Urban League Honors Community Change Makers in Cincy

Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio or ULGSO (Cincinnati, OH) is hosting its 71st luncheon, where it will pay tribute to the community changemakers in Cincinnati.

ULGSO calls them lions.

in Anderson, Rev. Donald Jones, Susan Noonan and Kathy Wade are the 2020 honorees.

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LA Urban League Launch Initiative to Increase Diversity in Hollywood

The Los Angeles Urban League (Los Angeles, CA) aims to increase diversity in Hollywood, both inside and outside the camera.

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UL Construction Career Academy Prepares Students for Jobs in Construction

Los Angeles Urban League’s (Los Angeles, CA) Construction Career Academy (CCA) held its first class of the new year this past week with a full house of diverse men and women of all ages looking to get into a construction trade.  CCA and many other workforce development programs are trying to fill employment gaps as labor shortages continue to pl

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'Save Our Sons' - A Call to Action

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) is issuing a call to action for black men in the community.

The organization held an event Saturday focused on addressing public safety and offering resources for change, it was called the “Calling All Black Men to Action Town Hall Summit.”

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Amid Driver Shortage, Urban League Held Job Fair

The Louisville Urban League (Louisville, KY) is working to address a shortage of drivers for Tarc's para-transit service.

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NFL Adds 6 Grassroots Groups to Inspire Change Initiative

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Spectrum Awards Digital Education Grant to Milwaukee Urban League

Spectrum recently awarded the Milwaukee Urban League (Milwaukee, WI) with a $25,000 Spectrum Digital Education Grant for its Digital S.O.S. program, as part of the company’s $5 million national commitment to digital education across the country.

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James Buford Remembered

A pillar of the civic community, James H. Buford mingled with both corporate executives and civil rights activists.

He was “as comfortable in the suite as on the street,” Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, said on Saturday at Buford’s funeral.

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Lyft to Offer Free Rides to Voters During 2020 Primaries

Voters struggling to get to the polls can look to Lyft.

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The Warehouse Prepares to Open its Doors to Wilmington Teens

The first piece of the expansive REACH Riverside community revitalization project is nearly set to open its doors on Wilmington’s East Side.<

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