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Young Professional Feb Mixer: Who’s loving you? Who are you loving?
Join us as at Patio 9.2.4 on February 15, as we celebrate love, black love. Relationship experts will engage us in electrifying dialogue about the power of love! Clips from classic and modern black romance movies will give us prompts for discussion. Who: W-S Urban...
YP Holiday Soirée 2018: Peep the Pix!
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It is About the Money
By Ja'Net Adams. When we talk about Martin Luther King Jr. we tend to focus on his fight for racial equality. The fight that every man and every woman is created equal no matter the color of their skin. He fought for the lynchings to stop, for the end of separate...
No Simple Way to Summarize King
By Commissioner Fleming El-Amin. There is no simple way to summarize how Dr. Martin L. King, Jr's work has directly affected my life. The last book that he wrote entitled, Where Do We Go From Here, written in 1967, is a good starting point. Dr. King provided a...
The Black Experience, As I See It
By Timothy Carter. The Black Experience is an experience of struggle and hardship as well as achievement and accomplishment. I feel there are many facets to the Black Experience in America. One notable achievement was the work on Civil Rights and Social Justice by Dr....
An essay on Dr. King’s impact on my life
By Kismet Loftin-Bell I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true of it's creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." By the age of 4 years old, I had memorized large excerpts and was reciting the...
Shalisha Morgan: MLK made it possible for me to have a career in STEM
Pastor Pettigrew: It’s important that MLK was both pastor and advocate
April Johnson, YP President, Discusses Dr. King’s legacy
Job Board – Jan 12, 2018
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Young Professionals Mixer – January 2018
Join us at the Delta Arts Center for the Conscience of Human Spirit: Quilts Honoring Nelson Mandela Exhibition. The January 18th mixer will introduce new Delta Arts Center Executive Director, Aliza Diggs-Bailey, honor the work of South African artisans and the life of...
Start 2018 off right at the Home of My Own, 1st Time Homebuyer Seminar
2018 is your year! So start off with your foot in the door...literally. Attend the Home of My Own, 1st Time Homebuyer Seminar. At this event, industry professionals will take attendees through each step of the home purchase process. Some of the Triad's top lenders,...
Job Posts – Jan 6, 2018
property manager covenant property services  -  Winston-Salem, NC View details to share this job Fair Housing laws and regulations, building and grounds maintenance, resident relations, leasing, rent collection, eviction procedures, accounting principles,...
News Release: Urban League Praises Bus Route Expansion
On Thursday, the Winston-Salem Transit Authority finalized an expansion of night and weekend bus service on most bus routes. At a cost of only $1 million, the expansion ensures night and Saturday service on 25 of 31 lines. 17 of 31 routes will have Sunday service....
Kwanzaa Umoja 2017
Celebrate Umoja Kwanzaa at the Winston-Salem Urban League! In partnership with the Triad Cultural Arts Group, this years honorees are Ben Piggott and Rabonda Dalton-Rann. The 2017 Umojapeaker is Dr. Karen Marie Winkfield, a radiation oncologist and Director of Wake...
Bad Math: Subtracting Equity from Education Equals Diminished Returns
By Rep. Bobby Scott United States Congress 3rd Congressional District, Virginia African-American students are graduating high school and enrolling in college at higher rates than ever before, but despite much progress, the right to equal educational opportunity...
What a Bad Tax Deal Means for Communities of Color
All Americans would suffer under the tax scheme being debated in Congress, but the strain on communities of color would be enormous. Still suffering the fallout of the 2008 global financial and housing crisis, the long-term decline of manufacturing jobs, and the sharp...
Missed the 2017 Whitney M. Young Gala?
The Forsyth County United Way's Place Matters received the 2017 Whitney M. Young Award. See the award video below and learn why the Place Matters program is so special.
Young Professionals’ 2017 Holiday Soirée, Friday December 15!
What: Winston Salem Urban Leauge Young Professionals Holiday Soirée Where:Suite|Urban, 510 N. Trade Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 When: Friday, December 15th, 9:30 pm ET [edgtf_button size="" type="" text="Buy Tickets Now" custom_class="" icon_pack="font_awesome"...
Foundation Awards $50,000 Infrastructure Grant to W-S Urban League
Urban League installs state of the art HVAC system On December 7, 2017, Winston-Salem Urban League (WSUL) installed phase one of a state of the art HVAC system. The system was made possible by The Cannon Foundation. On September 5, 2017, The Cannon Foundation Board of...