About Jermaine Young

Jermaine A. Young is the current Marketing and Development Director for the Greater Toledo Urban League, Inc. He has over 10 years of experience in graphic design and web web development.

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Posted on March 16, 2010 by Jermaine Young

Thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters who have helped us make A NEW WAY FORWARD

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[frame_left]http://www.gtul.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/jjones1-e1272051992336.jpg[/frame_left][dropcap1]N[/dropcap1]ow that the dust has settled and the smoke has cleared its time for the real work to begin. In case you missed it, capsule our humble organization was honored to invite Dr. Bill Cosby to our fair city to electrify and empower the masses. Dr. Cosby dedicated an entire weekend of his time to our hefty cause, ambulance uniting the city in A New Way Forward. His presence in our town caused such a buzz that we could barely keep up with all the positive press across the country about this enormous event. Having said that we are pumped and ready to move on to the next step. We would like to thank all of our supporters but especially those that volunteered their time and energy to make this one of the biggest and best weekends this city has ever seen.

Rev. John C. Jones – President / CEO

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Education and Youth Services

[dropcap1]1[/dropcap1]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.

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Workforce Development

[dropcap1]2[/dropcap1]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.

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Health and Quality of Life

[dropcap1]3[/dropcap1]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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Our Vision and Social Media Mission

[dropcap1]4[/dropcap1] The vision of the Greater Toledo Urban League is an empowered community of economically and socially self suffiecient individuals.” Having said that there is no more powerful movement then that of the social media community. You can find us on all the major social media outlets sharing our resources and presenting our achievements to the community.

Twitter | Facebook | Flickr

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The Urban League Centennial Celebration

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Jermaine Young

Once again its time for us to celebrate another year of community service, physician except this year we will be doing things a bit different. The Greater Toledo Urban League is commemorating our 13th year of serving the Toledo community with our regular annual dinner on Friday, page March 12, 2010. This year is different, however, because at the same time we are recognizing the National Urban League with a very special “Centennial Celebration”. This March 12th event will be held at Parkway Place (Maumee, OH) – 2592 Parkway Plaza as it was last year and features a more celebratory feel than the norm.

This year:

We will have, in house, a live band playing a Motown Revue featuring hits from the Motown era.
You can participate in our silent auction for rare items and commemorative memorabilia.
The community will be out in full force to support us in this once in a lifetime event.

As a special bonus our prestigious keynote speaker for the night will be none other than Marc Morial (National Urban League President).

Tickets are on sale now at $100 (special pricing available for full table purchases -10 tickets) and you can get yours by calling (419) 243-3343 or sending an email to centennial@gtul.org

We hope to see you there.

Community Connect

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Jermaine Young

The Greater Toledo Urban League is going for the gold and only with your help can we claim first prize. In order for us to make a name for ourselves on Facebook [Facebook.com/gtul] we need to gather 1000 followers on our fan page. We are positive that with your help we can do this. All you need to do is send a suggestion out from our fan page to all of your friends and have them send one out to all of their friends. We are even thinking about making a special announcement and presenting a special prize to the one thousandth fan to our GTUL Facebook fan page. So what are you waiting for!?

On your mark! Get set! Go!
The Greater Toledo Urban League is going for the gold and only with your help can we claim first prize. In order for us to make a name for ourselves on Facebook [Facebook.com/gtul] we need to gather 1000 followers on our fan page. We are positive that with your help we can do this. All you need to do is send a suggestion out from our fan page to all of your friends and have them send one out to all of their friends. We are even thinking about making a special announcement and presenting a special prize to the one thousandth fan to our GTUL Facebook fan page. So what are you waiting for!?

On your mark! Get set! Go!

We need to get to 1, website 000 fans on our facebook page. Will you be #1,000? http://bit.ly/4Gn5w
We are almost at the half way mark toward our 1, sale 000 fan goal and as a token of our appreciation we are inviting 25 of our faithful Facebook fans an opportunity to take part in a top secret GTUL community connect project. No special skills are needed and the only tools you\’ll need to participate in this project is your PC and sense of style. If you would like to participate just leave us a message on our fan page and the top 25 will be sent a special link with further details. We promise that this project will be fun, viagra entertaining, and most of all productive. So are you with us or not?

Click here to go to our fan page now.

A Cut Above

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Jermaine Young

The birds have return and there are signs of things getting better all over the place.
Spring is in the air. The birds are singing. The sun is shining. The world is fresh and new. So while on the subject of fresh and new let’s talk about what we’ve got going on here.

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We are also on Facebook. To become a fan of The Greater Toledo Urban League log in to your Facebook account and visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greater-Toledo-Urban-League/633651977 for more information.
Lastly we are in the process of engaging active community members to be a part of our development committee. The development committee will be a small group of individuals who are active in the community and understand the basic mission and vision of the Urban League. Their ultimate goal will be to mold the message of the league into a consumer friendly package that will stay on the minds and lips of the people we serve. This committee is solely responsible for helping us get the word out about what we do and why we do it. If you are interested visit our contact page and leave us your full details so we can contact you.

That is all for now. There is a lot more in the works and just around the bend. If you have any ideas or questions feel free to shoot us an email or visit our contact page to shoot us a message.
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We are also on Facebook. To become a fan of The Greater Toledo Urban League log in to your Facebook account and visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greater-Toledo-Urban-League/633651977 for more information.
Lastly we are in the process of engaging active community members to be a part of our development committee. The development committee will be a small group of individuals who are active in the community and understand the basic mission and vision of the Urban League. Their ultimate goal will be to mold the message of the league into a consumer friendly package that will stay on the minds and lips of the people we serve. This committee is solely responsible for helping us get the word out about what we do and why we do it. If you are interested visit our contact page and leave us your full details so we can contact you.

