Leadership Development Institute

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Helping us continue the work of Catherine McAuley
and Ignatius Loyola in service to the poor and
marginalized
by seeing,feeling,helping,and fostering
lasting change
LeadershipDevelopmentInstitute
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The Good Samaritan LDIs model of Leadership for
Social Change
by seeing,feeling,helping,and fostering
lasting change
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The Good Samaritan LDIs model of Leadership for
Social Change
Start
See The guys beat up
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The Good Samaritan LDIs model of Leadership for
Social Change
Start
See The guys beat up
Feel He feels his pain
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The Good Samaritan LDIs model of Leadership for
Social Change
Start
See The guys beat up
Feel He feels his pain
Help He binds his wounds
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The Good Samaritan LDIs model of Leadership for
Social Change
Start
See The guys beat up
Payoff!
Change He empowers the innkeeper things are
better when hes gone
Feel He feels his pain
Help He binds his wounds
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The Good Samaritan LDIs model of Leadership for
Social Change
Seeing, feeling, and helping hold us in simple
charity, restrict us simply to service.
Changing things takes us from charity to JUSTICE,
from service to LEADERSHIP.
Leadership calls us all the way to CHANGE!
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Myth Not many children are homeless.
HOMELESSNESS

• Children make up about 15 of the homeless
  population.
• Families with children is the fastest growing
  group of homeless.
• One child in five in the United States lives
  below the poverty line.
• Many homeless children are alone and homeless,
  either runaways or "throwaways".

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Myth The homeless are uneducated and
unemployable.
HOMELESSNESS

• Many homeless people have completed high school
• some have attended college
• and even graduate school.

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Myth They are to blame for their own
situation.
HOMELESSNESS

• Most homeless people are victims.
• Some have suffered from child abuse or violence.
• 15 are children.
• Many have lost their jobs after years of
  employment.
• All have lost their homes.

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HOMELESSNESS
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HOMELESSNESS
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HOMELESSNESS
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HOMELESSNESS
Shelter Home
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HOMELESSNESS
Shelter Home
A year of increasing awareness, deepening
compassion, persistent caring, and effective
analysis toward the goal of fostering lasting
change in the city that is our home
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HOMELESSNESS
Shelter Home
A year of increasing awareness, deepening
compassion, persistent caring, and effective
analysis toward the goal of fostering lasting
change in the city that is our home
University of Detroit Mercy August 2004 -
May 2005
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An introduction and welcome to University of
Detroit Mercy Leadership Development Institute
Shelter Home Initiativea collaborative
process of learning through direct service
reflection and responding through effective
social analysis to the causes of homelessness in
Detroit
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An introduction and welcome to University of
Detroit Mercy Leadership Development Institute
Shelter Home Initiativea collaborative
process of learning through direct service
reflection and responding through effective
social analysis to the causes of homelessness in
Detroit
What is the Shelter Home Initiative?

• A year-long collaborative learning model
• That begins with connection through direct
  service experience
• Submitting that experience to reflection
• Combining that reflection with social analysis
  through the gathering and sharing of experience,
  information, and research
• For the purpose of moving from homelessness to
  shelter and home.

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An introduction and welcome to University of
Detroit Mercy Leadership Development Institute
Shelter Home Initiativea collaborative
process of learning through direct service
reflection and responding through effective
social analysis to the causes of homelessness in
Detroit
How is SHI COLLABORATIVE?

• UDMs Leadership Development Institute (LDI)
  provides a base by focusing 60 existing
  Service-Learning courses and group service
  projects on Saturdays, during student
  orientations, etc.
• Faculty, student organizations, and community
  members integrate focus in course content, panel
  discussions, events, and activities
• Community agencies and leaders, churches,
  schools, and representatives of the homeless
  community participate in lectures, events,
  colloquia, and a closing Open Spaces planning
  symposium.

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An introduction and welcome to University of
Detroit Mercy Leadership Development Institute
Shelter Home Initiativea collaborative
process of learning through direct service
reflection and responding through effective
social analysis to the causes of homelessness in
Detroit
What is the SHI Learning Model?

