Immigrant Civic Leadership Program
The Immigrant Civic Leadership Program is generously supported by The American Express Foundation, Con Edison, MetLife Foundation, The New York Community Trust, The Western Union Foundation, and other contributors.
What's New
Congratulations to the 2008 Immigrant Civic Leadership Program on completing a successful program year!
Leticia Alanis, Fifth Avenue Committee/La Union de la Comunidad Latina
Tammy Arnstein, Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
Julie Behrens, NYC Dept. of Housing, Preservation & Development
Lissette Colon-Collins, NYC Dept. of Education Office of English Language Learners
Awa Isseu Diouf, Sunuafrik Radio
Beatriz Gil, New Immigrant Community Empowerment
Daniel Gross, Brandworkers International
Jack Jaskaran, NYC Police Department
Arshiah Khan, MHRA-MIC Women's Health Services
Nabila Khan, Coney Island Avenue Project
Yen Le, United Chinese Association of Brooklyn
Trang Le-Chan, Asian Professional Extension
WonKyung Lee, Korean American League for Civic Action
Mario Lugay, Public Interest Projects
Gonzalo Mercado, El Centro de Hospitalidad
Victoria Restler, World Savvy
Paul Russell, Sikh Coalition
Nermin Sahmanovic, Bosnian American Association
Monica San Miquel, The Rockefeller Foundation
Sophia Silao, North Star Fund
Stacey Strongarone, Vera Institute of Justice
Kim To, Coalition for Asian American Children and Families
Edurne D. Uriarte, El Economista
Migdalia Vasquez, New York Presbytarian Community Health Plan
Click here to learn more about the newest ICLP cohort. For more information, please contact Aarti Shahani, Program Director of the Immigrant Civic Leadership Program, at (212) 248-2935 ext. 322.
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The deadline to apply for the 2008 class of the Immigrant Civic Leadership Program has passed. Coro New York will begin accepting applications for the 2009 class in fall 2008. For more information, please contact Mona Chun at mchun@coronewyork.org or (212) 248-2935 ext. 305.
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"I am more aware of baseline facts about the immigrant population in NYC and I share this with colleagues constantly (eg. of all immigrants in NYC, 80% are legal). I have also become more attuned to separating out issues of immigration into the non-legal and legal categories (rather than combining them which many people inadvertently do)."
-Angie Datta Kamath, Assistant Commissioner, Program Design and Development, NYC Dept. of Small Business Services, Class of 2007
"Because of my training, I know I can make a difference. Every bit of the training was equally important: All the strategy days and all the personal leadership development days. I am grateful that I had been chosen to be part of this great training experience."
-Sekou Siby, Lead Organizer,
“This program provided me with deeper insight into how government works and how politicians think. I learned how government operates, how different agencies intersect, and how decisions are made. This has been incredibly valuable to advancing my community’s agenda.”
–Mohammad Razvi, Executive Director, The Council of Peoples Organization, Class of 2004
