Greg Jones and Nia Trammell will be honored with 2019 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Equal Opportunity Awards at the Urban League of Greater Madison’s Urban Cabaret 2019, which will be held Friday, Oct. 11, at Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center.

The Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award is given by boards of directors of Urban League affiliates across the country in memory of the great civil rights leader and former head of the National Urban League. Young was one of America’s most charismatic, courageous and influential civil rights pioneers. He worked tirelessly to gain access for African Americans to good jobs, education, housing, health care and social services.

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Our Louisiana affiliate is co-hosting a new event focused on diversity, mental health, and more. Get your tickets for Sept. 27-28!

As partners of the CROWN Coalition with Dove, we honored Esi Eggleston Bracey's work on this front at D&I Honors in D.C. Join the effort!

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. presents highlights of the Summit on Race in America: Liberty and Justice for All, held last spring at the LBJ Presidential Library at UT Austin.

Featured on the program is a speech given by Vernon E. Jordan, civil rights icon,  former president and CEO of the National Urban League and former executive director of the United Negro College Fund. 

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Learn how to build an inclusive workplace culture at the National Organization on Disability's forum on September 26. Here are the event details.