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Free Resource for Youth & Emerging Leaders with Disabilities Interested in Nonprofit Leadership

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Out of the Margins is a free, accessible resource available to any emerging leaders, teaching the fundamentals of nonprofit leadership. Out of the Margins provides tutorials on core subject matters that are fundamental to leading not-for-profit organizations including financial oversight, conflict resolution, advocacy v. lobbying, grants and grant writing, annual reporting, overseeing operations, understanding boards and committees, and more. Emerging leaders can review the materials at their own pace and choose the subjects that are most important to them.

Each subject is taught by a different subject matter expert. All experts are disabled people with diverse backgrounds from across the nation. Out of the Margins is ever evolving and growing to meet the needs of emerging leaders. 

Out of the Margins is a project of the Topeka Independent Living Resource Center, Inc. To learn more about Out of the Margins, please visit outofthemargins.org.

Interested in scheduling a training for your organization on how to use Out of the Margins to help your youth & emerging leaders? Contact us at [email protected].