• The learning cycle begins with experience through
  direct service and reflection, focused heavily
  during September-November.
• December Colloquium provides for accumulation and
  sharing of experiences
• January-March focus is on the whys of
  homelessness, through course content, evening
  lectures and panels, etc.
• April Symposium brings together experiences with
  results of social analysis to design and propose
  change

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Kolbs Learning Cycle
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Kolbs Learning Cycle
Concrete Experience
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Kolbs Learning Cycle
Concrete Experience
Reflective Observation
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Kolbs Learning Cycle
Concrete Experience
Reflective Observation
Abstract Conceptualization
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Kolbs Learning Cycle
Concrete Experience
Change
Reflective Observation
Active Experimentation
Abstract Conceptualization
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Kolbs Learning Cycle
New Concrete Experience, and so on . . . .
Payoff
Change
Reflective Observation
Active Experimentation
Abstract Conceptualization
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Kolbs Learning Cycle
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
Concrete Experience
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
Concrete Experience (theres no heat)
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
Concrete Experience (theres no heat)
Reflective Observation
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
Concrete Experience (theres no heat)
Reflective Observation (were distracted by the
cold)
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
Concrete Experience (theres no heat)
Reflective Observation (were distracted by the
cold)
Abstract Conceptualization
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
Concrete Experience (theres no heat)
Reflective Observation (were distracted by the
cold)
Abstract Conceptualization (when its cold, we
dont work as efficiently)
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
Concrete Experience (theres no heat)
Change
Reflective Observation (were distracted by the
cold)
Active Experimentation
Abstract Conceptualization (when its cold, we
dont work as efficiently)
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
Concrete Experience (theres no heat)
Change
Reflective Observation (were distracted by the
cold)
Active Experimentation (bring in a heater)
Abstract Conceptualization (when its cold, we
dont work as efficiently)
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
New Concrete Experience
Payoff
Change
Reflective Observation (were distracted by the
cold)
Active Experimentation (bring in a heater)
Abstract Conceptualization (when its cold, we
dont work as efficiently)
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
New Concrete Experience (theres HEAT)
Payoff
Change
Reflective Observation (were distracted by the
cold)
Active Experimentation (bring in a heater)
Abstract Conceptualization (when its cold, we
dont work as efficiently)
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
New Concrete Experience (theres HEAT)
Payoff
Change
New Reflective Observation (were not
distractedby the cold)
Active Experimentation (bring in a heater)
Abstract Conceptualization (when its cold, we
dont work as efficiently)
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
New Concrete Experience (theres HEAT)
Payoff
Change
New Reflective Observation (were not
distractedby the cold)
Active Experimentation (bring in a heater)
New Abstract Conceptualization (How are we doing
on our mission)
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
New Concrete Experience (theres HEAT)
Payoff
Change
New Reflective Observation (were not
distractedby the cold)
New Active Experimentation (activity to improve
process or product)
New Abstract Conceptualization (How are we doing
on our mission)
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Kolbs Learning Cycle And my cold office - a
problem-solving example
New Concrete Experience (and so on . . . .)
Payoff
Change
New Reflective Observation (were not
distractedby the cold)
New Active Experimentation (activity to improve
process or product)
New Abstract Conceptualization (How are we doing
on our mission)
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Kolbs Learning Cycle Using the Shelter Home
Initiative
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Kolbs Learning Cycle Using the Shelter Home
Initiative
Concrete Experience
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Kolbs Learning Cycle Using the Shelter Home
Initiative
Concrete Experience Concentration through fall on
personal exposure to homeless persons through
direct service
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Kolbs Learning Cycle Using the Shelter Home
Initiative
Concrete Experience Concentration through fall on
personal exposure to homeless persons through
direct service
Reflective Observation
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Kolbs Learning Cycle Using the Shelter Home
Initiative
Concrete Experience Concentration through fall on
personal exposure to homeless persons through
direct service
Reflective ObservationReflection on these
experience in Service-Learning courses,
reflection programs following service projects,
and collectively through three campus-based
Colloquia in December
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Kolbs Learning Cycle Using the Shelter Home
Initiative
Concrete Experience Concentration through fall on
personal exposure to homeless persons through
direct service
Reflective ObservationReflection on these
experience in Service-Learning courses,
reflection programs following service projects,
and collectively through three campus-based
Colloquia in December
Abstract Conceptualization
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Kolbs Learning Cycle Using the Shelter Home
Initiative
Concrete Experience Concentration through fall on
personal exposure to homeless persons through
direct service
Reflective ObservationReflection on these
experience in Service-Learning courses,
reflection programs following service projects,
and collectively through three campus-based
Colloquia in December
Abstract ConceptualizationSocial analysis
through Service-Learning class discussions and
course content, a January - April Social Analysis
Series of lectures and panel discussions, and a
year-ending Symposium with an Open Spaces format
to encourage bridging to CHANGE
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Kolbs Learning Cycle Using the Shelter Home
Initiative
Concrete Experience Concentration through fall on
personal exposure to homeless persons through
direct service
Active Experimentation
Reflective ObservationReflection on these
experience in Service-Learning courses,
reflection programs following service projects,
and collectively through three campus-based
Colloquia in December
Abstract ConceptualizationSocial analysis
through Service-Learning class discussions and
course content, a January - April Social Analysis
Series of lectures and panel discussions, and a
