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NCLL produces innovative, baseline research on Latino leadership utilizing surveys, focus groups, and individual interviews (Listening). NCLL promotes the effective practices of Latino leaders through networking and collaboration (Learning). NCLL provides support for Latino leaders through leadership training, technical assistance and resources (Leading). Summary Since 1989, the National Community for Latino Leadership, Inc. (NCLL), formerly known as the Hispanic Leadership Opportunity Program (HLOP), has existed as a network of national leadership organizations. This network supported leadership development activities for Latino youth, professionals, and community leaders that remain engaged today in efforts to advance the Latino community. NCLL's initial efforts were supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Ford Foundation. In 1999, NCLL's Board of Directors transitioned NCLL from Phoenix, Arizona to Washington, D.C. as part of a strategic plan to develop a national forum on leadership within the Latino community. NCLL recruited leadership consultant Alfred Ramirez as its President to position NCLL as a leadership think tank, collaborative network, and resource clearinghouse for Latino leadership. Recognizing the scarcity of existing Latino leadership research, NCLL embarked upon several groundbreaking research projects on leadership in the Latino community. To date, NCLL has completed 54 focus groups with over 500 local leaders in 6 major cities across the U.S; conducted a comprehensive leadership survey with over 3,000 Latinos nationwide; and interviewed nationally recognized leaders across the arts, civic, intellectual/academic, business and religious sectors of the Latino community. NCLL has also launched a premier online clearinghouse, www.latinoleadership.org, which promotes current leadership research, news, events, opportunities, organizations, and tools for emerging and established Latino/a leaders. NCLL's Latino leadership reports are making significant contributions within the field of ...