19Eighteen leaders celebrate their November graduation from the 12-week academy.<p>The Citizens' Leadership Academy (CLA) is a grassroots leadership development project for caring, community-conscious people. The purpose of the academy is to equip emerging community leaders with tools to organize, mobilize, develop and engage citizens.</p>
<h3><span style="font-family: ">The 2009 Academy</span></h3>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: ">The 2009, 12-week academy, was hosted in the East End neighborhood on Tuesday nights. Eighteen participants celebrated at the final graduation session in November. Along with congratulatory and inspirational comments from guest speakers, graduates also described the community projects they conducted with supporting grants from LexLinc. These projects included the William Wells Brown pride building project, to educate East End residents about the author for whom the neighborhood is named, and a domestic violence education and empowerment seminar, called the Ribbons of Hope event. Graduates were also invited to make personal comments, many of which revealed their dedication in making a significant difference in the community. LexLinc provided a reception following the ceremony for the graduates and their many guests in the audience. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing">Click <a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=yes,dependent=no,status'); return false" href="/uploads/19/File/CLA/2009%20CLA%20At%20a%20Glance.doc"><span style="color: #ff6600">here</span> </a>for the 2009 CLA Curriculum.</p>
<p>Click <a href="http://www.lexlinc.org/site/photo-gallery/2009-cla-photos.html"><span style="color: #ff6600">here</span></a> for pictures from the 2009 academy.</p>
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<h3>History</h3>
<p>In early 2004, the LexLinc Community Involvement Team identified a need to train neighborhood advocates to better lead their community and formed the program through a partnership with the East End Empowerment Project and the University of Kentucky Community Outreach Partnership Center. The first 25 participants graduated the 12-week course in the spring of 2004. To date, 94 people have graduated from the academy. As of 2006, the Citizens’ Leadership Academy will be offered each fall and is supported and coordinated by LexLinc and its neighborhood partners. While the sessions are offered at alternating neighborhood centers, they are open and free to the entire community.</p>
<p>As part of the project, LexLinc makes mini-grants available to graduates to immediately put their new skills to use. Several alumni have also run for public office including <a target="_blank" href="http://lexingtonky.gov/index.aspx?page=1741">Andrea James</a>, the first African American woman ever elected to LFUCG's City Council.</p>
<p><img alt="" width="168" height="100" src="/uploads/19/Image/cla 2006.JPG" /></p>
<p>The Citizen's Leadership Academy now has over 120 graduates.</p>
<p>Click <a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=yes,dependent=no,status'); return false" href="/uploads/19/File/CLA/Graduates.doc"><span style="color: #ff6600">here</span></a> to see a list of all CLA graduating class members.</p>
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What We Do - Neighborhoodshttp://www.lexlinc.org/2010-02-10T15:59:40ZCitizens' Leadership Academyhttp://www.lexlinc.org/site/neighborhoods/citizens-leadership-academy.html2010-02-10T15:59:40Z
<p>The Citizens' Leadership Academy (CLA) is a grassroots leadership development project for caring, community-conscious people. The purpose of the academy is to equip emerging community leaders with tools to organize, mobilize, develop and engage citizens.</p>
<h3><span style="font-family: ">The 2009 Academy</span></h3>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: ">The 2009, 12-week academy, was hosted in the East End neighborhood on Tuesday nights. Eighteen participants celebrated at the final graduation session in November. Along with congratulatory and inspirational comments from guest speakers, graduates also described the community projects they conducted with supporting grants from LexLinc. These projects included the William Wells Brown pride building project, to educate East End residents about the author for whom the neighborhood is named, and a domestic violence education and empowerment seminar, called the Ribbons of Hope event. Graduates were also invited to make personal comments, many of which revealed their dedication in making a significant difference in the community. LexLinc provided a reception following the ceremony for the graduates and their many guests in the audience. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing">Click <a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=yes,dependent=no,status'); return false" href="/uploads/19/File/CLA/2009%20CLA%20At%20a%20Glance.doc"><span style="color: #ff6600">here</span> </a>for the 2009 CLA Curriculum.</p>
