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Ensuring Black Student Excellence: LAUSD Must Recruit, Prepare and Retain Black Educators 

Ensuring Black Student Excellence: LAUSD Must Recruit, Prepare and Retain Black Educators 

by Michael Lawson and Laura McGowan-Robinson | Feb 5, 2022 | President Message, Advocacy, Education, Education & Training

This week, the Los Angeles Unified School District board will consider the Black Student Excellence through Educator Diversity, Preparation, and Retention Resolution. This resolution aims to hire, train, and retain more Black educators in LAUSD schools. On behalf of...
Invest in Programs Not Prisons

Invest in Programs Not Prisons

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...
Supporting Our Youth Through Project Ready

Supporting Our Youth Through Project Ready

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...
Diversifying the Construction Industry

Diversifying the Construction Industry

by Michael Lawson | Jul 31, 2021 | President Message, Education & Training

The construction industry is a $1.5 trillion industry that creates pathways into the middle class for millions of workers and continues to grow. Recently, however, there has been a disturbing rise in cases of harassment and discrimination towards African American...

South LA Construction Career Academy Prepares Students for In Demand Construction Jobs

by LA Urban League | Feb 17, 2020 | Career Paths, Education & Training

Los Angeles Urban League’s Construction Career Academy (CCA) held its first class of the new year this past week with a full house of diverse men and women of all ages looking to get into a construction trade.  CCA and many other workforce development programs...

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