Calling comprehensive investment in the nation’s roads, bridges, rail, transit and, electric grid one of the most pressing challenges facing the nation, the leaders of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the National Urban League today urged Congress to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill.

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NEW YORK (September 22, 2021) – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial today said the collapse of Senate negotiations on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is a betrayal of the families who have lost loved ones...

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NEW YORK (September 21, 2021) – As the nation struggles to emerge from the triple pandemics of COVID-19, systemic racism and economic turmoil, the National Urban League’s first all-virtual Conference will focus on eliminating disparities and expanding opportunity.

Washington, D.C. (September 21, 2021) –National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s new policy limits on chokeholds and no-knock entries:

“Last week, the Department of Justice took an important and necessary step to mitigate the alarming use of police tactics that have resulted in unnecessary deaths, especially within Black and Brown communities. For far too long, the law enforcement community has allowed a minority of officers to cause inexplicable tragedies and atrocities in communities they police with little to no accountability.

 A total of $100,000 dollars is how much the Regions Foundation is giving in grants to support homeownership in the Hyde Park neighborhood.

“Affordable housing and living the American dream through homeownership is one of the core fundamental principles of the Urban League’s creation 111 years ago. and to this very day. And so part of this is not just homeownership but also helping people stay in housing,” said Michael McMillan, President, and CEO of Urban League Metropolitan St. Louis (St. Louis, MO).

“This is what we have to do in every part of our community, and that’s rebuild it and re-invest in our community,” Sen. Karla May, (D) Missouri, said.

The two-bedroom, two-story home is ready for purchase.

“The focus that the foundation has is to build stronger, inclusive communities,” said Scott Hartwig, market executive for Regions Bank St. Louis.