Civic & Community Engagement

The slogan of the National Urban League movement is: "Empowering Communities, Changing Lives". Today many California families are financially distressed and feeling the impact of cutbacks in public service, including the declining performance of public institutions such as schools, libraries, colleges, and universities and social service providers.  The ULSDC is partnering with other community groups in San Diego County to provide a forum for grassroots community input on public policy issues. 

Civic Engagement & Leadership Project

The ULSDC is partnering with other community groups in San Diego County to provide a forum for grassroots community input on public policy issues.  The “I Hear You” Listening Tour is one element of a civic engagement and leadership project that the Urban League is partnering with. The initiative intends to document community priorities and to provide a mechanism for community engagement to meaningfully impact public policy formulation and to provide for increased accountability. The first meeting kicked off on May 7, 2011, and preparation for more meetings and discussions are currently occurring. Please visit our facebook page for more updates.  

Partners

In addition to programs offered in conjunction with the National Urban league and other California affiliates, the ULSDC has an extensive network of partners from the faith based community, other community based organizations, public and private entities with whom it collaborates, including: Pastors on Point and United African American Ministerial Action Council; Union of Pan Asian Communities (UPAC), National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Save Our Children, National Association of Black Veterans (NAB-VETS), San Diego Youth Action Board (YAB), ULSDC Young Professionals & Career College Club Network; San Diego Unified School District, City of San Diego Human Relations Commission, Housing Collaborative and the Community College District; and, the Pacific Institute and Heartland.