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.

Save Our Sons equips African-American men with the education, job training, career skills and work ethic needed to compete in the job market

The Regional Business Council also made a $25,000 contribution to the Urban League’s COVID-19 relief efforts. These efforts include community health evaluations, increased access to food, school supplies, clothing and employment services.

“These investments represent the ongoing commitment of more than 125 of the region’s leading businesses and community organizations to advance the St. Louis region by improving economic development, community safety and educational opportunities for the neighborhoods that need it most,” said Tom Santel, president of Civic Progress.

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