Here you will find all official Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle press releases.
SEATTLE (February 24, 2021) - Today, Mayor Jenny Durkan, Council President Gonzalez, and Councilmember Morales will join the Seattle Office of Economic Development (OED) and the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle (ULMS) to celebrate the success of the Youth Web Design…
Continue Reading Seattle OED and ULMS Expand Youth Web Design Program supporting Black Owned Small Businesses and BIPOC Students Congress Members Who Enabled His Instigation of a Violent Coup Should Be Censured NEW YORK (January 6, 2021) -- In light of the shocking violence at the U.S. Capitol instigated by…
Continue Reading Civil Rights Leaders Call for Trump’s Removal Under the 25th Amendment Press release written by the Seattle Office of Economic Development SEATTLE (December 18, 2020) -- The Seattle Office of Economic Development (OED) partnered with the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle…
Continue Reading OED and ULMS Support Black Youth and Black-Owned Small Businesses through Pilot Program Press release drafted by Melissa Putman, melissa.b.putman@kp.org Kaiser Permanente invests more than $1,050,000 in homeless service providers in King, Pierce, and Spokane counties. SEATTLE — Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington…
Continue Reading Grants Address Housing Insecurity and COVID-19 Written by ULMS staff member, Ashley Pugh SEATTLE (November 3, 2020) -- The impacts of the Coronavirus within our community have disproportionately effected black-owned small businesses more than any other…
Continue Reading ULMS Provides $25k in Grant Funding to 9 Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 SEATTLE (August 1, 2020) -- During a time when many of us now find ourselves isolated indoors, surrounded by growing racial tension in the community, and on the brink of…
Continue Reading ULMS Launches New Virtual Book Club: The Black Voices Project Original article provided by the RealNetworks Foundation SEATTLE, July 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The RealNetworks Foundation, the philanthropic arm of RealNetworks, Inc., has allocated an additional $1M in grants for 2020 to help address the…
Continue Reading RealNetworks Foundation Commits Additional $1M in 2020 Grants to Help Address Racial Injustice and the COVID-19 Pandemic