NEW ORLEANS (Oct. 16, 2023) – The Urban League of Louisiana (New Orleans, LA) has partnered with AT&T to take on the digital divide.

They recently announced the opening of the Connected Learning Center, which will offer internet access and other educational resources for residents that are not able to connect to the internet.

The hope for these centers is for the students and their families to use the technical and educational resources that they provide. According to the Urban League, “more than 1,800 K-12 students don’t have access to the internet or computers at home to benefit from the online world, and nearly 22 million seniors nationwide lack internet connection at home – an issue known as the digital divide.”

ROCHESTER (Oct. 16, 2023)- The Urban League of Rochester (Rochester, NY) is looking towards the future.

With their partners the Rochester City School District and New York State’s Higher Education Service Corporation, the Urban League hosted an event recently at the Field House at St. John Fisher University.

The event, a part of the Urban League’s “Gear Up!” program, hopes to encourage high school students to seek higher education.

JACKSON (Oct. 16, 2023) – The Mississippi Urban League (Jackson, MS) was recently honored with the Mississippi Business Journal’s Top Non-Profits in Mississippi.

The nominations came directly from the community, highlighting the challenging work that the Urban League does and the good it does.

The honorees were honored at a special breakfast and awards ceremony held at the Jackson Convention Center on Thursday, October 12th.

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Marc H. Morial 
President and CEO
National Urban League
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The CEOs of the National Urban League and American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) encouraging the expeditious completion of a strong final rule on transmission planning and cost allocation.

“Recognizing the critical role of transmission planning in enhancing reliability, ensuring that costs paid by consumers are ‘just and reasonable,’ and enabling our grid to better withstand the climate challenge, we respectfully urge the Commission to expedite the completion of a strong final rule on Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation and Generator Interconnection,” wrote National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and ACORE President and CEO Gregory Wetstone.

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