U.S. Mayors, National Urban League, and City Leaders: Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan Essential to Public Safety and Economic Stability
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.
Connecting Fathers to Their Children: Families First & The Urban League
Building resilient families in our community takes collaboration, creativity and innovation.
Birmingham Urban League Hosting a Rent and Utilities Community Pop-up Tour
FULTONDALE, Ala. (WIAT)– On September 22, the Birmingham Urban League and Thornton Enterprises will host a community pop-up tour to help those living in Jefferson County...
How Does This 14-Partner Pandemic Recovery Committee Plan To Get More Philadelphians To Work?
It’s a common refrain: Preparing Philadelphians for the workforce of the future will take collaboration.
Gymnasts' Demand For Justice Is A Powerful Display Of Courage And Grace
"I sit before you today to raise my voice so that no little girl must endure what I, the athletes at this table, and the countless others who needlessly suffered under Nassar’s guise of medical treatment..."
National Urban League Calls Failure of Justice In Policing Act "A Betrayal"
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...
National Urban League 2021 Conference Opens Virtually September 28
Nation’s Most Influential Activists, Elected Officials, Artists and Business Leaders Come Together for An Intense Schedule of Dynamic Dialogue, Advocacy, Networking, and Entertainment
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.
National Urban League President and CEO Hails the Department of Justice’s New Policy Limits on Chokeholds and No-Knock Entries
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.