NEWS RELEASES

House Speaker Paul Ryan to Join Communities of Color Breakfast Series

ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 12

Tess Candori | 212-558-5362 | tcandori@nul.org (primary) 
K. Kim Atterbury | 202-629-5750 | katterbury@nul.org
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 11, 2018) Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) will join the National Urban League and Insight America as a guest speaker during the organizations’ monthly Communities of Color Breakfast Series.

National Urban League Statement on Inclusion of Citizenship Status Question to 2020 Census​

Washington, DC (March 27, 2018) -- National Urban League President and CEO, Marc H. Morial, released the following statement in response to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announcement last night that a citizenship status question will be added to the 2020 Census:

National Urban League Pushes to Save Low-Cost Internet Service Program for Low-Income Americans
Washington, DC (February 26, 2018)  – The National Urban League joined by the National Action Network, OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council today announced its submission of comments late last week to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) expressing concern over proposed reforms to Lifeline, a program that historically provides a discount on phone service to qualifying low-income consumers to increase access to telephone and broadband... Read more
National Urban League Strongly Opposes Bill That Will Erase Consumer Protections Under Dodd-Frank

WASHINGTON, DC (March 7, 2018) – Today, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial sent a letter to the full U.S. Senate urging they all oppose the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the “Bank Lobbyist Act.”  This bill would place low-income and borrowers of color at risk of falling prey to the same unscrupulous lending practices that caused the great recession by exempting large banks from key consumer protections implemented under the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.

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National Urban League President Implores HUD Secretary to Reject Removal of Anti-Discrimination Language from Agency’s Mission Statement

WASHINGTON, DC (March 7, 2018) – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson imploring that he reinstate in the anti-discrimination language that was recently removed from HUD’s mission statement.

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