Part 3 LEADERSHIP

We move from “Learning” to “Leadership” in this part. Who we are shapes how we lead, and Kindra Montgomery-Block and Ijeoma Ononuju demonstrate that personal transformations shape our experiences with and of community. In chapter 9, Kindra calls in some of the elders who inspired the work in Sacramento—naming Reverend Janet Wolf of the Children’s Defense Fund—and others who guided a “common narrative around our collective goals.” Subsequently, Ijeoma takes us to into the intricacies of community-based leadership and the importance of having a “license to operate.” This part closes with an examination of the leaders who demanded economic accountability after the police killing of Stephon A. Clark. This murder “ignited a flame of unrest in the city of Sacramento” that prompted the creation of Build.Black. Building on the work of the Black Child Legacy Campaign, Build.Black. is a powerful economic development collaboration working throughout the city.