<p>Click <a href="http://www.lexlinc.org/site/photo-gallery/2009-cla-photos.html"><span style="color: #ff6600">here</span></a> for pictures from the 2009 academy.</p>
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<h3>History</h3>
<p>In early 2004, the LexLinc Community Involvement Team identified a need to train neighborhood advocates to better lead their community and formed the program through a partnership with the East End Empowerment Project and the University of Kentucky Community Outreach Partnership Center. The first 25 participants graduated the 12-week course in the spring of 2004. To date, 94 people have graduated from the academy. As of 2006, the Citizens’ Leadership Academy will be offered each fall and is supported and coordinated by LexLinc and its neighborhood partners. While the sessions are offered at alternating neighborhood centers, they are open and free to the entire community.</p>
<p>As part of the project, LexLinc makes mini-grants available to graduates to immediately put their new skills to use. Several alumni have also run for public office including <a target="_blank" href="http://lexingtonky.gov/index.aspx?page=1741">Andrea James</a>, the first African American woman ever elected to LFUCG's City Council.</p>
<p><img alt="" width="168" height="100" src="/uploads/19/Image/cla 2006.JPG" /></p>
<p>The Citizen's Leadership Academy now has over 120 graduates.</p>
<p>Click <a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=yes,dependent=no,status'); return false" href="/uploads/19/File/CLA/Graduates.doc"><span style="color: #ff6600">here</span></a> to see a list of all CLA graduating class members.</p>
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</p> Ready, Set, Go! Lexington Neighborhood Back-to-School Rallieshttp://www.lexlinc.org/site/neighborhoods/lexington-back-to-school-rallies.html2010-03-09T16:46:14Z
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<h3>2010 Rallies Set for August 7</h3>
<p>For the fifth time, LexLinc and its partners are gearing up to provide school supplies for <strong>8,000 children </strong>at almost 20 simultaneous neighborhood rallies. Click <a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=yes,dependent=no,status'); return false" href="/uploads/19/File/revised%20powerpoint.ppt">here</a> to view a slide show about the 2009 rallies.</p>
<p>Kentucky Utilities has already purchased 8,000 backpacks. The city Department for Environmental Quality is again the major partner to help purchase the supplies, ensuring neighborhoods, children and families get the connection between "going green" and the future of our children.</p>
<p>For a full list of the 2009 sponsors, <a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=yes,dependent=no,status'); return false" href="/uploads/19/File/2009%20sponsors.pdf">click here</a>.</p>
<p>For children to receive supplies in 2010, LexLinc needs your support. No gift is too large or too small. Click <a href="/uploads/19/File/Sponsor%20Form%202010.doc"><span style="color: #ff6600">here</span></a> for a sponsorship form, or simply make your donation payable to:</p>
<p>LexLinc<br />
436 Georgetown Street<br />
Lexington, KY 40508</p>
<p>Please write "back to school" in the memo line.</p>
<p>For more information, please contact Dani Yannelli at 859.381.1302 x224 or click <a href="mailto:dyannelli@lexlinc.org?subject=Back-to-School">here to email </a>her.</p>
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<h3>2009 Rallies: Eighteen Neighborhoods served 8,000 children</h3>
<p>On August 8, 2009, <a href="/uploads/19/File/2009%20BTSR%20flyer.pdf">18 neighborhoods </a>hosted simultaneous back-to-school rallies serving 8,000 low-income school children. Each child received a backpack and <a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=no,status=no,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=yes,dependent=no,status'); return false" href="/uploads/19/File/2009%20Back%20to%20School%20Supply%20List.doc">school supplies</a> to prepare them for the coming school year. </p>
<p>Click <a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=yes,dependent=no,status'); return false" href="/uploads/19/File/revised%20powerpoint.ppt">here</a> to view a slide show about the 2009 rallies.</p>
<p>The goal of this initiative is far greater than just preparing low-income children for school. These events serve to unify our neighborhoods for even greater self advocacy and community planning. Neighborhoods build bridges with schools, churches and local businesses by establishing relationships that they can utilize in the future for a variety of purposes. With the current state of the economy, these networks are even more critical.</p>
<p>The week prior to the Saturday rallies, site coordinators and volunteers joined together at the Transylvania Student Center to collect their backpacks and school supplies. Neighborhood partners provided local support, including planning and organizing the events, which include entertainment, workshops, speakers, door prizes, and additional supplies. Neighborhoods also sought additional sponsorships from local businesses, schools, arts, human service and faith-based organizations.</p>
