About the San Diego United Veterans Council

The United Veterans Council is an "AD HOC" gathering of Veterans Organizations and of those agencies that provide services to Veterans that meet by mutual consent. 

The main purpose of the UVC is to be a clearing house for information concerning the San Diego Veterans Community, with the idea that such information will be passed down to the front lines of every Veterans Organization.

Secondly, the UVC acts as an interface to coordinate the various Veterans activities in San Diego County, such as the Veterans Day Parade and Veterans Day activities, Memorial Day Ceremonies, Stand Down, the Veterans Ball, and other ceremonies or parades.

The United Veterans Council has no formal bylaws or prescribed dues, therefore no chartered organization should be barred from participating.  We do ask participating organizations to make a donation of $50.00 annually, or whatever an organization can afford to donate.  The donation money is used to pay the monthly rental of the meeting room and to defray administrative costs.

The United Veterans Council encourages the Commander/President to either attend the monthly meeting or to appoint a representative to attend to represent the organization.

The monthly meeting minutes are published each month, electronically to those that have e-mail.  The minutes are also available on the UVC web site.

If your organization is not currently represented on the United Veterans Council, we invite you to complete and submit our contact us form.

The United Veterans Council looks forward to your participation.

San Diego United Veterans Council's Vision, Mission, & Objectives

adopted at the United Veterans’ Council Meeting on 24 March 2007

UVC Vision:

To establish San Diego County as the premier locale for veterans, as a nationwide model and showcase region dedicated to respecting, honoring, and caring for its’ veteran residents.

“Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, [veterans] have renounced what are accounted pleasures and cheerfully undertaken all the self-denials - privations, toils, dangers, sufferings, sicknesses, mutilations, life.”Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

“The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their country.” George Washington

UVC Mission:

To improve the climate for and condition of veterans in San Diego County by providing: (1) channels of communications for the dissemination of information and recommendations pertaining to veterans’ issues; (2) forums for the discussion of veterans’ issues; (3) information regarding the records of San Diego County municipalities and elective and appointed officials pertaining to the support of veterans’ issues; (4) non-partisan leadership and action toward effecting change in the region in support of veterans and their families.

Values:

The United Veterans Council and its members hold the following as core values:

Knowledge Integrity Honor Commitment Courage	Dependability Justice Honesty Fidelity Unselfishness	Judgment Patriotism Non-partisanship Respect for one another
Duty to country, community, other veterans, and our men and women who currently serve in our armed forces

Objectives:

Improve the channels of communications, both internal to the UVC and externally to the community and its leaders in order to disseminate information relative to veterans’ issues, veterans, and their families by:

• Establishing a UVC “Publicity, Public Relations, and Communications Committee.”

• Establishing a “Veterans Speakers’ Bureau”

• Establishing the UVC Community Liaison Sub-Committee to inform community leaders and elected officials about veterans’ issues

• To Improve the climate for transitioning service men and women by helping to facilitate their transition to full and meaningful employment

• Establishing the UVC Career Transition Assistance and Mentoring Committee and Program

• Working with community leaders and corporate leaders to improve educational and employment programs and opportunities for veterans and their families.

• Endeavor to encourage legislators at all levels to improved educational and employment programs and opportunities for veterans and their family members.

• To inform veterans, family members, and all County citizens about the symptoms of and treatment opportunities for victims of PTSD.

• Establishing a UVC PTSD Support Committee and Program.

• To encourage more veterans of all ages and military affiliations to join, support, and participate in veterans’ service organizations

• To mobilize veterans and coordinate their efforts in support of veterans’ issues and causes.

• To support fund-raising efforts in support of selected local veterans’ issues and causes, such as the Veterans’ Day Parade, the Veterans’ Seminar and Resource and Job Fair, and other worthy projects and events.