Our Theory of Change was developed to reflect the change we want to see in the world and guide our current and future programs.

Coro New York Leadership Center provides leadership training programs so that Coro Participants:

• Build their individual capacity for leadership and recognize the collective potential of their program cohort.
• Develop a broader understanding of public issues and policies.
• Expand their self-awareness, as individuals and members of a group/ community.
• Attain skills on how to engage actively and effectively in public issues and civic life.
• Gain exposure to multiple perspectives and increase their capacity to take on a perspective other than their own.
• Understand how dynamics of power and privilege affect public policy and society.
• Connect to Coro's community of diverse, engaged people of influence and perspective.

So that Coro Alumni:

• Exercise leadership regardless of position or role.
• Utilize new strategies for developing innovative and effective solutions to public issues.
• Sustain a lifelong commitment to participate in civic life.
• Influence and inspire others to affect change in society.
• Incorporate different points of view and voices in their decision-making.
• Collaborate with the Coro community and across sectors and boundaries as they engage in public issues and civic life.

So that:

• Public processes and institutions will be more responsive and accountable to the individuals and communities that comprise them.
• Communities, institutions and society as a whole benefit from diverse, informed public engagement.
• Power, decision-making and resources will be shared with a broader set of stakeholders.

So that:

• All individuals, communities and institutions participate in creating an equitable, just and engaged society.