Program Structure
With nearly 36% of New York City’s eight million residents foreign-born, immigrant communities confront numerous barriers to full participation in the City's civic life. These hurdles include under-representation in elected offices, limited access to public decision-makers, and insufficient understanding of public policy processes. For New York City to thrive, all of her residents – native-born and recently-arrived – must have a voice in the life of the City. And we must invest in emerging leaders.
Through the Immigrant Civic Leadership Program, participants tackle tough questions such as:
- How can immigrant leaders effectively leverage resources to meet our community's needs?
- What types of strategies and partnerships are necessary to influence public decision-making?
- How can I, personally, improve my leadership skills? Where am I most and least effective? How can I cultivate my self-awareness and capacity to excel as a leader?
- How can I engage in work that is sustainable for myself, my institution, and the communities I serve?
All program sessions are experiential. Program components include:
Opening Retreat - intensive immersion into the concepts that the participants will use and encounter throughout the program year.
Strategy Days - full-day Thursday sessions that meet once a month to explore multiple perspectives and interests shaping NYC immigration issues. Participants use Coro's model of "inquiry-based instruction" to explore the often hidden dynamics and systems that shape New York City public decision-making.
Check out past Strategy Day agendas (pdfs): Public Finance | Drivers Licenses
Personal Leadership Days – full-day Saturday sessions that meet once a month to help participants develop practices for effective, sustainable leadership over the course of a lifetime. Specific practices include: understanding leadership styles, goal-setting, communication, listening, giving and receiving feedback, coaching, and decision-making. View the 2009 ICLP program calendar (pdf) »
Program Fees
Participation in ICLP is based on a sliding scale fee in accordance with the annual operating budget of a participant’s employer. Please refer to the chart below for fee guidelines. If a participant's organization is unable to pay the fee, then he or she can pay tuition at an individual rate of $1,000. Limited partial scholarship assistance is available. Payment plans over the course of the program can also be arranged. In addition to these fees, Coro underwrites 90% of program costs through foundation grants and individual donations.
| Annual Operating Budget Size | Program Fee |
| < $750,000 | $500 |
| $750,000-1,500,000 | $1,000 |
| $1,500,000-3,500,000 | $1,500 |
| $3,500,000 or higher | $2,000 |
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