The East-West Center‘s Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar 2025 is now accepting applications. The Changing Faces The Women’s Leadership Seminar focuses on the critical role that innovation and entrepreneurship play in driving economic growth, creating jobs, and improving communities. During this 12-day professional training, conversation, and travel program, participants attend workshops on leadership and entrepreneurship.

Along with this, participants gain more insight into leadership, community development, entrepreneurship, and economic growth through carefully curated field trips and conversations with practitioners, experts, company owners, and legislators in Hawaii. In a Host Mentor Program, participants are paired with local women leaders on an individual basis. In exchange, Changing Faces participants mentor a chosen group of high school students as part of a Next Generation Service Project. Ultimately, in order to assist participants in creating and implementing a specific Action Plan for the advancement of their company or community, the Changing Faces Seminar also offers training and consultation sessions.

Why to apply?

This 12-day intensive leadership and professional development program aims to:

• Strengthen the entrepreneurial and leadership skills of innovative women through hands-on training, workshops, meetings, and community site visits.
• Facilitate the implementation of a year-long project to improve participants’ businesses or communities through a well-defined Action Plan.
• Build participants’ social networks and foster a community of women leaders through networking opportunities, social media connections with speakers, trainers, alumni, local communities, and each other.
• Promote regional understanding by encouraging reciprocal learning, exposure to diverse perspectives, and new ideas.
• Inspire the next generation of women leaders in Hawaiʻi through a collaborative service project with local educational organizations.

The Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar is supported by the East-West Center, the Fish Family Foundation, and other partners.

Brief Details:

• Organized by: East-West Center
  
• Application Deadline: February 11, 2025
  
• Duration: June 2-15, 2025
  
• Location: Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, United States
  
• 2024 Theme: Women as Innovators and Entrepreneurs
• Gender: Female
• Number of Opportunity: 6 to 8 spots
• Type: Leadership
• Eligible Countries: United States, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sāmoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Timor-Leste, Tonga, and Vietnam.

Benefits of Changing Faces Women Leadership Seminar:

Some of the sponsors of the Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar include the Fish Family Foundation and the East-West Center. Six to eight women from the Asia-Pacific area and the United States are able to participate thanks to funding. The projected cost of a full scholarship is USD3,500 for each participant and covers the following programmatic expenses:

Notes:

• Participants are responsible for their roundtrip airfare to/from Honolulu, visa expenses, health insurance, and baggage fees.
• The Center encourages cost-sharing for program expenses, as it demonstrates a commitment to self-growth, business scaling, and Seminar objectives.
• Cost-sharing is an important factor for the Selection Committee.

Who is eligible for the Changing Faces Women Leadership Seminar?

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

Application Requirements:

To be considered, applicants must provide all of the following:

• A completed online Changing Faces Seminar Application Form
• A letter of interest (no more than three pages) with the following information:
  • A brief overview of your company/organization and your role
  • What you hope to gain and offer by participating in Changing Faces
  • Specific examples of your professional leadership and innovation (as mentioned above).
  • Demonstrated potential for influence within your community
  • Establish an actionable objective for your organization or community that you want to work on and define the role you can or would like to play in accomplishing that goal 

NOTE: This will be the foundation of your Action Plan for the upcoming year. Click here for more details about the Action Plan.

• CV (max. two pages)
• 2 professional letters of recommendation outlining your suitability for the Seminar. The letters must be signed and printed on letterhead.

How to apply for the Changing Faces Women Leadership Seminar?

Interested and eligible women can apply through the online Submittable application form linked below.

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To learn more about the Changing Faces Women Leadership Seminar, please visit East-West Center’s website.

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