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Left-Handed Fastballers

A report on the Foundation's Leadership Development Program, which provided fellowship support to develop 700 community leaders in rural America.

Nevin, David
1981
107 pages

Contents
Foreword
Prologue
Embarking on an Adventure: One Small, Bloodless Revolution; An Idea: Education for Leadership; Filling in the Picture: First Touches; Some Changes of Direction; Marching to Different Drummers
Tracking the Fastballers: Selection Committees at Work; Candidates and Their Committees
The Fellows: the Heart—And the Fun—Of the Program: Grass-Roots Leaders: Two Prototypes; A Fair Trade for Self-Starters; A Taste for Schooling; Civil Rights Activists and Ldp Fellowships
That Wonderful Year: Assignments with Agencies; Programming for Graduate Training; Balancing Agencies, Schools, Communities; Looking for New Fields; Helping People to Health; Becoming Effective Militants; Learning at Home and Abroad; A Successful Double Fellowship; A Circuitous Fellowship; Several Well-Focused Fellowships
Appalachia Is Different: Southern Appalachian Leadership Training (Salt); Three Salt Fellows
Taking on a New Personality: Marital Stress and Adjustments; Personal Growth
Accomplishing a Lot—In People Terms: Networking: an Unattained Goal; Two Styles of Leadership; Building on the Fellowship Experience; New Lives for Four Fellows (Lowndes County); New Careers in the Education Establishment; New Bases for Education in the Community
Epilogue
Appendices: Footnotes

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