• Consciousness of self and others thought self-reflection mean being aware of the values, emotions, attitudes, and beliefs that motivate one to take action, including how one understands others.
• Congruency means thinking, feeling and behaving with consistency, genuineness, authenticity, and honesty towards others.
• Commitment implies intensity and duration.  It requires a significant involvement and investment of one’s self in the activity and its intended outcomes.  It is the energy that drives the collective effort.

Group Values:

• Collaboration is the primary means of empowering others and self through trust.  Collaboration can occur when one has trust in the diversity of a multiple talents and perspectives of the group members and the power of that diversity to generate creative solutions.
• Common purpose is to work with shared aims and values.  It implies the ability to engage in collective analysis of the issues at hand and the tasks to be undertaken.  It requires that all members of the group participate actively in articulating the purpose and goals of the leadership development activity.
• Controversy with civility recognizes two fundamental realities of any group effort: that differences in viewpoint are inevitable and valuable, and that such differences much be aired openly but with civility.

Societal/Community Values:

Citizenship describes the process whereby the self is responsibly connected to the environment and the community.  It acknowledges the interdependence of all involved in the leadership effort.  Citizenship thus recognizes the effective democracy involves individual responsibility as well as individual rights.

BASIC PREMISES of Social Change Model

• Conscious focus on VALUES

• Leadership = Change

• Leadership is a PROCESS rather than a position

• Inclusiveness: All students (people) are potential leader

• SERVICE is a powerful vehicle of promoting leadership development

The New Social Change Model Strives to Promote:

Equity ----Social Justice---Self-knowledge---Personal Empowerment---Collaboration---Citizenship---Service