Urban League

Tacoma Urban League has announces new CEO

Mayowa Aina

The Tacoma Urban League announced it has appointed a new CEO. Desireé Wilkins Finch will take over at the end of the month.

A Black man with gray hair speaks into a mic at podium with a zoom screen displayed behind him.

South Sound

Coalition calls for federal investigation into Tacoma Police Department

Mayowa Aina

130 organizations and individuals in Pierce County have signed a letter requesting a federal investigation into Tacoma Police Department for the use of excessive force.

Education

Urban League says it did nothing wrong

Paula Wissel

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-955532.mp3The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, which received $595,000 from…

The Urban League helps African American kids do well in school

Education

African Americans most affected by low-performing schools

Charla Bear

African American kids are more likely than any other students to start their educations in Seattle’s worst public schools. That’s according to a new…