by Michael Lawson | Dec 11, 2021 | President Message, Education, Education & Training, Race
The United States imprisons more of its population than any other country, and California leads the nation in the number of juveniles kept behind bars. While juvenile incarceration in California has been trending down for decades, the grossly disproportionate rate of...
by Michael Lawson | Oct 2, 2021 | President Message, Education, Education & Training
In 2008, the National Urban League founded a program known as “Project Ready,” which prepares African Americans and other historically underserved youth in grades 6 -12 for college and careers. The National Urban League executes this program through our...
by Michael Lawson | Jul 2, 2021 | President Message, Education
As America celebrates its anniversary of independence from British rule this weekend, we must note how far we have come and how far we still have to go. In the words of Frederick Douglas, “The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence,...
by Michael Lawson | May 22, 2021 | President Message, Education
In two weeks, on Friday, June 4th, Los Angeles Urban League and Black College Expo™ will host our second annual Black High School Graduation: Rites of Passage. We hope you will join us live online as we livestream and celebrate Black Excellence with our...
by Michael Lawson | Aug 22, 2020 | Education, President Message
This week Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the nation’s second-largest school district, started online classes for more than 600,000 students. LAUSD and the teachers’ union, the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), recently agreed on new...
by MAL-JDG | May 7, 2020 | Education, Politics, Race
As the COVID-19 pandemic becomes increasingly deadly, it is clear that its disproportionate effect on African Americans has highlighted yet another consequence of institutionalized racism in America. Less attention has been paid as to why the same historical...
