National Black Voter Registration Day
Today, September 17, 2021, is National Black Voter Registration Day. The Los Angeles Urban League and the National Urban League celebrate National Black Voter Registration Day in partnership with BET and more than...
Get Vaccinated and VOTE
As Californians and Americans, it is time to respond to two urgent calls to action: to get vaccinated and to vote. Our choices today on these crucial matters will profoundly impact our future as individuals and as...
The California Recall Is Not Democratic
Since its inception in 1911, the California Recall system has been flawed. The system allows a small group of voters to initiate the recall of a sitting governor. In addition, the system enables an opposing...
Why We Must Unite As a Community and Get Vaccinated Against Covid-19
COVID-19 continues to expose the inequities in our health care system. Statistics continue to show that people of color and low-income residents of all ethnicities have a higher risk of death from COVID-19. The...
Why You Must Vote in The California Recall Election
Next month's California recall election on September 14 is a result of direct democracy at work. Since 1911, our state has allowed for recall elections against current officeholders. Every Governor of California...
We Must Strengthen The Voting Rights Act
August 6 marked 56 years since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified 95 years earlier. The purpose of the Voting Rights Act of...
Remembering El Paso
This past Tuesday marked yet another day of sad remembrance for our nation. On August 3, 2019, a lone gunman drove over 600 miles from a Dallas suburb to El Paso, Texas, to "stop the Hispanic invasion of Texas."...
Diversifying the Construction Industry
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...
We Must Not Take Our Right to Vote for Granted
We must continue the fight to protect our right to vote and strengthen the integrity of the voting process. Working together to advance change can only happen when all those in favor of change fight the same battle.
Restaurant Accelerator Program
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a common refrain has been the impact of this dreadful disease and the response. The pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on various communities, leading to significant...