With its annual Lions Society award, the Urban League honors individuals showing leadership, service, and dedication to Greater Cincinnati.
Urban League names 32nd class of Legendary Lions Society
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Nonprofits nurturing region’s workforce
Across the region, nonprofits are helping individuals navigate the often-complex path to meaningful employment. Movers & Makers spoke with 10 organizations that are actively shaping these pathways, serving populations ranging from young adults stepping into their first jobs to individuals facing barriers like housing instability, poverty or gaps in education and experience.
Urban League selects 15 for next leadership development cohort
For more than three decades, the Urban League’s premier leadership program has helped prepare senior-level African American professionals for greater community and organizational impact.
Urban League names new head of Holloman Center
Treva Reid, a Cincinnati native, is a former city council member in Oakland, California, and has held leadership roles for a range of companies.
Urban League celebrates grads of 700 Credit Club
The monthslong program, launched in September, aimed to help individuals build credit, manage debt and achieve long-term financial success.
First Financial Bank donates to 29 local nonprofits
The awards went to organizations focused on areas such as promoting neighborhood development, workforce development, education, and arts and culture. There’s a particular focus on low-income communities.
BT Rise, Barbara Turner: Lifting others through education, opportunities
Barbara Turner knows how it feels to work hard but still struggle to pay the bills. She also knows what it takes to work hard and build generational wealth. That’s why she’s devoted much of her personal and professional life to helping people build theirs.
Urban League’s Christie Kuhns pushes for progress in eliminating poverty, violence
After asking Christie Bryant Kuhns three times why she has dedicated her life to social justice, it becomes clear that she does not have a good answer. Or an answer at all. She is not being evasive; it feels more like asking somebody why the sky is blue.
ArtsWave commits $326K to 49 community projects
Funding is going toward the creation or expansion projects – from youth art programs to the Cindependent Film Festival – across Greater Cincinnati.
YWCA names 2024 Career Women of Achievement honorees
An unprecedented group of 10 women will receive special recognition on May 8 during a fundraising luncheon at Hard Rock Casino.