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League President & CEO Blair Taylor visited the KTLA Morning News for Black History Month. Blair discussed National Urban League's 100th Anniversary and the pending 2010 State of Black LA Report with Michaela Pereira, Mark Kriski, Sam Rubin, and Jessica Holmes. Talk also included Obama Administration's focus on supporting holistic neighborhood change models like League's Neighborhoods@Work and the hope that South LA is selected to receive the significant federal funding.

LA Police Chief-nominee Charlie Beck is welcomed to South Los Angeles by community stakeholders at Expo Center Tuesday night. Moderated by League President Blair Taylor, the press conference and Q&A was hosted by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Police Commission President John Mack and Councilpersons Jan Perry and Eric Garcetti.

  As part of Urban League Movement Month, President Blair H. Taylor appeared on the KTLA Morning News @9 to talk about the work of the Los Angeles Urban League.  He stressed the importance of being counted in the upcoming 2010 Census and the impact of Neighborhoods@Work around the Crenshaw area.

LA Urban League’s Tale of Two Brothers will be airing at the Lights, Camera, Help, 2009 Non Profit Film Festival the weekend of July 31-August 2 in Austin, Texas. The film was 1 of 19 films officially selected amongst 140 submissions and is also in the running for the "Jury Prize" which is all proceeds from donations and ticket sales up through August 2nd. The Film will air Saturday August 1, 2009.

Chris Strudwick-Turner, VP of Marketing for the LA Urban League talks to CBS2 about the planned closing of the Starbucks located at Crenshaw & Vernon and the loss it will be to the community.

In case you missed it last year, here is "A League of Our Own" a Fox 11 TV special on the Los Angeles Urban League's Neighborhoods@Work plan for the Park Mesa Heights.

Los Angeles Urban League CEO Blair Taylor spoke at a news conference condemning the racial violence against Chanisse Davy, an African American woman living in Duarte, calling it "simply unacceptable."

Are you ready for the switch to total Digital TV tomorrow? Change starts 12:01 am Fri., June 12th.

By 11:00 am Friday if you do not have digital TVs or conversion boxes hooked up to  analog TVs, there will be SNOW!

Help yourself, but also look out for our seniors - those who might not know they need help with this. LA Urban League is offering help locally; call 323.292.8111. Call FCC nationwide 1-888-CALL-FCC.

Our own President, Blair Taylor will be a panelist discussing a film written, produced and directed by Tavis Smiley. The documentary explores the complexities of the Black male experience in America. STAND will be shown to the public on Sunday, May 24, 2009, 2:00 p.m. at West Angeles Cathedral, 3600 S. Crenshaw Boulevard. Mr. Taylor and others will discuss the film immediately following.

On December 27, 2008 72 parents, Board members, staff and volunteers completed painting projects at four Los Angeles Urban League Head Start Child Development Centers (Lew Sand Weltor, Astro Village, McCall and Burlington). As a result of the contribution from this event the Head Start program saved and estimated $15,000.00. This exceptional day saw the community working together to improve the circumstances of our deserving children.