NEWS RELEASES

Civil Rights Group Praises Inclusion of Key Provisions of it 8 Point Plan

 
Washington, DC (February 13, 2013) - National Urban League (www.nul.org) President and CEO Marc H. Morial today issued the following response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.
 
On the president’s plan for job creation and economic growth:
 

Today the US Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a set of rules designed to offer a practical standard for establishing the instance of discriminatory effects stemming from housing policies and practices.

Prior to the release of today's rule, agencies and jurisdictions throughout the country determined whether such policies violated the Fair Housing Act of 1968 on an ad hoc, case-by-case basis. The result was often the continuation of discriminatory policies in one jurisdiction that had long been found unfair and unlawful in another.

NEW YORK (February 6, 2013) -- A collaborative effort among Verizon Wireless, the National Urban League and other advocacy organizations to increase outreach to minority- and women-owned telecommunications companies helped to bring about a $189 million sale to a minority-owned firm.

The sale of a 700 MHz B block wireless spectrum licenses to Grain Management, a Sarasota, Florida-based private equity firm, is part of an ongoing effort to create opportunity for  women and minorities, said Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL. (February 1, 2013)  -- The diverse and vibrant city of Fort Lauderdale will be the site of the National Urban League’s prestigious 2015 Conference, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Urban League of Broward County President and CEO Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh announced today.

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