NORFOLK (Jan. 22, 2024) - The Urban League of Hampton Roads (Norfolk, VA) marked the 40th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Breakfast by honoring a former governor.

Governor Douglas Wilder was honored last Monday, Jan. 15th, at the Urban League event, held at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. The event paid tribute to local leaders embodying Dr. King's message of unity and equality in the community, with former governor Douglas Wilder receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Former Gov. Douglas Wilder, the first elected African American governor in U.S. history, received the E.L. HAMM Lifetime Achievement Award. Wilder, recognized for his role in advocating for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, shared that it took eight years to pass the holiday.

NASHVILLE (Jan. 22, 2024) – The Urban League of Middle Tennessee (Nashville, TN) has partnered with Cypress Real Estate Advisors and Halladay Ventures for the redevelopment of McFerrin Park apartment community.

The complex, formerly RiverChase, is set to commence this month, with plans for a 140-unit affordable housing property catering to individuals earning 30-80% of the Nashville area's median income. The project is part of a larger 1,150-unit redevelopment approved for rezoning by the Metro Council in November 2022.

ST. LOUIS (Jan. 22, 2024) – The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) has received well-deserved funding for their community initiatives.

Ares Resources for Community and Human Services (ARCHs) has made a significant investment of over $27 million into the community, focusing on public safety, food security, and workforce development. This funding has been distributed among 39 agencies and organizations in St. Louis, including well-known entities like Habitat for Humanity and Employment Connection.

Seven million of those dollars have been allocated to community support initiatives emphasizing pathways for individuals to transition from poverty to employment, with the Urban League receiving a notable portion, including $1 million for their public safety initiatives.

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Marc H. Morial 
President and CEO
National Urban League
  

LaPierre helped supercharge the gunning of America, even as he and the NRA skillfully blamed America’s gun problem on everyone but themselves … Over the course of 30 years, tragedy after tragedy should have brought with it, as it did elsewhere, the most minimal and common-sense of regulations. Instead, Americans now live in a country with more guns than people. Call it Wayne’s world. -- Andrew C. McKevitt 

Misdirecting tens of millions of donor dollars to fund the lavish lifestyles of chief executive Wayne LaPierre and other top executives, as New York State Attorney General Letitia James alleges, is hardly the worst of the National Rifle Association’s atrocities. 

But in suing the NRA for financial corruption, even if she doesn’t win the case, James has stricken the most effective blow in decades against one of the most poisonous influences in recent American history.