The Urban League of Portland honors the life of Senator Jackie Winters, who represented Oregon’s 10th Senate District, including Salem. Born in the Great Depression era, her family migrated from Kansas to live in Portland where her father worked in the Kaiser shipyards. As a child she became homeless after...
The Urban League would like to address the events of the April 3 meeting of Portland City Council. During invited testimony on the FAIR Ordinances, Mayor Wheeler appeared to chide Commissioner Hardesty for engaging in direct questioning with a panelist. See the exchange here. While the Mayor claimed to suppress...
The Urban League of Portland’s 2019 Career Connections Job Fair is coming up again! We are excited to announce our move to the Lloyd Center Mall, utilizing the space that was previously Sears. We have put considerable effort into making this event as successful as possible for our community members...
The Urban League of Portland honors the life and legacy of Ron Dellums, a thirteen-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Oakland, CA who died July 30, 2018. He was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus. The self-described “afro-topped, bell-bottomed radical” brought experience as a U.S. Marine-turned-pacifist...
Youth between the ages of 13-17 are invited to sign up for 9 weeks of media day camps! Each week is designed for Black and Brown youth to get involved and build confidence with different forms of art and their community. Each workshop is free, lunch is provides, and...
The Urban League of Portland will be marching in the 2018 Grand Floral Parade! This is the second time a Black organization will be represented in the last 69 years, and we are excited to participate in this annual event! The Urban League is partnering with the Black Chamber of...
In 1988, Washington named its first African-American Supreme Court Justice, Charles Z. Smith. Twenty years later, Oregon has done the same. The Urban League is proud to celebrate the investiture of Oregon Supreme Court Justice Adrienne C. Nelson. She is the first Black jurist to serve on an appellate court in Oregon. Justice...
The first Tuesday of April the Urban League of Portland will host the 2018 Career Connections Job Fair at the DoubleTree Hotel – Lloyd Center. For years, the Urban League of Portland has hosted the Career Connections Job Fair, an event that brings employers and job seekers together. It is...
The Urban League is a proud sponsor of this year’s Adwa Victory Day celebration in Portland. We are pleased to join the Ethiopian Community in Oregon in celebration of the 122nd anniversary of the victory of Adwa. Why do we celebrate this day? On March 2nd, 1896 the Ethiopian citizen...
