Louisville Urban League, Local Leaders Call for City to Act on Racial Injustice

The Louisville Urban League (Louisville, KY) and about 60 more local leaders and organizations have sent a petition to the city as a call to demand specific and immediate action on various issues facing the Black community.

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Urban League Building On Police Reform Outside The City

The Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio is launching the Center for Social Justice to monitor police reforms and investigate claims of police misconduct outside of Cincinnati's city limits.

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Civic Progress, Regional Business Council Gives $500k to Urban League

Members of Civic Progress and the Regional Business Council granted $500,000 to the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis’ (St. Louis, MO) Save Our Sons program and its Gun Violence De-escalation public safety program. Civic Progress contributed $150,000 to each program, and the Regional Business Council invested $100,000 in each program.

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Urban League, Second Harvest Partner to Distribute Food in Frenchtown

While businesses are starting to open back up, there is still a need for food for many families in the Tallahassee community.

The Tallahassee Urban League (Tallahassee, FL), along with Second Harvest of the Big Bend, is helping hundreds of families in Frenchtown with a much needed food distribution.

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Urban League Munch & Learn Benefit Students

The Milwaukee Urban League or MUL (Milwaukee, WI) will launch its Munch & Learn initiative, a MUL outreach program that provides MUL Power Paks to students and families at Oliver Wendell (O.W.) Holmes School and Auer Avenue School. The purpose of Munch & Learn is to support students and families at O.W.

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Urban League Provides Food for 1,500 Families for Third Consecutive Week

Families feeling the strain from the coronavirus pandemic began lining up outside East St. Louis High School early Friday morning hoping to be among the 1,500 to receive a care package of food and healthcare staples.

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Urban League Sponsors Food Giveaway to Aid the Newly Unemployed

Friday’s jobless numbers indicated near-record unemployment in the United States. Many more families are struggling to put food on the table.

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis (St. Louis) has sponsored food giveaways where they’ve given away boxes of food to 10,000 families. 

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Urban League of Greater Atlanta Condemns Death of Rayshard Brooks, Calls for Systemic Change

 Urban League condemns the police shooting death of Rayshard Brooks calling for Systemic Change

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Urban League Holds First Virtual Job Fair

Urban League of Central Carolinas (Charlotte, NC) held its first virtual job fair Wednesday (April 15).

People got connected online looking for a job, and had a virtual one on one meeting with five employers.

Companies participating were Walmart, UPS, Atrium Health UPS, and RJ Leeper Construction.

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Chicago Urban League Reports on Disparities of COVID-19

Longstanding structural racism and inequity contribute to a range of risk factors that make Black Americans more likely to contract and die from COVID-19, according to a new report from the Chicago Urban League’s (Chicago, IL) Research & Policy Center.

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