Please welcome our newly elected board members
Updated Covid Protocols
We are very excited to finally return to IN-PERSON conferences! That being said, as Covid cases rise across the country, we are closely monitoring the situation, and hope that everyone attending our events has been fully vaccinated if they are able to be.
First and foremost, we think it’s smart for everyone to get a Covid test before hopping on a plane for one of our programs. We will also have testing available on-site and hope this provides a level of comfort for everyone attending.
As mentioned above, we are monitoring the virus and are making decisions based on the location of each program, and will follow local protocols for masking etc.
Please feel free to reach out to Kate Levin (klevin@sllf.org) if you have any questions or concerns regarding covid safety measures at our conferences!
SLLF Previous In-Person Events
2021 SLLF Board Meeting & Leadership Roundtable
December 2-4, 2021
New Orleans, LA
SLLF’s Annual Board Meeting and Leadership Roundtable took place this year in the “Big Easy”. We took a look back at a historic 2021 and looked forward to a brighter 2022 as we prepare to celebrate SLLF’s 50th Golden Jubilee! Thanks for helping us ring in the holiday season with good friends, good food and great conversation.
October 20 – 23
National Speakers Conference
29th Annual Meeting Hosted By Speaker Mac McCutcheon
Birmingham, Alabama
The 2021 National Speakers Conference was hosted by Speaker McCutcheon in sunny Alabama from October 20 – 23. Program highlights included a visit to Huntsville “Rocket City” with high clearance tours of the Redstone Arsenal, NASA and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Then in Birmingham we made stops at the 16th Street Baptist Church and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
Hosted by
Speaker Mac McCutcheon, Alabama
September 21 – 24
Women’s Leadership Seminar – 2nd annual meeting
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
The Second Annual Women’s Leadership Seminar was held in Centerville, Massachusetts on Cape Cod from September 21-24, 2021.
This skills-based retreat was created for women in leadership interested in better managing change as well as their chambers. During the sessions, our team of facilitators provided tools for the attendees to improve their ability to diagnose the legislative landscape and generate a broader range of action options that help make progress on the issues facing them in their states.
September 2 – 4
Fall Leadership Summit: The US Constitution: Framing America’s Future
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia – the birthplace of the American democracy. We explored the origins, responsibilities and challenges of America’s representative democracy, the world’s greatest and longest lasting experiment in self-governance.
The Lies They Want to Hear
by: Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research A few weeks ago, my wife and I attended a wonderful performance of “Wicked!” If you have not seen it, I won’t spoil the ending, but suffice it to say that the lines between good [...]
Yes, Me Worry
by: Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research More than fifty years ago, the redheaded, gap-toothed cartoon character Alfred E. Neuman was introduced to the public by MAD magazine asking the question, “What, Me Worry?” I have been thinking a lot lately about [...]
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