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Nordstrom Unveils Make Your Voice Heard: A Commitment to Voter Education and Participation
SEATTLE, Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Nordstrom today launched Make Your Voice Heard, a nationwide non-partisan voter participation initiative. In partnership with nonprofits When We All Vote and the National Urban League, Nordstrom aims to educate, inspire and make it easy for Nordstrom employees and customers to make their voice heard – both through responding to the 2020 Census and by voting in upcoming primaries and elections.
Los Angeles Urban League and the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles in Partnership With the Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles Hosted a Webinar on the 2020 Elections
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Urban League and the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles in partnership with the Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles hosted "Election 2020: Voting, Access and Equity" on Thursday, August 27, 2020.
After ‘appalling racist behavior,’ KC groups want councilwoman to lose chair position
Search Eedition Home Obituaries Coronavirus Jobs Homes Legals Spaces KC Weddings Contact us Mobile & Apps Archives News Civil rights groups, including the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, want Mayor Quinton Lucas to remove Councilwoman Teresa Loar’s committee chair for “racist behavior” toward Councilwoman Melissa Robsinson. RELATED STORIES TRENDING Copyright Commenting Policy Privacy Policy Terms of Service
Urban League of Philadelphia Partners With Aramark to Provide 500,000 Summer Meals to Students
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 21, 2020-- The Urban League of Philadelphia (ULP) and Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), the leading U.S.-based food service provider, today announced a partnership that will provide 500,000 meals to qualified recipients in the Philadelphia area throughout the summer. Through the partnership, Philadelphia-based Aramark will provide at least 65,000 meals per week to ULP distribution sites set up in local community churches, organizations and municipal buildings.
Ford Motor Company Fund Awards The Los Angeles Urban League A $100,000.00 Grant
LOS ANGELES, July 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ford Motor Company this week awarded the Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) a $100,000.00 grant. The grant will provide support for the Los Angeles Urban League's Emergency Business Assistance Program (ECAP), an economic initiative that seeks to provide business consultation and emergency capital to Black business owners negatively affected by COVID-19.
Urban League Teams With Ri-Karlo Handy To Create Below-The-Line Jobs Pipeline To Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Urban League, veteran showrunner and editor Ri-Karlo Handy and the Handy Foundation, last week announced a landmark partnership to address diversity in Hollywood below-the-line, and the Editors Guild (IATSE, Local 700) is stepping in to help.
An Open Letter from Arva Rice, Pres/CEO, NYUrban League: "To Our White Allies at Companies- If Not Now, When?"
An Open Letter to Our White Allies at Companies– If Not Now, When? By Arva Rice, President & CEO, New York Urban League, Inc. It was more than a week after George Floyd's death, and I opened my Facebook page to see a post from an old high school mate.
AB 5 Misses the Mark as Does Lorena Gonzalez's Tweet
Statement from Michael A. Lawson, President and CEO of Los Angeles Urban League: As the head of one of Los Angeles’ longest serving civil rights organizations, I am stunned by California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez’s recent tweet in an attempt to support her well-intentioned but flawed legislation AB 5: "Can you imagine if folks were arrested for wage theft?
Farmers Insurance® Awards Grant to Los Angeles Urban League to Help Empower Communities and Further Long-Term Sustainable Change
LOS ANGELES, June 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmers Insurance joins the nation in mourning the senseless deaths of George Floyd and countless other black Americans. As we continue to reel from the latest tragic acts of violence, the leadership team at Farmers Insurance is committed to enacting meaningful and sustainable change to better live our organization's values and positively impact the diverse communities we are proud to serve.
Opinion: Pandemics and prejudice - building a better community
Eddie Koen, President & CEO, Urban League of Greater Southwest Ohio Published 10:52 a.m. ET June 5, 2020 Eddie L. Koen (Photo: Provided/Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio) Our nation and global communities have erupted with compassion for the pain and suffering of the families of black men and women who have tragically lost their lives to police violence. Cincinnati is no exception. Today, we respond to the need to unite and heal our community on all levels.
Civil rights groups demand local control of Kansas City police, ask chief to resign
Search Eedition Home Obituaries Coronavirus Jobs Homes Legals Spaces KC Weddings Contact us Mobile & Apps Archives News The Urban League of Greater Kansas City, joined by the local NAACP and the community group MORE2, have called on Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith to resign. The groups also say the city should seek local control of police. RELATED STORIES TRENDING Copyright Commenting Policy Privacy Policy Terms of Service
Los Angeles Urban League Addresses Protests Related to the Death of George Floyd at the Hands of Police
LOS ANGELES, May 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Urban League stands shoulder to shoulder with the protests fueled by the senseless, witnessed deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police, and of Ahmaud Arbery protected by the complicit eyes of justice. These protests deserve full-throated respect from our leaders and well-meaning citizens.
