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National Urban League
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Springfield Urban League, Inc.
 Established in
1926 |
An affiliate of the National Urban League, Inc.
www.nul.org
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Springfield Urban League
Established - 1926 |
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Springfield Urban League was founded over 79 years ago to help
African-Americans, migrating from rural communities to
industrial cities, transition into the economic and social
mainstream.
In July 1925, the Springfield Council
of Social Agencies set aside fifty-five hundred dollars
earmarked to survey and research the needs of the community. Dr.
Charles S. Johnson, Research Director of the National Urban
League and President of Fisk University was responsible for this
task.
The interracial committee formed to
interpret Dr. Jones’s research, reported that the primary
finding was the fact that there was a lack of a central
coordinating agency through which the social and economic life
of Blacks in Springfield could find expression. The committee
transformed themselves into a Board of Directors, and on
September 9, 1926, the Springfield Urban League assumed
residence.
The Springfield Urban League continues
to assist in employment, housing, education, and social welfare
to encourage economic self-sufficiency and racial inclusion.
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An affiliate of the National Urban League, Inc.
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The Springfield Urban League, Inc. is a nonprofit,
nonpartisan, civil rights and community-based movement that serves nearly
6,000 people annually, providing direct services, research and policy advocacy
to assist individuals and communities in reaching their fullest potential.
Primarily working with African Americans, Hispanics, and other emerging ethnic
communities, it is networked with over 100 professionally staffed affiliates in
over 35 states across the nation. The Movement, spearheaded by the National
Urban League, headquartered in New York, works to close equality gaps for people
at all economic levels and stages of life, and gives citizens a chance to give
back as volunteers. Since its founding in 1926, the Springfield Urban League has
helped hundreds of thousands of Americans overcome countless challenges in civil
and human rights. Today its efforts are focused in the following areas: |
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Community Health Training Center
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The Community
Health Training Center provides
maternal/child health and
nutrition related programmatic
and computer-based instruction.
These services are provided to
all local and state human
service employees. This is part
of an effort to help their
clients achieve maximum
self-sufficiency through
integrated family-oriented
services. They can be found on
the web at
http://www.chtc.org.
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Springfield Urban League
Head Start |
Head Start
child development program
A
comprehensive, inter-
disciplinary national child
development program designed to
meet the educational,
nutritional, health, social
service and mental health needs
of low income preschool children
and their families.
Free of charge
Learn more:
Head Start
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