News and Events
LWS Recognized as a Leader in Diversity
The Triad Business Journal's Leaders in Diversity awards celebrate individuals and companies who have worked to establish and advance diversity and inclusion efforts in their workplaces and communities. These organizations and individuals have gone above and beyond to...
Katherine Perry; Community Engagement & Job Search – Lunch w/ Randy & Teddy
LWS Executive Director Katherine Perry is the featured guest speaker on this webinar addressing the importance of community engagement. https://youtu.be/OXA5isSMIKQ
Mick Scott: WS Journal Article on his Social Services Day experience in the Poverty Simulation
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Hidden Town: Celebrating Black History in Old Salem
Hidden Town is a groundbreaking project launched by Old Salem Museums & Gardens in 2017 with the goal of revealing the hidden legacies of the African American people who lived, worked, struggled and achieved there, and to restore their rightful place in our local...
CONTINUING CONNECTIONS: LWS Night @ Venture Cafe
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17th @ 5 PM Leadership Winston-Salem grads fully understand the value of the relationships that were forged with their classmates. Our CONTINUING CONNECTIONS program is designed to renew and strengthen those existing relationships and to reach across...
LWS Current Class Member Spotlight – Meet Iris Cole
What do you do? I’m a Founding Partner at She Raises the Bar, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability consulting firm. We work with companies to help them define their best social/environmental investments and connect that strategically...
Alumni Service Day – June 8, 2019
ALUMNI SERVICE DAY - SAVE THE DATE Saturday, June 8 - 9:30 to 11:30 Help Feed Hungry Kids with H.O.P.E. With the help of volunteers like you, H.O.P.E. (Help Our People Eat) assembles over 1,000 meals for children and packs hundreds of bags of fresh...
Celebration 2019 – June 6
Celebration 2019 Thursday, June 6 - 5 PM at The Millennium Center Celebrate the Class of 2019 and join fellow alumni in welcoming them into community trusteeship. Cocktails and cash bar start at 5 PM. Dinner and program are from 6:15 to 8 PM followed by a dessert...
Education Day Follow-On – April 17 2019
Education Day Follow-OnWednesday, April 17 5:30 - 7:30 PM Engaging Education in Forsyth Inviting the current class and all LWS alumni to join us for a thoughtful and engaging student-led panel discussion about life as a college student in Winston-Salem in...
LUNCH & LEARN — Thursday, April 11, 2019
The Search for a New Superintendent: It's all about Leadership! Alexandra Hoskins, Chief of Staff for Winston Salem/ Forsyth County Schools and member of the LWS Class of 2018, will talk about the selection process and provide a status update on recruiting this...
Millennials, Continued: How to Engage and Retain This Amazing, Complex Generation
Plan to join us for a lunch and learn with Dr. Rogan Kersh, Provost and Professor of Political Science at Wake Forest University. Monday, March 27 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Benson Center, Wake Forest University $25 per person Early Bird registration by March 13, 2017 $30...
Alumni Action Learning January 10, 2017
Have you wanted to be more involved as a graduate of Leadership Winston-Salem? Do you miss your days of working with a group on an Action Learning Project? For those of you who graduated prior to 2006, Action Learning Projects are now done by groups of current LWS...
Art Exhibit Preview and WSPD Trust Talk:
Our next education event will take place at SECCA on Wednesday, December 14 from 5 – 8 p.m. and will offer you the opportunity to socialize with friends, preview a new art exhibit, and participate in a Trust Talk with the Winston-Salem Police Department. Here are the...
Join Fellow LWS Alumni for Our Inaugural Day of Service
What better way to re-engage our LWS Alumni than by serving our community? We are excited to announce and welcome you to participate in our inaugural Alumni Day of Service on June 9th, where we will reconnect while making a difference. We have partnered with four...
Millennials: Attracting, Retaining and Engaging the Next Generation in our Community
Join Leadership Winston-Salem for a Community Conversation luncheon with Rogan Kersh, Provost, Wake Forest University. Tuesday, March 15, 2016, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Wake Forest University, Benson Center PAST EVENT-REGISTRATION CLOSED This is your opportunity to...