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| November, 2010 Volume X, Issue V |
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Executive Director's Report
2010 has been a banner year! We have expanded our impact through innovative new partnerships and opportunities which are highlighted in this report. Please join us to make a difference in leadership and include Coro in your year-end giving. You will be receiving our annual appeal in the mail shortly; 65% of our budget comes from supporters like you. We thank you for your continued and generous investment in Coro. It means so much!
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Recruiting for the 2011-2012 Coro Fellows Programs
Do you know someone who would be a great candidate for the Coro Fellows Program? Please encourage them to apply! The deadline is Friday, January 14, 2011. We would appreciate your getting the word out about the Coro Fellows Program, whether by tweet, facebook, link, or email. Please have interested applicants complete a pre-application at www.coro.org/fellowsprepp or direct them to Yolanda De La Paz at ydelapaz@coro.org. Applicants are also invited to our Coro Open House.
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Coro's LinkedIn Training - Connect with Us!
During the month of October, the Coro Alumni Advisory Council hosted a LinkedIn Training, featuring guest speaker Denise Brosseau, founder and CEO of Well-Connected Leader, Inc. The Alumni Council also used this training to launch the Coro Northern California Group on LinkedIn. We encourage you to join this group on LinkedIn, and start connecting with the Coro community, click here to join!
Click here to read some tips from the training »
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Sweet Holiday Gifts with Coro Love
Socola Chocolatier will donate 10% of your entire online purchase back to Coro San Francisco. Simply log onto Socola's Online Store and enter "SFCORO" at checkout. Sweet and Simple. Offer lasts until December 20, 2010. Susan Lieu, FPPA '10, is the Co-Founder of Socola Chocolatier, a sister-owned artisan chocolate company in San Francisco, Ca.
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Coro would like to thank our individual, corporate, and foundation supporters for their generous contributions.
Click here to see a list of our donors.
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Coro Donor Spotlight:
Kristi Smith Knudson
I continue to invest in Coro each year through the Annual Fund because I believe so strongly in Coro’s mission. I see the effectiveness of Coro’s experience-based learning and the unique leadership tools that inspire such significant change in its participants. I see the passion and insights of Coro graduates and the transformations that happen all around us as a result.
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Exploring Leadership Program Updates
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Youth Fellows explore "Food Justice" with a trip to Pie Ranch
As part of their Fall component, the Coro Youth Fellows explored the issue of “Food Justice” and what youth can do to address it. They rode a school bus to Pie Ranch in Pescadero, CA to learn about organic farming and studied the entire food system, from seed to food plate, in an effort to understand how food reaches their table and the implications that has for their personal health, the health of their community, and the sustainability of the planet.
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Youth Fellows partner with Coro "Project Coaches" to address the Achievement Gap
During two recent seminars, Youth Fellows were paired up with volunteer Coro “Project Coaches” from Bay Area non-profit, business, and government organizations, in addition to EL alumni. The Project Coaches and alumni served as sounding boards for the Youth Fellows, providing their perspectives, resources, and feedback in the design and implementation of the Youth Fellows' Community Action Projects. The projects are all charged with addressing the achievement gap at their public high schools in San Francisco and the East Bay. See photos and read more »
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SAVE THE DATE! EL 2010 Graduation Ceremony on Wednesday, December 8.
Please join us to celebrate the San Francisco and East Bay Youth Fellows’ accomplishments! Our high school sophomores and juniors have demonstrated the commitment, courage, and compassion to step up and to step out as leaders in their communities. The graduation ceremony will be at the Koret Auditorium at the San Francisco Public Library from 5:30pm-7:30pm. The event is open to the public. Please save the date!
Check out photos of the Youth Fellows' amazing leadership journey »
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Are you wondering where other alumni work? Who had a baby recently? Who moved to a new city? Where other alumni are volunteering? Read our alumni updates to see what changes are taking place in the Coro community.
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It was October 1, 1952, and I was sitting in the San Francisco office of Westinghouse Electric for sales in Northern California. Don Fletcher was there. He suggested that I apply for an “Internship in Public Affairs” sponsored by the Coro Foundation. I was single, owned my car, and had $2,000 in the bank, so I quit Westinghouse. Coro seemed like the stepping stone that would give me entry into city management, my choice for a future career.
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Fellows Program in Public Affairs Updates
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Coro Fellows Explore News Media
The Coro Fellows started Media Focus Week excited to learn how the media industry functions. As they dived headlong into the newsrooms of journalists grappling with the new ways media is developed and consumed, they gained more knowledge than any of them anticipated on the state of media and its role in public affairs.
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Coro Fellows on Political Campaign Placement
One of the most exciting and eye-opening moments was going on the “Only in California” Bus Tour. We started in National City and went up to Redding. I was able to see the diverse political environments in California first-hand. Additionally, supporters of the opposing candidate Gavin Newsom met us at some of our stops and it was interesting to see how the dynamics played out between the opposing groups in a fight to gain the most media coverage from the event. - Victoria Benson, Class of 2011
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All Politics is Local
Tip O’Neil was right – all politics is local. This concept is now a commonly repeated adage in popular American discourse, but it was one that I did not take to heart until my campaign placement. Through my experience, I observed the dynamics of a local race, the personalities that drive them, and the impact they have on their immediate communities. - Eric Sanabria, Class of 2011
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Fellows in the Washington Post
As part of an exciting new collaboration with the Washington Post, the Coro Fellows from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and New York are featured as commentators for the Washington Post column “On Leadership.” Each week, Fellows from different centers respond to a leadership question. Their responses are published online at the Washington Post’s website and the best responses are printed in the Sunday print edition. We are very excited about this new partnership. Not only does it bring visibility to Coro, it also provides the Fellows from across the country with an opportunity to interact in the virtual world through this online dialogue about current leadership issues.
To follow the conversation and participate through adding your own comments, click here: http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/panelists/coro/
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Host a team of Coro Fellows at Your Organization
The Coro Fellows will be completing their group projects beginning Monday, January 3, 2011 through Friday, February 4, 2011. To hire a team of highly capable Coro Fellows who can tackle a substantive group project assignment at your organization, please contact Yolanda De La Paz at ydelapaz@coro.org or 415.986.0521 x 103.
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Coro Board of Directors Spotlight
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Coro Board Member: Christine Landon - Vice-chair
Christine Landon, Senior Director of Executive and Next Generation Leadership Development at Agilent Technologies, is serving in her second year on Coro’s Board of Directors. It was while researching best methodologies in leadership development that she learned about Coro and its experiential learning approach. She continues to be struck by how Coro’s approach is still considered a breakthrough, particularly in her field of executive development.
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Support Coro Today!
Become a monthly contributor to Coro through our Monthly Giving Program and you will ensure that even small monthly pledges make a major annual impact. Your pledge of as little as $10 a month will create a steady stream of income to support Coro’s programs.
Join the Monthly Giving Program by clicking HERE. As you are registering to become a Monthly Giver, please make sure to click the button that says I would like to make a recurring gift, and also check that you want your donation to be directed to Northern California.
For more information, or to make a change in your monthly giving, please contact Tracey Jones at (415) 986-0521 ext. 106 or e-mail tjones@coro.org
Thank you for your generous support!
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Job Opportunities
Several jobs are posted on the Coro website : SEARCH FOR JOBS HERE
If you know of job opportunities please: POST JOB OPPORTUNITIES HERE |
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Coro Center for Civic Leadership regrets that we are unable to promote fundraising events for other organizations.
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