This June, we have the privilege of celebrating two significant events that highlight the rich diversity and resilient spirit of our communities: LGBTQIA+ Pride Month and Juneteenth.

The Womxn of Color, Womxn of Power program partners with LeaderSpring Center to create a healing, generative, and rigorous space for learning and growth. The program supports womxn of color in pursuing decision-making positions of power and ultimately building community power.

We invite you to The 2024 Othering & Belonging Conference, which will take place in Oakland on April 25th-27th, 2024! This uniquely curated 2.5-day event promises dynamic discussions, creative exploration through arts and culture, and strategic planning to foster belonging.

In this Spring season of transition and change, we invite you to extend heartfelt wishes, big hugs, and celebrations to our Co-Executive Director, Dr. Sonia BasSheva Mañjon. After seven years of fierce and bold leadership, she is embarking on a new and wonderful adventure and is stepping down from her leadership role at LeaderSpring Center.

We are thrilled to introduce the Women of Color Class of 2024 LeadStrong, marking a significant milestone in our journey towards cultivating diverse leadership in the nonprofit sector.

We are thrilled to present LeaderSpring Center's 2023 Annual Women of Color (WOC) LeadStrong Fellowship Report, showcasing the remarkable strides we've made in our ongoing efforts to transform the systems in which we operate.

It is an honor and joy to announce the inaugural Native American and Alaska Native Women LeadStrong Fellows!

Our application deadline for the 2024 Women of Color LeadStrong Fellowship is approaching, and we don't want you to miss out on this incredible opportunity!

Join the deeply fierce and heart-centered LeadStrong network. Apply today for the 2024 Women of Color LeadStrong Fellowship! 

You’re Invited to Our Next Equity Series: Executive Transition | Impact and Opportunity.

Thank you for joining us at our Reconnecting: A Visionary Gathering of Women of Color LeadStrong.

This is a friendly reminder that our upcoming event, Reconnecting: LeaderSpring Alumni 1999-2023 is happening in just a few days and we don’t want you to miss out!  

Co-Executive Director Sonia Mañjon was featured in two different pieces by CBS Bay Area about her Afro-Latina identify during Hispanic Heritage Month.

In March 2021 Tides, LeaderSpring Center’s fiscal sponsor, hosted an inaugural Tides Talk panel, Advancing Black Collective Power and Equity, to hear from four transformational leaders including Executive Director Sonia Mañjon about what is needed to advance racial equity and healing and how they’re navigating challenges within the nonprofit world.

Sonia Mañjon, Executive Director, interviewed Cecilia Muñoz, for California Institute of Integral Studies “Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise” program in July 2020. Cecilia is the first Latinx person to direct national domestic policy issues and knows the difficulties of getting ahead without trailblazers to follow. In their conversation Cecilia shared invaluable insights about working through fear, overcoming injustices, facing down detractors, and more.

In December 2019 Executive Director Sonia Mañjon and Advisory Council member Yulkendy Valdez gave a joint TED talk at TEDxAlbany. They presented LeaderSpring Center and Forefront’s collaborative research project to create viable pathways to increase participation and retention of women of color in the technology sector.

LeaderSpring Center Executive Director Sonia Mañjon and Deputy Director Safi Jiroh discuss the Women of Color LeadStrong Fellowship and the impetus for diversifying social sector leadership.

LeaderSpring Center Executive Director Sonia Mañjon was a featured panelist and presenter at TSNE MissionWorks’ annual conference in Boston, MA, November 2019. Sonia and her fellow panelists discussed the gaps between the aspirations for embedding equity and inclusion in our organizations and the reality of trying to do so, as well as shared strategies to build pathways to developing effective organizational practices that move us toward a more diverse and equitable sector.

Tune in to hear Executive Director Sonia Mañjon engage in conversation with Living Room host Kris Welch on KPFA 94.1 about what's at stake in today's election, especially for women and communities of color. Discussion includes hopes and fears emerging from the election, as well as commentary on Black Female Project founder Precious Stroud's op-ed, "Will I Take a Morning After Pill on November 7?"