Los Angeles Urban League Awarded $20,000 Bank Of America Grant For COVID-19 Small Business Needs
LOS ANGELES, May 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) announced that its long-term donor, Bank of America, has awarded the LAUL a $20,000 grant to support its efforts to provide critical services to minority and women owned small businesses and entrepreneurs in underserved communities in Los Angeles. "This grant will help us respond to the urgent needs of small business owners and entrepreneurs in our community caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Urban League Hosts Weekly Food and Toiletries Giveaways to Feed 10,000 Families in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, May 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday May 2, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc. will host the area's largest food distribution to 2,500 families in need throughout North St. Louis County. It is the 5th weekly distribution that the Urban League has held to help residents ravaged with unemployment, poverty, and uncertainty during the COVID-19 Crisis, feeding 10,000 families total. The event will be held at 175 Jamestown Mall, Old Jamestown, MO 63034.
Urban League Hosts Weekly Food and Toiletries Giveaways to Feed 10,000 Families in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, May 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday May 2, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc. will host the area's largest food distribution to 2,500 families in need throughout North St. Louis County. It is the 5th weekly distribution that the Urban League has held to help residents ravaged with unemployment, poverty, and uncertainty during the COVID-19 Crisis, feeding 10,000 families total. The event will be held at 175 Jamestown Mall, Old Jamestown, MO 63034.
Urban League Hosts Weekly Food and Toiletries Giveaways to Feed 10,000 Families in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, May 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday May 2, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc. will host the area's largest food distribution to 2,500 families in need throughout North St. Louis County. It is the 5th weekly distribution that the Urban League has held to help residents ravaged with unemployment, poverty, and uncertainty during the COVID-19 Crisis, feeding 10,000 families total. The event will be held at 175 Jamestown Mall, Old Jamestown, MO 63034.
Urban League Hosts Weekly Food and Toiletries Giveaways to Feed 10,000 Families in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, May 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday May 2, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc. will host the area's largest food distribution to 2,500 families in need throughout North St. Louis County. It is the 5th weekly distribution that the Urban League has held to help residents ravaged with unemployment, poverty, and uncertainty during the COVID-19 Crisis, feeding 10,000 families total. The event will be held at 175 Jamestown Mall, Old Jamestown, MO 63034.
Urban League Hosts Weekly Food and Toiletries Giveaways to Feed 10,000 Families in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, May 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday May 2, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc. will host the area's largest food distribution to 2,500 families in need throughout North St. Louis County. It is the 5th weekly distribution that the Urban League has held to help residents ravaged with unemployment, poverty, and uncertainty during the COVID-19 Crisis, feeding 10,000 families total. The event will be held at 175 Jamestown Mall, Old Jamestown, MO 63034.
Koppers Joins Urban League in 'All One Pittsburgh' COVID-19 Campaign
PITTSBURGH, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Koppers Holdings Inc., a Pittsburgh-based integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds, has partnered with the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh (ULGP) to launch a community-wide fund to obtain and distribute essential household products to underserved neighborhoods during the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Koppers Joins Urban League in 'All One Pittsburgh' COVID-19 Campaign
PITTSBURGH, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Koppers Holdings Inc., a Pittsburgh-based integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds, has partnered with the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh (ULGP) to launch a community-wide fund to obtain and distribute essential household products to underserved neighborhoods during the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Koppers Joins Urban League in 'All One Pittsburgh' COVID-19 Campaign
PITTSBURGH, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Koppers Holdings Inc., a Pittsburgh-based integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds, has partnered with the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh (ULGP) to launch a community-wide fund to obtain and distribute essential household products to underserved neighborhoods during the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Coalition of Civil Rights Organizations Statement on Chronology Of Communications ~ Status of Ohio’s Primary Election (Cleveland, OH)
Coalition of Civil Rights Organizations Statement on Chronology Of Communications Re: Status of Ohio’s Primary Election Cleveland, Ohio The Greater Cleveland NAACP, Urban League of Greater Cleveland (ULGC), its’ Guild and the Greater Cleveland Chapter of National Action Network (NANGCC) released the following statement in clarification of recent communications on the status of Ohio’s Primary Election: Due to the order of communications that have been released involving our organizations...
