Marc H. Morial 
President and CEO
National Urban League
 
 

“Tuberville’s attempt to downplay and erase the racism of actual racists echoes attempts to downplay the violence of the largely White mob on January 6. More broadly, it’s part of the attempt to erase and downplay the role of race, racism and racists in American history and culture … While Tuberville might not be a student of history, he certainly has learned well the lesson of rewriting history, downplaying racism and absolving White nationalists.” -- Nia-Malika Henderson 

BUFFALO (July 10, 2023) – In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action, the Buffalo Urban League (Buffalo, NY) has once again re-committed itself to helping the community’s youth.

President of the Urban League, Thomas Beauford, Jr., said that the ruling was “a setback for the United States.”

“Removing affirmative action now leaves students without a tool that helped them fight for equity in the admissions process,” he said.

Beauford said that a real danger that comes from the Supreme Court ruling is “that other institutions don’t take this decision as a cue to start to remove some of the DI (diversity equity inclusion) initiatives that currently exist,” which is what he and others are ensuring against.

ELYRIA (July 10, 2023) – The Lorain County Urban League (Elyria, OH) is hosting an open mic for its Project Ready students.

The event, taking place on Tuesday, July 18th at the Urban League, from 7:30 PM – 10 PM.

Project Ready is an Urban League program that empowers high school students by providing them exposure to college, life, and career.

Achilles Morales, Director of Education and Youth Development at the Urban League, said, “We are thrilled to host the Open Mic Night as part of our Project Ready Summer Program. This event is an opportunity for youth to  showcase their unique talents and passions.”

CHATTANOOGA (July 10, 2023) – The Urban League of Greater Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN) is now accepting applications for its Project Ready mentor program.

The program, called Project Ready Mentor: National Achievers Society, is one of the Urban League’s signature programs, as it focuses on various areas of development, in including academic, mentoring, cultural and leadership development. It seeks to prepare high school minority students not only for college, but for life and careers.

ST. LOUIS (July 10, 2023) – The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) joined other community groups in welcoming the North America Building Trades Unions at an event stop.

The event, which was organized by the Missouri Works Initiative, the Missouri AFL-CIO, and the Saint Louis Building and Construction Trades Council, really emphasized the importance of unions, not only locally, but nationally.

Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League was scheduled to speak at the event but was held due to weather and flight delays. Michael P. McMillan, President and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, along with Traci Scott, Vice President of Workforce Development at the National Urban League, spoke in Morial’s place.

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Dr. Bernard E. Anderson
Whitney M Young, Jr. Professor Emeritus, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Economic Advisor, National Urban League

 In June, the economy produced 209,000 jobs as the unemployment rate edged down to 3.7 percent. Employment growth was concentrated in government, health care, social services, and construction.

While the employment/population rate remained unchanged at 60.3 percent, Black women were the only group that showed a decline in labor force participation. This contributing to the Black unemployment rate 0.6 increase to 6.1 percent since last month compared to the 0.2 percent decline seen in White unemployment to 3.1 percent.

Marc H. Morial 
President and CEO
National Urban League

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