Fighting Hair Discrimination
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!
National Urban League Vows to Oppose Housing Finance Reform That Fails to Support Families of Color
“Civil Rights organizations have laid out a strong plan for an equitable housing market that works for all families and communities. Ignoring these important voices does a disservice to vulnerable communities..."
Ray B. Shackelford Elected as 10th National President of National Urban League Young Professionals
When it comes to voting, it is often said that “every vote counts” and that adage really rang true for Houston native Ray B. Shackelford, as he was recently elected as the 10th National President of the National Urban League Young Professionals (NULYP) by a narrow ONE vote margin
Harlem on the Rise, Part 1: 2 groups, 2 Movements
They started as seeds in Harlem and have now grown into movements. More examples of growth are coming in the area.
Attitudes About Guns Safety Are Changing
“The biggest movement and shift that we’ve seen in this culture is simply because of the victims. When victims and survivors are coming to the legislative bodies and they’re telling their stories and they’re appealing, we’ve seen movement."
Civil Rights Groups Oppose Proposition to Privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
The Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) would be privatized under a 53-page plan released Thursday by the Treasury Department to reform the housing finance system.
Vernon Jordan on the Work Still Undone in the Business World on Racial Equity
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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Disability inclusion.
Learn how to build an inclusive workplace culture at the National Organization on Disability's forum on September 26. Here are the event details.
Minority Employees Complete Weatherization Training Program
Seventeen members of Chattanooga’s minority workforce were among the first in the region to complete the Tennessee Valley Authority’s pilot Building Futures Minority Training Program. The program, offered in partnership with Tennessee Urban League Affiliates, was developed to train interested minority candidates on home weatherization skills and certify existing minority contractors for the Quality Contractor Network, an exclusive group of contractors authorized to weatherize homes across the utility’s seven-state service area that includes parts of Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia.
The free program trained members of Chattanooga’s minority workforce on air sealing, attic insulation and duct sealing best practices.
The three-day technical training session was led locally by the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN).
NYUL to Host Black College Fair
The New York Urban League (New York, NY) is hosting its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Fair on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The fair is presented in partnership with the Malcolm Bernard HBCU College Fair Tour, Riverbank State Park and the New York Urban League Young Professionals.
High school and community college students are getting the chance to meet face to face with representatives of many historically Black institutions of higher education from across the country. High school seniors also had the opportunity to receive on-site admission and scholarships, with application fees possibly waved.
Workshops and guest speakers will focus on helping students gain the knowledge and tools necessary for them to move to and through higher education.
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