October 27, 2008 – 10:02 pm
Blair H. Taylor, President & CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League, testified at September 9, 2008 hearing held by the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. Mr. Taylor’s testimony was as follows:
Good morning. Thank you to the Commission for allowing this important testimony to occur.
Many of the panelists have described [...]
September 17, 2008 – 3:19 pm
These analytical briefs are part of a series on the status of Park Mesa Heights, a neighborhood located in South Los Angeles, a 70 square block area anchored by Crenshaw Senior High School. The Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) has established a 5-year strategic plan to improve the quality of life in this area through [...]
February 7, 2008 – 4:17 pm
This past week the teachers and parents of Crenshaw High voted in favor of the school entering the Innovation Division of Los Angeles Unified School District LAUSD’s effort to place select schools on a pathway toward localized governance and control.
The chorus for change was overwhelming: More than 80 percent of all the teachers and faculty [...]
January 28, 2008 – 10:06 am
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent of Schools David L. Brewer III and Board President Mónica García will be joined by President and CEO of Los Angeles Urban League Blair Taylor, President and CEO of the Tom and Ethel Bradley Foundation Greg Franks, and others to announce that the Crenshaw High School (CHS) community [...]
November 6, 2007 – 10:39 am
The Los Angeles Urban League announced today that The Ahmanson Foundation’s Board of Trustees approved a grant in the amount of $500,000 to support the League’s Neighborhoods@Work initiative. Neighborhoods@Work, the catalyst of the League’s five-year strategic plan, is a systemic change model designed to revitalize the 70-block area surrounding Crenshaw High School. The area, known [...]
September 24, 2007 – 10:00 am
The Los Angeles Urban League announced today that the Weingart Foundation has agreed to support the League’s Neighborhoods@Work with a $2 million challenge grant that will paid out over a four-year period. Neighborhoods@Work, the lynchpin of the League’s [...]
January 16, 2007 – 9:13 am
Blair H. Taylor, President and CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League announced today the pledge of $2.5 million by Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA Inc. to the Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative which is a part of the League’s new five-year Strategic Plan. The announcement came with Toyota’s presentation of a $500,000 check for 2007 to [...]
The Los Angeles Times ran a front page article on June 3rd titled “A Startling Statistic at UCLA” which depicts the abysmal state of African American admissions at the University of California Los Angeles. As a graduate of UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, a former member of the Anderson School’s Alumni Board and Executive Committee, [...]
