Klager’s Widad Luqman completes W.K. Kellogg Foundation fellowship
Widad Luqman. Photo courtesy of W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network.
by Sara Swanson
Widad Luqman is finishing her second year as principal at Luther C. Klager Elementary and director of the Manchester Early Childhood Center. In addition, she just finished up an 18-month W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) Community Leadership Network fellowship of which she was one of only 80 selected. She stated, “It’s an amazing national leadership program that I am so grateful to be a part of and it is something Manchester Community Schools helped me complete.”
The WKKF Community Leadership Network with the Center for Creative Leadership fellowship program offers “hands-on leadership development, personalized coaching, peer networking, and practical experience” with the goals of instilling “critical knowledge and skills for navigating today’s challenges and advancing racial equity, racial healing, community engagement, and collective leadership in communities.” Fellows were selected from a broad range of disciplines such as academia, business, faith, government, nonprofit, and philanthropy working in fields such as early childhood education, health, food systems, workforce development, family economic security, racial equity, public policy, and other fields that advance children’s well-being.
Even before the fellowship and being hired in Manchester, Luqman was already recognized as an innovative leader and educational justice advocate. She is the co-founder of Coding Out of Poverty, a nonprofit organization focused on empowering people and creating equitable engagement opportunities in STEM and STEAM. She is a recipient of the Global Forum for Education and Learning Top 100 Leaders in Education, and is a graduate of Wayne State University. She serves as an educational consultant, MiSTEM computer science facilitator, and district transformation trainer.
Congratulations, Widad Luqman!
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