NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE TACKLES “WAR ON UNEMPLOYMENT” WITH  GATHERING OF LEADERS AND CELEBRITIES AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE

NEW YORK (JULY 8, 2011) --  With an intense focus on conquering the nation’s employment crisis, the National Urban League has opened registration for its Conference, “Jobs Rebuild America” – four days of dialogue, workshops and forums on jobs, education reform, wellness and housing at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center July 27-30.

What You Need to Know About the State of Urban Jobs!

(Excerpt below from Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine)

It has been four years since the economy tripped headfirst into the Great Recession, and the National Urban League (NUL), a 100-year-old civil rights organization with nearly 100 affiliate groups across the country, has seen firsthand the impact of the downturn that’s decimated African-American communities worse than most.