With the first month of 2023 officially over and one of our favorite months starting, we thought now would be as good a time as any to discuss our plans for the year.

At MetroMorphosis, we recognize the importance of lived experience in developing innovative and sustainable solutions to the challenges and opportunities that are before them. In light of this, MetroMorphosis has chosen to lean into its commitment to support the development of existing and emerging change agents.

We believe that creating and sustaining change in Baton Rouge will requires a strong practice of leadership.

This month we

re-released key insights from the f irst intergenerational co-leadership team at MetroMorphosis
hosted the 8th session of the Urban Leadership Development Initiative‘s ninth cohort
released the Village Chats report covering a series of community conversations
held the first session of the inaugural cohort of the C3 Academy

Keep scrolling for more about MetroMorphosis in January.

This Month at MetroMorphosis

In 2022, we held a series of conversations across Baton Rouge to hear from community members about the opportunities and challenges in front of us. The full report is available here.

We announced our transition to a new leadership model last year, this month we began revisiting key insights that we previously shared. Learn more about intergenerational co-leadership!

Our co-leads attended MLK Fest at Expressway Park in support of My Brother’s Keeper Baton Rouge!

The time has finally come. The C3 Academy held its first quarterly session following the C3 Summit and we must say this inaugural cohort is setting the bar high.

On the Horizon

February is just a day away which means it is time to kick off our annual Black Futures Month celebration. While the rest of the world celebrates Black History Month, we’ve opted to view our history through the lens of Sankofa.

Sankofa means to “make benevolent use of the past in order to make progress in the future”. In other words, it is not too taboo to learn from the past or leverage its teachings in the present.

This Black Futures Month, we will be keeping with our 2023 theme of leadership and highlighting some current change agents in Baton Rouge who are utilizing their talents and skills to mobilize others and practice leadership today!

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