The Greater Baltimore Urban League has partnered with various organizations and organizers who share our vision of a Country and State free of Achievement Gaps.
Community Engagement Outreach Initiative
The Greater Baltimore Urban League has partnered with the Maryland State Department of Education to create a toolkit for Local education Agencies to provide information about how families and community members can be empowered to make informed decisions that lead to improved student and school outcomes.
Maryland Alliance for Racial Equity in Education
An alliance of education equity advocates, education researchers, and civil rights organizations that have banded together to utilize research and advocacy to ensure that the needs of African American and Latino students within the Maryland Public Education System are prioritized.
Maryland Coalition for Equity
A coalition of organizations focusing on increasing the number of minority educators in Maryland schools and to increase the amount of outreach to schools/communities.
Essa Leadership Learning Community
A group of state and local leaders in education and teacher preparation who convene to create strategies to elevate principals and school leaders, particularly as a strategy to turn around the most challenged schools.
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Our Mission
The mission of the Greater Baltimore Urban League movement is to enable African Americans and other minorities to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights.
Our Strategy
Our three-pronged strategy for pursuing the mission is:
- Ensuring that our children are well-educated and equipped for economic self-reliance
- Helping adults attain economic self-sufficiency through good jobs, home ownership, entrepreneurship and wealth accumulation
- Ensuring our civil rights by eradicating all barriers to equal participation in the economic and social mainstream of America
Our Methods
The Greater Baltimore Urban League movement carries out its mission through direct services, advocacy, research, policy analysis, community mobilization, collaboration and communications