Over the past several weeks I've been participating in a leadership program put together by Muskegon Community College and the Muskegon Chamber of Commerce, called Leadership Muskegon.
Here is the description of the program from their website:
The purpose is to prepare future community leaders who will assume important civic leadership responsibilities in Muskegon County.
This unique training opportunity, foundeed in 1982, has graduated more than 715 individuals who have assumed leadership roles in Muskegon County on civic, community, and governmental borads and commissions.
The class meets every other week on Tuesday morning, and we cover a wide area of topics relating to leadership. Some of them include: Environmental Concerns, Economic Development, Education and Arts, Criminal Justice, Diversity/Racism, Health Care and Public Service, and Leadership Skills.
Every year each group takes on a project that in some way benefits the community and promotes sustainability of the project. Our group is doing the following:

The following snippet is taken from our press release that was put out this morning:
The Leadership Muskegon class of 2007 announces the
birth of their class community project, “Tree of Unity”. The Tree of Unity
not only recognizes diversity in the Muskegon area, it represents a call of
action to the community to encourage and embrace our differences. The
project was chosen because of the shared interest in promoting the
revitalization of downtown Muskegon and celebrating our uniquely diverse
community.
Please Join us in celebrating diversity in Muskegon!
A lighting ceremony will take place on:
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Downtown Muskegon, Mi
5:30-7:00pm, official lighting at 5:45pm
Reception to follow in the Frauenthal Theater lobby
Also be sure to check out the website for more information!






