Community Network Member:

Young American PAC

The Young American PAC is an organization that reaches out to young professionals in the Philadelphia region and encourages them to get involved in the electoral governmental processes.

By holding “Grip and Grins,” Issues and Policy Forums and Happy Hours, the Young America PAC has increased the awareness of issues most important to young professionals in our area. By bringing in the decision-makers for informal discussions and questions, a true connection and understanding of how politics works and policies are enacted, can be created.

YAP's Top 3 Issues:

1. Young professionals: Retention and Growth
2. Young professionals: Involvement in the Government Process
3. n/a

YAP's "Big Question" for the candidates:

With the issues facing the City today, how can Young Professionals interested in government get more involved to start to make the necessary changes?

Programs/Initiatives/Services provided by the YAP for the community:

Young Professionals Survey

With the help of Young Involved Philadelphia and the Young Professionals Network, as well as the Committee of Seventy, we conducted a survey to gauge the issues important to young professionals this election year.