District Hall, a center in Seaport, buzzed with excitement this weekend as inspirational business figures told stories of individuality, authenticity and relationship-building. They were all seeking to answer one question — how do you build a legacy? 

The Young Professionals Network of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (Boston, MA) hosted their 8th Annual Leadership Development Conference on Saturday. The conference aims to equip Boston’s next generation of business professionals of color with the leadership, financial and personal skills they need to create an enduring legacy of success in their careers.

Kristen Halbert, acting president of YPN-ULEM, said the conference was designed specifically to address professional development among young people of color, a niche she said is lacking in Boston’s overall discussion of business.

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 If you tuned in Wednesday, you might've heard the candidates finally talk about the affordable housing crisis. But do they have plans to fix the problem?

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Equal Opportunity Dinner. We celebrated, mingled, and danced the night away. Watch a Recap!

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A recent "60 Minutes" segment covered how JPMorgan views extending credit to black entrepreneurs.

"Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, is testing out a new kind of business investment in the city of Detroit. The idea grew out of Dimon's interest in changing the way the bank was engaging in philanthropy."

— Leslie Stahl, opening her "60 Minutes" segment

Apparently, the first thing that springs to mind when Dimon wants to lend money to black people in Detroit is "philanthropy." To that end, JPMorgan extended not only credit but educational and informational resources for budding entrepreneurs.

NEW YORK (November 19, 2019) -- National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial urged the Democratic candidates for President participating in tomorrow’s debate to address the issues of housing affordability, educational equity and voter suppression.

“Housing affordability in the United States is in crisis.  Public schools are more segregated than any time since Brown v. Board of Education. And the voting rights of Black and Brown Americans are under constant siege from opponents of democracy. Yet the views of the candidates for President are largely unknown to communities of color on these issues,” Morial wrote in a letter to the candidates.  “Tomorrow when you take the stage for the Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta, I hope you will fill this glaring void in our national discourse.”

Marc H. Morial 
President and CEO
National Urban League
 

“Across the nation, families are struggling with homelessness and housing insecurity. We need to treat the affordable housing shortage like the crisis that it is. Housing is a fundamental human right. It’s time we as a nation acted like it and end the housing crisis once and for all.” – U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, introducing the Homes for All Act, which expands public housing stock i and guarantees housing as a human right.

A pivotal moment in the 2020 Democratic primary race that happened on Wednesday may have escaped notice by much of the country. For the first time since the debates began – a total of six nights of debates – the candidates finally were asked a question about the housing crisis. 

I was so concerned about the lack of public discussion around this critical issue facing the nation that I sent a letter to the candidates, urging them to share their plans. 

NEW YORK -- The racially-discriminatory behavior by real estate agents on Long Island is appalling and should be investigated for violations of the Fair Housing Act, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Urban League of Long Island President and CEO Theresa Sanders said today.

“I’m horrified to realize the extent to which real estate agents on Long Island are actively promoting segregation while limiting opportunities for Black buyers to purchase the homes of their choice,” Sanders said, responding to the results of a three-year investigation by Newsday. “These practices have no place anywhere in America and we will not stand by while Black homeowners are treated unfairly.”

Morial said the investigation showed the old practices of “redlining” are alive and well in the residential real estate industry on Long Island.