#Urban League

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The December 1925 issue of Opportunity, Journal of Negro Life. Published by the National Urban League, it was known for fostering literary culture during the Harlem Renaissance. Cover by Aaron Douglas.

Photo: Ellen Lupton Instagram

[africanamericanreports]

Since its establishment in 1944, the Urban League of Union County has remained steadfast in its mission to uplift African Americans and other marginalized communities, striving for economic self-reliance, equal opportunities, and social justice. Through its comprehensive programs, the non-profit has empowered countless individuals and families, creating positive change within a community that has done nothing but reinvest into the ULOUC what it has gained from the organization's work. #TheUrbanLeague #MarcMorial #UrbanLeagueOfUnionCounty

[rodspurethoughts]

Urban League of Portland is Recipient of OnPoint's Membership Campaign

OnPoint’s Refer a Friend campaigns have raised more than $296,250 for six non-profit organizations since 2018 PORTLAND, Ore. /PRNewswire/ — OnPoint Community Credit Union today kicked off its Refer a Friend non-profit campaign to benefit one of the region’s oldest civil rights and social service organizations. OnPoint selected Urban League of Portland for the campaign that runs February 1…

[sittingupwiththedead]

A dcxdp fic that borrows from classic ghost stories and urban legends. The Justice League Responds to a disaster that appears to have emptied a town of it's residents. Or has it? A story out of order.

Notes:

You ever have a moment where you're like "Girlie write the story you wish to see in the world" ? This, this is that story. If you have any suggestions of ghosts stories or urban legends I won't guarantee I'll use them but I'd love to hear them.

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So um... I'm writing a fan fic. Yay! Please enjoy

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Fútbot

Debut: Mario Strikers: Battle League

Today we will be talking about famous bad game Mario Strikers: Battle League! I do not care about sports games even if they do contain Shy Guy, but geez, I'm sorry to those of you who do. You just can't catch a break.

But maybe there's hope? Maybe a brand new character, unique to this game, could spark some intrigue? Surely a one-off robot in a Mario game would at least appeal to ME, right? RIGHT?

Wrong! I think Fútbot is stupendously mid. Note that I called it a "robot". Not even a "funny robot". That's how you know I'm serious! As a design, Fútbot has some interesting things going on, I suppose. A propeller for a lower body, a puppety mouth, and a glowing sphere of a "tongue". But it just doesn't do it for me! My favorite part of this character is the cute name.

Fútbot simply feels like a mascot and nothing else. This could be the mascot for anything. An antivirus software. A local TV channel that shows both football and The Big Bang Theory reruns. A week-long STEM summer camp for 8-12 year olds. Fútbot could be anything, and so it feels like nothing.

Fútbot is here to help you and give advice, and I suppose I do like that they made a new character for the role! I have been hard on Fútbot, but I would have NOTHING to say about this game without its presence. I would rather it be here! I also think it's neat that Fútbot is a representative of the Galactic Strikers Federation, implying a bit of new Outer Lore to Mario's universe. I COULD say that it makes sense it wouldn't look like a Mario character, since it's from a galactic organization, not limited to Mario's planet... but we know very well that there are Mario enemies all throughout Mario's galaxy and beyond! No excuse!

There is one great thing about Fútbot. Something I've been saving for the very end. Let's look closely.

These eyes. Bright, glowing cyan, with concentric rings within. They're not an exact match, but they absolutely bring to mind...

URBAN STINGBY LARVA! My beloved! Yeah! Woohoo! Who cares about foot bort or whatever its name is! This has become an Urban Stingby Larva post now!

Wiggle wiggle squirm and squiggle

Funny larva makes me giggle

Instantaneous pupation

Urban Stingby Larva Nation!

[petervintonjr]

"As black America approaches the 21st century, our capacity or our failure to build a solid bridge . . . of works will determine whether millions of young blacks already with us or yet unborn will cross over into the new century, or fall into the abyss."

Another name you almost certainly didn't know: M. (Moses) Carl Holman, civil rights activist, writer, and poet. Born in 1919 St. Louis, Holman showed an early gift for writing, and at the age of 19 won a scriptwriting award from a popular syndicated radio program. He graduated magna cum laude from Lincoln University and went on to acquire Master's degrees from the University of Chicago and from Yale. While at Yale he published his first collection of poems, and began regularly writing articles for various newspapers and magazines on income inequity, urban poverty, literacy, and other issues important to Black Americans. In 1962 he taught English at Clark College in Atlanta, giving him a front-row seat to key events in the earliest days of the civil rights movement. As some of his students participated in sit-ins and the Freedom Rides, he found himself appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, of which he eventually became deputy director in 1966.

