Lorain County Urban League Holds Annual Diversity Conference

ELYRIA – The Lorain County Urban League (Elyria, OH) held its annual Diversity and Inclusion Conference, already in it’s eighth year.

The event took place on Thursday, Sept. 22nd at the Spitzer Center at Lorain County Community College.

One of the focuses of the conference was, unsurprisingly, voting rights.

Parris M. Smith, President of the Urban League, said, “While the tactics have changed, our hard fought rights are again under attack.”

This year’s conference included Lorain Mayor Jack Bradley, himself a partner of the Urban League for several years.

“Justice is very simple. It’s fairness,” he said. “I had the opportunity to read a book called ‘The New Jim Crow’ and I presented that book to some of the judges…justice is not easy, but it is necessary.”

Other matters discussed during the conference were marriage and social justice advocacy.

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