Executive Director's Report

Thanks to all of you who were able to join us for the 15^th Annual Coro Leadership Luncheon. The event was a great success on all counts. The topic, the Future of Public Higher Education, could not have been more timely. With 600 people in attendance, the day was truly a shining moment for Coro and our community. 
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On May 13^th, the San Francisco Human Rights Commission presented Coro at City Hall with the Organization Recognition Award for promoting and advancing education as a human right in the San Francisco Unified School District.  Each year, two community organizations and two students are recognized for their work. We are honored and humbled by this recognition.

On April 29th, the "Stepping-Up, Stepping-Out" graduation ceremony at the San Francisco Public Library capped off an amazing 10-month leadership journey for our 35 Coro Youth Fellows.

Congratulations to Michael Andemeskel for receiving the Ifeanyi Ezeh Spirit Award. This award honors Ifeanyi Ezeh, a 2006 Exploring Leadership graduate who passed away in 2007. The award recognizes one member of the graduating class who captures Ifeanyi’s spirit and leadership traits of intellectual curiosity, being a persistent team player, and a bold thinker.

Three Coro Youth Fellow graduates will be stepping outside of their comfort zones and exploring the world as they travel abroad this summer as recipients of the Matador Travel Scholarship, a youth travel scholarship fund created by Youth Programs Manager, Ben Polansky. Raylene Lopez, Andy Gee, and Syeda Jones will be traveling together to Nicaragua with the Global Glimpse Program (http://www.globalglimpse.org), which has an emphasis on leadership development, cultural understanding, and community service.

Our fifth and final Coro Focus Week this year brought us to California’s Central Valley. There we learned about the problems facing the state’s vast agricultural network – from water supply to labor issues to environmental concerns to distribution logistics. We stayed with some very accommodating families in Winters the first night, seeing firsthand how they live and work.
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From the City of San Rafael to San Jose, the Coro Fellows were placed across the Bay Area, completing 84 placements as a class throughout their year. From developing a marketing plan for a nonprofit, to drafting legislation, to designing a community engagement strategy for a business, the Fellows made hands-on contributions to the various sectors through their placements, and they were offered access and insight through their various projects and host organizations. The success of Coro programs is dependent upon our community partners and Coro would like to thank all the Field Faculty and organizations that committed their time and effort to hosting Coro Fellows.
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On May 13, 2010 Coro was delighted to graduate the third class of participants from the City of Fremont. We are very excited to see their leadership take form and the changes they are making in their community.

The second class of UC Davis mid-managers graduated on May 24, 2010. Coro is very proud of being a catalyst in their leadership training and we wish them well in their journeys.

On May 26, the 2010 class of UCSF Faculty members celebrated their Coro experience to the hilt at a lively graduation ceremony. The highly lettered cohort of graduates performed a skit about their Coro leadership training experience.

It has been my honor and pleasure to be involved with Coro, on and off, since the 1970's. I have served as a Coro Field Faculty, I have been the spouse of a Fellow in the Fellows in Public Affairs program, I have served as a Selection Day Judge, a parent of an Exploring Leadership Youth Fellow, and now, as a member of the Board of Directors. 
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