Leadership Candidates Are Inducted

Pictured above , from left rear, are Karrie Stewart, Precious Pennyman, Tonya Coleman, Emily McLean, Lesley Kilchriss, Brad Kendrick, Brittany Johnson, Marshall Hooks, Patricia Gravel, Bossie Davis, Nancy Dadd, Erica Bush, De Ellen Bowman, Antron Allen, and Charles Adams. Image courtesy Leadership Lamar.

 
 
July 29, 2015
Class is back in session. At least, for the 2015 Leadership Lamar class it is! Fifteen students from diverse personal, work, education, and community backgrounds were inducted into the class on Thursday, July 23rd.

Former State Representative Jim Cole, now Director of Athletics for Mercer University, was this year�s key note speaker. He indicated to the class that participation in Leadership Monroe was the catalyst for his career journey following a professional baseball career.  One of his memorable contributions to the class was encouragement to be energy-givers versus energy-takers.

The induction ceremony was just the beginning of a sixteen week leadership program that will include educational topics such as group dynamics, understanding values, communication, conflict management, and economic development.

The class will also have the opportunity to tour industries, local government agencies, farms, the education system, and healthcare systems in Barnesville-Lamar County. Each participant is required to complete community service activities such as attending a local government meeting or riding along with a law enforcement officer. In addition, the group will decide on a class project, budget for the project, fundraise and implement the project by their graduation date on November 12. Other enjoyable class activities include team participation in the Almost Anything Goes games at Buggy Days and a trip to the Georgia Power Resource Center, Georgia Electric Membership Corporation, and the Capital.

Carman Templeton, Program Coordinator and 2011 Leadership Lamar graduate, reflected that participating in the program gave her an opportunity to really know her community. �Although I grew up here, as an adult, I work in Upson County, go to church in Pike County, and lay my head down to sleep in Lamar County. I learned so many relevant things through the program and it was the springboard for increasing my personal involvement in the community that I live in. I can�t wait to see the transformation of this group as they bond with each other and become even more excited and involved in Barnesville-Lamar County.�
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