{"id":19584,"date":"2024-12-11T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/?post_type=cw_post&p=19584"},"modified":"2024-12-10T10:38:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T15:38:05","slug":"celebrating-stories-with-leadership-journeys","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/celebrating-stories-with-leadership-journeys\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Stories with Leadership Journeys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Partnering with Big Picture Learning to bring <\/span><\/i>Leadership Journeys<\/span><\/i><\/a> to the <\/span><\/i>Aurora Institute Symposium 2024<\/span><\/i><\/a> for the first time brought joy to the Aurora Team. The work of transforming education demands a lot from each of us and celebrating the stories of educational leaders of color in community creates a valuable space of connection, joy, reflection, and nourishment. We are also delighted in welcoming CompetencyWorks co-founder Chris Sturgis to #Aurora24 and love that she\u2019s sharing her reflections in <\/span><\/i>recent<\/span><\/i><\/a> and upcoming blog posts. Chris shared this reflection about Leadership Journeys with us and we share it with all of you here.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Three words capture all I have to say about Leadership Journeys at the Aurora Institute Symposium: <\/span>Don\u2019t miss it.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Designed and hosted by Carlos Moreno, Co-Executive Director of Big Picture Learning, Leadership Journeys was \u201ca celebration of educators and leaders of color, fueled by dance, music, storytelling, and community.\u201d It felt like a gift \u2013 a precious gift \u2013 offered by those sharing their stories: Dr. Bettina Love, speaker and author; Rhonda Broussard, Founder and CEO of Beloved Community; and Virgel Hammonds, CEO of the Aurora Institute. I\u2019ll carry the evening \u2013 the stories, the love, the courage, the vulnerability, the music, the joy of dancing with a crew of people all making the world a better place \u2013 in my heart forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t tell you any more. We all promised to create a safe space: no pictures, no videos, no sharing other people\u2019s stories.<\/span><\/p>\n

But what I can do is give a huge shoutout to Carlos Moreno. Not once but twice during the Symposium, I witnessed him sculpting a new culture for Aurora and, hopefully, for our field. At its core is a big, bold love. It\u2019s a culture where we lower our professional armor and bring our full humanity to everything we do. It\u2019s a culture where we listen deeply to each other\u2019s stories, cheer each other on, and take the time to celebrate. It\u2019s a culture that will nourish us even on the darkest of days.<\/span><\/p>\n

So amp up the love, everyone. Take the time today to tell someone how they are making a difference in your life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Headshot<\/p>\n

Chris Sturgis<\/strong> has spent her professional life building national collaborative efforts to bring about improvements in the education system<\/span>. Over a decade ago, she co-founded <\/span>Competency<\/em>Works<\/span><\/a> and this blog, the go-to source about competency education. In 2018, she was awarded Outstanding Individual Contribution to Personalized Learning Award by iNACOL (now Aurora).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mapsvg_location":""},"legacy_category":[],"issue":[480,481],"location":[484],"class_list":["post-19584","cw_post","type-cw_post","status-publish","hentry","issue-aurora-institute","issue-aurora-institute-symposium","location-louisiana"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCelebrating Stories with Leadership Journeys - Aurora Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chris Sturgis, one of the co-founders of CompetencyWorks, shares her reflection about Leadership Journeys at #Aurora24.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/celebrating-stories-with-leadership-journeys\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Celebrating Stories with Leadership Journeys\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chris Sturgis, one of the co-founders of CompetencyWorks, shares her reflection about Leadership Journeys at #Aurora24.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/celebrating-stories-with-leadership-journeys\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Aurora Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AuroraInst\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-10T15:38:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Virgel_Leadership-Journeys.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Celebrating Stories with Leadership Journeys\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Chris Sturgis, one of the co-founders of CompetencyWorks, shares her reflection about Leadership Journeys at #Aurora24.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Virgel_Leadership-Journeys.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Aurora_Inst\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"Chris Sturgis\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/celebrating-stories-with-leadership-journeys\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/celebrating-stories-with-leadership-journeys\/\",\"name\":\"Celebrating Stories with Leadership Journeys - Aurora Institute\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/celebrating-stories-with-leadership-journeys\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/celebrating-stories-with-leadership-journeys\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Virgel_Leadership-Journeys.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-11T13:00:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-10T15:38:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"Chris Sturgis, one of the co-founders of CompetencyWorks, shares her reflection about Leadership Journeys at #Aurora24.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/celebrating-stories-with-leadership-journeys\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/celebrating-stories-with-leadership-journeys\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Virgel_Leadership-Journeys.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Virgel_Leadership-Journeys.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":450,\"caption\":\"A man, Virgel Hammonds, stands up on a stage. 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