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Since Jobs Rebuild America (JRA) began in May 2013, we have successfully launched two new federal employment and training programs, as well as a privately funded employer-driven training program focused on food services. We have also continued to enroll participants from all around the country in the broad swath of employment programs united under the banner of Jobs Rebuild America.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced a plan last month to hire and train over ten thousand air traffic controllers over the next decade, according to its Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan 2013-2022.According to the plan, the FAA expects to hire 6,200 controllers over the next five years to staff its 315 air traffic control facilities and its national Command Center, wit
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National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s fifth State of the Union Address:
We were encouraged to hear President Obama articulate a vision – and practical proposals – that speak to the hopes and aspirations of all Americans, particularly those who have yet to achieve their American dream.President Obama to Focus on Income Gap, Education in State of the Union Address
President Obama reportedly will focus on income inequality in his upcoming State of the Union address. He is expected to renew his call for an increase in the minimum wage as well as for an extension of federal unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed.
The president has stepped up his messaging on income inequality and economic mobility in recent months, and gave a major address in which he called income disparity “the defining challenge of our time.”
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The New Orleans Advocate: New Courses Designed to Remove Employment Barriers for Black Men
New training courses designed to remove barriers to employment for black men
"Economic Empowerment and Income Inequality: New Civil Rights Imperative"
Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
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Charlotte Schuster Price, Mother of Former NUL CEO Hugh Price, Dies at 101
Charlotte Schuster Price died peacefully at the age of 101 on December 22, 2013 at Sunrise Senior Living in Columbia, Maryland. She was the mother of Hugh B. Price, who served as President and CEO of the National Urban League from 1994 until 2003. Mrs.
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Statement on Nelson Mandela from Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League:
"During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." -- Nelson Mandela
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Electronic Urban Report: Audrey’s Society Whirl: Wells Fargo Donates $4.1 Million to National Urban League
NEW YORK — Over 1,000 festively dressed guests attended the National Urban League’s (NUL) 57thannual Equal Opportunity Day (EOD) awards dinner on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square, New York which was presented by Comcast/NBC Universal and emceed by N- Read more about Wells Fargo Donates $4.1 Million to National Urban League
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