“Transformational Leadership” CLA Workshop on June 22, 2022
CLA presented our 9th workshop for our 2021-2023 cohorts on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, on the theme of “Transformational Leadership.”
The goal of this workshop was to help participants better understand how they can become agents of change in their own communities. The evening was hosted by a CLA alum and featured three panelists who spoke about transformational leadership through their work with the Young Latino Network, the Human Right to Housing Project, and Bee at Peace.
About Our Presenters
José-Arnulfo Cabrera was born in a small village in Mexico and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. In the seventh grade, he started sharing his immigration story and how policies like the DREAM Act would create a pathway to citizenship for his friends and himself. For 12 years now, Cabrera has organized undocumented youth and DACA recipients for pro-immigration policies at the local, state, and national levels. Today, Cabrera is the Co-Executive Director of the Young Latino Network, an organization working to empower the Latino community in Ohio through leadership, development, and civic engagement.
Matthew Hill is an attorney and team leader of the Human Right to Housing Project at the Public Justice Center (PJC). The Human Right to Housing Project seeks to protect and expand tenants’ rights to safe, habitable, affordable, and non-discriminatory housing and to fair and equal treatment by Maryland’s landlord-tenant laws, courts, and agencies. Matt has represented hundreds of tenants facing eviction and substandard housing conditions, advocated to create Baltimore City’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund with a dedicated funding source, acted as lead or co-counsel in a number of appeals involving landlord-tenant law, represented multiple classes of tenants in class actions challenging predatory landlord practices, advocated successfully to change Maryland and Baltimore City laws to strengthen tenant protections, and served as co-counsel in a HUD complaint and settlement that requires Baltimore County to dismantle policies that had perpetuated racial segregation and discriminated against persons with disabilities.
Lauren Morton is the creator of Bee at Peace. She graduated from Emory University and The George Washington University (B.A. in Sociology and Master of Health Administration, respectively), worked in hospital management, and today is an innovative, grassroots strategic and organizational team-builder. In her current role, she works to provide educational programming for people interested in personal growth and wellness. With a master’s degree in health administration and a resume brimming with leadership roles, Lauren Morton knows all about the bravery and strength expected of Black women. As it turns out, though, the bravest thing she’s done so far is to leave her successful career path to start a new one. After graduating from Emory and earning her master’s from The George Washington University, Morton began a career in hospital management and worked her way up through a series of leadership positions at Tenet Healthcare. Despite her success in the field, Morton’s faith and fond memories of Emory steered her toward more intimate grassroots community work.
About Our Host
Tim Janes is a passionate leader whose life mission is to create supportive communities, so that others may thrive. He is the Process Manager for an HVAC distributor in NJ, the President of the Refugee Assistance Partners of NJ, and is pursuing his MS in Organization Development & Leadership. He graduated from The University of Scranton in 2015 with a degree in Operations Management and a minor in Philosophy. Tim now spends his time thinking about how organizations can optimize both their people and their processes, making them work in unison while creating spaces where people can flourish. Tim strongly believes in the power of servant leadership. Tim lives in NJ with his wife, Kellie, and he has a passion for photography, soccer, and personal development.