Upcoming Events

Leadership Quest Recruitment

Each year, LMR accepts a diverse group of community leaders into its flagship program, Leadership Quest. Through a ten-month program — which includes formal community leadership training, access to high-impact decision-makers, and networking opportunities to name a few — these individuals develop the necessary framework to make a positive and lasting impact in the greater Richmond Region. Join us for a virtual conversation with the selection committee chair as well as select LMR alumni who will share about their experience in the program and the application process. We hope you will consider applying for the Class of 2021.

Upcoming Recruitment Webinar:

Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Time: 2:00 – 3:00pm

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Lora M. Robins Speaker Series

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Community leaders have the desire and charge to increase opportunities for families and children, yet often efforts are dampened by systemic inequities based on race, gender and economic status. These are not issues of the past. This year our Speaker Series will present three nationally known thought leaders who will share their perspectives on racial and class inequities.

ALL SESSIONS NOW VIRTUAL
Tim Wise: Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Hugh Vasquez: Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Nikole Hannah-Jones: Tuesday, November 17, 2020

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Lora M. Robins Speaker Series

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Community leaders have the desire and charge to increase opportunities for families and children, yet often efforts are dampened by systemic inequities based on race, gender and economic status. These are not issues of the past. This year our Speaker Series will present three nationally known thought leaders who will share their perspectives on racial and class inequities.

Session 2: Hugh Vasquez
Creating Conditions for Equity

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Join us for a workshop with one of the country’s top equity and diversity educators as we work to create change in a world that pays special attention to race, gender, socio-economic status, and other general classifications of the population. We can only transform systems when we are conscious to the current conditions of our culture as well as the history that shaped them. Get ready to move from words to action as this session both challenges and equips you to put knowledge into practice towards equity.

 

Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Time: 9:00AM - 10:30AM

Location: Zoom virtual meeting room

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Convening Leaders Transportation Update

We invite you to join LMR for a discussion on transportation and how the pandemic is impacting the various modes that move passengers and goods.  Hear from Sheryl Adams (LMR ’19), COO of GRTC, and Chet Parsons (LMR ’20) Director of Transportation for PlanRVA, as they share their thoughts on the short term and long term impacts of COVID-19 on transportation in the Richmond Region.  Following their remarks, we will open up for Q&A.

LMR ALUMNI ONLY

Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Time: 3:00PM - 4;15PM

Location: Zoom Virtual Meeting Room

Contact pbradby@lmronline.org to register.

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Convening Leaders Second Topic

In a time when we are all being asked to stay home to protect both ourselves and others, how do you stay home when you have no home?  With a lack of available beds in shelters, insufficient affordable housing, and a growing number of individuals with complex needs facing homelessness already existing prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, this public health and economic crisis has only further exacerbated the variety of challenges many across the Richmond Region are facing when it comes to housing stability. Local media has been covering a rise in funding to provide temporary shelter for the homeless population, but this a short-term fix to a long-term issue with ripple effects that we as community leaders should be considering.  Join us in a virtual discussion with Kelly King Horne ’11 (Executive Director, Homeward) to learn how a history of cross-sector collaboration, government funding, and resources from local organizations are being used to tackle the immediate needs of our homeless population.  We will also discuss what more long-term solutions could look like as the risks and barriers that accompany the challenge of homelessness become more evident for all to see.

LMR ALUMNI ONLY

Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Time: 1:00 - 2:30PM

Location: Zoom Virtual Meeting Room

Contact pbradby@lmronline.org to register.

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Annual Spring Luncheon

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This year Leadership Metro Richmond is celebrating 40 years of developing and connecting servant leaders across our region. There is so much we have accomplished together over these last four decades through collaboration and innovative thinking. As we approach this milestone anniversary, we want to celebrate where we've been. We also want to keep looking ahead to what is possible, growing our network to develop the next generation of community leaders. We hope that you will join us for this year's Spring Luncheon as we look Forward to Another 40!

*All guests must be accompanied by an LMR alum.

Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Time: 11:30AM - 1:30PM

Location: John Marshall Ballrooms, 101 N 5th Street

Cost: $60 for alumni, $70 for guests

POSTPONED - New date pending

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LMR Fall Board Connector

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The LMR Board Connector is an opportunity for community leaders who are searching for board positions to have casual conversations with representatives from local non-profit organizations. Register to represent a nonprofit organization or to learn more about available board service openings in our region! Both will utilize Degy World,  an immersive event platform that creates simulated events and gives users the full experience of interaction, networking and making connections in a virtual space. 

 

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020

Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM

Location: Degy World

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Session 3: Nikole Hannah-Jones
The Problem We All Live With

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Best known as the lead writer on the New York Times’ major multimedia initiative, The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones is currently working on her first book addressing school re-segregation titled The Problem We All Live With. She has spent years chronicling the way official policy has created – and maintains – racial segregation in housing and schools. In this session, Jones will take part in a keynote conversation with Dr. Jamelle Wilson, Dean of University of Richmond School of Professional and Continuing Studies. There will also be a Q&A with attendees to follow. Questions must be submitted in advance of October 30, so get your tickets early and send in your question for a chance to chat live with Nikole.

 

Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Time: 9:00AM - 10:30AM

Location: YouTube Live via Streamyard

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Leadership Breakfast with LMR and Lead VA

LMR ALUMNI ONLY

Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Time: 8:00 - 9:30AM

Location: 701 E Byrd Street

More information coming soon.
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Woman Speak Your Truth

Creating safe spaces that require trust, invite vulnerability and foster relationships among this region's community leaders is part of the LMR mission. On the first Thursday of every month, LMR in partnership with Rita Ricks (LMR '89) will host a small group of female alumni for authentic conversation around both their challenges and their hopes for the future. We must be comfortable speaking our truth and be comfortable with some disagreement. It's how we grow and make a difference.
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LMR ALUMNI ONLY

Date: First Thursday of the month

Time: 6:00 - 8:00PM

Location: Zoom virtual meeting room

Contact pbradby@lmronline.org to register.

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Leadership Check-Ins

As community issues arise, LMR alumni are convened via virtual meeting on Zoom to lean on one another and learn from one another.  Join us for small group discussions with your fellow community leaders on various topics around servant leadership.

Date: Next convening TBD

Location: Zoom virtual meeting room

Contact pbradby@lmronline.org to submit a topic for conversation

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