From the ashes of a Ferguson, Mo., convenience store burned in the unrest following Michael Brown’s death will rise the Urban League Community Empowerment Center.
“I was honored to be present at the groundbreaking of a premier example of the Urban League Movement working in concert with the business community, elected officials and other community-based organizations to change people’s lives,” said Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League. “I congratulate the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and its exemplary President and CEO, Michael P. McMillan.”
St. Louis area companies have contributed $1.2 million toward the effort, meant to give young jobless or underemployed men a month's training before matching them with area jobs.
The QuikTrip convenience store was destroyed Aug. 10, the day after former police officer Darren Wilson, shot and killed Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old.
