[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 124 (Friday, September 21, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1704]
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              HONORING THE PARTICIPANTS OF LEADERSHIP 2001

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                            HON. MARK UDALL

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 21, 2001

  Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, as some of my colleagues in this 
body know, before I was elected to Congress I was an instructor and 
later executive director of Colorado's Outward Bound School. While 
Outward Bound gave me unparalleled opportunities to satisfy a passion 
for mountain climbing and other experiences in the outdoors, I believe 
my participation and involvement in Outward Bound may have been most 
rewarding for me because it began a life-long interest in the question 
of how we work to fully develop human potential and in the dynamics of 
leadership.
  The credo of Outward Bound is that every human being has the inner 
potential to become a leader. This potential can be unlocked in many 
ways, whether it is facing a 14,000 foot mountain climb, beginning a 
trek across miles of desert and wilderness, working with a group of 
inner city school children, building a shelter for those who are 
homeless, or comforting a person in need.
  How leadership is awakened is less important than acknowledging the 
diversity of ways in which each one of us faces deep challenge, whether 
it is physical, emotional or as part of a collaborative venture with 
others.
  Earlier this year, a group of Coloradans came together to celebrate 
the individual and collective challenge of leadership in the lesbian, 
gay, bisexual and transgender community. These Coloradans were 
participants in an exhaustive and comprehensive national initiative 
called ``Leadership Challenge 2001: Connecting, Communicating, 
Collaborating'' sponsored by the Lundy Foundation, in partnership with 
the Gill Foundation and 40 other non-profit and corporate supporters.
  Over the course of three years, 41 participants spent 56 days in 
intensive training sessions, addressing fundamental issues of trust, 
race, socioeconomic status, diversity and other challenges in building 
collaborative leadership within the LGBT community.
  By vigorously addressing their own individual and communal issues, 
the participants in this innovative leadership training project also 
enhanced the potential of Colorado's LGBT community to address the 
needs and concerns of a much broader community, namely, the community 
we call ``America.''
  As an enthusiast of leadership theory, I am very pleased to bring 
this initiative to the attention of my colleagues in this body, and to 
commend the project coordinates and the 32 participants who graduated 
from this program.
  Their commitment and perseverance is admirable, and worthy of 
acknowledgement.
  Please join me in recognizing their achievement today.

                LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE 2001 ADMINISTRATION

       Victor Dukay, Ph.D.--Project Director and President of the 
     Lundy Foundation;
       Harryl Hollingsworth, M.A.--Assistant Project Director;
       Carl Larson, Ph.D.--Curriculum Development/Faculty;
       Dora Lodwick, Ph.D.--Evaluator;
       Allan Wallis, Ph.D.--Evaluator.


           LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE 2001 GRADUATING PARTICIPANTS

       Dave Anderson, Suzanne Banning, Joe Barrows, Jeff Basinger, 
     Janet Corlett, Ashara Ekundayo, Robert Espinosa, Yvette 
     Freeman, Lisha Gallegos, Peter Gross, Danielle Haraburda, 
     Kevin Jones, Richard Jung, Matt Keefauver, Christopher Leach, 
     Marielle Oetjen, Matt Patrick, Katherine Pease, Dean Prina, 
     Lorenzo Ramirez, Kathy Rank, Roy Rosa, Debra Rose, Nori Rost, 
     Becky Rudolph, Nick Sarchet, Tina Scardina, Dominick Sekich, 
     Mike Smith, Darrell Watson, Tim Wilson, and Jennifer Woodard.

     

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