Washington, D.C. (March 6, 2022) – Leading civil rights organizations issued the following joint statement to reflect on the anniversary of Bloody Sunday and to urge Congress to remain focused on protecting the fundamental right to vote for the American people:

“As thousands gather in Selma, Alabama for the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, we are reminded that our right to vote–the right that sparked the infamous march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the right that Americans were beaten and died for–is still under assault. 

“President Biden made it clear during his State of the Union address that in order to ensure our right to vote is protected and counted, Congress must do everything in its power to pass the protections that were included in the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act, which would: 

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Washington, D.C. (March 4, 2022) – Today, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement after the release of the organization’s digital equity white paper entitled, “From Page to Progress: Bringing the Latimer Plan to Life Through Infrastructure and Job Act Funding;”

Dr. Bernard E. Anderson
Whitney M Young, Jr. Professor Emeritus, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Economic Advisor, National Urban League

The U.S economy added 678,000 new jobs in February, the unemployment rate dipped down to 3.8 percent, and more than 300,000 workers were added to the labor force.

"Black people today, for all our righteous anger and forceful dissent, still believe in the American Dream. And we must, in this year of doubt and confusion, remind a forgetting nation that this land is ours, too. This nation too often forgets that this land is sprinkled with our sweat, watered with our tears, and fertilized with our blood … And so it is Black people who, by our belief in the ideals of American democracy, can help this nation to overcome its crisis of spirit and enter a new era of hope and fulfillment.” – Vernon E. Jordan, National Urban League Conference Keynote Address, 2010

FARRELL, PA – There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that small businesses have taken some of the biggest hits of this pandemic.

The U.S. Small Business Administration will try to help those small businesses by allowing nonprofits to provide necessary services such as counseling, training and technical assistance to small businesses, specifically those that are owned by underserved populations.

The Shenango Urban League (Farrell, PA) will take the monies given by the program to create The Community Navigator Pilot Program, which aims to assist local businesses overcome the challenges that have arisen due to the pandemic.

GARY, IN – Thanks to a grant by Boeing, fifty of Gary’s students will have the opportunity to participate in STEM programs.

The funds were given to the Urban League of Northwest Indiana (Gary, IN) to help create a bigger interest in science, technology, engineering and math programs among Gary’s youth.

These STEM programs will take place in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Northwest Indiana.