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Coro Centers Across America Celebrate 66 Years of “Training Tomorrow’s Leaders”
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 Coro Southern California – Center for Civic Leadership RELEASE
October 13, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Edward Headington WIGO (What Is Going On?) 2008
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Los Angeles, CA – For over half a century, the Coro Southern California Center for Civic Leadership has been “Training Tomorrow’s Leaders” through its venerated Fellows Program in Public Affairs. However, Coro’s roots go back to San Francisco where in 1942, it was founded by W. Donald Fletcher, an attorney, and Van Duyn Dodge, an investment counselor. The Coro founders had met while working on the Wendell Willkie presidential campaign of 1940 and were worried about the state of civic affairs here at home and failing democracies abroad. In that spirit and “attitude of discovery,” they launched Coro on Columbus Day sixty-six years ago.
“Like Columbus in 1492 and Van Duyn Dodge and W. Donald Fletcher in 1942, we are explorers and researchers in every sense of the word,” said Coro Southern California President and CEO, Don Pierro. “Dodge and Fletcher’s ‘attitude of discovery’ is still with us and emboldens the work we do.”
Coro continues to offer a new way of looking at the public sector and redefining the relationship between the citizen and government—done largely through its focus on experiential learning and the “Coro Methodology.” A number of local and state leaders have gone through its training—including U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein, U.S. Congressman Jerry Lewis, state Senator Alex Padilla, former City Councilman David Cunningham, publishing powerhouse David Abel; public affairs expert Kerman Maddox, Governor Schwarzenegger aides Billie Greer and Lisa Kalustian, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Chief of Staff, Robin Kramer.
“There is a movement afoot in this nation to renew civic life and Coro will continue to be part of that push,” said Pierro. “We have been a part of every administration since President Eisenhower and are threads in the fabric of many communities across the nation. We pause on this historic day of exploration to praise the vision and leadership of our Founders and also remind ourselves of the work that still remains to be done.”
It should be noted that Coro was founded to carry out research and education in the field of government and politics. The organization and its mission have evolved over the decades to define its work as strengthening communities and the democratic process through all sectors of public affairs by preparing capable individuals and concerned citizens for effective and ethical leadership—hence the phrase “Training Tomorrow’s Leaders.” The word itself, “Coro,” is not an acronym but rather was invented by Dodge and Fletcher to describe the new organization’s unique mission and methodology.
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Coro Southern California and its affiliated centers nationwide shape civic leaders for effective roles in public affairs. Coro graduates are teachers, investment bankers, union leaders, corporate directors, activists, lawyers, journalists, and elected officials, among other professions. No matter where the more than 10,000 alumni work or what job titles they hold, they have learned how to challenge themselves and others to be more ethical and effective leaders. Coro runs programs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Kansas City and Cleveland; over a 1,000 participants go through Coro programs nationwide. For more information, go to http://www.corola.org/.
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| Posted by: EdwardHeadington on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 09:03 AM
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