There’s a better way to create meaningful social change.
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We believe in Food For All.
Together, we can end hunger in our community.
Join the San Francisco Marin Food Bank & Impact Launch
in this FREE globally recognized leadership program
for people and organizations working to
end food insecurity in our communities.
Who
Food access partners (leadership, program staff, lead volunteers, program participant leaders), funders and partners serving
San Francisco
and/or Marin
Session 1
April 29 & 30, 9-4pm
in person at the San Francisco Marin Food Bank Welcome Center
Session 2
May 20 & 21 9-4pm
virtual via Zoom
Attendance at both
sessions is required
Plus
Two 1-hour peer group meetings between session (scheduled by your group) and an optional virtual 1-hour refresh workshop between sessions
More of our neighbors need help with food, and it's getting harder to provide. Costs are up. Staff and volunteers are stretched thin. Public funding and policies keep shifting. Collaboration has become more difficult with declining capacity.
This program is a chance to change that. It's time set aside to get in the same room, build trust, and work out what we can do better as a team with the support of experienced leaders in personal capacity and systems change.
The idea came from partners like you who have asked for real time to solve problems together, build relationships, gain practical tools and support follow through.
Who is this for?
This program is for Marin and San Francisco Based CBOs, faith based organizations, coalitions and partners that are working to create food access and food sovereignty in their communities.
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Food banks, pantries, and food distribution programs
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Community organizations, faith based organizations and mutual aid groups
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Public agencies, including health, human services, and local government
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Health care teams who treat food as part of good health
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Foundations and other funders
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Policy and advocacy groups
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Community leaders and neighbors who have faced food insecurity themselves
TUITION IS FREE!
This program is FREE for Marin and San Francisco Based CBOs and partners that are working to create food access and food sovereignty in their communities.
Let's do this together...
Build stronger partnerships among local food organizations
Put people who have lived with hunger at the center of planning and decisions
Team up with clinics, schools, housing providers, or local government
Keep staff, volunteers, and organizations strong for the long haul
Improve how food gets to people, through pantries, food banks, or neighborhood-run efforts
Change the rules: make benefits easier to get, or shift how institutions buy food and how funding is shared
LEAF is rooted in Radical Transformational Leadership, a globally recognized framework for creating meaingful and transformative community impact on any issue. LEAF is for San Francisco and Marin change-makers at all levels. Through two 2-day sessions across April and May 2027, you’ll meet new collaborators, work on a project of your choice, learn and practice new tools, and work together to generate more impact collectively.
Ready to break through and generate more results?
Then, you’re ready for LEAF.
Testimonials
"The Conscious Full-Spectrum Response model... serves as the bedrock of how I lead... And show up in the community, and how I live my life with purpose and integrity."
Lisa Carreno, United Way Wine Country
What We'll Learn
A Framework that has been globally tested by United Nations leader, Dr. Monica Sharma. Dr. Sharma has more than 22 years experience testing these concepts with individuals and organizations across a spectrum of settings, cultures, and countries.
Values-based leadership to guide our decisions and find common ground with the people and partners we work with.
Practical tools focused on creating more equity and impact through our collective work that will lead to lasting change for those we serve.
Tools for working across organizations and sectors effectively for lasting systems change.
Shared language that will help us find ways to talk about the kinds of tough issues we want to address without polarizing.
Project-based learning that will put new tools and frameworks into practice in real time, for results today, not some day.
Actionable information that will transform our individual and collective approaches, including facilitating meetings, planning, project design, strategic partnerships and more.
Steps to scale our social transformation so we can act locally, and have an impact regionally.
Program Outline
Throughout each day, we’ll engage in learning and practice that cover values-based leadership principles, communication skills, partnership building, transformational project design and practical tools to help shift systems with a focus on equity and results.
We’ll explore this and more:
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Who are we as leaders, individually and collectively, for food access and food sovereignty in San Francisco and Marin?
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Practical steps to ground ourselves in our personal values and lead from values even in the most polarized or challenging situations.
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Tools for listening and speaking to inspire others to act.
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How to address complaints and difficult conversations differently.
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How do to address the immediate problem while simultaneously shifting the systems and norms that give rise to that problem.
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Designing community impact projects to reflect universal values in both process and results.
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Naming and acting on the shifts necessary to generate sustainable change.
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Criteria and strategies for more meaningful and effective partnerships and collaboration.
Meet the Team
Gain first-hand knowledge from team members who have worked locally and globally to advance community impact - many of whom are United Way alumni!
RTL Founder & Facilitator
Dr. Monica Sharma
Former Director of Leadership & Capacity Development for the United Nations
Founder and facilitator of Radical Transformational Leadership programs globally
Facilitation Team
Contact megan(at)impactlaunch.org with questions