Preparing Civic Leaders for the Future

Coro was founded in 1942 to carry out research and education in the field of government and politics. The organization and its mission have evolved over its 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 leadership.

Creating a network of life-long leaders

Coro Southern California expresses its commitment to this mission by:

Providing training programs for both emerging leaders and more traditional ones,

To prepare both emerging and

Most critically, we strive to cultivate a community of Coro graduates and associates who model and practice effective and ethical civic behavior throughout their life's work.

The programs Coro Southern California currently run are:

Fellows Program in Public Affairs
Executive Fellowship Program
Youth Leadership Program

About Coro Programs

A basic tenet of the Coro Method is that individuals learn best when they have first-hand experiences that illustrate concepts. 

Coro prepares leaders to be effective, involved citizens 

• EXPERIENTIAL  - Coro programs develop participants' leadership skills through an intensive experiential immersion in the real world of community politics.
• DIVERSITY - Coro prgram participants are extremely diverse so as to create challenging work 
• GROUP PROCESS - Participants are pushed to articulate their individual convictions and to work together as a self-directed community of learners.

Coro program graduates demonstrate:

• Abilities to creatively manage a spectrum of policy and governance issues,
• Knowledge of complex social, economic, and political relationships, and
• Enhanced skills in effectively exercising leadership.