The mission of the Springfield Urban League, Inc. is to enable African-Americans, other minority groups, and the underprivileged to cultivate their potential and exercise their full human rights as American citizens.

Utilizing the dual role of advocacy and service delivery to accomplish its mission, the Springfield Urban League, Inc. shall:
 

• intervene in social and economic structures where the interests of African Americans, other racial minorities and economically underprivileged are at stake;

• assist members of the African-American, other minority communities and economically underprivileged in developing strategies and techniques to bring about positive changes in policies and situations that adversely affect their lives;

• work with existing institutions to make them more responsive to the needs of African-Americans, other minorities and economically depressed in the community;

• mobilize and organize community groups to work toward developing alternatives to systems identified as inadequate;

• conduct specialized programs and/or provide services in any or all of the following areas toward strengthening the growth and development of individuals and families in African-American, other minority groups, and economically disadvantaged-education, housing, employment, economic development, urban affairs, community development, law and consumer affairs, social welfare, and citizenship; and, research and publicize the social and economic needs of the agency's constituency.