In 1968 Ebony magazine named Holman as one of the 100 Most Influential Black Americans. That same year Holman published what is probably his best-known work: The Baptizin', a play which won first prize in the National Community Theater Festival. In addition to multiple collections of poems, Holman also published a definitive overview of the civil rights movement in the U.S., from 1965 to 1975.

Perhaps most significantly, in 1971 Holman was named Vice President of the National Urban Coalition. This organization had re-formed in 1967 in the wake of the so-called "long, hot summer" of racial strife and injustices. During this time Holman's singular talent for delivering quiet and polite, but still powerful, speeches came to the fore and he jumpstarted a great many local housing, education, job training, and economic development programs aimed at disadvantaged Black and Hispanic communities.

In his later years Holman forcefully addressed the issue of "dual literacy" for Black children --emphasizing that such students not only needed to be well-versed not only in the fundamentals such as reading, writing, and public speaking; but also in math, science, and technology. His 1988 obituary notes that Holman "had an uncanny ability to form a coalition out of the most diverse elements, and it was often said that the key to his ability to do this was the fact that he never appeared to have an agenda for himself."

(Teachers: Need some resources to engage your students this Black History Month? I'll send you a pile of these trading cards, no cost, no obligation. Just give me a mailing address and let me know how many students in your class. No strings attached, no censorship, no secret-relaying-of-names to Abbott or DeSantis or HuckaSanders.)

[hitreasures]

Urban the angel you are 😇😈

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[nugothrhythms]

The old and the new performing together in Southern California again

[5ystemic]

[council-of-phantoms]

Day 13: Comic Book Cover

"Trick or Treat~"

Who's this now? The jackal is intrigued by this peculiar fellow. He looks like he's from a completely different world. Although it looks like he wants to play.

(The character on the left is Nightmare Jack from the game Unison League. I fell in love with him the first time I saw him years ago.)

More versions below

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, February 1925, cover design by Winold Reiss. Opportunity was an academic journal published by the National Urban League. It acted as a sociological forum for the emerging topic of African-American studies and was known for fostering the literary culture during the Harlem Renaissance. It was published monthly from 1923 to 1942 and then quarterly through 1949.

Photo: winoldreiss.org

[mangoisms]

WAIT A SECOND. just saw something. remember when i was wondering if people knew what batarangs were. because i constantly wonder about the level of knowledge ppl have in-universe in gotham. WELL

i didn’t even realize it when i read this issue but. PRESUMABLY. it IS because they’re at a party and she thinks he’s just ‘dressed’ as robin. so people do know that batarangs are. well. called batarangs. right?????

sorry i just saw this posted again on instagram and it BARELY hit me. ok. wow. it was for a thing in ck that i ultimately solved by having him call it that. but. that’s not necessary. apparently. well.

(also this page and the few after are so funny to me. this entire thing. bc bart and kon step in and then he gets mad 😭)

[bonesandpoemsandflowers]

that time I went to the league of legends world championship semi finals and all I took pictures of was transportation before and after

[the-truth-is-there]

Video Game Heroines - Part 3

Chun-Li (Street Fighter) Cammy White (Street Fighter) Sakura Kasugano (Street Fighter) Karin Kanzuki (Street Fighter) Laura Matsuda (Street Fighter) Elena (Street Fighter) Juri Han (Street Fighter) A.K.I (Street Fighter) Rose (Street Fighter) Juri (Street Fighter) Rainbow Mika (Street Fighter) Makoto (Street Fighter) Alyson Ronan (Tell me Why) Kena (Kena: Bridge of Spirits) Dani Rojas (Far Cry 6) Frey Holland (Forspoken) Aegis (Steelrising) Joanna Dark (Perfect Dark) Aya Brea (Parasite Eve) Lightning (Final Fantasy) Yuna (Final Fantasy) Princess Peach (Princess Peach: Showtime) Amaterasu (Ōkami) D’arci Stern (Urban Chaos) Violtte Summer (Velvet Assassin) 2B (NIER: Automata) Six (Little Nightmares) Lilith (Borderlands) Kay (Star Wars: Outlaws) Vi (League Of Legends) Tracer (Overwatch)

[wonderfulworlddownthere]

Turner Field, Atlanta, USA