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NEW YORK (July 15, 2021) – The COVID-19 pandemic not only unmasked the stark racial inequities in the nation’s economic, health care and public safety status quo..
As we pass the halfway point for taking this year's census, nearly two out of every five U.S. households have yet to respond to the survey, stoking fears that billions of federal dollars could be left on the table — dollars that fund crucial services including during the pandemic.
A Father’s Day march with a focus on justice was held Sunday in Center City. The march started at the Octavius Catto monument on purpose. Following the Civil War, Catto was one of Philadelphia’s most prominent civil rights activists — rights that this group says they’re continuing to fight for more than a century and a half later.
Washington, D.C. (September 21, 2021) –National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s new policy limits on chokeholds and no-knock entries:
Meijer is donating $1 million to 19 different Urban League chapters across the Midwest as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion.
In Michigan, three Urban League affiliates will each receive $52,000.
Mothers In Action in collaboration with the LA Urban League (Los Angeles, CA), Brotherhood Crusade, FEMA, Cal OES and others have been working tirelessly to bring the much-needed Johnson & Johnson Vaccine to the Crenshaw Community. The site, which on March 11, ensured that the African American community would have access and equity to the v
NEW YORK and MINNEAPOLIS (February 6, 2022) – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Urban League Twin Cities President and CEO Steven Belton issued the following joint statement regarding the fatal shooting of Amir Locke by Minneapolis Police Officer Mark Hanneman:
RACINE, WA – Every Wednesday in February, the Urban League of Racine and Kenosha (Racine,, WA) will host a month-long talk series to discuss financial literacy, called Financial Freedom February.
