Not Alms but Opportunity: The Urban League and the Politics of Racial Uplift, 1910-1950
PRAvenue Press Release Newswire (Free subscription) | yesterday
/ PRAvenueNW / -- The National Urban League is convening fifty business...
eWeek (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
The National Urban League (NUL) and On Deck Capital offer cost-conscious businesses access to loans in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. - On Deck Capital, a provider of small business financing solutions, announced an alliance with the National Urban League (NUL), an organization aimed at economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved...
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Former Chicago Urban League head Cheryle Jackson received the backing today of more than a dozen members of the city's African-American clergy in her bid for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. Read more in Clout Street on chicagotribune.com .
Clout St (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Posted by Rick Pearson at 8:08 p.m. Former Chicago Urban League head Cheryle Jackson received the backing today of more than a dozen members of the city’s African-American clergy in her bid for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate....
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Pittsburgh Community Services, Inc. and Hunger Services at the Urban League -- appeared at a City Council public hearing to ask for increased funding from the Community Development Block Grant, which the city receives from the federal government. Ironies abound. The food-stamp program was once a pariah. But thank goodness saner heads and kinder hearts...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast and One Economy today announced the kick off of a major technology learning and service initiative that teaches young people about broadband technologies and how to put that knowledge to work to serve the Springfield community. The program, Comcast Digital Connectors, will take place during after-school hours at the Urban League of Springfield...
Philadelphia Tech News (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... online auction site. Another First Round company, On Deck Capital , has teamed with the National Urban League to bring On Deck's proprietary small business lending solutions to NUL's local affiliates through their Entrepreneurship Centers around the nation, starting with Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Also, TechCrunch reports on Xobni's new Salesforce extension and UI enhancements....
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... Hospital Cancer Unit. He was a Mason and a member of Concerned Black Men, the Guardian Civic League, the Urban League of Philadelphia, and other civic organizations. In addition to his sister, Pastor Powell is survived by his wife of 49 years, Lois Isaac Powell; sons Benjamin Jr. and David Solomon; daughters Robin Freeman and Melissa Coefield; two brothers; 14 grandchildren;...
Team Inov-8 Europe (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Graham Gristwood and Rachael Elder win the Sheffield City Chase! On Saturday Sheffield Uni Orienteering Club hosted the final race in the Nopesport Urban League. The chase involves two orienteering races, a prologue followed by a final in which your start time is decided by time taken in the prologue. First to cross the finish line wins! Some good planning created a challenging event...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... the best-known of the candidates in the field. Democrats running for the seat also include Chicago Urban League leader Cheryle Jackson, a former top aide to Blagojevich in his first term, and attorney Jacob Meister. The White House had hoped Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan could be persuaded to get in the race. Madigan decided to run for a third term as attorney general rather...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... the best-known of the candidates in the field.Democrats running for the seat also include Chicago Urban League leader Cheryle Jackson, a former top aide to Blagojevich in his first term, and attorney Jacob Meister.The White House had hoped Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan could be persuaded to get in the race. Madigan decided to run for a third term as attorney general rather...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... the best-known of the candidates in the field.Democrats running for the seat also include Chicago Urban League leader Cheryle Jackson, a former top aide to Blagojevich in his first term, and attorney Jacob Meister.The White House had hoped Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan could be persuaded to get in the race. Madigan decided to run for a third term as attorney general rather...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... the best-known of the candidates in the field.Democrats running for the seat also include Chicago Urban League leader Cheryle Jackson, a former top aide to Blagojevich in his first term, and attorney Jacob Meister.The White House had hoped Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan could be persuaded to get in the race. Madigan decided to run for a third term as attorney general rather...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... of the candidates in the field.
Democrats running for the seat also include Chicago Urban League leader Cheryle Jackson, a former top aide to Blagojevich in his first term, and attorney Jacob Meister.
The White House had hoped Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan could be persuaded to get in the race. Madigan decided to run for a third term as attorney general rather...
