The African Leadership Group (ALG) never stands still.
The advocacy and service nonprofit organization, founded in 2006 by Senegalese immigrant Papa Dia, continues to grow and evolve to meet the ever-shifting needs of our members.
Since its inception, the African Leadership Group has delivered programs, services, and community events focused on key issues including education, career and job opportunities, business development, immigration, and civic participation.
We regularly reach thousands of individuals in the local community.
Please consider a gift to the African Leadership Group during this year’s Colorado Gives Day to help us continue to grow the following programs & events below for years to come!
The official date is Tuesday, Dec. 10, but why wait when you can donate now by following this link!
Here are some highlights of our work:
- ALG’s Youth Empowerment initiative launched an education scholarship program in 2021. This program helps to offset the cost of students attending a two-or four-year institution of higher education. A generous grant from Banc of California helped 60+ scholarship recipients attend a wide range of colleges and universities, among them [insert a few colleges that the scholars got accepted to].
- ALG’s Homeownership & Financial committee hosts quarterly workshops to help the community members build generational wealth and become a homeowner.
- ALG’s Youth Empowerment committee continues to offer an after-school tutoring program for community members with students from 2nd to 12th grade. This platform offers homework help in core subjects (math, reading, writing, science and social studies) connecting with live tutors online twice a week.
- ALG’s Immigration & Refugee Committee launched an English class for new migrants in 2023. This year, the committee will also launch a life-skills training program as well as a computer class. In addition to providing social and skill-development programs, we’ve also hosted a migrant resource fair in October of 2023, which provided up to 400 newcomers from Africa with food, connections to health insurance, employment, and many more resources.
- This is our 4th year of our Leadership Africa program that provides long-term benefits to our community and to all Coloradans. This leadership program helps to unleash the brilliance that shines from our people, be they just beginning their careers or already deeply immersed in their professional lives. Leadership Africa is a professional and civic leadership development program that encourages participants to take on greater community and professional leadership roles by creating a valuable opportunity for gaining leadership skills, building self-awareness, personal development and professional growth, and learning about local systems and institutions.
- ALG marked its 9th Annual Afrik Impact Celebration in August 2024 at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Our main guest speaker was Kent Thiry, Former CEO of DaVita from 1999 to 2019 and current Founder and Chairman of AdvanceEDU, an innovative college program providing career services to under-resourced students.
- ALG also hosted its second Annual Business Investment Forum for attendees to learn about business opportunities both within the U.S and on the continent of Africa while also learning about funding opportunities.
- The culmination of our year was having Governor of Colorado, Jared Polis issue an official proclamation establishing the month of August as AFRICAN IMMIGRANT MONTH in the state of Colorado for the fourth consecutive year during our Afrik Impact celebration in August.
We are proud and honored by this, and all our accomplishments this year, but our work is not done. Your contribution will help us continue to provide these programs, celebrate our collective accomplishments, recognize our community champions and have a greater impact in the state of Colorado.
We rely on the generosity of people like you to support us financially. We would like to extend a heart-felt thank you for your continued support to our organization over the years.
