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Hundreds gathered Saturday (August 21st) at the Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City, OK) for the opportunity to clear their criminal records at its first Expungement Expo.
Getting your record expunged is difficult and can cost around $2,500.
The Louisville Urban League (Louisville, KY) celebrated its centennial by hosting a community health fair Saturday (August 21st) hosted at Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center in the Russell neighborhood.
It’s time to register for the 2021 Virtual Whitney M. Young Jr. Urban Leadership Development Conference happening October 25, 2021 – October 28, 2021, where the theme is “Expanding The Movement.”
Three families officially became homeowners when they closed on their new homes through Invest Newark’s Section 8 homeownership program. The residents were selected via lottery from the program and are now ready to move in.
The Urban League of Greater Madison (Madison, WI) is receiving a $400,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC) for a fund that will provide loans, grants and technical assistance to startups and existing businesses considering moving into the South Madison Black Business Hub.
The Latin American Association and the Urban League of Greater Atlanta (Atlanta, GA) are joining together to fight hesitancy and increase access to the COVID-19 vaccines in the Latinx and African American communities. The unique partnership between organizations representing Georgia’s largest minority groups was born out of an effort by DeKalb C
The National Urban League (NUL) and local officials kicked off construction on the civil rights organization’s $242 million, 414,000-square-foot Urban League Empowerment Center on Thursday, June 17 at the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building in Harlem.
In the 1970s members of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth were arrested for tearing down a dilapidated building in the city’s West End to call attention to the lack of affordable housing.
Some four decades later, the sisters are still working toward housing equity in that community.
As a result the abridged 2021 Census Count that took place during the Covid pandemic, Georgia will not be allocated additional congressional seats for the first time nearly 40 years, and political power could likely shift in certain counties when the Georgia Legislature begins redistricting and gerrymandering this year.
