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Jermaine Young is the Director of Marketing and Social Media for the Greater Toledo Urban League. He has helped the Urban League create a visual presence both online and in the real world with his unique modern style and simple design structure. He also manages several other online entities and is a proud father of 4 wonderful children and one adoring wife.

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[dropcap2]T[/dropcap2]he National Urban League, online which has played so pivotal a role in the 20th-Century Freedom Movement, grew out of that spontaneous grassroots movement for freedom and opportunity that came to be called the Black Migrations. When the U.S. Supreme Court declared its approval of segregation in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, the brutal system of economic, social and viagra volunteers4sport.fr political oppression the White South quickly adopted rapidly transformed what had been a trickle of African Americans northward into a flood.
Those newcomers to the North soon discovered they had not escaped racial discrimination….
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[fancy_header]History of the Greater Toledo Urban League[/fancy_header]

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[dropcap2]I[/dropcap2]n October of 1994, a local group of concerned citizens began a movement to establish an Urban League Affiliate in the Toledo area. This effort resulted in the organization, planning and development of the Toledo Urban League Sponsoring Committee which included a working subcommittee for satisfying applicant status requirements
In August of 1996, the Greater Toledo Urban League, Inc. was officially established as a National Urban League Affiliate.
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Mission | Vision | History | Staff | Agency Information

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[fancy_header]Our Mission[/fancy_header]
[dropcap2]T[/dropcap2]he Greater Toledo Urban League (GTUL) is a non-profit community service organization, buy established to provide direct services in the areas of employment, buy more about training, viagra 60mg business and career development, education, health, housing, and youth development to the Toledo community.
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[fancy_header]Our Vision[/fancy_header]
[dropcap2]T[/dropcap2]he vision of the Greater Toledo Urban League is an empowered community of economically and socially self sufficient individuals.
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[fancy_header]Our History[/fancy_header]
[dropcap2]I[/dropcap2]n October of 1994, a local group of concerned citizens began a movement to establish an Urban League Affiliate in the Toledo area.
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[fancy_header]Our Staff[/fancy_header]

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[fancy_header]Administration[/fancy_header]

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Rev. John C. Jones – President /CEO
Ret Littleton – Administrative Assistant
Jermaine Young – Director of Marketing and Development

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[fancy_header]Education & Youth[/fancy_header]
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Flo Wormley– Program Administrator (Success Through Review Incentive Vision Effort)

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[fancy_header]Workforce Development[/fancy_header]
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Brandon Tucker – Director
Brooke Campbell – Administrative Coordinator

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Financial Stability Collaborative
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Phil Cunningham – Workforce Development Coordinator
Charlotte Jones – Program Specialist

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Project Reconnect
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Shirley Lyons– Workforce Development Coordinator

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[fancy_header]Senior Services[/fancy_header]
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Barbara Kyles – Director, Senior Services
John Hawkins – Transportation Specialist
Prince McDonald – Program Assistant

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[fancy_header]Our Overall Strategy[/fancy_header]

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What is our approach.
The Greater Toledo Urban League has adopted the National Urban League’s five-point approach of empowerment. We focus on the areas of economic empowerment, page educational opportunities and the guarantee of civil rights for African Americans and the disadvantaged. Our programs and services provide equal opportunity for all disadvantaged people through community engagement and ahmadspersiancuisine.com ventolin grassroots advocacy.

A few of our services include:

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Education and Youth Empowerment
Economic Empowerment
Health and Quality of Life Empowerment

