J.T.'s Impact Greensboro Wrap-Up Celebration

Linwood Carver (left) and J.T. (right) at the final dinner of their year-long leadership program.

According to the group's website, "IMPACT Greensboro is a unique leadership program and reflects a redesign of the Mosaic project, originally launched in 2005 to pair people of diverse backgrounds to spend quality time together and develop friendships. The premise was that friendships would 'expedite the building of trust between diverse people, foster an inclusive culture, create new understandings, and break down barriers that block connectivity'. "

The objectives identified for IMPACT Greensboro are to:

• Forge collective ways to address and impact key community interests and concerns;
• Provide participants with a deeper understanding of core community issues and the importance that relationships play in effectively addressing issues.
• Create an ongoing dialog on community issues and an ongoing method for interaction.
• Create a vibrant network of community “change agents” who are equipped to identify and tackle community issues

J.T.'s work generously provided a day per month for him to attend the general sessions, as well as its Economic Issues subcommittee.


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