Louisville Urban League President and CEO Lyndon Pryor demanded accountability and details related to the arrest of a girl at the picnic Aug. 9.
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80+ Black-owned businesses ready for you to support them! Come out now. Shop till you drop! Fashion show at 3PM! Louisville Urban League, Inc. Annual Black Business Expo!
We have some fantastic episodes for you to check out.
"Common Unity" with Stacy Bailey-Ndiaye
"Oversight" with Ed Harness
"Know Your Angles" with Bridgette
"Relationship Over Rigor" with Dr Armon Perry
Press play on the Listen Up! Podcast https://t.co/gf33vWA3GS
Proud to join the FRYSC Conference! Big thanks to Kiara, Interim Director of our Center for Education, for sharing how the League empowers youth & families. #JobsJusticeEducation#LULinAction
Did you know one person decided nearly $8,000 from West Louisville–donated E3 funds should go to a farewell billboard for the former JCPS superintendent? 🫢 What could your school do with $8,000? 📚🎨🖥️ That money was meant for West End students — not public praise.
Spencer County, Mayfield Independent and Monroe County are the Kentucky school districts where the programs the Trump administration is now withholding funds for--totaling $87 million across the state--made up the largest share of their 2024 federal funds.
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Urban League Leaders condemn the Justice Department's offensive sentencing recommendation for ex-officer convicted in Breonna Taylor killing. https://t.co/gZWOykymQF
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The Urban League was in great company at the Starting Fresh Reentry Resource Fair, held Saturday at @LFPL SW branch. The event provided information and resources on expungement, family reunification, employment, and education. To connect with us, call (502) 585-4622.
One of the greatest lies ever told is that you or me are somehow unqualified or deserving of the roles we and titles we've earned. Not only is it wrong, it's bad for business, and it undermines the Ideals this country claims to value.
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@phillipmbailey@FaceTheNation Wild…I hope parents in KY hear that their senator’s ideas is to put their 8 year old in room with 100 other 8 year olds to be lectured at by a large screen with a teacher 100 miles away.
‘On the last day the assignments were due, none had been done, "so they put him on Edmentum and he finished the class in less than 24 hours," the teacher said.’
Gutting the federal Dept. of Ed. will have devastating effects on KY schools.
The state legislature has refused @GovAndyBeshear's proposal to raise teacher pay every year. These cuts will further restrict funds that allow our schools to recruit the best.
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