The National Urban League Washington Bureau is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2025-2026 Cohort of the NUL Congressional Advocacy Program!

The Congressional Advocacy Program is a competitive program that gives movement 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.

We need your help to send a powerful message that we will no longer tolerate policing as usual. Take a minute to urge Congress to act.

“Working together to confront hate – regardless of its source or target – is the only way forward,” insist National Urban League, Anti-Defamation League, UnidosUS, The Asian American Foundation, National Action Network

New York, NY, May 25, 2023 … Just over a year ago, we came together as our nation was mourning devastating losses in the horrific, hate-fueled attack in Buffalo. Together, we called for a national Summit on confronting hate and extremism.  In our call to action, we urged, “[Our organizations] representing communities that have been targeted again and again – all understand that we are not safe until we all are safe and that we cannot fight hatred, violence, and white supremacy alone.  Fighting this threat requires government, civil society, industry – the entire nation – to act.”