The Leadership Collaborative Celebrates with Opening Retreat

Over the April 29-30 weekend, The Leadership Collaborative (TLC) celebrated the beginning of their immersive learning experience together at their opening retreat in Houston, Texas. The Leadership Collaborative is a brand new collective experience designed for Black principals across the nation to co-create and learn together. Their weekend retreat programming emphasized community building, restoration, and…

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Giving Flowers to an Amazing Changemaker

This week we’re celebrating Amanda Aiken, a brilliant leader, experienced changemaker, and Harvard Doctoral Fellow, who is completing her impactful Surge residency. As an Innovation Doctoral Resident for Surge, Amanda has supported Innovation and New Projects for our organization—in particular, piloting the launch of our transformative Power Surge program. “For years, we heard from the…

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Surge Alumni Convening a Rousing Success in New Orleans

The 2023 Alumni Convening in New Orleans from March 29th through 31st was a rousing success—and how could it not be? With such vibrant speakers, such committed attendees, and such a beautiful setting, the experience was bound to be extraordinary! Our goal was to amplify…to amplify our alums and their talent in order to grow…

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Surge Academy welcomes the first cohort in Las Vegas, Nevada

(Las Vegas, NV – March 28, 2023) The Las Vegas Surge Academy launches its inaugural cohort for emerging educational leaders across Clark County. A powerful collective of 11 educational leaders will set out to accelerate their leadership and personal growth to become influential change agents in their communities. “I am so excited for our very…

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The Surge Institute welcomes four new Chicago Advisory Board members

(Chicago, IL- March 21, 2023) Four brand new members are joining the Chicago Advisory board to continue their work on expanding the impact of the Surge movement. Learn more about the incredible four board members joining the Surge community.  Candace Moore 2015 Chicago Surge Alumna, Candace C. Moore, has served as the first Chief Equity…

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Black Principals Network Introduces Inaugural Cohort of New National Program

The Leadership Collaborative is a brand new collective experience, designed for Black principals across the nation to co-create and learn together.   NATIONAL — The Black Principals Network is proud to announce the inaugural cohort of its brand new program The Leadership Collaborative.  The Leadership Collaborative is a collective of twenty black school leaders from all…

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