Delaware American Legion Auxiliary holds leadership workshop

American Legion Post 28

“Leadership is ordinary people making the extraordinary happen.”

Auxiliary holds leadership workshop
The Department of Delaware American Legion Auxiliary recently held its first Leadership Workshop at the American Legion Post 28 in Millsboro. The workshop provided an opportunity to expand ideas on how the American Legion Auxiliary can meet the needs of newer veterans and their families and how to attract them as part of the Legion family. Attendees also discussed specific opportunities for units to participate in the growth of the organization.

Carole Baldwin, the department leadership chairwoman and president of Unit 28, welcomed the more than 30 participants. Mary Lee Phillips, a member of Unit 28, spoke on the subject, “Are You a Leader?” and got to the heart of the question by telling them they all were and they just needed to find their niche. She said, “Leadership is ordinary people making the extraordinary happen.”


Keynote speaker Sen. Leanna Washington, D-Pa., spoke on “Women and Leadership Roles” and used her own personal transition from the House of Representatives to the Senate to demonstrate how being aggressive and positive can put people on their life goal path. Washington, who is the minority chairwoman for the Committee on Aging and Youth and also serves on the Veterans Affairs Committee, said, “I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail for others to follow.” There were many questions for Washington, and her openness and frank discussion engaged the attendees.


Special guest Donald Whitehead, the former executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless and one of four formerly homeless individual advocates nationally invited to the first National Symposium on Homeless Research, presented the face of the homeless in a unique way.
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