TLC is a place-based, healing-centric, liberatory leadership model that elevates and potentiates BIPOC movement leaders by investing in their personal and professional journeys and by cultivating the collective TLC Network that in turn advances progressive agendas and positively impacts the Colorado ecosystem. We resource and support BIPOC movement leaders through (a) holistic and culturally relevant leadership development, (b) resources on trauma-informed care as well as resiliency and rejuvenation opportunities, and (c) support for adopting and furthering anti-oppressive, decolonial, liberatory, and re-indigenizing frameworks and practices in our work.
TLC (Transformative Leadership for Change) was built by and for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) leaders to transform ourselves, our organizations and the larger movement ecosystem so we can thrive in our leadership, build real power for our communities and see our visions of liberation come to life.
Transformative Leadership for Change (TLC) was called into existence in 2017 by women of color leaders in the progressive community organizing ecosystem in Colorado. We came together to support each other around issues of burn-out, sustainability, unaddressed trauma, conflict and competition, underfunding, and internalized/systemic oppression. Tired of leadership programs that reinforced dominant culture “hard skills” to navigate the non-profit industrial complex, we yearned for a space that centered BIPOC experiences, collective healing, transformative relationships, abundance, creativity, and proactive vision. We embarked on a two year-long design process, which included in-depth surveys and interviews with leaders across the ecosystem, a thorough assessment of gaps in existing leadership programs, and a pilot leadership retreat. The TLC Fellowship emerged as an offering of “tender loving care” to our peers in the movement.
TLC was incorporated in October 2022 and received 501c3 status from the IRS on November 1, 2022. We transitioned from a fiscally sponsored project and launched our own independent nonprofit in January 2024.
Organization name
Transformative Leadership for Change
2017
Tax id (EIN)
88-3569824
Category
Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Public & Societal Benefit, Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
PO BOX 9038CO, US