Advocacy Accelerator Stacked
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" Ednium has allowed me to discover my leadership style and what kind of leader I want to be. Ultimately, it is my goal to apply these skills in my future professional career as a physician-scientist. "

- Odalis Castro, Biomedical Engineering
The Advocacy Accelerator is for Ednium Program graduates (either from the Denver Deep Dive or Leadership Launchpad) who are willing to set the policy priorities of the organization while learning more about the levers of power. Ednium holds our core values of Community, Trust, and Action at the center of all of our programming, and the Advocacy Accelerator is no different. You can expect to be immersed in intentional and vulnerable environments with the main goal being the cultivation of trust. With trust being established, you can expect to have authentic conversations with your peers on your experience through the K-12 education system, as well as your experience navigating the City of Denver. These conversations and environments will help foster community. Lastly, you will work on research projects with the peers you trust and hold community with to lead Ednium's potential action items for 2025 and beyond!

WHAT TO EXPECT

We want our participants to walk away from this program:

- Conducting a landscape analysis to increase skills that interrogate systemic roles and differentiate/gain access to various structures

- Cultivate the ability to build consensus in group settings including alongside individuals from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and points of view 

- Identify and evaluate policy and community organizing as important levers of impact outside and inside of institutions

- Leverage social capital to realize change

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Accelerator participants should meet the following qualifications:
  • Have attended a Denver metro area high school between 2007-2025
  • Graduate of either the Ednium Leadership Launchpad or Denver Deep Dive
  • Eagerness to interrogate your lived experience and social systems
  • Willingness to work and improve the communities you are a part of
  • Commitment to complete the program in its entirety 

KEY DATES & COMMITMENT

Accelerator participants need to commit fully to the dates and times listed below. One excused absence is permitted. Successful completion of the program will result in a $500 stipend.
August 13th (6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.)
August 16 (9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
September 13 (9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
September 27 (9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
October 11 (9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
October 25 (9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
November 8 (9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
November 22 (9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
December 1 (6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.)

  • We will be providing meals for each of our sessions.
  • Please note most sessions are on Saturday's
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN THROUGH JULY 25th

If you’re interested in learning more, please reach out to liloni@ednium.org