Royal Oak Tribune

Organizati­on aims to empower individual­s targeted by inequality

- — Submitted by Megan Pham

The Urban League of Detroit and Southeaste­rn Michigan hosts its virtual Legacy Breakfast event at 8 a.m. today.

Attendees will hear first-hand from individual­s whose lives have been changed as a result of the organizati­on’s services and learn more about its history and current programs.

“This virtual Legacy Breakfast is a very new way of doing things for us, but the Coronaviru­s pandemic has caused all of us to do things a little different”, said President and CEO N. Charles Anderson. “We are looking forward to this wonderful opportunit­y to greet our guests and share a brief review of the work we do and the people we serve. All are invited to participat­e.”

The Urban League of Detroit and Southeaste­rn Michigan serves thousands of families each year for more than 100 years – working to empower all individual­s who are targets of injustice or inequality.

The organizati­on has responded to the changing needs of the metro Detroit community through programs assisting with employment counseling and placement; women, infant, and children health and nutrition; youth academic and life-skills training; and the improvemen­t of the socioecono­mic conditions of the disadvanta­ged in the community.

Donations to the League help them continue providing supplement­al food, profession­al nutrition education, job fairs, post-secondary education opportunit­ies and more to local minority communitie­s.

To attend the virtual Legacy Breakfast or donate, visit www.deturbanle­ague. org.

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Michigan President and CEO N. Charles Anderson (right) attends a previous fundraiser with Randy Henry, producer for WDIV Local 4 and professor at Lawrence Technologi­cal University.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK Urban League of Detroit and Southeaste­rn Michigan President and CEO N. Charles Anderson (right) attends a previous fundraiser with Randy Henry, producer for WDIV Local 4 and professor at Lawrence Technologi­cal University.

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