COLUMBIA (Oct. 2, 2023) – The Columbia Urban League (Columbia, SC) held a press conference this past Friday, Sept. 29th, urging the public to be more involved in their community.

The press conference comes out after a fatal shooting the previous weekend that took the lives of three teenagers. Three other individuals have been arrested.

President of the Urban League, J.T. McLawhorn, said, “We can’t be numb we have to be alert this is the time to be proactive. There are people who will say ‘well I don’t know what we can do. We have to get the firearms off the streets.’ Well, we got to do that too, but that’s not an excuse to not be more engaged with our youth.”

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WASHINGTON, DC (September 29, 2023) – Today, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement on the passing of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein:

NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE'S MORIAL ASSAILS HOUSE EXTREMISTS STEERING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO A SHUTDOWN

NEW YORK (September 25, 2023) -- National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial today sharply condemned the reckless extremists in the House of Representatives who are determined to throw the country into chaos by steering the federal government toward a shutdown.

“The nation is being held hostage by political performance artists who have no interest in public service,” Morial said. “House extremists are not only willing, but eager to disrupt vital services, endanger national security, crater the economy, and inflict needless hardship on the most vulnerable Americans – all to feed their own egos and raise their public profiles.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 25, 2023) - The National Urban League Washington Bureau is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2023-2024 Cohort of the NUL Congressional Advocacy Program! The Congressional Advocacy Program is a competitive program that gives leaders the opportunity to expand their knowledge of congressional and grassroots engagement and network with policymakers, thought leaders, and political influencers, while developing core leadership competencies to become effective catalysts for change in their communities and respective professions.

SEATTLE (Sept. 25, 2023) – With a new focus on equity, the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict is partnering with the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle (Seattle, WA).

The Ecodistrict represents Seattle’s neighborhoods as the city seeks to grow and expand. It was first created about a decade ago under the name Capitol Hill Housing, where the focus was affordable housing. Now, it seeks to address social and environmental concerns.

In a statement announcing the partnership, EcoDistrict executive director Donna Moodie said, “This next phase of partnership with the Urban League is an opportunity for the EcoDistrict to co-create a future for equitable community development at scale.”

CLEVELAND (Sept. 25, 2023) – The Urban League of Greater Cleveland's (Cleveland, OH) Entrepreneurship Center enrolled 14 Black, women-owned businesses to receive general and industry-specific coaching, mentoring, and training through the Black Women in Retail Accelerator Program in collaboration with the National Urban League and sponsored by Walmart through the Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity.

The program concludes with pitch opportunities in September and October for qualified businesses; participants will also be given direct assistance with certification, direct access to retail relationships, and leadership skills development training.

KNOXVILLE (Sept. 25, 2023) – There is a new multi-use stadium in Knoxville, and the Knoxville Area Urban League (Knoxville, TN) wants more minority owned businesses to be a part of it.

“We need more. We need more businesses in our area. We need more entrepreneurs in our area,” said Urban League CEO Charles Lomax.

To have more minority businesses be a part of the stadium project, the Urban League will be offering classes to new businesses.

Said Lomax, “We’re really looking to build up this trade space as well as entrepreneurs in our community to do this type of work.”