VAPLP Program Evaluation

This program evaluation is divided into three sections: (1) Program-Wide Questions, (2) Individual Impact, (3) Collective Impact.

Program

From when you entered VAPLP to now, how are you thinking differently about leadership in social justice spaces?(Required)

Did the themes of each VAPLP program weekend support your leadership development? Why or why not?(Required)

How impactful were the following components/content on your leadership development?(Required)

	0 (Not Impactful At All)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10 (Very Impactful)
1:1 Mentorship (mentor relationship, 1:1 meetings, coaching, and support)
W1: Positionality + Community (the water we swim in, uprooting white supremacy culture, radical imagination, social change ecosystem, and visioning)
W2: Storytelling + Narrative (stories of self, culture & narrative, understanding audience, framing & messaging, and evaluating narrative strategy)
W3: Grassroots Organizing (social movements & community organizing through base-building, leadership development, campaign development, coalition-building, & building resilient organizations)
W4: Community-Centric Fundraising (money stories, expanding forms of capital, solidarity economy, mutual aid, trust-based philanthropy, grant writing, direct asks, institutional partnerships, and unrestricted funding)
Schedule & Workshop Design (how did the way the schedule is structured, activities in workshops support or not support learning)
Curriculum Design (theory, application tools and skill-building, activity styles, method)
Accessibility (how did accessibility support your leadership growth and/or capacity to fully participate in VAPLP)
VCET Staff (relationships with VCET staff to support growth)

Transformation of Self

As a result of your participation in VAPLP, you…(Required)

	Strongly disagree (1)	Disagree (2)	Neutral (3)	Agree (4)	Strongly agree (5)
Are self-aware about how you show up and what choices you make to arrive in new, more constructive ways
Have an expanded ability to imagine radical alternatives
Can implement transformational alternatives in your communities
believe that participation in VAPLP had a transformative impact on your life
Are better able to understand my role in the social change ecosystem and movement
Are more committed to and passionate about contributing to the social justice movement in Virginia

As a result of your participation in VAPLP, you…(Required)

	Strongly disagree (1)	Disagree (2)	Neutral (3)	Agree (4)	Strongly agree (5)
Understand the importance of individual and community racial healing
Have an emerging practice of self-care
Are better equipped to sustain your energy over a lifetime of solidarity
Are more willing to be vulnerable

As a result of your participation in VAPLP, you…(Required)

	Strongly disagree (1)	Disagree (2)	Neutral (3)	Agree (4)	Strongly agree (5)
Have improved your leadership skills
Increased your toolkit for building power
Built muscle for strategic analysis to build liberatory futures
Have increased access to resources to grow your influence
Are able to identify what you need to grow your influence

Transformation of Community & Collective

As a result of your participation in VAPLP, you…(Required)

	Strongly disagree (1)	Disagree (2)	Neutral (3)	Agree (4)	Strongly agree (5)
Have a stronger network of social change leaders who you trust
Have a broader network of leaders with whom you want to partner/work with
Have forged stronger partnerships across race, gender, and other social identities
Have access to new aspects and networks of the Virginia progressive movement landscape
Have built and maintained stronger interdependent relationships
Feel less isolated in your leadership

As a result of your participation in VAPLP, you…(Required)

	Strongly disagree (1)	Disagree (2)	Neutral (3)	Agree (4)	Strongly agree (5)
Have a more holistic understanding of perspectives within the movement
Have a more holistic understanding of perspectives outside my issue area or sector
Have a deeper understanding of the social change work currently happening in Virginia
Have sharpened your liberatory analysis towards transforming systems

Final Words

Anything else to add to share about VAPLP's impact on you? Or how to improve the program?