NEW YORK (February 17, 2022) – Civil rights leaders today challenged NFL team owners to overhaul their hiring practices for head coaching and top executive positions by setting measurable goals for recruiting and hiring diverse candidates.

The leaders called for the creation of an advisory commission to make recommendations and establish guidelines.

NEW YORK (February 16, 2022) -- A partnership between the National Urban League and the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration will allow six Urban League affiliates to build vaccine confidence and bolster COVID-19 vaccination through community health navigators.

Date: Wednesday, February 16, at 6:00pm

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NEW YORK, NY – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has named President and CEO of the New York Urban League (New York, NY) Arva Rice the interim chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board.

The announcement came on Tuesday, February 8th. Rice will share her first remarks at the CCRB’s February Board meeting on Wednesday, February 9th. She has been involved with CCRB Board since last year.

MADISON, WI – The people of Madison will now have more opportunities for career training.

With the help of a $250,000 grant from the Ascendium Education Group, the Urban League of Greater Madison (Madison, WI)  is now expanding its CDL and solar installation training programs. The grant will allow for the Urban League to train over 45 CDL drivers within the next two years. They were only able to train two to four people per year previously.

BALTIMORE, MD – The Greater Baltimore Urban League (Baltimore, MD) will give young entrepreneurs an opportunity to help promote their small business

This coming Saturday, February 19th, the Greater Baltimore Urban League (GBUL) will give entrepreneurs under the age of 25 a chance to show their wares and promote their services at a one-of-a-kind pop-up shop.

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his week, Joi Chaney, our Executive Director and Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, sits down with Jelani Cobb, historian and author who currently works as a staff writer at the New Yorker. Together, they debunk myths and misinformation around critical race theory, a term that, although coined in the 1980s, has regai