As president of the Chicago Urban League, [Cheryle R. Jackson] began projectNEXT, a series of initiatives created to support career, business and community development for African- Americans. Under her watch, the Chicago Urban League began an initiative with the Kellog Graduate School of Management to help minority-owned businesses grow in capacity. She also began a partnership with BP to begin training and hiring initiative at BP's Whiting, Indiana plant. The Chicago Urban League, under her leadership, has published a report on how the Chicago 2016 Olympic Games will economically impact African Americans. Jackson also helped to found a task force to address the problems that African-Americans face in the construction field. The League has a workforce agenda that includes education, ski...
Every conference is an opportunity to talk to people. Families need a wealth building strategy to have a path to power," he said. "The Urban League conference is for them," he said. "We want conference attendees to come to Chicago and leave with all the resources they need for success in the future," [Morial] said. "When we all individually find our path to power it will uplift us as a community. On July 30 a panel discussion titled "The State of Black America," will analyze the current status of Blacks in America from employment to education; on July 31 "Preparing for the Future" will take a look at how to build America's workforce and a there will be a session tackling the upcoming 2010 census. On Aug. 1 Mayor Richard M. Daley will receive the first National Urban League President's...
It has been nearly 30 years since the Urban League held its confab here. Still [Marc Morial] said he expects next year's convention to be "the biggest, best and badest conference in the history" of the civil rights organization. Flanked by Chicago Urban League President, Cheryle Jackson, and members of the national and local boards of directors, along with Mayor Richard M. Daley and other state officials, Modal said at last Wednesday's press conference. that he expects some 10,000 people to attend next year's convention, bringing an estimated $10 million to the city.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Citing a desire to travel and perhaps "do some writing," James W. Compton, president & CEO, and a member of the board of directors of the Chicago Urban League since 1978, has announced his retirement effective in mid- 2006. I just thought it was time to step down after almost 33 years, having first served as executive director from 1972 to 1978. I leave the organization in capable hands, including a stellar board of directors, to continue moving the organization forward," says Compton. Before heading the Chicago Urban League he was executive director of the Broome County Urban League in Binghampton, New York.
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Roderick K. Hawkins of the Chicago Urban League, +1-773- 451-3536, +1-773-892-5427 (cell)
New Leader Brings Legal and Business Expertise to venerable civil rights organization CHICAGO, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Andrea L. Zopp, a business and civic leader who has been closely involved with the economic empowerment and civil rights work of the National Urban League for several years, has been appointed president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League. The announcement of Zopp's appointment was made today at the Urban League's headquarters in Chicago's historic Bronzeville community.
Last week, as I was being interviewed by the Chicago Tribune about the Chicago Urban League's nextOne entrepreneurship program, the conversation turned to the national economic slowdown. With job cuts, stagnant wages, the cost of gas and food on the way up, and a housing crunch putting the squeeze on Chicagoans, the reporter asked, "Is now is a good time to invest in economic development. Shouldn't the Chicago Urban League scale back and wait out the impending recession? I didn't hesitate to tell her that now is precisely the time to step up our work. For fledgling African American businesses, our support can mean the difference between keeping doors remaining open or closing. For a factory worker, or a white-collar professional, the edge the League can provide in training and skills d...
Chris Gardner, president and CEO of Gardner Rich & Company, "The Pursuit of Happyness," and "Start Where You Are. Roland Martin, CNN contributor, "Listening to the Spirit Wimin: 50 Perspectives on Faim" and "Speak Brouier! A Black Man's View of America." This year the expo hall will feature the Black Women's Pavilion, brought to you by the Black Women's Expo. The Pavilion will host scores of local vendors and products and is sharing the National Urban League Expo Hall main stage, which features music, fashion shows, dance and theatrical performances throughout the day! Don't miss what is sure to be a stirring keynote by president and CEO of the National Urban League Marc H. Morial, an invocation by Pastor Byron T. Brazier of the Apostolic Church of God, and special performances fea...
The National Urban League's 2005 State of Black America report revealed that financial access was the greatest impediment to higher education attainment by African Americans, and for every 10 whites that earn a college diploma, only 6.3 African Americans do so. Studies also show that a person with a four year degree earns four times more income than individual without a degree. As America's population becomes more diverse, (by 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 50 percent of all American children will be children of color) one must question the wisdom is this sea change by academia if fewer minorities are able to attain a higher education, what will be the economic capabilities of America's future earners? Minority scholarship and fellowship programs give minorities access to h...
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