The Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) will partner with NBC4/KNBC and Telemundo 52/KVEA to present the second annual State of Black Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Urban League held its annual Celebrity Golf Tournament, on Monday, July 29th at the prestigious and scenic Calabasas Country Club.
The Los Angeles Urban League recently hosted the 49th Annual Whitney M. Young Jr. Awards Gala at the Fairmont Hotel in Century City.
L.A. Urban League President/CEO Cynthia Mitchell-Heard will headline the honorees at the 46th Annual Scholarship Awards and Fundraiser Luncheon sponsored by the 10th Council District Women’s Steering Committee.
“So many pivotal moments in my life have informed my practice and my commitment to the community. But it was my parents who first instilled two major lessons: a strong belief in oneself and an even stronger sense of responsibility to my community. ‘Shoot for the moon and grab the stars while you ‘re up amongst them,’ said Cynthia Mitchell-Heard, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL)
At the end of last year, a far too common trend was the closure of Los Angeles restaurants. Well known, celebrated casual, and fine-dining restaurants in our city’s world renowned culinary scene closed their doors. Some restaurant owners pointed to higher labor costs, inflation, the on-going strike in Hollywood, and the downstream effect of the pandemic.
David P. Anderson, MSSE, is the new chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Urban League, (LAUL), announced Cynthia Mitchell Heard, LAUL president/CEO of the and the LAUL Board of Directors.
National Urban League President/CEO Marc H. Morial is on a high note, but isn’t he always. Coming fresh off the success of his new critically-acclaimed HBO documentary, “Gumbo Coalition,” aptly named for his energetic leadership style and the title for the most recent version of his book, “The Gumbo Coalition: 10 Leadership Lessons That Help You Inspire, Unite, and Achieve,” the former New Orleans mayor who also served as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors made a landmark visit to Los Angeles to celebrate the Los Angeles Urban League’s newly installed President & CEO Cynthia Mitchell-Heard.
The Los Angeles Urban League Guild and the Los Angeles Urban League gathered in a joyous celebration of the holiday season.
The Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) proudly announces the appointment of Cynthia Mitchell Heard as its new President and CEO effective January 1, 2023. Heard will become the first woman to assume this leadership role since Katherine Barr, the LAUL’s President in the late 1920s until 1931, and she is charged to advance the work and legacy of the civil rights and service organization improving the lives of its members and Los Angeles overall for more than a century.
Fifty were invited, but nearly 100 showed up on Nov. 27, to support Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s campaign to represent California in the U.S. Senate.
Cynthia Mitchell Heard, a highly respected leader in nonprofit, has joined the Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) as its Chief Operating Officer (COO).