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National Urban League and Wells Fargo Partner to Keep People Housed in Response to COVID-19

Civil rights organization is among the groups receiving grants to help more than 100,000 renters and homeowners stay in their homes.

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National Urban League Urges Federal Government to Exclude Predatory Lenders From Small Business Program

NEW YORK (May 20, 2020) -- National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial called on the federal government to reject efforts by predatory payday lenders to gain access to funding...

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PepsiCo Launches $7 Million Initiative To Help U.S. Communities Hardest Hit By COVID-19

In response to alarming evidence of the continued disparate, negative impact of COVID-19, PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) and its philanthropic arm, The PepsiCo Foundation, today launched an initiative to provide increased medical and economic aid to communities of color across the country where the company has long worked. The $7 million initiative is a comprehensive project to support immediate relief and long-term recovery.

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Join the National Urban League and the NBA for a Virtual Roundtable on Covid-19's Impact on Black America

Watch Now: Valerie Jarrett, Grant Hill And Marc Morial Join Fourth NBA Together Virtual Roundtable On Systemic Inequality And Covid-19’s Impact On Black America 

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An Importance Announcement Regarding the 2020 Annual Conference

National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial today announced that the League’s anticipated 2020 Conference, slated for August in Houston, will not take place due to the current international health crisis.

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Job Loss in April Was Historic

Job Loss in April Was Historic; Historic Racial Disparity Only Worsened Under COVID-19 

Written by Dr. Bernard A. Anderson, Professor Emeritus, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Senior Economic Advisor, National Urban League

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Leader Schumer Advances National Urban League Proposal to Direct Returned PPP Funds to Legitimate Small Businesses

NEW YORK (May 7, 2020) -- National Urban League President and CEO Marc H.

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Coalition of Civil Rights Leaders Condemn Horrific Attack on Ahmaud Arbery

NAACP, National Urban League, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and the National Action Network (NAN) today released the following joint statement in response to the recent killing of Ahmaud Arbery:

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National Black Civil Rights Leaders Participate in Call with Democratic Presidential Nominee and Former Vice President Joe Biden

(May 5, 2020) –Today, national Black civil rights leaders participated in a call with former vice president Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, a day after the release of Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black America. Among the participants were Reverend Al Sharpton, President o

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National Black Faith & Civil Rights Leaders Encouraging Communities to "Stay At Home"

(April 24, 2020) -- A group of national Black faith and civil rights leaders along with the heads of the largest historically Black religious denominations are encouraging communities to stay at home in states where stay at home orders are being lifted until there is evidence that it is safe.

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