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Causes: Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development, Human Services, Urban League
Mission: The mission of the urban league of southern connecticut is to enable african americans and otherminority groups to secure and sustain economic self reliance and parity
Programs: -the organization collaborated with government agencies, businesses and other non profitservice providers to promote the development of a skilled labor force. A total of 575individuals were aided in their quest to gain economically rewarding employment. -the housing and economic development program empowered 3595 individuals to attain economicself sufficiency by addressing the wealth gap and providing training in the form of homeownership, entrepreneurship and other financial asset building programs. -the organization successfully trained and graduated 100 students leading to industry certification in hotel, hospitality and customer service.