FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Teresa Candori 212-558-5362 | tcandori@nul.org NEW ORLEANS, LA – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Erika McConduit, President and CEO of the Urban League of Louisiana, issued the following...
NEW ORLEANS (MAY 4, 2017) -The Urban League of Louisiana’s Women’s Business Resource Center (WBRC) was recognized for its excellence and service to the community during the Louisiana Small Business Awards Ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion on May 3,...
Urban League supports investigation by Louisiana Attorney General & State Police NEW ORLEANS (May 3, 2017) The world is watching. Our community is on high alert. Tensions are high. Hearts are broken. And “justice” continues to evade us. For ten months,...
Panelists Include School Board President-John Brown, OPSB Superintendent-Dr. Henderson Lewis, Unification Taskforce member-Adria Kimbrough, and The Forum President & Founder and CEO of Crescent City Schools- Kate Mehok. Get there early to win uniform vouchers,...
On Thursday,Oct. 13th, Urban League and partners hosted a Judicial Candidate Forum featuring Candidates running for State of Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit: Laurie White & Regina Bartholomew Woods, and Candidates running for Orleans Parish Criminal...
For decades, “tests” have been used to influence high stakes decisions like grade promotion, and to “track” students into certain academic pathways. Communities of color have plenty of reasons to distrust standardized testing, from racially-biased test questions, to...