Empowering Communities. Changing Lives.
Enabling African Americans and other underserved urban residents to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights.
Imagine a World with No Equality Gaps
We work toward this vision through programs and initiatives in these areas:
Our Vision:
Every American child is ready for college, work and life.
Project Ready students led impactful voter awareness service projects to engage the community.
Education Impact
Our Vision:
Every American has access to jobs with a living wage and good benefits.
"It's been a long time since I'd been in school. I was nervous about being back in the classroom."
Job Impact
Our Vision:
Every American lives in safe, decent, affordable and energy efficient housing on fair terms.
I was able to catch up on my rent, other bills, and buy food.
Housing Impact
Our Vision:
Every American has access to quality and affordable health care solutions.
The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus threatens communities across the country and millions of people around the globe. The National Urban League encourages everyone to practice all preventative measures
Health Impact
Our Vision:
Every American has an equal right and responsibility to fully participate in our democracy and civic processes, and all people have a right to justice and fairness.
Civil rights don't exist in a vacuum. They are meaningful only in the real world - the world where people have to survive to work, to raise their families, to instill in their children hope for the future.”
- Vernon E. Jordan
Justice Impact
Our Vision:
Every American child is ready for college, work and life.
Project Ready students led impactful voter awareness service projects to engage the community.
Our Vision:
Every American has access to jobs with a living wage and good benefits.
"It's been a long time since I'd been in school. I was nervous about being back in the classroom."
Our Vision:
Every American lives in safe, decent, affordable and energy efficient housing on fair terms.
I was able to catch up on my rent, other bills, and buy food.
Our Vision:
Every American has access to quality and affordable health care solutions.
The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus threatens communities across the country and millions of people around the globe. The National Urban League encourages everyone to practice all preventative measures
Our Vision:
Every American has an equal right and responsibility to fully participate in our democracy and civic processes, and all people have a right to justice and fairness.
Civil rights don't exist in a vacuum. They are meaningful only in the real world - the world where people have to survive to work, to raise their families, to instill in their children hope for the future.”
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Communities Served
People Served
Volunteers Engaged