The Chicago Urban League’s (Chicago, IL) 58th Annual Golden Fellowship Dinner raised nearly $2 million to support education, employment, housing, entrepreneurship and advocacy programs for African-American communities in Chicago.

Nearly 1,500 supporters from the corporate, civic, faith and non-profit sectors attended the gala held at the Hilton Chicago. Mayor Lori Lightfoot greeted the crowd at the pre-event reception. The event was emceed by NBC 5 News anchors Rob Stafford and Michelle Relerford, featured inspirational acceptance remarks from the evening’s three honorees, and concluded with a rousing performance by 10-time Grammy Award winner Chaka Khan.

The Urban League’s Interim President and CEO Barbara Lumpkin said that significant support of the event illustrates the spirit of this year’s gala theme, Getting to Equal Together.

The Cincinnati Black Restaurant Week is returning for its second year.

The event is from Nov. 18 to 24 and will include 24 black-owned restaurants in the Greater Cincinnati area. 

Each of the restaurants will offer discounted pricing on certain menu items as well as specials.

Some of the participating restaurants include Conscious Kitchen, Ollie Trolley's, Sweet Petit and Island Frydays.

The week is organized by The Urban Young Professionals of Greater Southwestern Ohio (Cincinnati, OH) and Cincy Soul.

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NEW YORK (November 14, 2019) -- The National Urban League announced today that Mastercard General Counsel Tim Murphy has been formally installed as the 22nd chairman of its Board of Trustees. Tim was elected earlier this year, and his installation coincides with the National Urban League’s 63rd Equal Opportunity Day Awards Dinner, an annual commemoration of the Gettysburg Address.

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