The Neighborhood Leadership Academy at UMSL is now accepting enrollment for the 2012 session.

The Neighborhood Leadership Academy  provides hands-on leadership training that emphasizes community building principles, organizational leadership and management practices, and personal leadership skills. More than 170 neighborhood leaders from throughout the St. Louis region have participated in the Neighborhood Leadership Academy, learning the skills and building the networks to create livable communities. Each year the NLA brings together a diverse group of current or potential neighborhood leaders who are actively involved in their neighborhoods and represent communities from throughout the St. Louis region. Academy participants may be municipal elected officials, neighborhood association members, community-based organization staff, or resident volunteers.

Enrollment is now open:
10 sessions, February 14-May 22, 2012

Academy sessions are held on select Tuesdays and Saturdays

Registration fee: $400
Scholarships available by need – apply early
Registration deadline: February 8, 2012

For more information or to register online, visit http://ce.umsl.edu/nla or call 314.516.5994.

“Livable Communities don’t just HAPPEN. They are CREATED by the PEOPLE who LIVE in them.”