Urban League Kicks Off Construction on New National Headquarters in Harlem

The National Urban League (NUL) and local officials kicked off construction on the civil rights organization’s $242 million, 414,000-square-foot Urban League Empowerment Center on Thursday, June 17 at the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building in Harlem.

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$2.5 Million Gift Continues Sisters’ Work for Housing Equity

In the 1970s members of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth were arrested for tearing down a dilapidated building in the city’s West End to call attention to the lack of affordable housing.

Some four decades later, the sisters are still working toward housing equity in that community.

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Urban League Hosts Town Hall Meetings on the Impact of Redistricting

As a result the abridged 2021 Census Count that took place during the Covid pandemic, Georgia will not be allocated additional congressional seats for the first time nearly 40 years, and political power could likely shift in certain counties when the Georgia Legislature begins redistricting and gerrymandering this year.

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Urban League Juneteenth Celebration Continues with Open Community Dialogue

The Fort Wayne Urban League’s (Ft. Wayne, IN) massive weeklong Juneteenth celebration continued Thursday evening with an event called Lawn and Learn.

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Columbus Urban League Pushing to Support Local Business

As we move one step closer to normal there are still a large number of local businesses fighting to survive and ensure they're open on the other side of the pandemic. The Columbus Urban League (Columbus, OH) is stepping up to help. The Urban League is launching a major initiative aimed at providing support.

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Volkswagen Group of America and the Urban League Announce Future Leaders in Mobility Program

Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) and the Greater Washington Urban League or GWUL (Washington, DC) announced the new “Future Leaders in Mobility Program,” set to run from August 16, 2021 through August 20, 2021.

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HiTouch Invests $10K in Urban League of Middle Tennessee for its 53rd Anniversary

HiTouch Business Services is investing $10,000 into The Urban League of Middle Tennessee (Nashville, TN) as the historic civil rights organization celebrates its 53rd Anniversary.

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Kansas City Vaccination Center Focuses on Postal Workers

A thousand postal workers are expected to get vaccinated during the next few weeks, thanks to a partnership between the Urban League of Greater Kansas City (Kansas City, MO) and Samuel Rodgers Health Center.

Organizers said keeping the mail coming starts with protecting those who deliver it.

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Wells Fargo Launches Banking Inclusion Initiative

Wells Fargo today announced the Banking Inclusion Initiative, a 10-year commitment to help unbanked individuals gain access to affordable, mainstream, digitally-enabled transactional accounts

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Urban League to Start New Session of Executive Education Program for Small Business Owners

The Memphis Urban League (Memphis, TN) is beginning another session of NextLevel, a business development program offered in conjunction with the Tennessee Urban League Affiliates, Tennessee Valley Authority and Interise.

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