The programs stress influence relationships and the power of one person to make a difference. Today and in the future, the world needs leaders who will use their talents to achieve greater justice in every arena in which they live and work. The supervisor who organizes managers to protect a whistle blower's job, the community activist who advocates for safety standards in child care, and the council member who negotiates with citizens to assure that low-cost housing is not restricted to just one area in the city are each assuming leadership roles. Their actions hold the promise of greater justice. Central to this view of leadership is the leader's relationship to self, which in turn affects relationships with others, with organizations and with communities.
Students are well aware of the brokenness in the world.
Shards of poverty, pollution, overpopulation and ethnic cleansing are scattered everywhere. The extent of the problems sometimes overwhelms and immobilizes. By nourishing our inner lives we gain the spiritual energy to continue our work for greater justice in all arenas in spite of apathy, resistance and barriers. All major spiritual traditions teach that humans are co creators. Our inner and outer worlds interact in complex ways.