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Urban League Affiliates Highlighted for Apprenticeship Work at the White House Summit

On Wednesday, the White House will announce that over $40 Billion in American Rescue Plan funds have been committed to strengthening and expanding our workforce.

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DoorDash And The Urban League Created Financial Empowerment Classes For Dashers (Blavity)

Organization leaders are learning that understanding the needs of their workforce is essential to success in business. One way DoorDash is taking care of home is by working with the National Urban League to provide financial education to dashers — the company’s front-line workforce responsible for making deliveries.

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Brittney Griner’s Supporters Call on Biden to Strike a Deal to Free Her

By Maggie Haberman, New York Times

Dozens of organizations representing people of color, women and L.G.B.T.Q. voters called on President Biden on Wednesday to strike a deal for the release of Brittney Griner, the W.N.B.A. star who has been detained in Russia since February.

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Black Buffalo Determined To Rebuild While Dealing With Grief and Sorrow

The national media has packed up and moved on to the next mass shooting in America. But residents on the Eastside of Buffalo, where 85 percent of the population is Black, are still grieving...

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Partnership To Expand Afterschool Programs Statewide

The S.C. Department of Education is partnering with the S.C. Afterschool Alliance to provide up to $14.5 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding to expand summer and afterschool programs to address pandemic-related learning loss in disadvantaged communities. 

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Justice Dept. Inquiry Finds ‘Systemic Failures’ at Mississippi Prison

WASHINGTON — Officials at Mississippi’s largest prison routinely violated the rights of prisoners by failing to provide mental health treatment, suicide counseling and protection from violence, among its “systemic failures” that led to widespread death and despair, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.

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Jacksonville Urban League Gets $2M To Help Construct Community and Veterans Empowerment Center

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A local organization that supports and empowers veterans just received more funding to help with their mission. U.S. Rep. Al Lawson presented a $2 million check on Wednesday to the Jacksonville Urban League Economic Community Development Foundation Community and Veterans Empowerment Center. The funds are from Congress’ 2022 Community Project Funding.

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Small Business Owners Say Remote Work Policies Are Not One Size Fits All

Are your employees working from home more often? You’re not alone. Thanks to the pandemic, remote working options have become a hot benefit to offer both prospective and current staff. But the issue is complex.

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Chicago Urban League Announces New Leadership

The Chicago Urban League has named Jessica R. Harris as its new Chief Development Officer, effective March 2, 2022. Additionally, Calmetta Coleman has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer.

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Racial Homeownership Gaps Getting Worse in Wisconsin

MADISON (WKOW) -- The disparities in homeownership between White, Hispanic, and African-American families across Wisconsin have only gotten worse over the last decade according to a report from the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum.

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