Central America Leadership Initiative
Central American Leadership Fellows Hold Executive Seminar in Aspen
From July 23-26, the second class of Central America Leadership Initiative (CALI) Fellows, self-named "Calidos" (a play on words meaning both warm-blooded and CALI class II in Spanish), gathered at the Aspen Meadows for their second of four seminars – the Executive Seminar, in which they discussed their vision of "a good society" by reading, discussing and relating the writings of a wide range of thinkers to their present-day conditions.
As is the tradition, the Fellows also performed Sophocles' Antigone. With only a few hours to rehearse in the course of the week, the Fellows put on one of the most creative and heartfelt performances the Aspen Institute has seen, complete with superb costumes and staging. Afterwards they discussed the key takeaways of the play, including the dangers of inflexible leadership and how the work reflects the challenges facing leaders in modern-day Central America.
CALI is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, now comprising 600 Fellows from 26 countries. CALI Fellows are drawn from Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. All are successful entrepreneurial leaders from the worlds of business, government and non-profit organizations. And all are committed to both greater civic engagement and values-based leadership.
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CALI Fellows visit Maroon Bells
Fellows Perform Antigone
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Seminar Report from " The Promise of Leadership" Seminar, Antigua, Guatamala, July 2006
Seminar Report from the " Leadership in an Era of Globalization" Seminar, Costa Rica, February 2006
Seminar Report from the " Challenge of Leadership" Seminar, Costa Rica, February 2005
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CALI Fellows commit to participate in four seminars over 18 months. They will meet three times in Central American and once at the Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado. Fellows range in age from 30 – 45 and represent Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
The seminars, modeled after those of the Institute's Henry Crown Fellowship Program, focus on building and refining the leadership values they will need to move "from success to significance" – applying their proven talents to make a difference in their communities, countries and region. The seminars include, The Challenge of Leadership, In Search of "The Good Society", Leadership in an Era of Globalization, and The Promise of Leadership. In the Aspen spirit of moving ideas into action, each CALI Fellow undertakes a leadership project of his/her own design to address a pressing need in their society.
CALI is a joint program of four founding organizations: INCAE, The Aspen Institute, FUNDEMAS, and TechnoServe. The Initiative is underwritten by an array of private individuals and foundations from both Central America and the US.
For more information, please contact Mirei de Heras, Executive Director of the CALI Foundation, at mirei@tcarrier.net, or at Tel. 507-372-7400.
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