Leadership Long Beach

The three guilty verdicts in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd is a sigh of relief. Relief that maybe, just maybe, our nation is at a turning point. Maybe we are ready to face what so many have been marching, kneeling, and dying for, for centuries. There is hope that this is the first step toward true systemic and cultural change for our nation. The road ahead is a long one. It’s bumpy, it has potholes, and it is uphill, but... it can be traversed. While there has been a global sigh of relief that a shred of justice has been served, we should also be fully aware that there is a mountain of social justice work to do, and reparations to be made for our Black communities. This is a start, but we are far from the finish line. Together, we can move forward and work toward that day when all of us will know that the phrase justice for all truly includes all of us.

2021 Long Beach Board Connection A virtual event bringing together community members interested in board service and nonprofit organizations seeking dedicated professionals looking to serve. Next Monday, April 26th from 5 p.m - 7 p.m. Sign up with the links below! https://forms.gle/Pso8xPazWqgEcJxf6... https://forms.gle/3565ao2CQhbpRFfW8

Remembering our beloved Honorary Board of Governors member Eunice Sato. If you’re looking for a way to honor her, the link below offers a chance to support the Sato Academy of Math and Science High School in Long Beach which is committed to keeping her memory alive.

2021 Long Beach Board Connection! A virtual event bringing together community members interested in board service and nonprofit organizations seeking dedicated professionals looking to serve. Date: April 26, 2021 Time: 5 pm 7 pm Links to sign up below:... Prospective board members sign up here: https://forms.gle/Pso8xPazWqgEcJxf6 Registration for Nonprofit Organizations here: https://forms.gle/3565ao2CQhbpRFfW8

Gladys Quintana Gutierrez (LLB '91) is being honored by the Historical Society of Long Beach where they highlight exceptional women who uplift our community. Thank you Gladys for all the activist work you have done to better the community. Congratulations to Gladys, one of our many amazing LLB alumni!

Take a second to check out this important initiative around civility. https://www.civilitylb.com/pledge

ELS Class of 2020 has held two social events - January Cocktail & Trivia; and February Murder Mystery Dinner. If you are a member of the ELS Class of 2020 please join us again in March for our Strength Finder Vision Board social.

Leadership Long Beach remembers our Honorary Board of Governors member Eunice Sato with gratitude and affection. Sato will always be remembered for her deep involvement in the Long Beach community. She will be missed. Fond memories pictured below of Eunice receiving the Presidents Award from past President James Kruger (LLBI ‘08) and Carolyn Smith Watts (LLBI ‘01). Also pictured with fellow Honorary Board members Cathy Gies (LLBI ‘08) and Rich Archbold (LLBI ‘96). Thank you Long Beach Press-Telegram for sharing this: https://www.presstelegram.com//former-long-beach-leader-fi

Congratulations and thank you to one of our Leadership Long Beach Founders and Honorary Board of Governors Member Gina Rushing Maguire. We thank Gina for her continued service to the LLB community and especially the Youth Leadership Long Beach program.

ELS 2020 had a virtual Class Cocktails and Trivia night last night!

Thank you to everyone who dropped off donations for the Community Cares Packages project for the MLK Day of Service!! More than 300 care packages, 500 lbs of food and paper products, and $1500 were donated last week. The care packages were distributed to 9 Food Pantries across the city that serve more than 1,500 households a week. Donations can continue to be dropped off every Monday from 10 am - 2 pm. For a list of requested donation items and more info go to Long Beach Center for Economic Inclusion: https://www.lbcei.org/help-food-support-network/

Leadership Long Beach is proud to announce our recruitment for our new Executive Director. This position is fundamental to our operations and community. A formal search committee has been formed encompassing multiple generations, backgrounds, and perspectives in alignment with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Pledge. We are forever indebted to Jill Unze for serving as a steady hand at the helm for past eight months and appreciate her plan to continue to serve the... organization once the new Executive Director is in place. Please note, first consideration will be given to Leadership Long Beach Alumni. We encourage you to apply today. The position closes 2/5/21 at 5:00PM. If you have any questions, please reach out our Board President Drew Schneider or Sheryl Bender, the Board member leading the search committee. Please share within your networks: https://www.indeed.com/viewjob Best, Drew Schneider Board President Leadership Long Beach

Gene Lentzner, Leadership Long Beach Honorary Board of Governors, will be honored at the CCEJ Gene Lentzner Legacy Celebration. #CCEJ https://www.cacej.org/events/lentzner-celebration/

Applications for Youth Leadership Long Beach are now open http://LeadershipLB.org/youth-leadership-programs/

Thank you to all who participated! #LongBeachGives #llbgives2020

We have 3 hours to challenge the Pearly Goats!!

Here are the current stats for number of individual donors! (Please note, some people donated more than once). Yay! #LLBGives2020 #LongBeachGives

Class standings as of now! Great work Leadership Long Beach, keep rocking it! #LLBGives2020 #LongBeachGives

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Today’s update! Tomorrow is the last day to give, keep it up Leadership Long Beach! Not pictured: LLBI 2014 with 23 donors! #LLBGives2020 #LongBeachGives

Today’s update! Not pictured: LLBI 2014 with 19 donations from 9 donors, and ELS 2019 with 6 donations! #LLBGives2020 #LongBeachGives

Here is today’s update! Not pictured, top 5 classes with the most donors: 1) LLBI 2014 & LLBI 2019 are tied with 17 donors, 2)LLBI 2020 with 12 donors, 3)LLBI 2017 with 11 donors, and LLBI 2012 with donors! #LongBeachGives #LLBGives2020

You’re doing great Leadership Long Beach! Here is today’s update: #LongBeachGives #LLBGives2020