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The Los Angeles Urban League requests your special participation and support for the 2010 Los Angeles Urban League/Jim Hill Celebrity Golf Classic which will be held on Friday, October 22 at the Pacific Palms Resort.  Once again, the tournament will feature sports legends as well as film, television and music celebrities as players to play with individual and corporate teams. As he has done for 12 years, renowned sportscaster Jim Hill is hosting the day of fun and golf to benefit the Los Angeles Urban League and the more than 100,000 citizens that the League provides assistance to each year. The League is calling all golfers to join corporate, business and community leaders who want to help urban minorities to continue to fight for equal opportunity and economic self reliance! The day begins with a 10:00 am tee time “shotgun” start and includes lunch and the awards banquet. Golfers should come prepared to bid on exciting auction items and raffle prizes. 

We are seeking golfers to play on a team of four and a celebrity will join you.

We seek sponsors to make this another spectacular Urban League event.  Sponsors are needed to provide gift items for tee bags, hole contests and activities, auction items and any way you can bring fun to the table.  Various levels of sponsorship does get you a foursome with a celebrity, company recognition on all League materials, and all access to event activities.

Please contact Dannete.Wilkerson@laul.org for sponsorship and golfing details.  Whatever way in which you serve, YOU ARE APPRECIATED!

Check this out from TEDx. Blair speaks about the need for significant change in communities and a process by which that change can be achieved. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like ...experience. Our event is called TEDxManhattanBeach, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxManhattanBeach event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.

Urban League honors Paula Madison

The Los Angeles Urban League honored NBC Executive Paula Madison at the 37th Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Awards Dinner.

This Article appeared in the May 10th 2010 edition of the Sentinel

Crenshaw High Honored For Census Awareness

Local students are recognized by officials for census film shorts and awareness

By Brian W. Carter

Sentinel Staff Writer

Local and state officials gathered with students, faculty and parents at Crenshaw High School to honor Census PSAs Friday, April 30. The program featured a variety of film shorts highlighting issues about the census and was put together by students of the Crenshaw Media Academy.

California former acting Lt. Gov. Mona Pasquil, U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves, Los Angeles Urban League President Blair Taylor and Disney Vice-President of Talent Development and Diversity, Tim McNeal were present and honored the Media Academy students for their stellar work and accomplishments.

"If we can get these young people, like these students at Crenshaw High School, excited about civic engagement and civic responsibility, they'll turn this community around by themselves," said Taylor.

On behalf of the Los Angeles Urban League, President & CEO Blair H. Taylor, the Board of Directors, Dinner Chair Kevin Farr of Mattel, Inc. and our honorees Paula Madison, Steven B. Sample & Women of Government, we thank everyone for your support of the 2010 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Awards Dinner.

And we thank our mistress of ceremonies Michaela Pereira for her energy, style and grace.

We acknowledge again our scholarship recipients who are so impressive – Clifford Brooks, Carrine Johnson, Taylor Mills, Christopher Rodriguez, Shannon Penn and Caleb Farmer. Congratulations!

And the After Party hosted by the Young Professionals was “off the hook” into the wee hours.

Microsoft donates over $500,000 to help the organization with using Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Los Angeles, CA -- The Los Angeles Urban League announced today that it will be the first non-profit organization to receive an in-kind donation of Microsoft Dynamics CRM software in fall 2010. Microsoft has been a long-term partner of the Los Angeles Urban League and has provided over $1.1 million in contributions to the organization, with the company donating over $10 million to the National Urban League network.

“We are ecstatic to have the support of Microsoft, a IT industry leader in helping diverse populations realize their potential through the use of technology, as a partner in upgrading the League’s technology and helping us develop state-of-the-art administration and reporting of our programs and initiatives,” said Blair Taylor, League President & CEO. “At the League we are focused on providing high quality services for the citizens that we have served for almost 90 years here in Los Angeles. In the 21st Century, “high-quality” requires the best technological resources available.”

PARTNERS IN HEALTH

Aren’t you tired of having others write about us like they have walked in our shoes and lived in our communities? Isn’t it frustrating to have policy makers make decisions that affect the well being of our community and we were never included in the discussion? Well, the Urban League understands your frustrations and we are responding! The Los Angeles Urban League’s Neighborhood@Works Health team is proud to announce that we have partnered with residents of Park Mesa Heights and some dynamic UCLA Researchers to launch its first Community-Partnered Participatory Research (CPPR) project, sponsored by The California Endowment.