Real stories and practical insights from leaders putting creative strategy into practice

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Good leadership depends on creativity. When leaders have room for themselves and their teams to imagine new approaches, they create better tactics, build stronger collaborations, and stay in the work. Yet most leaders are working under constraints that can make creativity feel out of reach.

The Center for Artistic Activism has spent years working with leaders to build creative capacity.

Join us on Thursday, May 7, from 1-2pm ET, to hear from members of our community who have embedded creativity into their leadership methods and their teams’ winning campaigns.

You’ll also learn about the Unstoppable Voters: Leaders Accelerator. This special program is for leaders in the U.S. who are eager to integrate creative methods into their 2026 civic engagement work. Applications are open now through May 17! If you have questions about the program, we’ll answer them at the event.

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The event was held on May 7th. Get the recording and recap here.

What We’ll Cover and What You’ll Get

During Creative Leadership in Action, we’ll dig into:

  • How creativity strengthens leadership and why it matters most in the hardest moments
  • Real stories from featured speakers about how creative approaches transformed their teams, strategies, and impact
  • A hands-on exercise drawn from Center for Artistic Activism methods that leaders love for inspiring creativity in their organizations
  • A live exchange with you about where creativity is thriving, and where it’s hard to sustain, in leadership today
  • The inside scoop on the Unstoppable Voters: Leaders Accelerator, including program details and a live Q&A
Featured speaker Caroline Scown’s successful creative voter mobilization campaign, “Golden Day.” Photo by Norman Joeng.

You’ll leave with:

  • New ways to think about leadership and creativity in challenging times
  • Practical creative exercises you can bring back to energize your team
  • Honest insights from leaders working with creative approaches right now
  • Connection with a community of leaders committed to learning and adapting together
  • Information about joining the next cohort of the Unstoppable Voters: Leaders Accelerator
Community members engage in featured speaker Patrick Fisher’s creative “Fair Deal” action. Photo by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council.

Featured Speakers

Caroline Scown
Caroline Scown, Civic Engagement and Training Manager at the Chinese-American Planning Council
Patrick Fisher, CEO of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
Roshani Thakore, Head of Community Engagement and Culture Program, Atlanta Regional Commission

Speakers are participants of previous years’ Unstoppable Voters: Leaders Accelerator program and additional Unstoppable Voters work. Here’s some of what they had to say about the experience:

“The methodology I learned has become a lasting tool in my toolbox that I can apply to all of my work moving forward, which is incredibly valuable and will continue to shape my approach for years to come.” – Patrick Fisher

“Over capacity and working on ten crises at any given time, it is easy to reuse the same tactics every time. The most powerful tool I took from working with C4AA was to prioritize creating a utopian vision, strategy, and very specific SMARTIE goals that will drive your work. This was crucial in focusing our limited resources and creating tactics that would truly move the needle, rather than relying on tired traditions that don’t actually work well.” – Caroline Scown

Come learn, reflect, and explore what creative leadership can look like — and how it can supercharge your work.

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