The Segal Program is proud to offer regular events and trainings for our Fellows and the larger Segal Network. Each event is a way for Fellows to discuss and prepare to take action around important issues, as well as a chance to connect with each other and our Founders and partners, as they move forward on their citizen leadership journey. Check out our recent events, as well.
(March 18, 2026) Developing Servant Leaders, At This Moment in Time- A Book Talk with Dr. Max Klau - 12:30-2pm Eastern (Hybrid)
Join The Segal Citizen Leadership Program and Brandeis’ SSSP for a conversation with Dr. Max Klau on “Developing Servant Leaders, At This Moment in Time.”
Dr. Klau is a Harvard-trained civic leadership development expert who served as the Vice President of Leadership Development at City Year before becoming the founding Chief Program Officer at the New Politics Academy. In his new book, Developing Servant Leaders at Scale: How to Do It and Why It Matters, Dr. Klau tells the story of his years-long effort to develop a powerful and scalable approach to inner development at City Year. Through years of trial and error, failure, and experimentation, he found ways to engage large numbers of servant leaders in meaningful inner work. The book explains the model and how it is now being used to recruit and develop servant leaders to run for elected office here in the United States. The book is part memoir, part leadership development "how-to" guide, and part call to action.
Hear from, ask questions of, and chat with Dr. Klau and others from the Segal and SSSP communities, including SSSP Dean Sara Shostak and Segal Fellow/Brandeis '09 Alum Jess Kent at this hybrid event.
Please register at https://brandeis.zoom.us/meeting/register/W84rIoQiRU2q5Jmfyh2Fqw, and let us know if you'll be joining us in person (Brandeis, The Heller School, Zinner Forum) or online (Zoom).
(January 2026) Finding Joy in Community: Why & How We Build, Especially When it's Hard!
Come join us (and facilitator Emerald Anderson-Ford) for a new years workshop that highlights the spirit of the season, with a focus on authentic community.
Our current social climate can make it hard to understand to how to build authentic ecosystems of care and support, while navigating the realities of being in relationship with those with whom we may disagree or dislike. We will wrestle with the truth that community and collectivist energy is the way we can ensure that our most marginalized citizens are cared for, while acknowledging it's not always easy to be in community when tensions arise.
In this session participants will:
- Engage with the ways in which authentic relationship building can present challenges
- Explore ways navigate and mitigate the challenges that arise in community efforts
- Discuss how joy and authentic community go hand in hand as forms of resistance
Segal Fellows, register here.
Monthly Informal Chats for Public Sector Segal Fellows
- Last Friday of the month, 1:30-2:30pm Eastern. Fellows: see calendar invite for Zoom details.
Affinity/Caucus Group Gatherings
- Black & African American Affinity Space: (virtual monthly meetings; contact Carmela or Susie for more details)
- White Caucus Group: (monthly meeting times vary; contact Convener Chris Capron, or Susie for more details)
- If you’re interested in helping convene another affinity group, please contact Susie or Carmela. Affinity groups for our Latinx, APIDA, and Multiracial Fellows are still under development.
- All of our affinity/caucus groups are open to all Segal Fellows.
Segal Program Racial Justice & Antiracism Learning Community
Please visit the Racial Justice & Antiracism Learning Community Page for more information.
We hold RJAR LC sessions quarterly.
Regular Virtual Segal Gatherings
The Segal Program hosts events monthly, alternating between bi-monthly Segal Convenings with guest speakers from inside and outside of the Segal Network and bi-monthly Fellow-Led Features, where Fellows talk with other Fellows about an item (book, movie, article, blog, podcast, etc.) that they've created or that has inspired their thinking.
During our formal and informal chats, conversations have created space for dialogue around issues of racism at all levels (individual through systemic), police brutality, and the importance of antiracist work, as well as how recent and ongoing issues and events, including the rise in Anti-Asian Racism, Anti-Black Violence, and police violence, are impacting our Fellows are the larger world.