National Urban League
Mon, 24 Feb 2020 - 11:18am

UL New Sports and Learning Complex in Need of Corporate Sponsors

 Fundraising for the track and field complex in west Louisville is approaching the finish line, but it's in need of a final push.

The Louisville Urban League (Louisville, KY) has raised $44 million of the $50 million cost for construction. President Sadiqa Reynolds said she also wants to raise an additional $5 million to help support the facility's operating costs.

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National Urban League
Mon, 24 Feb 2020 - 10:20am

Catch Highlights From the Recent Black Census Roundtable

We hosted diverse voices in Washington, D.C. this week to exchange strategies for making sure Black communities are fully counted in the 2020 Census. Catch the highlights and do your part to Make Black Count!

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National Urban League
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 - 11:05am

Lyft Shows How to Get a Free Ride to Vote in 2020 Elections

The ride sharing program Lyft is providing free and discounted rides to polls for the primary and general election season for voting in 2020 in the USA.

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National Urban League
Tue, 11 Feb 2020 - 12:15pm

At ‘Emergency’ Summit, Congressional Black Caucus Calls for Trump’s Defeat

WASHINGTON — Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) laid out its agenda for the year last week at an “emergency summit” at the U.S. Capitol.

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National Urban League
Mon, 10 Feb 2020 - 10:37am

We Have To Do Something About the Black Student Debt Crisis: Center for Responsible Lending

According to the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), 70% of the people who graduated from college in 2016 have student loan debt with an average of $30,000...

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National Urban League
Wed, 05 Feb 2020 - 10:47am

At ‘Emergency’ Summit', Congressional Black Caucus Calls for Trump’s Defeat

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) laid out their agenda for the year Tuesday at an “emergency summit” at the U.S. Capitol.

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National Urban League
Mon, 03 Feb 2020 - 12:39pm

Kansas, Other States Consider Banning Bias Based on Hairstyles

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Black female legislators in two predominantly white Midwestern states urged their Republican colleagues Tuesday to join a national push to outlaw discrimination based on hairstyles such as braids and dreadlocks.

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National Urban League
Tue, 21 Jan 2020 - 9:18am

‘You are the medicine,’ Urban League Leader Tells MLK Day Service in Morristown

With racism on the rise and economic disparity widening, it’s time to stand up and be counted–at the ballot box and in this year’s U.S. Census, the CEO of the National Urban League told a Martin Luther King Day service in Morristown.

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National Urban League
Thu, 16 Jan 2020 - 10:16am

Upon MLK Holiday Week, Struggle Against Violence, for Economic Justice, and Racial Equality Undermines Black Leadership

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – As America prepares to pause on Monday, January 20, to commemorate and reflect on the life and principles of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the three most essential aspects of the revered civil rights leader’s work – economic justice, racial equality and strategic non-violence – remain among the foremost civil rights issues across America.

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National Urban League
Wed, 15 Jan 2020 - 9:47am

Census Bureau Plans Hundreds of Ads in 13 Languages for 2020

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Faced with a changed media landscape from the last once-a-decade head count in 2010, U.S. Census Bureau officials unveiled a multi-million dollar media campaign...

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