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The Urban League of Greater Philadelphia received $750,000 in federal funding this week to help expand their services to new neighborhoods. U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-2nd District, presented Urban League President/CEO Darrin Anderson Sr. with a check Tuesday in Center City.

The National Urban League was right to declare a “state of emergency” over civil rights policies in response to the Trump administration.

Across America, Black and Brown communities are facing a housing crisis that is all too familiar and growing more urgent every day. In major cities across the U.S., housing is the leading problem. And in Philadelphia and Cleveland, specifically, the stories are nearly identical: affordable housing is vanishing, gentrification is pushing families out of neighborhoods they’ve called home for generations, and systemic barriers are keeping too many from owning property and build

WASHINGTON — One of the nation's oldest civil rights organizations on Thursday declared a "state of emergency" for antidiscrimination policies, personal freedoms and Black economic advancement in response to President Donald Trump 's upending of civil rights precedents and the federal agencies traditionally tasked with enforcing them.

The recent “No Kings Protest” brought an estimated 80,000 marchers onto the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The speakers on the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps reflected a crowd that was mostly white and from out of town. The press release promoting the event sent out a list that did not include any recognizable names from Philadelphia.

The Urban League of Greater Philadelphia (ULGP) formally announces new name and territory expansion, now serving 4.4 million residents (up from 1.6 Million). This was announced at it's sold out Gala with Sheryl Lee Ralph and Patty Jackson honored; $150,000+ in scholarships awarded to over 30 students ($5k each), and DJ Aktive, Janet Jackson's Tour DJ and Philadelphia native, energetic live performance.