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| Center for Houston’s Future Reunites Graduates from Ten Years of Leadership Forums |
June 3, 6-8pm, in the Chevron Offices, 1400 Smith, 50th Floor
HOUSTON – June 3, 2010. Ten years after its first leadership forum, the Center for Houston’s Future is inviting its 550 graduates to come Back to the Future for a Business/Civic Leadership Forum Graduate Reunion.
The Graduate Reunion is part of the Center’s year-long 10th Anniversary celebration, and is chaired by Renee Logans and Brandon Clarke. The event is hosted by Chevron, and will feature comments by the Center’s newest Advisory Council member, Mayor Annise Parker.
“The biggest realization from the Forum is that it’s not about me and my personal skills as a leader, but about using my strengths on behalf of the community and the region. And the same is true for all of the 550 Forum Graduates of the Center,” said Reunion Chair Renee Logans.
Twice a year, the Center’s Business/Civic Leadership Forums galvanize and engage leaders from our eight-county region to address issues that impact the future. Each Forum, professionally facilitated, convenes a small class of leaders offsite for several days to consider the complex forces driving the future of our region. The class members are selected for their proven records of leadership, personal capabilities and histories of community action, and are chosen to reflect the diversity of the Greater Houston region.
The hallmark of these Forums is the sense of personal accountability for the future that is fostered in each of the participants. They are challenged to freshly examine the current reality of Houston, to delve into issues where they feel the most passion to make a difference, and ultimately to create group action plans that address those issues. The “learning journeys” taken by Forum participants have resulted in offshoot organizations and projects that have direct, concrete benefit for our region. Examples include Wifi for Houston, which established 630 sq. miles of wireless service for more than 350,000 people in 25 under-served neighborhoods, and the Citizenship Coalition of Houston, which has helped more than 4,000 legal permanent residents wade through the paperwork necessary to become U.S. citizens, becoming the largest volunteer program of its kind in the United States.
For more information on the Center for Houston’s Future Business/Civic Leadership Forums, visit www.futurehouston.org.
The Center for Houston’s Future is a 501c (3) organization whose vision is to advance the Houston region as one of the top ten global communities in which to live and work. For more information, please visit www.futurehouston.org, or http://www.facebook.com/Centerforhoustonsfuture.
***Leadership Forum Graduates, click here to access the Leadership Forum Graduate Website.
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