Mental illness and specialty care does not have color, face, or name, but adequate support to address a variety of issues like toxic stressors that lead to depression can curve impacts through policy intervention. On Tuesday, May 2nd, The Houston Area Urban League, NAMI and partnering organizations in Houston gathered for a rally at the […]
Commentary: Proposed bills in Texas attack local communities
Texans are witnessing one of the most extreme, authoritarian and discriminatory legislative sessions in years. Bills moving through the Legislature would make Texas law dramatically more anti-immigrant; radically reduce the power of local governments, courts and prosecutors; diminish, criminalize and encourage interference with voting rights; and even impose extreme authoritarian views about what can be […]
Ep. 151 – Houston Area Urban League | Imagine Excellence Inc.
Judson Robinson, CEO of the Houston Area Urban League, talks to KG Smooth about the Texas Education Agency taking over Houston Independent School District. We also talk about the state of education and what really needs to be done. Click here to listen to the full interview.
Greater Houston Coalition for Justice files lawsuit against TEA, Gov. Abbott
Leaders from the Greater Houston Coalition for Justice said at a Thursday press conference that they are filing a lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency over their decision to seize control of the Houston Independent School District.
Greater Houston Coalition Justice files lawsuit on behalf of Houston ISD against TEA for ‘discrimination’
HOUSTON – The Greater Houston Coalition Justice announced Thursday the filing of a lawsuit for discrimination against the Texas Education Agency on behalf of the Houston Independent School District following the agency’s decision to take over the school district, according to a news release. The organization said the third-party complaint includes the State of Texas, Gov. Greg […]
URBAN LEAGUE LEADERS URGE PASSAGE OF FEDERAL WOMEN’S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Teresa Candori 212-558-5363 | tcandori@nul.org CALLING EFFORTS TO OVERTURN ROE “PART OF A LARGER ANTI-CIVIL RIGHTS AND ANTI-WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT,” URBAN LEAGUE LEADERS URGE PASSAGE OF FEDERAL WOMEN’S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT NEW YORK (May 10, 2022) – Citing a particular danger to Black women, National Urban League President and […]