NEW YORK (April 16, 2021) -- National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement in response to the mass shooting in Indianapolis.

In the long arc of the nation’s history of racially-motivated voter suppression, 2021 will stand as a clear and distinct moment that changed everything that came after.

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NEW YORK (April 14, 2021)  – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement regarding President Biden’s nomination of Robert Santos as Director, U.S. Census Bureau

NEW YORK (April 13, 2021) – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement in response to the killing of Daunte Wright and the assault of Army Lt. Caron Nazario by police in Minnesota and Virginia:

Whether it’s counseling Black college students struggling with their mental health, providing a safe home for people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, producing organic skin care products or creating elaborate balloon displays, the Springfield women participating in Babson College’s Black Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership program are looking to grow their businesses and succeed on a grand scale.

“I think the program has offered us the opportunity to come together as Black women in business and has given us the tools and resources to become a force in our own communities and work our way through this city,” said Cynthia Clemons, owner of Safe Harbor, a residential and adult day care program with locations in Springfield and Agawam.

Meijer is donating $1 million to 19 different Urban League chapters across the Midwest as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion.

In Michigan, three Urban League affiliates will each receive $52,000.

They are the Southwestern Michigan Urban League (Battle Creek, MI), the Urban League of Detroit and Southeast Michigan (Detroit, MI) and the Urban League of West Michigan (Grand Rapids, MI) which was formerly known as the Grand Rapids Urban League.

Brenda Moore, interim president of the Urban League of West Michigan, called Meijer a “strong partner and supporter” of the organization.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody and the Florida Consortium of Urban League Affiliates announced a new program to help young victims of crime thrive. The new public service program, Thrive, is administered through four local Urban Leagues in areas of Florida heavily affected by crime—particularly violent crime involving teens and young adults. Through Thrive, the Florida Attorney General’s Office is providing federal funding for victim advocates and crime victim services for Floridians affected by criminal activity, such as assault, bullying, domestic violence and gang activity.

Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “It is heart breaking any time a child is victimized by criminal behavior, especially if no one is there to help them along the road to recovery. As a former judge, I have seen young people with promising futures victimized over and over again and, in some incidences, turn to crime themselves.

Mothers In Action in collaboration with the LA Urban League (Los Angeles, CA), Brotherhood Crusade, FEMA, Cal OES and others have been working tirelessly to bring the much-needed Johnson & Johnson Vaccine to the Crenshaw Community.  The site, which on March 11, ensured that the African American community would have access and equity to the vaccine and within their own community, has been operating a vaccination site at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall for the past four weeks. On Wednesday, March 31, the testing site, which has been considered a “pilot program” site, hit a milestone of 10,000 shots to community members.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is a one dose vaccination, so all 10,000 participants are now fully vaccinated.