IUL RESPONDS TO FOX 59 REPORT ON PROPOSED EMERGENCY PUBLIC SAFETY SUMMIT
The Indianapolis Urban League is issuing this statement in response to the FOX59 news report yesterday implying the Indianapolis Urban League (IUL) unconditionally supports the proposed Emergency Public Safety Summit announced Monday, February 10, 2020 by Indianapolis City County Councilman Brian Mowery on the Plaza at City Market.
Byron Allen bringing The Weather Channel back to Verizon Fios TV
SEPTEMBER 25: Byron Allen attends the Comics Unleashed party held at the Sunset Gower Studios on September 25, 2006 in Los Angeles California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images) The Entertainment Studios CEO who purchased the network last year will return to Verizon Fios lineups on June 24 as part of a multi-year carriage deal, four years after it was dropped in 2015.
In Charter School Fight, Urban League and National Action Network Ask NAACP: “Did You See the Numbers?”
(CBM) – Black civil rights groups in California are knuckled up in a battle of principles as the state Assembly and Senate prepare to vote on a set of three charter school bills this week. The state chapters of the National Urban League (NUL) and the National Action Network (NAN) have teamed up to oppose the bills. They say the proposals amount to a “step backward” for African-American charter school parents and their children.
Whitney M. Young, Jr. Awards Gala
» Home Events Whitney M. Young, Jr. Awards Gala The Whitney M. Young, Jr. Gala is one of the premiere fundraising events in the Charlotte region. This annual event honors community champions who have made a commitment to the development of diversity, inclusion and philanthropy. Their efforts have made a positive impact and helped create new opportunities for underserved and underemployed individuals.
Ice Cube's Big3 Networks asks FCC to investigate Charter on charges of undermining sale
Ice Cube performs during the BIG3 Championship at the Barclays Center on August 24, 2018 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Adam Hunger/BIG3/Getty Images) Big3 Networks, a bidder for 21 Fox regional sports networks, has filed a complaint with federal regulators, accusing Charter Communications of threatening to preemptively drop the sports network channels. The move would negatively impact the auction for those networks, according to Multichannel News.
'Black people are the most philanthropic people in the world, we just don't call it philanthropy,' ABFE president Susan Taylor Batten
Susan Taylor Batten [Photo: The Kresge Foundation] Susan Taylor Batten, the president and CEO of the Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE), is excited to share the power of philanthropy in Black communities and she sat down with theGrio to talk about it. Just moments before our interview, ABFE held a press conference with the Kresge Foundation to announce big news.
A Sales Tax on Rideshare Will Hurt Low Income Georgians Across the State
Metro Atlanta is a bustling, powerful, wonderfully diverse city and economic engine for the region and the state. But for all the benefits that our region and state offer, the reality is that sprawling geography also stymies the chance at upward mobility for many. Research shows that when economic engines are very spread out, transportation barriers make it harder for those in low-income communities to break out of poverty.
A Sales Tax on Rideshare Will Hurt Low Income Georgians Across the State
Metro Atlanta is a bustling, powerful, wonderfully diverse city and economic engine for the region and the state. But for all the benefits that our region and state offer, the reality is that sprawling geography also stymies the chance at upward mobility for many. Research shows that when economic engines are very spread out, transportation barriers make it harder for those in low-income communities to break out of poverty.
A Sales Tax on Rideshare Will Hurt Low Income Georgians Across the State
Metro Atlanta is a bustling, powerful, wonderfully diverse city and economic engine for the region and the state. But for all the benefits that our region and state offer, the reality is that sprawling geography also stymies the chance at upward mobility for many. Research shows that when economic engines are very spread out, transportation barriers make it harder for those in low-income communities to break out of poverty.
Urban League Seeks Volunteers for April 3 Career Fair
The Urban League of Portland is looking for a few good volunteers to help out with the Career Connections Job Fair on April 3, 2018. This event gives job seekers and career changers the chance to meet face to face with recruiters from dozens of employers and trade apprenticeship programs. There are two volunteer shifts.
Indianapolis Urban League set for 14th annual Equal Opportunity Day - Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper: Local News
The Indianapolis Urban League will host their 14th Annual Equal Opportunity Day workshop and luncheon on Tuesday, June 14th at the Indiana Convention Center in the 500 Ballroom. The event's annual luncheon will feature respected labor economist, noted author, and colorful commentator, Dr. Julianne Malveaux as the keynote speaker and Gerry Dick, current host of Inside INdiana Business, will serve as the master of ceremonies.
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