year-ending Symposium with an Open Spaces format
to encourage bridging to CHANGE
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Kolbs Learning Cycle Using the Shelter Home
Initiative
Concrete Experience Concentration through fall on
personal exposure to homeless persons through
direct service
Change
Active ExperimentationThrough Year-ending Open
Spaces Symposium, beginning of design
improvements in courses and campus events,
initiation or strengthening of community
partnerships (service agencies, schools,
government, etc.
Reflective ObservationReflection on these
experience in Service-Learning courses,
reflection programs following service projects,
and collectively through three campus-based
Colloquia in December
Abstract ConceptualizationSocial analysis
through Service-Learning class discussions and
course content, a January - April Social Analysis
Series of lectures and panel discussions, and a
year-ending Symposium with an Open Spaces format
to encourage bridging to CHANGE
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Kolbs Learning Cycle Using the Shelter Home
Initiative
NEW Concrete Experience Resulting from
experimentation
Payoff
Change
Active ExperimentationThrough Year-ending Open
Spaces Symposium, beginning of design
improvements in courses and campus events,
initiation or strengthening of community
partnerships (service agencies, schools,
government, etc.
Reflective ObservationReflection on these
experience in Service-Learning courses,
reflection programs following service projects,
and collectively through three campus-based
Colloquia in December
Abstract ConceptualizationSocial analysis
through Service-Learning class discussions and
course content, a January - April Social Analysis
Series of lectures and panel discussions, and a
year-ending Symposium with an Open Spaces format
to encourage bridging to CHANGE
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Learning Activities for the Shelter Home
Initiative
Concrete Experience Concentration through Term I
on personal exposure to homeless persons through
direct service
Payoff
Service-Learning Course placements, service
projects (Saturday service groups, Viewpoints,
Urban Plunge)
Change
Active ExperimentationThrough Year-ending Open
Spaces Symposium, beginning of design
improvements in courses and campus events,
initiation or strengthening of community
partnerships (service agencies, schools,
government, etc.
Reflective ObservationReflection on these
experience in Service-Learning courses,
reflection programs following service projects,
and collectively through three campus-based
Colloquia in December
Abstract ConceptualizationSocial analysis
through Service-Learning class discussions and
course content, a January - April Social Analysis
Series of lectures and panel discussions, and a
year-ending Symposium with an Open Spaces format
to encourage bridging to CHANGE
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Learning Activities for the Shelter Home
Initiative
Concrete Experience Concentration through Term I
on personal exposure to homeless persons through
direct service
Payoff
Service-Learning Course placements, service
projects (Saturday service groups, Viewpoints,
Urban Plunge)
Change
Active ExperimentationThrough Year-ending Open
Spaces Symposium, beginning of design
improvements in courses and campus events,
initiation or strengthening of community
partnerships (service agencies, schools,
government, etc.
Reflective ObservationReflection on these
experience in Service-Learning courses,
reflection programs following service projects,
and collectively through three campus-based
Colloquia late in Term I
Reflections on service in Service-Learning
courses, following service projects, in class
discussions, on retreats, and in Term-end
Colloquia on each campus
Abstract ConceptualizationSocial analysis
through Service-Learning class discussions and
course content, a January - April Social Analysis
Series of lectures and panel discussions, and a
year-ending Symposium with an Open Spaces format
to encourage bridging to CHANGE
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Learning Activities for the Shelter Home
Initiative
Concrete Experience Concentration through Term I
on personal exposure to homeless persons through
direct service
Payoff
Service-Learning Course placements, service
projects (Saturday service groups, Viewpoints,
Urban Plunge)
Change
Active ExperimentationThrough Year-ending Open
Spaces Symposium, beginning of design
improvements in courses and campus events,
initiation or strengthening of community
partnerships (service agencies, schools,
government, etc.
Reflective ObservationReflection on these
experience in Service-Learning courses,
reflection programs following service projects,
and collectively through three campus-based
Colloquia late in Term I
Reflections on service in Service-Learning
courses, following service projects, in class
discussions, on retreats, and in Term-end
Colloquia on each campus
Abstract ConceptualizationSocial analysis
through Service-Learning class discussions and
course content, a Term II Social Analysis Series
of lectures and panel discussions, and a
year-ending Symposium with an Open Spaces format
to encourage bridging to CHANGE
More concentrated during January April, through
class discussions using homelessness to
illustrate a theory, evening workshops, lectures,
and panels, course modules related to aspects of
homelessness integration of experiences and
theoretical / academic concepts.
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Learning Activities for the Shelter Home
Initiative
Concrete Experience Concentration through Term I
on personal exposure to homeless persons through
direct service
Payoff
Service-Learning Course placements, service
projects (Saturday service groups, Viewpoints,
Urban Plunge)
Change
Active ExperimentationThrough Year-ending Open
Spaces Symposium, beginning of design
improvements in courses and campus events,
initiation or strengthening of community
partnerships (service agencies, schools,
government, etc.
Reflective ObservationReflection on these
experience in Service-Learning courses,
reflection programs following service projects,
and collectively through three campus-based
Colloquia late in Term I
Reflections on service in Service-Learning
courses, following service projects, in class
discussions, on retreats, and in Term-end
Colloquia on each campus
Open Spaces Symposium in April develops ideas and
plans, along with collaboratives committed to
working on them grant sought for 2nd year toward
social change process.
Abstract ConceptualizationSocial analysis
through Service-Learning class discussions and
course content, a Term II Social Analysis Series
of lectures and panel discussions, and a
year-ending Symposium with an Open Spaces format
to encourage bridging to CHANGE
More concentrated during January April, through
class discussions using homelessness to
illustrate a theory, evening workshops, lectures,
and panels, course modules related to aspects of
homelessness integration of experiences and
theoretical / academic concepts.
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Term I Calendar Shelter Home Initiative

