Message from the Chair

What an honor to follow the footsteps of such a rich history. If it wasn’t for the Urban League of Metropolitan Denver, I would not be who I am today. I was a youth leader that grew into a community leader when the respected Board and Mayor Michael B. Hancock lead this great organization. There were many giants who poured into me, so to be able to serve and revitalize ULMD is a privilege I do not take lightly.

To serve with such a remarkable group on this Executive Board, I am excited to enter 2025 with a strategic plan and goals that will affirm ULMD is a foundational pillar in the Denver Metro Area and all of Colorado. We intend to provide services, collaborate, and support efforts in education, youth, jobs, entrepreneurship, housing, wealth building, health, wellness, and justice. Implementing this through thoughtful partnerships while raising the funds to provide quality programming is our first priority. This Executive Board is a fresh, hands on, and collaborative board that has a collective vision and we are willing to do it together. As a Board-led affiliate, our second priority is to raise the resources to find the right CEO to support who will take ULMD into the future courageously. Our final priority is to raise our membership by 25% every quarter for the entire year of 2025.

Join the movement by getting involved with our tremendous Young Professional auxiliary. Get involved and lead our Guild auxiliary! Volunteer, attend, engage, like, follow, and share all of our social media.

Dr. “Mama” Auset Maryam Ali

Bio

Dr. Auset is a board certified holistic health practitioner, from ALOP. With an emphasis on holistic and indigenous methods of psychology, her approach to every aspect of life is to purge, learn, heal, grow, and trust the process. With her M.Ed in Educational Leadership from High Tech High, she is also a master educator with over 25 years in JEDI. Completing her MLO and real estate license by the end of the year, her passion to close disparity gaps in health, housing and education have driven her to the role. She intends to receive a Juris Doctorate and/or another Doctorate from an HBCU.  

As a trusted community leader, Mama Auset is the Founder of VPAC and has provided the Metro Denver area with programming for 20years. By community demand, VPC has grown into an independent network of schools in Colorado, Ohio, and Georgia. Head Consultant of Healer Auset Maryam and has developed individual, couple, family, and whole community programs and curriculum that have graduated many successful leaders. She is also the CEO of Organizational Equity Solutions, a consulting firm committed to aiding education, businesses, organizations, and start-ups in being equitable to who they hire and who they serve.

A fellow of a dozen highly sought after fellowships; she constantly develops her own leadership. She has designed courses and curriculum that embody her dedication to healing our community and serves on boards and commission that align resources to community 


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