<p>For the second year, the city Department for Environmental Quality was a primary partner to make sure children are ready to learn. As an integral part of the rallies, Enviromental Quality used these events to educate families and neighborhoods about environmentally friendly habits that also impact the future of our children. </p>
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<h3>History</h3>
<p>In past years, One Community One Voice coordinated one central back-to-school rally while some individual neighborhoods also carried out more localized efforts. In 2006, OCOV partnered with LexLinc to develop a system of neighborhood-based rallies. In 2007, LexLinc accepted all central coordination responsibility, including raising sponsorships to purchase backpacks and elementary school supplies.</p>
<p> <a onclick="NewWindow(this.href,'name','520','440','yes');return false" href="/media/partners_for_education.html">Watch Partners For Education Video</a> from Fayette County Public Schools (2008)</p>
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</p> Previous Initiativeshttp://www.lexlinc.org/site/neighborhoods/previous-neighborhood-initiatives.html2010-02-02T14:43:59Z
<p><strong><font size="4">Central Kentucky Housing & Homeless Initiative (CKHHI) <br />
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<p>The Central Kentucky Housing and Homelessness Initiative strives to mobilize nonprofit, public, faith-based and private sectors in the community to end homelessness and ameliorate housing insecurity. Through consensus building and fund development, this regional coalition accomplishes its goals through six committees. Initially housed at and incubated by LexLinc, the initiative established itself in 2006 as a separate 501(c)3 organization. <br />
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Among other responsibilities, CKHHI ensures completion of the annual HUD Continuum of Care and in 2006 drafted the Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness. In addition, CKHHI members actively participate in the development of the LFUCG consolidated plan.</p>
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For more information, visit <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ckhhi.org/">www.ckhhi.org</a></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium">Increase Access to Transportation</span></strong></p>
<p>In 2001, four Lexington neighborhoods got new wheels thanks to a collaborative arrangement between Rep. Ernie Fletcher, LexLinc (Lexington Local <img alt="" align="left" width="250" height="167" src="/uploads/19/Image/vancv.jpg" />Investment Commission) and the Community Action Council. Working together, Fletcher and the local agencies have secured four vans, one each for four Lexington communities. <br />
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“These vans will enable four Lexington neighborhood empowerment centers to extend much needed services to more members of their communities,” commented Fletcher. <br />
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“The Cardinal Valley, East End, Gainesway, and West End Empowerment Programs will each receive a key to a new van for use by neighborhood groups and residents under the supervision of these empowerment programs,” said Don Ball, President of the LexLinc Board of Commissioners. <br />
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“<em>By combining public and private efforts, each empowerment program will be equipped with a new van, providing a valuable resource for the neighborhoods and residents of Lexington,” said Don Ball, President of the LexLinc Board of Commissioners. <br />
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“This means better connections and access to needed services and appointments,” said Abdon Ibarra, then Immigrant Services Coordinator for Lexington Fayette Urban County Government. “We can respond more promptly, including in emergency situations.” <br />
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Community Action Council held title to the vans, which were leased to LexLinc for $1 a year for five years. LexLinc included allowances for insurance, gas and maintenance. After the leases expired, the vans became the property of the various programs. Each van was initially purchased for $21,000. Rep. Fletcher secured matching funds for Community Action Council through the Department of Transportation. Barkham, Inc., a nonprofit arm of Ball Homes, provided matching funds from the community. <br />
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“It’s a blessing to have the transportation,” said George Moorman, then Director of the East End Empowerment Program. “It helps extend our services beyond the immediate area.” <br />
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