AAVIP - What we do...
Voter Registration and Data Base Development
AAVIP conducts voter registration efforts at community events, high schools and door to door neighborhood walks.
Further, AA-VIP maintains a data base of these names with the goal of developing the largest African American specific list of registered voters in the State of Colorado.
Community Education and Outreach
AAVIP sponsors community forums, prepares and disseminates White Papers, disseminates Election information and attends State and Local governmental meetings on behalf of the community.
Voter Turnout
Voter Registration and Data Base Development AAVIP conducts voter registration efforts at community events, high schools and door to door neighborhood walks. Further, AA-VIP maintains a data base of these names with the goal of developing the largest African American specific list of registered voters in the State of Colorado
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee serves as the governing body and administrative unit for AAVIP and is responsible for providing policy direction and ultimate oversight of the activities of support staff.
Toya Nelson, Chair
Toya is the Executive Director of the Governor's Commission on Community Service in the state of Colorado. Toya is a former Administrator and Executive Manager in Wisconsin State Government, from 1969-2001. She was actively involved in the community in Madison, Wisconsin, and sat on several Boards of Directors. She is currently on the Board of Directors of the Urban League of Metropolitan Denver. She was instrumental in the initial development of AAVIP.
Tracy Jenkins Winchester, Treasurer
Tracy has served on non-profit boards for over 30 years. She is currently President/CEO of CoLours Television, a cable and satellite network carried in over 16 million homes nationwide. She is a graduate of Georgetown Law School and has worked in the cable television industry for the past 23 years. Tracy was National Association of Minorities in Cable Foundation Trustee and President, 1993-2004; Women’s Foundation of Colorado, Board Trustee, 2000-2005; served as a Board Member and Officer of the Denver Urban Renewal Authority, 1999-2006; and is a past Commisioner of the Colorado Lottery Commission, Chair and Vice-Chair, 1996-2000.
Karon Majeel Hatchett, Member-At-Large
Karon has more than 30 years of experience in marketing, writing and communications. Previously, she served as the Executive Director at the Denver Election Commission, and she has traveled throughout Colorado as the State Trainer for Campaign and Political Finance. As the assistant to Colorado's Secretary of State, she worked closely with the Hon. Vikki Buckley, the first black female to hold statewide legislative office.
Alice Langley, Member-At-Large
Alice has over thirty years in education, both as a teacher and administrator. She is currently President of the Urban League Guild and member of the Board of Directors of the Urban League of Metropolitan Denver. Alice is also an Outreach Committee Member of A+ Denver, a non-profit independent civic organization formed to help Denver transform its public school district into the best in the country and to make increased student achievement and public school reform a top priority in the Denver community.
Adrian Miller, Esq.
Adrian is the Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for the Governor's office in the state of Colorado. Adrian was special assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the President’s Initiative for One America in the Clinton Adminstration. Before joining the White House staff, he practiced law for four years with the Denver law firms of Holme Roberts & Owen and Leboeuf Lamb Green and MacRae. Adrian has a B.A. in international relations from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C.