DHHS Office of Minority Health Resource Center's Latino Mentoring Training Institute - Call for nominations by Jan 25, 2010

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Dear Colleagues,

The Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC) is launching the Latino Mentoring Training Institute (LMTI) in February 2010. The purpose of this new project is to increase leadership, mentorship and conflict-management skills among community-based and faith-based organizations working in HIV/AIDS prevention, education and treatment among Latino populations.

Interested organizations must nominate a team of two staff members (senior and junior level) as candidates to participate in this unique skills building training program. See section below on How to Register and Apply. For more information about the LMTI visit us at http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/Latinomentor

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Latino Mentoring Training Institute (LMTI)

The LMTI is designed for organizations that recognize the risk of not leading in a changing environment, and that are committed to building organizations and management teams that produce extraordinary results. The LMTI project incorporated in its design the feedback from the first Latino/Hispanic Leadership Summit held in Washington DC on January 2008. Funded through the Office of Minority Health, by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Minority AIDS Initiative, the LMTI is led by OMHRC.

LMTI is a challenging nine week program, comprised of a series of six webinars conducted over a three-month period and a two-day, face-to-face training in Washington, D.C. See Dates section for details.

Who Should Apply

The LMTI project aims to recruit a highly diverse group of Hispanic/Latino teams representing a wide range of backgrounds, functions and geographic regions in the HIV/AIDS nonprofit sector.

Latino-serving nonprofit organizations working on HIV/AIDS across the U.S. and its territories. Hispanic/Latino candidates from urban or rural community-based and faith-based organizations who are HIV positive, transgender, women, people of color, disabled, who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS and people who will bring compelling perspectives or life experiences to the project, are strongly encourage to apply.

The candidates should meet the following criteria:

High-potential senior and middle management executives, such as the director, deputy director or program manager eager to prepare for executive leadership. Successful in their current positions, having a record of achievement. Seek to improve their leadership, mentorship and conflict management skills ?and to bring forward the best in themselves and others.

Dates

LMTI Timeline

February 10, 2010 Webinar 1

February 17, 2010 Webinar 2

March 3, 2010 Webinar 3

March 10-11, 2010 Two day Face-to-Face Training in, D.C. March 24, 2010 Webinar 4

April 7, 2010 Webinar 5

April 14, 2010 Webinar 6

All webinars are scheduled at the same time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).

How to Register and Apply

Interested organizations must register and identify a team of two staff members (senior and junior level) as candidates to participate in this unique skills building training program. We encourage organizations to nominate the two candidates before the deadline since the space is limited to 15 organizations.

Step 1: Register and complete the LMTI Organization Registration Form. To request the Organization Registration Form, please email us at LMTI@... Step 2: Identified candidates will receive via email the Candidate Application Form. This form must be completed by January 25, 2010. Selected applicants will be notified of their acceptance into the program by January 29, 2010.

Questions

To request applications or learn more about the LMTI, please email us at LMTI@...

Or Contact Soles at 800-444-6472 x 234

For more information about the LMTI visit us at http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/Latinomentor

Cordially,

E. Soles Capacity Building Specialist Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC) 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 650 Rockville, MD 20852 1-800-444-6472 x 234 Fax (301) 251-2160

OMHRC is a nationwide service of the Office of Minority Health - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.