Develop deep relationships.

Learn new skills.

Activate your purpose and community.

Become a leader in your life, community, and career.

activate your community

Community Leadership Program (CLP)

The CLP is the foundational Unity Lab social learning journey. It equips you and your community to communicate effectively and with empathy, empowering you to build trust and solidarity with your diverse community members.

CLP Structure
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Unity depends on people feeling safe, connected and aligned. It means being able to communicate in a way that others feel heard, seen and honored. It means being a good listener, speaking powerfully, cleaning up our mistakes, and expressing gratitude.

​The CLP guides you to activate powerful communication skills and develop empathy and trust with your diverse peers.

​You'll meet with your group over videoconference (Zoom, Facetime, Skype, Google Meet, etc.) for 1-hour every week or every other week. You'll need a computer with a camera, strong wi-fi, solitude and good lighting for these sessions.

​Each of the 5 modules takes 1-hour.

​In the first 15 minutes, you'll read a short article, watch a short video and complete a written reflection question.  In the next 45 minutes, you'll take turns practicing new skills and sharing your perspective on the conversation prompts.

CLP Overview
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Module 1: Getting Related. You'll get to know your peers, explore your personal values, and form shared agreements for future sessions.

Module 2: Active Listening. You'll learn the most important communication and leadership skill, active listening, so that people you care about feel heard by you and more deeply related to you. You'll also explore your vision for the world and develop a draft of your purpose statement.

Module 3: Communicate Powerfully. You'll learn the second important communication tool, "I statements", and learn to speak with others who might disagree with you in a way they can hear.

Module 4: Repairing Relationships. You'll learn the third most important communication tool - how to take responsibility for the impacts of your choices on others. This is the foundation of building and repairing trust.

Module 5: Gratitude + Next Steps. You'll discover the power of gratitude, review the skills you learned in program, reflect on the experience of building connections with diverse peers and envision the next steps on your leadership journey.

What You'll Experience

When you begin Unity Lab, here is what you'll experience. You will:

1. Receive an email to complete the group matching survey and pre-program assessment. The survey will be used to match you in your small diverse group. The pre- and post-program assessments will allow you to see your progress.
2. Receive an email to your whole group.  This email will include the group agreements and the discussion guide for your first session.
3. Respond to the email to schedule your first session and discuss which video conferencing tool you want to use.
4. Receive an email each week with your discussion guide.
5. Stay connected with your group in between sessions via email / text / messaging app.
6. Take the post-program assessment and see your progress.
7. Receive an email with your certificate of completion, and an invitation to stay connected with your group and the larger Unity Lab community.

activate your community

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Each quarter you'll have another

5-module social learning journey

to choose from

to develop new skills,

build diverse friendships and

​activate your purpose.

Core Community Journeys:
Communit Leader Program (CLP)
Community Activation Program (CAP)
Shared Values Program (SVP)​
United States Leadership Program (USLP)

Leadership Journeys:
Unconscious Bias
Emotional Intelligence
Cultural Intelligence
Persuasion
Storytelling

Career Journeys:
Purpose Accelerator
Launching Your Purpose Project
Living Your Purpose at Work​
Finding Your Ideal Job

Family Journeys:
Creating Family Rituals
Creating a Marriage + Family Purpose
Writing Your Family History
Soul-centric Parenting
Managing a Career, Home and Homeschooling
Building a Food Lawn (Vegetable Garden)

Advanced Community Journeys:
Creating a Neighborhood Barter Network
Activating an Inclusive Spiritual Community
​Building a Grassroots Movement
Launching a Mutual Aid Network
The History and Healing of the USA
Building a Community Garden
Launching a Childcare Network
Building a Network of Neighborhood Libraries
Building a Tool Lending Network

Have an idea for a journey that creates greater empathy, trust and unity? Send us a note!

SPOTLIGHT: United States Leadership Program

USLP Structure
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Citizenship in the United States is active. It is a verb. It requires that we develop a personal relationship to our nation and express our unique purpose and values through our leadership, creativity and service in our careers, community and civic life.

​As with all journeys, to begin the USLP you must first complete the CLP, so that you have an understanding of your purpose and the skills required to communicate and lead effectively.

Throughout the USLP, you will move into more and more controversial aspects of our national identity and purpose.  You'll need all the skills from the CLP to navigate them.

​As with the CLP, you'll meet with your group over videoconference (Zoom, Facetime, Skype, Meet, etc.) for 1-hour each week for 5 weeks. You'll need a computer with a camera, strong wi-fi, solitude and good lighting for these sessions.

USLP Overview
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Module 1: Getting Related. You'll get to know your peers, explore your connection to the purpose of the United States, and form shared agreements for future sessions.

Module 2: Living in a Divided Nation. You'll explore how bias, privilege and exclusion have shown up in your life and the lives of your peers.

Module 3: The Impact of Division. You'll discover the key themes that create polarization and prevent us from living our purpose as a nation.

Module 4: The Taproot of Unity.  You'll discover what about our country most breaks your heart, reveal your vision for our country, formulate a purpose statement and the next step to take on your journey.

Module 5: Gratitude + Next Steps. You'll review the program, share how the program and your peers impacted you, and develop a plan to use your skills from the CLP to advance your vision for the USA in your life, career and community.