emerging leaders the training, professional development, networking and community engagement opportunities needed to contribute to the advancement of the Hispanic community.
Core Program Components:
HALDI spans over nine months and includes three components: Training, Mentorship, and Community projects.
- TRAINING develops participants’ skills in cultural competency, innovation, cross-cultural communication, self and task management, social responsibility and leadership building.
- MENTORSHIP matches the participant with a mentor for twelve months and engages the participant in community networking and information sharing events.
- COMMUNITY PROJECTS prepare participants for more active and informed involvement in community affairs. These projects help increase group leadership skills, increase individual leadership skills, and learn more about non-profits in the community.
HALDI Training Calendar
March 16, 2012 Defining Leadership Development
April 20, 2012 Cultural Competence/Ohio Latino History Leadership and Leading Others Community Project Presentations
May 18, 2012 Leadership and Innovation
June 15, 2012 Leadership and Self-Management
July 20, 2012 Leadership and Task Management
August 17, 2012 Leadership, Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility
September 21, 2012 Role of the Board of Directors
October 19, 2012 Community Projects Presentation & Graduation Ceremony
All sessions include a cultural leadership journey experience with guest speakers and/or panel discussions. |

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Why should you participate in the 2012 HALDI Program?
This is the first step toward developing culturally competent leadership skills to become a more effective decision-maker as a team member, board member or volunteer. This is also an opportunity to connect emerging Latino leaders with local public, private and non-profit corporations looking to diversify their entities and board of directors, committees and commissions, etc.
Do you realize the importance and increased focus on staff and board diversification? Here's a compelling reason why:
The U.S. and Cleveland are undergoing a fundamental structural change in both human capital and market demographics. According to the Selig Center, the Latino population (including Puerto Rico) totals over 50 million people (15.5% of the total U.S. population) and Latinos have over $870 billion in purchasing power, therefore, serving the U.S. Latino market is a compelling opportunity for many major public, private, and non-profit corporations. Unfortunately, the Latino community is not proportionately represented within decision-making entities that have a direct impact on our community.

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For more information on HALDI and the nomination process:Visit the Hispanic Alliance website or call (216) 661-4249 and speak to Joanne for your application packet.This program is free for staff, board and volunteers of Hispanic Alliance. Program fee for non-members is $200