The Changemakers Institute
Cultivating Community Leaders from Within
Our signature training program designed to equip leaders with tools, knowledge, and support to become certified Community Engagement Specialists
Program Overview
What is the Changemakers Institute?
Our institute is a community-rooted training program designed to empower immigrant women, caregivers, and community leaders through a culturally relevant, peer-led model of leadership. At the heart of our work are promotoras, trusted community navigators and advocates, who serve as bridges between vital resources and the communities they know and love. Through their lived experience and deep local ties, promotoras help foster trust, resilience, and lasting change from within.
What is a Changemaker?
Defining a Changemaker
A changemaker is someone who uplifts others while growing themselves, challenges injustice with compassion, and connects community through trust, shared struggle, and vision. They lead with lived experience and cultural wisdom, turning everyday actions into meaningful change. Our promotoras embody this spirit, they are changemakers in action, building power for and with their communities every day.
Program Overview
Leadership & public speaking
Resource navigation​
Health & environmental justice
Advocacy and civic engagement
Outcome
The Changemakers Institute consists of 10 courses spread out in 5 weeks.
Participants receive a Certification as a Community Engagement Specialist recognized by CCC standards and partners
What Comes Next?
After certification, promotoras continue their journey through ongoing mentoship, access to advanced training, and opportunities to join CCC programs or partner initiatives. Our goal is to create pathways to dignified, compensated community work by employing trained promotoras through CCC and allied efforts. This model ensures continued growth, leadership, and impact, rooted in respect, recogniton, and real opportunity.