This May, through our MC MaL campaign, EPIP is highlighting the skill of Decision-making. Over the last six months, we've shared different resources and ways that EPIP members can practice Measuring a Leader skills and values. Measuring a Leader is more than a professional development tool...

At the 1969 UNESCO Conference on the Environment, a peace activist named John McConnell proposed the idea of an international Earth Day to foster appreciation of the earth and to remind people around the world of their common need to preserve its delicate ecosystems. Around that same time, Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin announced the idea for a national environmental teach-in because he wanted to force environmental issues onto the national political agenda...

This April, EPIP is highlighting the Measuring a Leader Innovation and Problem Solving Skills.

Social change leaders:

• Think unconventionally while inspiring others to as well
• Solicit diverse perspectives to aid problem solving
• Analyze problems, create solutions and solve problems quickly
• Integrate new technology and data analysis into problem solving 

This month marks the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches. In March 1965, activists including Dr. King, Amelia Boynton, Diane Nash, and John Lewis led a series of protest marches covering the 54 miles from Selma to the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery...

This March, EPIP is highlighting the Measuring a Leader Social Justice and Racial Analysis Skills...

As we celebrate Black History Month, questions about its purpose will inevitably arise in the public discourse as they do every year. People who buy into the erroneous idea of a post-racial America believe that it’s irrelevant or even harmful. Others argue that setting aside one month ends up diminishing the 400-year old historical legacy of Black Americans.

This February, EPIP is highlighting the Measuring a Leader Strategic and Analytical Skills. Social change leaders: Anticipate future needs and trends; Create competitive strategies and plans; and Think broadly when analyzing an issue or presented with a challenge...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, whose legacy we celebrate this month, was one of the greatest communicators in modern history. He understood the power of the spoken and written word to inform, inspire, and heal individuals, communities, nations, and the world. In Dr. King’s memoir of the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, he argued...

This January, EPIP is highlighting the Measuring a Leader skill of Communications. Social change leaders: Communicate ideas and concepts clearly, persuasively, and dynamically; and Express ideas clearly through both verbal and written means...