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OUR MISSION

The mission of the Urban League of Lexington-Fayette County is to assist African Americans and disadvantaged citizens in the achievement of social and economic equality.

OUR MOVEMENT

Established in 1910, The Urban League is the nation’s oldest and largest community based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. Today, the National Urban League spearheads the non-partisan efforts of its more than 100 affiliates.

OUR STRATEGY

The Urban League employs a five-point strategy, tailored to local needs, in order to implement the mission of our movement.

• Education and Youth Empowerment: Ensuring that all of our children are well educated and prepared for economic self-reliance in the 21st century through college scholarships, early childhood literacy, Head Start and after care programs
• Economic Empowerment: Empowering all people in attaining economic self-sufficiency through job training, homeownership, entrepreneurship and wealth accumulation
• Health and Quality of Life Empowerment: Working to build healthy and safe communities to eliminate health disparities through prevention, healthy eating, fitness, as well as ensuring access and complete access to affordable healthcare for all people.
• Civic Engagement and Leadership Empowerment: Empowering all people to take an active role in determining the direction, quality of life, public policy and leadership in their communities by full participation as citizens and voters, as well as through active community service and leadership development.
• Civil Rights and Racial Justice Empowerment: Promoting and ensuring our civil rights by actively working to eradicate all barriers to equal participation in the all aspects of American society, whether political, economic, social, educational or cultural.

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LOCAL URBAN LEAGUE HISTORY

The Urban League is the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering all citizens to enter the economic and social mainstream. Founded in 1968 and recognized as a 501 (c) 3 organization approved by the state of Kentucky, the Lexington Urban League offers several programs in job training, education, computer skills, housing, community development and advocacy.