‘Those Closest to the Problems Are Closest to the Solutions’ With Laura Ballek Cole | The Well-Being Report

In this episode, Samantha Shaak and Margaret McConnell welcome Laura Ballek Cole, Director of Community Engagement for Cohesion Network, to examine what it takes for residents to carry everyday leadership into public systems and civic institutions.

Laura talks about the launch of Cohesion Network's Civic Leadership Academy, a nine-month program that equips residents with the knowledge, skills, and network to step into public leadership roles, and how it seeks to solve the issue of so many residents caring about their community but being unsure how to shape it.