LAUL In The News
L.A. Urban League Gala Honors Prominent Contributors to Uplifting Black Community
Cora Jackson-Fossett, Managing Editor | Los Angeles Sentinel May 11, 2023 Three notable individuals known for supporting African American and minority communities will be recognized by the Los Angeles Urban League...
Los Angeles Urban League Hosts Youth and College Fair
Sentinel News Service May 10, 2023 The Los Angeles Urban League, in partnership with JPMorgan, Cedar Sinai, Honda, Target, and other employers, will host a Youth and College Career Fair on Friday, May 5, at the...
Karen Bass takes over a Los Angeles divided by crisis
Reis ThebaultDecember 11, 2022 LOS ANGELES — It was one month before a momentous mayoral election here and the nation’s second-largest city was in disarray. A now-infamous audio recording had just surfaced,...
How Black-Brown Unity In LA Can Survive City Council Racism Scandal
Oct 13, 2022Leslie Berestein Rojas The racist comments at a meeting attended by three Los Angeles City Council members and a local labor official, all of them Latino, that were revealed in leaked audio included...
Hate crimes on the rise: Urban League working to curb stats
September 15, 2022Lisa Fitch It has been 21 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks that led to the fall of the Twin Towers in New York City, the destruction of the Pentagon and the plane crash in Pennsylvania....
Ri-Karlo Handy Reflects On Disparity In Diversifying Hollywood, Barriers For New Talent & “High-Touch Solutions”
June 18, 2022Ri-Karlo Handy Two years ago, following George Floyd’s horrifying murder and civil unrest that followed, every industry including Hollywood scrambled to solve for their lack of diversity. Various...

Press releases
Urban League Leaders Urge Resignation of Todd Spitzer After Comments on Race in Death Penalty Case
Incident is Further Evidence that Capital Punishment Must End NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES (February 24, 2022) – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Los Angeles Urban League President and CEO...
Los Angeles Urban League Centennial Nights
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Atop of the Roosevelt Hotel, which offered a panoramic view of Los Angeles, key Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) supporters gathered to celebrate the historic civil-rights...
Los Angeles Urban League applauds Governor Newsom’s signing of SB2
Los Angeles Urban League applauds Governor Newsom’s recent signing of SB2, which creates a system that allows for the decertification and removal of officers deemed unfit to serve as police officers in any...
Statement on the Passing of Michelle Avan
From Elliot Hinds, Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Urban League "It is with a heavy heart that we express our condolences for the tragic death of our beloved board member Michelle Avan. Sometimes there...