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The Urban League of Portland is excited to announce that this year's Equal Opportunity Dinner Celebration is LIVE and IN PERSON. On Thursday, September 28th, meet us at the Oregon Convention Center to celebrate another year of empowering communities and changing lives. 

We are excited to announce we wrapped up the 2023 Oregon Legislative Session and what a session it was! Although we faced several challenges, we were successful on several of our top priorities.

Urban League of Portland is one of Oregon’s oldest civil rights and social service organizations, empowering African Americans and others to achieve equality in education, employment, health, economic security, and quality o

We want to restate our stance on this issue that we have held since late last year, the banning and criminalization of homelessness will only prolong the City of Portland's homelessness problem not solve it.

Employer booths and jobseekers admissions are still open for this hiring event. 

Urban League of Portland, in partnership with Oregon’s housing authority, Home Forward, is hosting the Hattie Redmond Apartments grand opening in early April.

We are proud to announce our legislative agenda and as we participate in the 2023 Legislative Session we will continue to center the experiences of African American Oregonians and by extension all Oregonians.

The Urban League of Portland provided testimony on two major Portland proposals: Ted Wheeler’s proposed ban on ma

The Urban League of Portland is currently looking for a graphic designer to potentially contract with in order to help us elevate our online and marking content.

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