http://www.laul.org/blog Providing Preschool, Youth Services, Job Placement around Los Angeles. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:39:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Originally featured in the Los Angeles Sentinel on November 16, 2008. With the enormous bailouts that the federal government provided over the past several months to myriad sectors of our economy, here's a new twist: How about some relief for the nation's not for profit and social service sector? Now, perhaps the ... http://www.laul.org/blog/2008/11/07/mr-paulson-tear-down-that-wall/ 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 ... http://www.laul.org/blog/2008/10/27/blair-taylor-testifes-before-the-national-commission-on-fair-housing-and-equal-opportunity/ From the 2008 National Urban League Confernce, former LA Urban League president John W. Mack presenting the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Leadership Award to current president Blair H. Taylor. http://www.laul.org/blog/2008/10/15/whitney-m-young-jr-leadership-award/ Originally featured in the LA Times on July 17, 2008. The cover of the New Yorker magazine this week drove home a stark reality that both columnist Tim Rutten and The Times editorial board missed: Although many Americans appear to be ready for an African American president, the question remains as ... http://www.laul.org/blog/2008/10/01/is-america-ready-for-obama/ 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 ... http://www.laul.org/blog/2008/09/17/ucla-analysis-of-park-mesa-heights/ Sears and Craftsman donated a wonderful playhouse for the Vernon Head Start site and provided toys and other projects for the children to enjoy. More than 60 children and their parents participated in the CBS Early Show shoot which aired live on the east coast (tape delayed on west ... http://www.laul.org/blog/2008/06/11/cbs-early-show-at-vernon-head-start-program/ On Tuesday, April 29, 2008, Blair H. Taylor, President & CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League, testified before the Federal Reserve in support of Bank of America Corp.’s proposed $4 billion acquisition of mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. The two-day hearing regarding the acquisition took place at the Los ... http://www.laul.org/blog/2008/05/02/blair-h-taylor-testified-before-the-federal-reserve-in-support-of-bank-of-america/ This nation is mired in a housing market collapse. This nation is on the brink of a severe economic recession. This nation is faced with the largest gaps between rich and poor since the great depression. This nation is facing crumbling infrastructure, schools that do not work, ... http://www.laul.org/blog/2008/04/01/race-issue-realities-must-be-discussed/ 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 ... http://www.laul.org/blog/2008/02/07/first-and-long/ 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 ... http://www.laul.org/blog/2008/01/28/crenshaw-high-school-teachers-parents-and-students/