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We are also on Facebook. To become a fan of The Greater Toledo Urban League log in to your Facebook account and visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greater-Toledo-Urban-League/633651977 for more information.
Lastly we are in the process of engaging active community members to be a part of our development committee. The development committee will be a small group of individuals who are active in the community and understand the basic mission and vision of the Urban League. Their ultimate goal will be to mold the message of the league into a consumer friendly package that will stay on the minds and lips of the people we serve. This committee is solely responsible for helping us get the word out about what we do and why we do it. If you are interested visit our contact page and leave us your full details so we can contact you.

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We are also on Facebook. To become a fan of The Greater Toledo Urban League log in to your Facebook account and visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greater-Toledo-Urban-League/633651977 for more information.
Lastly we are in the process of engaging active community members to be a part of our development committee. The development committee will be a small group of individuals who are active in the community and understand the basic mission and vision of the Urban League. Their ultimate goal will be to mold the message of the league into a consumer friendly package that will stay on the minds and lips of the people we serve. This committee is solely responsible for helping us get the word out about what we do and why we do it. If you are interested visit our contact page and leave us your full details so we can contact you.

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Lastly we are in the process of engaging active community members to be a part of our development committee. The development committee will be a small group of individuals who are active in the community and understand the basic mission and vision of the Urban League. Their ultimate goal will be to mold the message of the league into a consumer friendly package that will stay on the minds and lips of the people we serve. This committee is solely responsible for helping us get the word out about what we do and why we do it. If you are interested visit our contact page and leave us your full details so we can contact you.

That is all for now. There is a lot more in the works and just around the bend. If you have any ideas or questions feel free to shoot us an email or visit our contact page to shoot us a message.

WE HAVE BEEN FEATURED!

Well not exactly featured, store but our very own employment coach Phil Cunningham was recently interviewed in The Toledo Blade today regarding the upcoming Career Camp, which will be held on Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at the Seagate Center in Downtown Toledo. In response to what people should expect when they attend the event tomorrow, Phil was quoted as saying, “Come with an open mind and be ready to work.”

Career Camp, sponsored by The Blade and WTOL-TV, Channel 11, begins with registration at 8:30 a.m. Sessions start at 9 a.m. and are 45 minutes each, with a lunch break from noon to 1:15 p.m. Sessions resume at 1:30, with the last ending at 3:15 p.m. Camp closes at 4 p.m. During each 45-minute block, attendees will have a chance to take part in any of the five workshops: how to navigate a job fair; resume writing; resume review; interviewing techniques, and jobs of the future. –Excerpt from the Toledo Blade

If you plan on attending please arrive early and professionally. If you have any question you can call our office at (419) 243-3343 or send us an email at info@gtul.org.

Once again, congratulations to Phil and the rest of the GTUL staff who work hard everyday to better the community and help those most in need.

Its for the birds

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Jermaine Young

Good day good people. You are witnessing the result of months of intense work and dedication by the Toledo Urban League staff and their bright vision of the future for the community and our supporters. We are in the midst of a grand restructuring on all fronts. This is just a single part of the BIG picture which goeas along with our other transformations including: Our new location; Our new web site; Our new programs and our new attitude.

As the webmaster I plan to keep you informed of the changes and improvements in relation to the new website and this blog. We plan on expanding our “digital presenece” into some bits of unexplored territority technically striving to mirror the current presidential administrations digital “connectiveness” which can no longer be called a fad.

The overall purpose of this blog will now be communicate the living activities and happenings of the Toledo Urban League and the website will now serve as a staic capsule of the overall goals and objectives of our fine organization.

Feel free to look around and leave comments and ideas on the topics and stories you find here. We hope to keep this consistently updated but your feedback with be the gas that drives our content.

Thank you again for your support.

Jermaine A. Young
Webmaster

Greater Toledo Urban League Annual Dinner 2009

Who: Greater Toledo Urban League
What: 12 Annual Greater Toledo Urban League Dinner Banquet
When: March 12, web 2009 7pm-9pm
Where: Parkway Place [2592 Parkway Plaza Maumee, remedy Ohio]

To find out more about ticket information or to reserve a spot in our ad book please call (419) 243-3343.

Doni Miller speaks with members of the Greater Toledo Urban League including the president and CEO John C. Jones, more about the Director of Workforce Development Brandon Tucker, website like this and Employment Coach Phillip Cunningham. Today, they focus on the rising numbers of unemployment among African Americans. Courtesy of 13abc

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Number 1, cheap if you haven’t already checked it out, price we are beginning to draw a small following over on the popular micro-blogging site, Twitter. Imagine Twitter as being like our little mocking bird spreading the positive messages of the league far and beyond anywhere we could reach on our own. So, thank you to all of our followers who support us in the real world and online. If you would like to become a follower please visit www.twitter.com/GTUL.
We are also on Facebook. To become a fan of The Greater Toledo Urban League log in to your Facebook account and visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greater-Toledo-Urban-League/633651977 for more information.
Lastly we are in the process of engaging active community members to be a part of our development committee. The development committee will be a small group of individuals who are active in the community and understand the basic mission and vision of the Urban League. Their ultimate goal will be to mold the message of the league into a consumer friendly package that will stay on the minds and lips of the people we serve. This committee is solely responsible for helping us get the word out about what we do and why we do it. If you are interested visit our contact page and leave us your full details so we can contact you.