LeadMO serves as a centralized talent hub to scout, train, coach, retain and advance diverse leaders who will catalyze and power the progressive movement in Missouri across sectors and election cycles. We provide a multiplier effect for progressive change by cultivating and connecting the workforce and talent strategy to build a better Missouri.
OUR VALUES AND IDEALS
LeadMO exists to educate the citizens on issues of public concern, including but not limited to:
- A commitment to racial, gender and economic equity
- Ensuring all Missouri children have access to quality and equitable public education that is adequately funded
- Access to affordable healthcare, including reproductive justice
- Support for the dignity of workers and that there’s dignity in all work
- Protecting the environment and developing clean, more renewable forms of energy while protecting our natural resources and powering economic growth for future generations
- Citizens have a right to accessible and fair elections, free of unnecessary obstacles and intimidation
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY
LeadMO is committed to creating a non-partisan leadership development model that works to address structural and racial inequities. This commitment includes not only LeadMO’s responsibility to recruit and train a cohort of leaders that reflect the changing demographics of Missouri, but also to develop a greater understanding among civic leaders of inequalities based on race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and citizenship.
LeadMO expects to work with people who adhere to the following principles:
- Inclusiveness: ability to work with diverse communities, across race, class, sexual orientation and gender identity
- Integrity: ability to discern between right and wrong, a willingness to act on that discernment even at personal cost and to openly and publicly stand for what you believe to be right
- Transparency: ability to be honest, to consistently keep commitments and to be held accountable
- Altruism: willingness to take action on behalf of others even at personal cost