Kingdom Leadership Alliance

Kingdom Leadership Alliance Simply put, our aim is to connect and equip leaders for the development and preservation of these leaders, and the flourishing of our cities. EQUIP. CONNECT.

The Kingdom Leadership Alliance (KLA) is a community and network of Christ-followers holistically trained in ministry to the margins, marketplace, and neighborhoods of cities in Northeast Ohio. The KLA trains leaders to collectively address the pain, concerns, issues, opportunities, and capacities of their city through both our KLA School of Urban Leadership, as well as Leadership Development Work

shops. These training initiatives are designed to engage leaders in their current areas of influence, focus on relevant and often difficult topics (i.e. race and culture, functional unity, politics, economics, poverty alleviation, mission, charity, etc.), and develop practical skills for Christ-centered, transformational leadership. The KLA connects leaders through our Local Network. The Local Network acts a convener and connector for leaders to come together and sharpen one another, lament, heal, and care for each other. It also acts as a space for collaborative efforts and an engine for best practices to be transmitted across the region. Born out of a community development corporation and church, the KLA is a program of the Akron Leadership Foundation. It is directed by a diverse group of leaders with over 50 years of combined experience doing capacity-building work through asset-based community development. The ultimate goal of the KLA, therefore, is not just to equip and connect individual leaders, but to develop, strengthen, and sustain the organizations these leaders represent – organizations that make up the basal layer and connective fabric of our region. We have seen this grassroot approach to city transformation lead to long-term systemic change.

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Directors
Bryson Davis-Akron Leadership Foundation, CEO
Amber Cullen-South Street Ministries, Director of Communications

Steering Committee
Elizabeth Roe-Malone University, Professor of Social Work
Duane Crabbs-Front Porch Fellowship, Pastor
Joe Tucker-South Street Ministries, Executive Director

It's Here! A Special Weekend of Peacemaking -
07/15/2024

It's Here! A Special Weekend of Peacemaking -

It’s here! This is our chance to come together as a region and raise a banner of nonviolence and peace. For every victim of a shooting, for the broken and alone, for those of us trapped in the stranglehold of poverty, for those who are incarcerated, for those who are trying to get back on their fe...

An IMPORTANT Summer Event You Can't Miss -
05/28/2024

An IMPORTANT Summer Event You Can't Miss -

Broken by the profuse amount of violence in your neighborhood, school, city, and world? Wars, shootings, fights, violent rhetoric, fearmongering, racism, violence against women, families breaking down over political and theological preferences, and hatred of all kinds are rampant, even celebrated. W...

What a beautiful night of community and sharing it will be. Show some love!
03/10/2024

What a beautiful night of community and sharing it will be. Show some love!

A Special MLK Day Invitation -
01/08/2024

A Special MLK Day Invitation -

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a beast. Contrary to popular sentiment, he didn’t just gallivant from podiums to pulpits across the country singing kumbaya and waxing poetic about palatable pipe dreams. Much of what King fought for, peaceably, was quite unpalatable to most — it got him beaten and ja...

Have you ever celebrated MLK Day? This is a great opportunity to honor MLK's legacy and the beauty of the good news he p...
12/21/2023

Have you ever celebrated MLK Day? This is a great opportunity to honor MLK's legacy and the beauty of the good news he preached to the world!

Save the Date for this fundraiser going toward the youth and young adults at The Front Porch Fellowship!
12/21/2023

Save the Date for this fundraiser going toward the youth and young adults at The Front Porch Fellowship!

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798 Grant Street
Akron, OH
44311

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