To Be Equal #7
February 12, 2013
Whitney Young Documentary Premieres on PBS February 18

Marc Morial
President and CEO
National Urban League

“I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular.  But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless.”

- Whitney M. Young, Jr. Read more »

National Urban League Applauds President Obama Focus on Jobs and Education As the Keys to Economic Growth

Civil Rights Group Praises Inclusion of Key Provisions of it 8 Point Plan

 

Let’s Move Forward! Join the National Urban League for our State of the Union Twitter Watch Party on Tuesday, February 12, 2013.

Follow @naturbanleague and use the hashtag #SOTU13

• The Twitter Watch Party will take place at 9:00 PM EDT

 
Ask questions to @naturbanleague during the address using the hashtags #ASKUL and #SOTU13 on Twitter.

Today the US Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a set of rules designed to offer a practical standard for establishing the instance of discriminatory effects stemming from housing policies and practices.

Prior to the release of today's rule, agencies and jurisdictions throughout the country determined whether such policies violated the Fair Housing Act of 1968 on an ad hoc, case-by-case basis. The result was often the continuation of discriminatory policies in one jurisdiction that had long been found unfair and unlawful in another.

What is the Reintegration of Ex-Offender Adult Program?

Funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, the Reintegration of Ex-Offender Adult Program (RExO) is an adult prisoner re-entry program that targets adult ex-offenders who have exited correctional facilities within the last 12 months and are returning to high-poverty, high-crime communities.

RExO Services

NEW YORK (February 6, 2013) -- A collaborative effort among Verizon Wireless, the National Urban League and other advocacy organizations to increase outreach to minority- and women-owned telecommunications companies helped to bring about a $189 million sale to a minority-owned firm.

What is the Urban Empowerment College Bound Program?

The Urban Empowerment College Bound Program (UECBP) is a new approach to help low-income young adults who want to go to college, but did not finish high school, obtain their GEDs, matriculate to college, and ultimately enter careers in high growth sectors. Read more »

In 1976, the federal government acknowledged the expansion of Black History Week to Black History Month.

What is the California Urban Youth Empowerment Program?

Made possible through funding from Walmart, California UYEP is modeled after the National Urban League’s Urban Youth Empowerment Program (UYEP), a Signature Program that engages at-risk and adujudicated youth for entry into the workforce. Read more »

Urban League of Broward County to Host 2015 National Urban League Conference

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL. (February 1, 2013)  -- The diverse and vibrant city of Fort Lauderdale will be the site of the National Urban League’s prestigious 2015 Conference, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Urban League of Broward County President and CEO Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh announced today.