✊🏾 Today, we show up, stand up and speak up for civil rights, women’s rights and economic justice.
We’re ready to kick off our Urban League Fights for You Rally at the MLK Memorial here in our nation’s capital. Follow our social media for updates. #NULCONF22
We will give all we have to fight, and that is why we are here, says our President + CEO @MARCMORIAL. #NULCONF22
We will give all we have to fight for justice, and that is why we’re here, says our President & CEO @MARCMORIAL
“We’re about to link arms and create a movement like they’ve never seen before… We’re not fighting for the world as it is or as it was. We’re getting to freedom!” KelleyRobinson, Executive Director of @PPact asks: Are you ready? #NULCONF22
We cannot fight for the future without including the voices of the future: our youth! Here, Santana Baker of @UrbanLeague864 speaks up for environmental justice ✊🏽#NULCONF22
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When I look at the failure of the US Congress to act, it is up to all of us to demand them to take action. Assault weapons were designed to kill a lot of human beings quickly. There is no reason that we have weapons of war on the streets of America. -@VP#NULCONF22
30% of Black households do not have access to Broadband. This made it more difficult for our communities in the height of the pandemic to register to vote, be able to be counted for the Census and sign up to get vaccinated. -@PROVERBSKIDS
Having internet access while churches were closed during the shutdown, “it made it easier to cheat on your church, too.” 🫣 @joitweets#NULCONF22
Thank you for joining us LIVE this morning as we hear from Sec. of Transportation @PeteButtigieg and other Biden Administration officials. And special thanks to our plenary sponsors @Google and @TMobile, for helping make this possible! #NULCONF22
“If we’re not realizing we’re in a modern-day civil war… It’s bigger than an election. There’s more going on.” -@coalitionbuildr#NULCONF22
We love having @CBSMMiller hosting our dynamic #WomenofPower Awards Luncheon, our time to recognize and honor the women blazing trails, shaking tables and smashing glass ceilings. #NULCONF22
Congrats to WOP Honoree @margaretanadu, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the @NYSE, who starts as a senior partner at a private investment firm after 20 years with Goldman Sachs (most recently head of sustainability and impact efforts at Goldman's asset-management arm)!
We like to call her our Conference Queen: our Chief Marketing Officer Rhonda Spears-Bell opened our morning plenary as we hear the State of the Urban League. She reminded us of the millions who didn’t make it through the pandemic to keep in mind as we reunite this week. #NULCONF
We are proud to have @BankofAmerica as a conference sponsor, and Chief Administration Officer @DSteveBoland shares how BoA is helping Black communities, like dedicating $25M to 21 HBCUs and $25M to help improve health outcomes in communities of color. #NULCONF22