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ALT Two Black women smiling sitting a table. First slide large pink number 7. The number of seconds you have to make a lasting first impression.

ALT 🕒 Did you know you only have 7 seconds to make a first impression? In your NLC interview, those first moments can shape how you're perceived as a leader. From the way you enter the room (or log into the virtual meeting) to your body language, you set the stage for the entire conversation. Let your passion for community leadership shine from the start! 🌟 Pro Tip: Start strong! Smile, make eye contact, and lead with your enthusiasm for NLC's mission. Those first 7 seconds are your chance to show why you're ready to drive transformative change.

ALT You are on native land. So you want to do a land acknowledgment? Self-reflection: Why am I doing this land acknowledgment? What is my end goal? Research: The Indigenous people to whom the land belongs. The history of the land and any related treaties. Use appropriate language: Don’t sugarcoat the past. Use terms like genocide, ethnic cleansing, stolen land, and forced removal to reflect actions taken by colonizers. Use past, present, and future tenses: Don’t sugarcoat the past. Use terms like genocide, ethnic cleansing, stolen land, and forced removal to reflect actions taken by colonizers. Indigenous people are still here, and they’re thriving. Don’t treat them as a relic of the past. If you’re hoping to inspire others to take action to support Indigenous communities, you’re on the right track. If you’re delivering a land acknowledgment out of guilt or because everyone else is doing it, more self-reflection is in order. Source: Native Governance Center

ALT Photo of woman holding a microphone to a man speaking. Both are laughing. "During the interview when they ask me to tell them a little about myself." The same photo of woman holding a microphone to a man speaking but both are serious. "When they ask me to talk about an issue that I’m passionate about."

ALT 65.2 million Hispanic & Latinx people lived in the United States as of July 1, 2023. States with over 1 million Latinx residents: Arizona, California*, Colorado*, Florida*, Georgia*, Illinois*, New Jersey*, New Mexico, New York*, North Carolina*, Pennsylvania*, Texas*, Washington* Hispanic and Latinx is the largest BIPOC group in the U.S. with 19.5% of the population. 20% of the 2024 New Leaders Council Fellows identified as having a Hispanic, Latinx, or Spanish origin 6 million or 12% of Latinx adults identified as Afro-Latino in 2020. 62% of Latinx adults say having a darker skin color hurts Latinx's ability to get ahead in US. *New Leaders Council chapter. Sources: Census Bureau, Pew Research.


