The Fort Wayne Urban League (Fort Wayne, IN) is kicking off its Ruby Bridges Rock Trail and is asking for community support! The organization will be collecting painted rocks through June 1st to add to a rock trail that will wrap around the Urban League campus. The hope is to make the trail as long as possible and for it to be an encouragement to the community.

Funding from both the Wilson Foundation and SEED Fort Wayne has made this neighborhood project a reality. The trail is named in honor of Ruby Bridges and her quote: “Don’t follow the path. Go where there is no path and begin the trail. When you start a new trail equipped with courage, strength and conviction, the only thing that can stop you is you!”

The Urban League of the Upstate (Greenville, SC) will work with The Cargo Agency, the Minority Film Institute, the SC Film Commission and the National Urban League  to launch a statewide 48-Hour Film Project, beginning May 3 at 6 p.m. at the Chapman Culture Center in Spartanburg.

During a two-day period, participants will write, shoot and edit a short film based on a randomly assigned genre, character, prop and dialogue line.

The “legacy of the late Michael Neidorff” continues to have a historic impact on the region, according to Michael McMillan, Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) President and CEO.

On Thursday (April 26), McMillan announced that the Centene Corporation, the company that Neidorff moved from Milwaukee to St. Louis and led from a $40-million single healthcare plan to a global healthcare company with revenues of $125 billion, is donating its Ferguson call center to the Urban League.

McMillan said the Urban League’s newest facility will be called the Centene Connected Community Center. It will house Head Start, workforce development, education, housing, and re-entry programs. It will also have a regional food distribution center and Midwest conference center, which can be used for community events.

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“…it’s notable that the Court felt no urgency to [correct the Fifth Circuit’s error in Mckesson] while it spent the Fischer argument thinking about how to shut down some hypothetical future case where the government may not show adequate respect for First Amendment rights. The Mckesson case, moreover, involved a Black Lives Matter protest, while the Fischer case involved a pro-Trump insurrection. If nothing else, this is a terrible look for the Supreme Court. And it suggests that many of the justices’ concerns about free speech depend on whether they agree with the political views of the speaker.” -- Ian Millhiser

Should protestors be held responsible for criminal acts committed during a protest?

According to the reactions of U.S. Supreme Court justices, it may depend upon the protesters’ race or political views.