by Michael Lawson | Jul 16, 2021 | President Message, Advocacy, Politics
The act of participating in our democracy begins with the right to vote. In 2020, 73% of all voting-age US citizens were registered to vote, and 67% of all citizens age18 and older reported voting, an increase of 17 million more than voted in 2016. We should be proud...
by Michael Lawson | Jul 10, 2021 | President Message
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have heard a common refrain regarding the impact of this dreadful disease and the response. The pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on African Americans resulting in devastation to families and entire communities because of...
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 | Jun 25, 2021 | President Message
For the past 11 years, the National Urban League has operated an Emerging Leaders Program. This program identifies exceptional people from the Urban League affiliates throughout the country who display a strong passion for our mission and trains them to become the...
by Michael Lawson | Jun 11, 2021 | President Message
On March 21, 1965, in what would become known as “Bloody Sunday” during the March from Selma to Montgomery in the name of African American voting rights, 12 men and women locked arms for a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Among these men and...
by Michael Lawson | Jun 5, 2021 | President Message, Business, Housing
Next week on June 10, the Los Angeles Urban League will host the third installment of our Black Wealth Attainment and Retention Program (BWAARP). This program will discuss the strategy for building a foundation for rebuilding black wealth through homeownership and...
