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Whether it’s counseling Black college students struggling with their mental health, providing a safe home for people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, producing organic skin care products or creating elaborate balloon displays, the Springfield women participating in Babson College’s Black Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership program are looking to grow their businesses and succeed on a grand scale.

“I think the program has offered us the opportunity to come together as Black women in business and has given us the tools and resources to become a force in our own communities and work our way through this city,” said Cynthia Clemons, owner of Safe Harbor, a residential and adult day care program with locations in Springfield and Agawam.

Meijer is donating $1 million to 19 different Urban League chapters across the Midwest as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion.

In Michigan, three Urban League affiliates will each receive $52,000.

They are the Southwestern Michigan Urban League (Battle Creek, MI), the Urban League of Detroit and Southeast Michigan (Detroit, MI) and the Urban League of West Michigan (Grand Rapids, MI) which was formerly known as the Grand Rapids Urban League.

Brenda Moore, interim president of the Urban League of West Michigan, called Meijer a “strong partner and supporter” of the organization.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody and the Florida Consortium of Urban League Affiliates announced a new program to help young victims of crime thrive. The new public service program, Thrive, is administered through four local Urban Leagues in areas of Florida heavily affected by crime—particularly violent crime involving teens and young adults. Through Thrive, the Florida Attorney General’s Office is providing federal funding for victim advocates and crime victim services for Floridians affected by criminal activity, such as assault, bullying, domestic violence and gang activity.

Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “It is heart breaking any time a child is victimized by criminal behavior, especially if no one is there to help them along the road to recovery. As a former judge, I have seen young people with promising futures victimized over and over again and, in some incidences, turn to crime themselves.