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Thursday, March 11 - Friday, March 12, 2010
Leadership L.A. 2010 Seminar 1: Orientation & Civic Entrepreneurship
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Thursday, March 25 - Friday, March 26, 2010
Leadership Southern California 2010 Seminar 6: Focus on the San Diego-Mexico Border
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Wednesday, April 28 - Friday, April 30, 2010
California Connections alumni program launch
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Leadership Learning
The Americas Business Forum, March 3-4
Join the L.A. Area Chamber, the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service to learn about business and exporting opportunities in the Americas, primarily in Latin America.
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City of Los Angeles launches new fellows program
The Los Angeles Office of Economic and Business Policy is seeking talented candidates for a new fellows program focused on attracting bright and dedicated individuals to city government. The program promotes innovative approaches to a wide range of challenges facing the City of Los Angeles.
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Meet the Authors: Switch - How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
The Center for Nonprofit Management will host a discussion with authors Chip and Dan Heath on their latest book, which discusses how to overcome resistance to change in our companies, our careers, and our lives, Wednesday, March 10 at 5:30 p.m. at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
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Did you miss a seminar while you were a leadership fellow?
Alumni of Leadership Southern California and Leadership L.A. may audit a class seminar, as space permits. To attend, view seminar dates and email scln@lachamber.com to reserve your spot.
Promoting regional and community leadership
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Who Are We?
SCLN Board of Directors SCLN Staff The Southern California Leadership Network's mission is to develop a productive network of exemplary and diverse leaders in the business, government and community sectors who are capable of addressing the critical challenges facing the Southern California region. For more information, visit www.leadershipnetwork.org.
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Leadership Class of L.A. 2010 announced
The Leadership L.A. Class of 2010 will begin its 9-month program next week with a two-day orientation focusing on civic entrepreneurship and personal development. The Leadership L.A. program focusing on issues and trends of importance to Los Angeles city and county received another record number of applicants. A special thank you to the 2010 Recruitment & Selection Team of alumni who are volunteering their time to select the new Leadership L.A. class.
LSC Class of 2010 looks at the people, places and trends shaping the Inland Empire today.
 The Leadership Southern California Class of 2010 traveled to the Inland Empire on Friday, Feb. 26 to gain a better understanding of the people, places and trends currently shaping the inland region of Southern California. Beginning with an economic overview and forecast from Brad Kemp, Beacon Economics (pictured above), the Fellows received a foundation of knowledge about the IE's housing crisis, but potential for huge growth by 2012-2013. A panel of inland leaders, including Riverside Mayor Ron Loveridge, Arrowhead Credit Union CEO Larry Sharp and California State University, San Bernardino President Albert Karnig expressed their views on what makes the Inland Empire a unique and essential region to Southern California. The Inland Empire needs to present regional, not city, projects to state and federal funders because the region as a whole has clout, said Sharp. Fellows also experienced hands-on excursions looking at the goods movement industry with Union Pacific Railroad; visitor industry in Lake Arrowhead; as well as the importance of faith-based community organizing in Riverside. Read more about the day by following SCLN on Twitter. View photo gallery.
Alumni explore the Southern California-Mexico connection with top leaders from the Mexican-American community
 SCLN alumni attended a dinner and dialogue with leaders of the Mexican-American community on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at La Loteria Grill in Hollywood. A common thread throughout the discussion stressed the importance of integrating Latino immigrants into society. "Latinos are an integral part of this community, and unless embraced at the upper echelons, this region will not survive," said California Community Foundation President Antonia Hernandez. The discussion was moderated by Leadership L.A. alumna Maria Contreras-Sweet, PROMERICA Bank; and panelists included Mexican Consul General Juan Marcos Gutierrez; La Opinion CEO Monica Lozano; and Hernandez, among others (pictured above), who also highlighted local perspectives, economic connections and global policy linkages of Southern California's Mexican-American community. Read more about the event by following SCLN on Twitter. Read more about SCLN's leadership initiative on global connections. View photo gallery.
Southern California Leadership Network is hiring
SCLN is encouraging alumni and friends to please refer exceptional and qualified candidates for two open positions with the Southern California Leadership Network: program coordinator and summer intern. Read more about each position or contact us at 213.580.7526 for more information.
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Overheard
"How can we give Latino immigrants the tools to integrate into society? Closing the informaton gap is the great power of Spanish language media."
-Monica Lozano, CEO, La Opinion, at the Global Connections event featuring the Mexican-American community, Feb. 23.
"The Inland Empire has grown by 800,000 people from 2000-2005. Comparatively, Ventura has only grown by 100,000 in the last 10 years."
-Brad Kemp, Director of Regional Research, Beacon Economics, at the Leadership Southern California 2010 seminar focusing on the Inland Empire, Feb. 26.
Alumni Spotlight
Why do you feel it is important to explore immigrant communities' connections to Southern California, and to develop cross-cultural relationships?"I applaud and thank SCLN and the L.A. Area Chamber for hosting the Global Connections dinner series. Global Connections offers us the unique opportunity to discover and understand the rich heritage of our city's vibrant, cultural communities, which I find essential for developing successful business and professional relationships. These successful relationships in turn foster a greater appreciation of those traits we all share, and helps bind our city." - Sal Zambrano, P.E., Harbor Engineer, Chief of Design, Port of Los Angeles; and Graduate, Leadership Southern California Class of 2003. |
