Chairman’s Welcome

As Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, I would like to welcome you to our website. Since 1918, the Urban League has worked tirelessly in the St. Louis community to reduce poverty and injustice by helping our neighbors to find employment, financial assistance and training they need to help during the hard times. Each year, the Urban League serves more than 65,000 people with many effective programs that empower communities and change lives. On behalf of the Urban League’s Board, volunteers, clients and membership, I thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in our work.

OUR VISION

The vision of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis is that African Americans and others in the St. Louis Region will have the opportunity to create economically self sufficient lives in communities that are flourishing with opportunity and growth.

OUR MISSION

To empower African Americans and others throughout the region in securing economic self-reliance, social equality and civil rights.  The Urban league will be the catalyst for this change through advocacy, coalition building, program services, and by promoting communication and understanding among different races and cultures.

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President/CEO’s Greetings

The Urban League movement has for 89 years struggled to empower communities and change lives.  Currently 105 national affiliates work together to advocate and serve African Americans and others in the struggle for equal rights in employment, housing, education and community outreach.   Most recently the National League was instrumental in accomplishing the renewal of the Voting Rights Act.   St. Louis is the #1 ranked affiliate of our 105 partners in the National Urban League movement.  We also enjoy National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) certification of our Head Start program and the Better Business Bureau seal of approval.

Locally our affiliate prioritizes five service areas: Economic Empowerment; Educational Quality and Equality; Meeting Families' Basic Needs; Civic Engagement and Social Justice; and Sustainable Quality Services. We serve over 65,000 clients each year in 8 locations across the bi-state area and administers over $14 million annually.  We could not accomplish our mission without the community support and the effort of our volunteers. 

Thank you for visiting our website.   We hope you join us in catching the excitement that is the Urban League of St. Louis.

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90 Years of Service