• Sept 20-23 Direct Service Fair/Signup
• Nov 16 Outdoor Shelter sleepout
• Nov. 23 Fall Campus Colloquium and Exhibition
• Dec. 2 La Posada pageant reflection

• Aug 31 Sep 3 Freshman Viewpoints group
  projects
• Sept 7-17 30 Service-Learning Course
  Presentations
• Sept March Saturday Group Service Projects
• Sept 18-19 Homeless Service Plunge Weekend

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Term II Calendar Shelter Home Initiative

• Mar 7-11 Homeless At Home In-Town Spring Break
  Immersion
• Apr 12 Spring Campus Colloquium Exhibition
• Apr 16 Shelter Home Initiative Open spaces
  Symposium

• Jan 10-21 Service-Learning Course Presentations
• Jan 24-27 Direct Service Fair/Signup
• Jan-March Social Analysis Series on Homelessness
  (4 evening programs)

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Why would we all support the Shelter Home
Initiative?

• The validity of Kolbs learning theory suggests
  that this experiential model will improve our
  learning outcomes
• In the Shelter Home Initiative our urban
  location is a learning lab, inviting us to join
  together into a learning community
• The Shelter Home Initiative focuses the
  attention of thousands of volunteers, their
  schools, churches, and neighborhoods.
• The Shelter Home Initiative provides an
  efficient model for collaborative engagement in
  all types of agencies
• It provides Detroit an opportunity for positive
  visibility

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How can we all support the Shelter Home
Initiative?

• Agencies identify and register opportunities for
  direct (face-to-face) volunteer service related
  to lack of Home Shelter
• Schools and Worship Communities strengthen your
  existing education and justice programs and
  create new ones with the Shelter Home
  Initiative learning model
• All add reflection and social analysis events at
  UDM and your own locations on one collaborative
  calendar
• All Encourage your people to attend colloquia,
  lectures, events, and Symposium.

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TogetherWe can comeall the way
from Homelessness to Shelter Home.