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                           Rachel Noerdlinger (National Action Network)
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                           Lon Walls (National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Black Women's Roundtable)
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                           Jonah Bryson (NAACP)
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DALLAS (Jan. 30, 2023) – This past Friday, Jan. 27th, the National Urban League, along with the Urban League of Louisiana (New Orleans, LA) an the National Automobile Dealers Association, announced the launch of a pilot service technician apprenticeship program.

The program, slated to begin in February, will have candidates begin a month long professional and life skills program, which, once completed, will have them shadow employees at Louisiana dealerships while also taking automotive technology classes at either Baton Rouge or Delgado Community College.

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Cleveland (Jan. 30, 2023) - As part of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day festivities on January 16, 2023, at the Cleveland Cavaliers/New Orleans Pelicans basketball game, Urban League of Greater Cleveland’s (Cleveland, OH) President & CEO Marsha A. Mockabee was honored during half-time in front of 20,000 Cavs fans for being a Difference Maker in the community.

During the presentation, the Cavaliers noted that Mockabee is the first woman to hold this position in the 103-year-old history of the Cleveland chapter. They also emphasized in her role, she leads an agenda empowering African Americans to develop and exercise their potential on par with all other Americans through education, research, advocacy, and provision of services.

MILWAUKEE (Jan. 30, 2023)- The Molson Coors Beverage Company and the Greater Milwaukee Urban League (Milwaukee, WI) just announced a partnership that will launch a networking group for Black entrepreneurs.

The group, named the GMUL Entrepreneurship Connection, will include year-round networking opportunities for its members, as well as having access to the Black Entrepreneur Initiative platform, which contains tools and resources for entrepreneurs to grow and succeed their business.

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NEW YORK and MEMPHIS (January 27, 2023) – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement after watching the video of Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating at the hands of Memphis police:

NEW YORK and PHILADELPHIA (January 25, 2023) – National and local Urban League leaders today called on the Union League of Philadelphia to rescind the award presented yesterday to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, calling the choice to honor him an affront to Black Philadelphians that flies in the face of the organization’s own professed goal of inspiring more educated, engaged, and responsible citizens.