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Greater Washington Urban League
Empowering Communities. Changing Lives. Established 1938.
About Greater Washington Urban League
This is more than a movement. This is our life. #GWUL365 The Greater Washington Urban League is a major interracial, nonpartisan, nonprofit social services and civil rights organization with headquarters in the District of Columbia and offices in the District and Prince George's County, Maryland. Our mission is to increase the economic and political empowerment of Black people and other historically disenfranchised communities and to help all Americans share equally in the responsibilities and rewards of full citizenship. We empower communities and change lives using the approaches of social work, advocacy, law, and other disciplines. The League with a staff of 85 individuals from various disciplines provides direct services and advocacy to more than 7,500 households annually. The League along with its auxiliary groups, Thursday Network and The Guild, manages and administers some 20 programs in the areas of Housing and Community Development, Homeless Prevention, Entrepreneurship & Small Business, Financial Empowerment, Career Mobility, Youth Development and Emergency Assistance. We are a membership organization governed by a 25-member Board of Directors and an advisory board that provides expertise and guidance to support our programs. We continue to seek creative ways to involve the private sector and community groups in joint ventures. The League is a 501(c)(3) organization and a member agency of the United Way of the National Capital Area, Designate #8214. We invite you to join the Greater Washington Urban League family. Memberships are available for individuals and corporations.
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Signals from Greater Washington Urban League
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Presence & Recognition
Greater Washington Urban League is looking forward to its Saturday activation with The Parks Main Street for the 15th Annual Art All Night event.
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Presence & Recognition
Greater Washington Urban League hosted a Senior Mix & Mingle event for Ward 7
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Presence & Recognition
Greater Washington Urban League participated in YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE’s Give 8/28, a national day of Black giving, raising $4,000 toward a $5,000 goal in support of the work the Greater Washington Urban League has been committed to for nearly 90 years.
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Presence & Recognition
Greater Washington Urban League announced that 1016 Official will be attending the event
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Partnerships
Greater Washington Urban League partnered with United Way of the National Capital Area to present the Black Fatherhood Blueprint in Cohort 3.
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Presence & Recognition
Greater Washington Urban League hosted the 14th Annual Health & Wellness Back 2 School Festival in District Heights.
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Presence & Recognition
Greater Washington Urban League welcomed Terri Arnold-McKenzie, MBA, back in the District.
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Presence & Recognition
Greater Washington Urban League and its Interim President and CEO, Faith Gibson Hubbard, PhD, participated in a Town Hall hosted by WDCAC Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on the theme Connected in Sisterhood. Committed to Service.
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Presence & Recognition
Greater Washington Urban League officially reached week four of the Ward 7 Senior Lunchtime Mix & Mingle event on Thursday, September 3, 2026, at Marvin Gaye Park in Washington, DC.
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People
Greater Washington Urban League joined the Greater Washington community in mourning the passing of Jerry Alexander Moore III.
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