Leaders Lab Class of 2025 Graduation

An extraordinary group of servant leaders spent 9 months learning and growing together as the Leaders Lab of Greater Charlottesville Class of 2025. On May 9, we celebrated their graduation with a ceremony and reception in the Bolick Center at Piedmont Virginia Community College.

Cohort members attended nine full-day sessions packed with community case studies, workshops with local leadership experts, group discussions and deep reflection. They chose to be open and vulnerable with each other, building connections that will endure and grow throughout their lives.

The class learned deeply from local practitioners about issues in our community like affordable housing, violence interruption, the homeless continuum of care, local climate action, community reentry after incarceration, early childhood education, and literacy gaps in our local schools.

During the time between sessions, they completed additional assignments and worked on projects. Cohort members worked together to raise awareness of the need for foster families in our region. Others raised money in support of a youth delegation to our sister city in Winneba, Ghana. Another group laid the foundation for an alumni network to connect Leaders Lab graduates and Leadership Charlottesville graduates.

Please join us in congratulating the Leaders Lab Class of 2025: