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Community leadership programs

A cohort group from Bridging Brown County chatting in small table groups
An Emerging Leadership Program cohort doing a group string exercise
A McLeod County community group learning from Extension educators

How we work with program sponsors

Our program sponsors make a difference in their communities. They invite Extension to bring leadership education to their communities. They recruit participants from their communities. They manage the program so that Extension educators can focus on delivering education. They give us important input so that we can design and deliver programs that make a difference.

Read about programs and sponsors below. To bring a leadership program to your community, contact an educator.

Programs and sponsors

Past programs

  • Cook County Health and Community Leadership
  • Healthy Northland
  • Heron Lake Civic Engagement Program
  • Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR)
    • Cedar; Lake of the Woods; Leech Lake; Missouri River; Thief River
  • Otter Tail River Civic Engagement Program
  • Red River Valley Emerging Leadership Program (ELP), Northwest and Central Minnesota [1985-2024] 
  • Southwest Health and Human Services Leadership Program

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