Urban League Hosts Annual Diversity & Inclusion Awards

The Urban League of Northwest Indiana (Gary, IN) took its annual Diversity & Inclusion Awards event online last Wednesday, recognizing nine organizations for their efforts during the local organization's 75th anniversary year.

The awards were presented by Vanessa Allen-McCloud, president and CEO of the Urban League of NWI, and Thomas Keon, chancellor of Purdue University Northwest and chairman of the Urban League of NWI board of directors. 

U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-1st, congratulated the organization and award winners via video, noting the events of this year that have prompted protests and a reckoning with the state of race relations in the United States.

"This past year has highlighted just how urgent it is to have these conversations, and act," Visclosky said. 

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