The Public Leadership Initiative (PLI) resets the agenda for leadership development in the 21st century and positions Morehouse College as a key participant in the delivery of leadership services. The program advances the Ethical Leadership Model™ in the public leadership domain and trains professionals in business, public service, religion, science and technology and higher education.
The PLI training curriculum is based on the cultivation of character, civility and community, using extensive research and practice in both the private and public spheres of leadership. Training is delivered through keynote addresses, customized workshops, conferences, roundtables and other vehicles, combining distance learning with face-to-face collaborative discourse.
In 2004, the first Ethical Leadership Conference Ethical Leadership: At the Intersection Where Worlds Collide was held. The conference reviewed the adequacy of current best-practice examples of leadership and introduced ethical leadership as the new platform for leadership development. Program speakers and activities combined an interdisciplinary approach to leadership competencies, emphasizing adaptive and experientially based strategies to bring about transformation at the local, national, and international levels.
“I don’t know how to thank you enough; somehow words seem inadequate because the conference inspired me in ways that are immeasurable.”
-Tewana Lecounte-Young
Emory University Graduate Student
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Whatever you do, strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead, and no man yet to be born can do it any better."
Benjamin Elijah Mays
"A Dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope."
Howard Thurman
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"It is not what you keep, but what you give that makes you happy."
Benjamin Elijah Mays
"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
Howard Thurman
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"As we face the unpredictable future, have faith that man and God will assist us all the way."
Benjamin Elijah Mays
"At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live."
Howard Thurman
"Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation. No individual or nation can be great if it does not have a concern for the least of these."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
