Ram’s Super Bowl Victory Built on 1946 Desegregation
Millions of football fans celebrated Super Bowl Sunday this past weekend by watching the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl by beating the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. We congratulate the...
Robert William Stewart: Los Angeles’ First African American Police Officer
In 1889, Robert William Stewart became the first African American to become a member of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and one of the first Black officers of any jurisdiction in California. Officer...
Ensuring Black Student Excellence: LAUSD Must Recruit, Prepare and Retain Black Educators
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...
New SBA Partnership to Benefit Minority-Owned Businesses in Los Angeles
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a disproportionately devastating impact on minority and women-owned entrepreneurs in general, and the implications for Black-owned business owners have been even more devastating. In...
Addressing Our Homeless Crisis
This past Monday, I had the honor of celebrating the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with the leadership of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and its affiliate, the Healthy Housing...
The Violence That Took Officer Arroyos Must Stop
Today, the Los Angeles Urban League is asking everyone to take a moment to silently mourn the death of Office Fernando Arroyos of the Los Angeles Police Department. On Monday evening of this week, 27-year-old...
New Year. New Policing Laws.
This new year brings new policing laws and an unfortunate number of instances that deepen the need for a systemic change in how our police interact with the citizens they have sworn to serve. Last year, California...
2021 A Year in Review
This past year, we began celebrating our 100 years of service in Los Angeles by renewing our promise and commitment to do all that we can to increase the economic, educational, and supportive services...
Invest in Programs Not Prisons
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...
Recognizing Ellen Garrison Clark
This December marks 129 years since the passing of Ellen Garrison Clark, a Black anti-slavery activist, civil rights advocate, and educator. Ms. Ellen Garrison Clark was born free in Concord, Mass., on April 24,...