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[fancy_box] [dropcap1]1[/dropcap1]Education and Youth Empowerment ensures the education of all children by providing access to early childhood literacy, healing and after-care programs.
All that we do as adults is built on a foundation of education. The primary focus of our organization is on equal opportunity education for all students. We offer a wide range of educational programs that serve youth and adults. Our programs are designed to compliment the current trends and climate of the modern workforce and are built to level the playing field for minorities and those that are disadvantaged.
[dropcap1]2[/dropcap1]Economic Empowerment invests in the financial literacy and vardenafil online buy skykombucha.com employability of adults through job training, cialis 40mg homeownership and entrepreneurship.
In our modern economy it is even more critical that we properly train and assist those in need of employment to get the skills and experience needed to be successful in the workforce. We have extensive programming and staff resources available to achieve the very ambitious goal of turning the unemployment rate of Toledo on its head. We currently service clients seeking employment and offer one on one assistance to help them over come any barriers they may have.
[dropcap1]3[/dropcap1]Health and Quality of Life Empowerment promotes community wellness through a focus on prevention, including fitness, healthy eating and access to affordable healthcare.
Nothing is more important than living a happy, healthy, and full life. We offer senior services, health awareness and youth activity programs in order to help improve the quality of life in the Toledo community and beyond. Our programs, partnered with local community organizations focus on improving the entire being (mind, body, and spirit) while encouraging people of all ages to reach their full potential as a productive addition to their community.
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Mission | Vision | History | Staff | Agency Information

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[fancy_header]Our Mission[/fancy_header]
[dropcap2]T[/dropcap2]he Greater Toledo Urban League (GTUL) is a non-profit community service organization, buy established to provide direct services in the areas of employment, buy more about training, viagra 60mg business and career development, education, health, housing, and youth development to the Toledo community.
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[fancy_header]Our Vision[/fancy_header]
[dropcap2]T[/dropcap2]he vision of the Greater Toledo Urban League is an empowered community of economically and socially self sufficient individuals.
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[fancy_header]Our History[/fancy_header]
[dropcap2]I[/dropcap2]n October of 1994, a local group of concerned citizens began a movement to establish an Urban League Affiliate in the Toledo area.
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[button link=”/blog/in-the-works”]Click Here To Read More[/button]
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[fancy_header]Our Staff[/fancy_header]

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[fancy_header]Administration[/fancy_header]

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Rev. John C. Jones – President /CEO
Ret Littleton – Administrative Assistant
Jermaine Young – Director of Marketing and Development

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[fancy_header]Education & Youth[/fancy_header]
STRIVE
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Flo Wormley– Program Administrator (Success Through Review Incentive Vision Effort)

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[fancy_header]Workforce Development[/fancy_header]
Administration
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Brandon Tucker – Director
Brooke Campbell – Administrative Coordinator

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Financial Stability Collaborative
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Phil Cunningham – Workforce Development Coordinator
Charlotte Jones – Program Specialist

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Project Reconnect
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Shirley Lyons– Workforce Development Coordinator

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[fancy_header]Senior Services[/fancy_header]
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Barbara Kyles – Director, Senior Services
John Hawkins – Transportation Specialist
Prince McDonald – Program Assistant

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John Jones on WSPD

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The Greater Toledo Urban League-Senior Program at J. Frank Troy Senior Center will hold its Annual Black History Celebration on Tuesday, approved March 29, order 2011 at 12:30pm.

The theme is “Celebrating You”.

Our special guest speaker will be Mr. Robert Smith, dosage President/CEO of the AfricanAmerican Legacy Project, along with the Scott High School Ensemble and featured author [tooltip color=”red” text=”Click here to read the full article in The Toledo Blade on local author Brooke Campbell”] Brooke Campbell [/tooltip]reading her proetry.

[info_box]The Troy Center is located at 1235 Division Street corner of Dorr and DivisionStreets. For more detailed information please call 419-255-6206.[/info_box]

[info_box]Greater Toledo Urban League President, viagra approved Rev. John C. Jones spoke on WSPD’s Toledo Today show earlier this week. Click the following link to listen to the interview aired March/6/2011 at 9pm. [note_box]WSPD Radio Interview[/note_box][/info_box]

 

Community Rally Volunteer Form

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PREPARING EVERY CHILD FOR COLLEGE, WORK AND LIFE

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As we work toward a world where every child has an equal opportunity for success, cheapest we cannot ignore the disparities that exist in our education system. While the national graduation rate has climbed to a still less than acceptable 71 percent, more about the average high school graduation rate in the nation’s 50 largest cities stands at a devastatingly low 53 percent – an 18 percent gap.  In some cities, including Indianapolis, Cleveland and Detroit, graduation rates are less than 40 percent. Urban students in some areas have graduation rates at least 35 percentage points lower than their suburban neighbors. Continue reading