Jacksonville Urban League Young Professionals

JULYP exists to cultivate a new generation of Young Professionals to support the Jax Urban League & to take an active role in serving & empowering people in JAX

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• Every American has access to jobs with a living wage and good benefits.
• Every American lives in safe, decent, affordable and energy efficient housing on fair terms.
• Every American has access to quality and affordable health care solutions
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“I Am Empowered” Pledge
I pledge to responsibly commit my time and talent to ensure the nation is empowered to achieve the following goals by 2025:
• Every American child is ready for college, work and life.

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In 2018, the National Urban League launched For The Movement Podcast. NUL hold discussions to elevate persistent policy, social and civil rights issues affecting African Americans and communities of color.
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In 1978 the National Urban League developed guidelines for training non-profit housing counseling agencies to participate effectively in the Home Mortgage Assignment Program at the request of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Our mission is to assist African Americans as well as other underserved communities to secure economic self‐reliance, parity, power and civil rights.
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Since 1947, we have striven to be a leading advocate for promoting access to quality education, economic opportunity, civic engagement, health and wellness.

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The high incidence of "black on black crime" led to the "Crime Is Not A Part of Our Black Heritage" program.
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In 1985, the League joined with the NAACP to organize the "Black Family Summit." Its purpose was to develop strategies for the preservation of the black family.

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Under Clanzel T. Brown’s direction, the League JUL became a full‐service agency emphasizing full employment and manpower programs. Mr. Brown and his colleagues laid the foundation upon which the Jacksonville Urban League builds
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The participating organizations worked out their ideological and organizational differences and made a success of the historic event. They also demonstrated the unity that could exist among diverse groups.
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The National Urban League joined with a coalition of civil rights organizations, including the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), & the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to organize the 1963 March on Washington.

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The Jacksonville Urban League played a key role in opening doors to training and employment and transitioning veterans into civilian life. The agency aided veterans, with special attention paid to handicapped vets and civilians.
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In the mid‐1970s, the Arab Oil Embargo and post‐Viet Nam war recession slowed the reintegration of Viet Nam veterans into the workforce.
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The National Urban League set up a Veterans Affairs Office in 1967 to care for the needs of black veterans. This office operated in cooperation with business, labor, and the federal government.
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In January 1965, under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the Jacksonville UL, in partnership with the NUL and its Tampa and Miami affiliates, initiated the first statewide anti‐poverty conference to emphasize the need for local anti‐poverty programs.
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In 1956 The National Urban League's Equal Opportunity Day Dinner was initiated to reward individuals and corporations that demonstrated a commitment to equal opportunity and exhibited leadership for the cause of equal rights.
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In 1971 Vernon E. Jordan, National Urban League President, established a Voter Education Program which registered 36,154 black voters in ten cities.
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NULYP programs are structured to encourage community involvement through mentoring, tutoring, and scholarships, while developing members personally and professionally through economic empowerment, political engagement and professional development.
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NULYP Mission – For young professionals to help advance the Urban League movement of social and economic equality through corporate, social and community activism.
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