Tampa Bay Rays gift Pinellas County Urban League with $25,000 donation

A Tampa Bay area nonprofit just got a much-needed surprise from the Rays.

The team’s $25,000 donation will go toward social justice initiatives and will help struggling workers and businesses.

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Low-Income Households Disproportionately Affected as Sacramento Schools Go Virtual

 It’s back to school but not back to class for Sacramento County.

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ATL Black Radio Stations, Urban League United for the Vote

Atlanta’s Black Radio stations have teamed up with the common goals of voter registration, voter education and voter mobilization in advance of the November 2020 election.

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Henry Thomas III of Springfield Leaves UMass Trustee Board with a Legacy

The impact of Henry Thomas III was not overlooked as the Springfield civic and education leader’s tenure with the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees came to an end.

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Urban League Names Leader of New Center for Social Justice

The Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio (Cincinnati, OH) has chosen a leader for its new Center for Social Justice.

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NRG Energy, Supports HAUL to Combat Racial Inequities

On June 30th, the Houston Area Urban League or HAUL (Houston, TX) announced that it will be the recipient of a $25,000 donation from NRG Energy, parent company to Reliant and part of a $1 million donation toward organizations and initiatives such as HAUL that combat racial inequalities, injustice and related violence.

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Louisville Urban League, Local Leaders Call for City to Act on Racial Injustice

The Louisville Urban League (Louisville, KY) and about 60 more local leaders and organizations have sent a petition to the city as a call to demand specific and immediate action on various issues facing the Black community.

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Urban League Building On Police Reform Outside The City

The Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio is launching the Center for Social Justice to monitor police reforms and investigate claims of police misconduct outside of Cincinnati's city limits.

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Civic Progress, Regional Business Council Gives $500k to Urban League

Members of Civic Progress and the Regional Business Council granted $500,000 to the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis’ (St. Louis, MO) Save Our Sons program and its Gun Violence De-escalation public safety program. Civic Progress contributed $150,000 to each program, and the Regional Business Council invested $100,000 in each program.

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Urban League, Second Harvest Partner to Distribute Food in Frenchtown

While businesses are starting to open back up, there is still a need for food for many families in the Tallahassee community.

The Tallahassee Urban League (Tallahassee, FL), along with Second Harvest of the Big Bend, is helping hundreds of families in Frenchtown with a much needed food distribution.

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