For our first-ever Virtual Summit, it is our commitment through our 2021 theme Resiliency for Me! to fuel youth participants with new insights, refreshed inspiration, and effective techniques to be able to feel more emotionally resilient.  

As the 2021 National Urban League Youth Council made clear, America is at a point of division on several levels - as such, the 2021 Summit is an especially unique opportunity for our youth to begin to feel the hope and encouragement needed to bridge these divides.  Thus, through the conversations and spaces they will encounter on September 25th, it is our intention to empower and strengthen our Urban League youth to be better equipped to face significant adversities that could greatly impact their development.

To register and learn more about the virtual event, click here

 One of the region's top manufacturing companies on Wednesday put hiring efforts on the fast track.

The Fort Wayne General Motors Truck Assembly Plant conducted a job fair at the Fort Wayne Urban League offices (Ft. Wayne, IN), offering, in some cases, on the spot hiring for 200 job openings.

Employers across the country have been scrambling for months to find workers in a lingering labor shortage.

Officials with GM say the job fair attracted a good turn-out of job seekers, around 75 in the first two hours alone.

The extra $300.00 a week in checks delivered to Hoosiers receiving enhanced unemployment benefits during the pandemic will be getting cut-off no later than mid-September.

A recent appeals court ruling allows Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb to end the federal payments after providing a 30-day notice.

We wait to see if that forces some people collecting that extra cash to get more serious about finding work now.

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20 years later. Today, we honor the people we lost and the countless lives impacted by the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001. We will never forget. | Remembering Michael K. Williams. We not only lost a giant in storytelling but also in the fight for equity. Here's how we can honor Williams' legacy. | It’s FREE. You heard us correctly, this year’s Conference is free and you can curate your own schedule. The only way to experience it all is to register. | Reclaim Your Vote! Last year, we launched the first-ever National Black Voter Day and this year, we’re doing it even bigger. Stay tuned.Your safety matters. In-person activities are becoming the norm again, but protecting yourself against COVID-19 should still be top of mind. Here are tips. | New episode. Over a week has passed since Hurricane Ida hit areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, New York + New Jersey. Tune in for how we can rebuild. | Secure the bag. Aspiring entrepreneurs, tap into our webinar on Sept. 15th to catch gems on how to leverage resources to finance your business.

New York (September 9, 2021) - National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial has urged state and local elected officials in areas battered by Hurricane Ida to ground their recovery efforts in equity and racial justice, and avoid the missteps that hindered recovery after Hurricane Katrina in 2005

“We are not trapped to repeat the sins of the decade-plus recovery from Katrina,” Morial wrote in a letter to the governors of Louisiana, New York and New Jersey, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, and presidents of the Louisiana parishes of Jefferson, St. Charles, St. Joh, St. James, Terrebonne, and Lafourche.  “We are not required to continue policies that, since Katrina, have led to inequitable recovery for Black families and unequal opportunities for Black businesses to thrive and contribute to the recoveries across all communities.”

Washington, D.C. (September 9, 2021) – Today, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Austin, Texas affiliate President Quincy Dunlap issued the following joint statement in response to the Department of Justice’s decision to sue Texas over restrictive abortion law: