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TThe Liberatory Leadership Praxis Program Cohorts are opportunities founded by The Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO) in partnership with the Liberatory Leadership Partnership (LLP). The cohorts seek to support Black-led projects/formations in their founding stages (years 0-5).

Participants receive support, including coaching, organizational development, and a financial stipend. Praxis’s vision is to assist its participants in developing as liberatory leaders and to continue creating projects/formations that will move us closer to liberation.

how we define liberatory leadership

Liberatory Leadership theory and practice invites us to lead from a place of wholeness, love, and interdependence. By valuing celebration over competition, we are able to access possibilities that can only emerge in community. The practice of liberatory leadership flourishes when we create space for rest, when we address power differentials in service of justice, and when we center those at the margins within our organizations and our work.

ABOUT PRAXIS VISION

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The Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO) proudly announces the 2025-2026 Liberatory Leadership Praxis Vision Cohort Program.

The Liberatory Leadership Praxis Vision Cohort is a one-year program for (5) Black-led projects/formations in the founding stages (years 0-5).

This cohort will support creating values-driven teams with liberatory organizational structures that allow them to thrive, develop as leaders, and prefigure the types of organizations that will bring us closer to liberation. 
Successful projects/organizations will have:
  • 2-3 people who are available to participate for the entire duration of the project (NO EXCEPTIONS)
  • Be movement & values aligned
  • Have the desire to address & shift power
  • Have an anti-capitalist framework
  • Be Black-led and Black focused (70% of the leadership is Black, PRIMARY leadership is Black, 50% of the Board is Black, and provide Black-centered programming)
  • Have an organizing framework, but don’t have to be organizers
  • Have the desire to confront power & privilege

The program will begin in October with our kick-off on Saturday, October 11th (12pm-4pm EST). 

 

Application timeline

Timeline:

  • First Round: Applications open from July 21st through August 8th
  • Second Round: Group Interviews Saturday, September 13th, 12pm-4pm EST
  • Third Round: Individual interviews from September 22nd through September 30th
  • Selection Notifications: Letters sent out on Friday, October 3rd.
 

Applicants and participants will be able to:

  •  Attend (1) monthly virtual Community Learning Session every 2nd Saturday of the month (Mandatory)
  • Attend (1) monthly meeting with each coach (TBD)
  • Attend (1) monthly meeting with the Program Coordinator (TBD)
  • Participate for (12) hours per month/(1) Saturday per month
  • Participate in the (FULL) 12-month program from October 2025 through September 2026
  • Attend the 2-day Living Liberation virtual conference on November 6-7, 2025
  • Attend (1) in-person retreat February 19, 2026, through February 22, 2026 

 

The Liberatory Leadership Praxis Vision Cohort program will offer participating projects/organizations:

  • An organizational development coach
  • A funding & grant development coach
  • A program & leadership development coach
  • A variety of organizational tools & skills
  • Meet with each coach individually each month
  • A $30,000 regrant for organizational support
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Please complete the application here to apply for the Liberatory Leadership Praxis Vision Cohort program. The application deadline is Friday, August 8th, at 11:59 PM EST. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Director of Liberatory Leadership, Kharyshi Wiginton, at kharyshi@ctwo.org.

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watch: our Living liberation virtual conference

Let’s talk about LIBERATION–All of our 2022 Living Liberation videos are available to watch on our website!

 

If you were able to attend both days or couldn’t make it to the conference, you can access our event page and check out the resources provided by panelists for both days. This conference sprang from a need for supporting the development and growth of liberatory organizations.

 Living Liberation was a group effort, a vision that could not have been turned into reality without the hands-on support from organizations like the Leadership Learning Community, Social Insights, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and many others within our Liberatory Leadership Praxis network. We also want to express our gratitude to our incredible panelists doing the incredible work to make liberation for our communities a reality. 

 

Some of the Live sessions and workshops include:

  • Building Liberatory Organizations From The Ground Up
  • Moving From Old To New: Transforming White Orgs Through A Liberatory Framework
  • Building Power Through a Liberatory Lens
  • Making Our Organizations Places of Liberation
  • Developing Liberatory Leaders
  • Diversifying Funding Streams
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If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Program Coordinator Kharyshi Wiginton, at kharyshi@ctwo.org

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