


Shame on Kroger for Closing LA Area Stores
by Michael Lawson | Apr 9, 2021 | President Message, Advocacy
The announced closures of five grocery stores in the Los Angeles area by Cincinnati-based Kroger is a shameful and callous act of corporate greed. Kroger made the announcements shortly after the Cities of Long Beach and Los Angeles voted to provide frontline grocery...
Protecting Voting Rights in the New Jim Crow Era
by Michael Lawson | Apr 2, 2021 | President Message, Advocacy, Politics
Last week, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law a shameful law that places Jim Crow era-like restrictions on voting and gives unconscionable oversight and control over the very elections that determine their fate. Governor Brian Kemp signed this shameful bill...
‘So be it! See To It!’, Honoring the Everlasting Legacy of Octavia Butler
by Michael Lawson | Mar 26, 2021 | President Message
As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we cannot help but marvel at the once-in-a-lifetime literary mind of Octavia Butler. Her sci-fi novels transported us through different worlds and realities and continue to remind us that time is what you make of it. Passing away...
LA Urban League Partners with California Health Officials to Bring COVID-19 Vaccines to South LA.
by Michael Lawson | Mar 13, 2021 | President Message, Advocacy, Health
This week the Los Angeles Urban League has partnered with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services to bring COVID-19 vaccines to the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. With the help of community organizations such as Mothers in Action and Celebrate Life...
On the Shoulders of Greatness: How Vernon Jordan Inspired us to Lead a Life of Service
by Michael Lawson | Mar 11, 2021 | President Message
“I am here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that’s true of every Black person I know who has achieved.” -Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. This week, we mourn the passing of civil rights icon and power broker Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., who passed away on...