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How Maryland’s New Police Reform Bill Can Lead Us Forward

How Maryland’s New Police Reform Bill Can Lead Us Forward

by Michael Lawson | Apr 17, 2021 | President Message, Politics, Race

This week Maryland took a bold and essential step toward meaningful police reform. The Maryland legislature overrode the Republican governor’s veto and adopted landmark legislation that will set new rules regarding the use of force, establish new investigative...
Shame on Kroger for Closing LA Area Stores

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

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

‘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.

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

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...
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