AURORA – Nicor Gas just committed $500k over the next five years to the Quad County Urban League (Aurora, IL).

The funds will go to supporting Nicor Gas’ Career Academy, a partnership between the Urban League and Nicor. Both organizations recently welcomed the seventh group of students participating in the program.

The program was launched in 2018, now having served more than 120 students. The curriculum has students study natural gas operations training, which includes understanding core concepts in math, technology, and various other areas. Students also shadow within Nicor’s call center to better understand customers.

WASHINGTON, DC (August 19, 2022) – Today, Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, applauded President Biden for answering the call of the National Urban League and its partners to organize a hate crimes summit to address the growing threat of violent extremism, domestic terrorism, and hate-fueled violence in our country.

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ATLANTA—Mayor Andre Dickens announced the City is partnering with the Urban League of Greater Atlanta (Atlanta, GA) to create a Youth Development Grant program for local community-based organizations that serve Atlanta students in grades K-12. Mayor Dickens allocated – and City Council approved - $1,000,000 of American Rescue Plan Act funds to the Urban League. The funds will support joint efforts to provide students with several meaningful enrichment opportunities, remediate learning loss, increase pathways to opportunity and improve public safety.

The Youth Development Grant is a signature program of the Mayor’s Youth Engagement initiatives.

CHICAGO – The Chicago Urban League (Chicago, IL) is playing a major part in the city’s quest to convert all city facilities and operations to renewable energy by 2025.

Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, along with the city’s Department of Assets, Information and Services (AIS) visited the Urban League to announce the agreement. The agreement is with Constellation, in collaboration with Swift Current Energy.

The solar project will be named Double Black Diamond Solar, and will be one of the largest solar projects in Illinois.

The agreement has several key important workforce development and equity commitments, which is where the Urban League comes in.