Young Professionals: Anchorage Urban League

Young Professionals Strategic Planning Session

Anchorage Urban League's Young Professionals Launch

The Anchorage Urban League (AUL) Young Professionals is a newly formed organization with deep roots throughout our community and state. Meetings are held on the third Thursdays of the month at the Anchorage Senior Center from 6-8 pm.

As the premier networking and training ground for emerging leaders in Anchorage, the AUL Young Professionals provide a dynamic, multi-ethnic platform for the development of culturally competent leadership for a new generation of emerging leaders.

Guided by the core values of self-reliance, equality and social justice, the AUL Young Professionals are launching a visionary program called "OurTime 2008". This program is a two-pronged and is best described as a youth-based voter registration and political literacy program.

By reaching out to build and strengthen partnerships in our community that leverage our common connections, OurTime 2008" will contribute to the rapidly changing social and political landscape in Anchorage, Alaska by changing the norm of low youth civic & voter engagement.

Broadly speaking, OurTime 2008" will work throughout Anchorage to:

• Empower Anchorage Youth
• Amplify voices from underserved Anchorage neighborhoods
• Spread the Anchorage Urban League message & mission through action
• Build lasting community partnerships

The specific desired outcomes from of OurTime 2008" will include:

• Recruiting & training 100 diverse Anchorage Youth as voter registrars
• Cultivating the leadership potential of these 100 youth (18-35 years) through a Political Literacy Program created by the Hip Hop Association (http://www.hiphopassociation.org/)
• Registering 1,000 new young voters in Anchorage in advance of the 2008 Presidential Elections
• Providing a template for future action by program partners in our community

The effort will culminate on September 26, 2008 with a "Rock the Vote" concert that will be held in the new Dena'ina Center in Anchorage. There, youth will be rewarded and recognized as emerging community leaders.


Mark Your Calendar for OurTime 2008's 4th Art of Political Activism Seminar with National Partner, The Hip-Hop Association. Admission Free.

Featuring the First Hip-Hop Artist to be elected to office and US Cultural Ambassador, Hon. George Martinez and Alaska's own Julien Jacobs aka DJ "He Took/The Surgeon"

Grab The Mic: Inspire. Organize. Act for Change!
Saturday, July 26th at 10:30 AM
UAA Arts Building(32ll Providence Drive).
Website: www.ourtime2008.com

OurTime. Your Choice. Make Your MARK.


For more information email: ourtime@ourtime2008.com or call the Anchorage Urban League at 276-0390.

Made Possible with generous support from the Alaska Humanities Forum and the National Endowment For The Humanities. IBEW, Central Labor Union Council, New Northwest Broadcasters Association and the Municipality of Anchorage.