Save the Date for December 12, 2011 for President Obama’s Classic Basketball game in Washington D.C. Confirmed to play: Ray Allen – Carmelo Anthony Chris Bosh – Vince Carter Tyson Chandler – Jamal Crawford Kevin Durant – Baron Davis Patrick Ewing – Derek Fisher Rudy Gay – Blake Griffin Tyler Hansbrough – Dwight Howard Juwan [...]
Starbucks is teaming up with Opportunity Finance Network® (OFN) which is a group of community lending institutions set up to provide financing to community businesses that need our help. In donating to OFN, 100% of your donation will help create and sustain jobs in underserved communities. To launch this project, the Starbucks Foundation is donating [...]
During the State of the Urban League Adress at the 2011 National Urban League Conference: Jobs Rebuild America, National Urban League President and CEO, Marc Morial launched the War on Unemployment, open letter petition to President Barack Obama and Congress. “As we fight wars overseas, fight the budget deficit and fight to raise the debt-ceiling, [...]
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has introduced a resolution welcoming Tibetan spiritual leader, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, to the nation’s capital and recognizing his lifelong commitment to world peace and elevating human rights. The Dalai Lama is visiting the District Tuesday, July 5 through Saturday, July 16 to preside over the fifth Kalachakra teaching in the [...]
The National Urban League, National Organization for Women, Woman’s National Democratic Club, Anacostia Coordinating Council, Greater Washington Urban League and the Washington Ethical Society are jus a few who have signed on to co-sponsor the June 25 White House Rally for DC Democracy. The event calls on President Obama to stand with the 600,000 residents [...]
President Obama is offering four lucky donors the opportunity to sit down in an informal setting with him to discuss the how to make the country better for all Americans. With a $5 dollar donation you will be automatically registered for a chance to have dinner with President Obama and three other supporters. “We’ll pay for [...]
On June 15th, the White House held a picnic on the south lawn for members of Congress and their family. President Obama made brief remarks before the picnic, thanking congressmen and their families for their service despite political differences as well as the U.S. military members who were in attendance.
The directory of the Congressional Black Caucus of the 112th Congress is now available in print and online! Pick up your copy and remain in contact with CBC members, learn about important legislation and engage in the process of bringing about change. Click here to download!
On June 7, the White House hosted a state Dinner for German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Rose Garden. President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greeted Chancellor Merkel and her husband Dr. Joachim Sauer at the North Portico of the White House. During the White House Dinner President Obama presented Chancellor Merkel with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, [...]
The National Urban League State of Urban Jobs site atwww.iamempowered.com gives you everything you need to know about jobs including the monthly employment report with stats for Blacks, Whites and Latinos, the National Urban League’s position on employment and job creation policy, the facts about how investing in job creation is the best strategy for reducing the [...]
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