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Mayor Baraka Urges Support for State Senate Legislation to Enable Residents to Use Affordable Housing Voucher Funding for Home Ownership Expenses

By ULEC | January 31, 2024

Urban League of Essex County’s (ULEC) Opportunity Corporation (OC) Community Development – https://ulec.org/homeownership/ Legislation sponsored by Senators McKnight and Singleton would enable residents to pay mortgage debt, insurance, taxes, utilities, and…

Careers @ ULEC – Site Coordinator

By ULEC | January 30, 2024

URBAN SENIORS JOBS PROGRAM (USJP) Position/Title: Site Coordinator Location: 508 Central Avenue, Newark (Essex County) Hours: 9am – 5pm (Hybrid) Salary: $45K + Benefits Reports To: Project Lead, Urban Seniors…

Summer Tech Camp 2023

By ULEC | August 14, 2023

Help Our Scholars “Be Greater Than Average” By Donating HERE Watch The End Of “Summer Tech Camp Ceremony” on Instagram HERE “The Summer Tech Camp conducted at the Tech House…

Lead Drinking Water Testing Results

By ULEC | August 1, 2023

Lead Drinking Water Testing Results The State of New Jersey’s Department of Children and Families (NJDCF) has supplied the results for the 2022-2023 Lead (Water) Testing conducted in the Urban…

Mayor Baraka Unveils 10-point Youth Literacy Plan

By ULEC | July 18, 2023

Newark, NJ-July 18, 2023- Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Chief Education Officer Dr. Sharnee Brown, Newark Board of Education Assistant Superintendent, Teaching and Learning Dr. Mary Ann Reilly, The Newark Library Director Christian G. Zabriskie, and…

Careers @ ULEC – Family Advocate

By ULEC | May 25, 2023

Early Childhood Education Position/Title: Family Advocate Location: 504 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ Hours: Monday – Friday; 7 hours workday Salary: $24,500-$38,000 (commensurate with experience) Reports To: Director of Early Childhood…

2023 R.E.D. Gala Auctioneer: Patience Elliot

By Jessica Rademaker | April 10, 2023

2023 ULEC R.E.D. Gala Auctioneer Meet our 2023 R.E.D. Gala Auctioneer PATIENCE ELLIOT Patty Elliot immigrated from Ghana, West Africa to the United States at the age of 18. At…

Deregulation Leads To Crashed Trains And Crashed Economies

By ULEC | March 20, 2023

Deregulation Leads To Crashed Trains And Crashed Economies March 20, 2023 Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Powerful lobbying by regulated industries for decades have delayed, weakened,…

2023 R.E.D. Gala Emcee: Darrin Sharif

By ULEC | March 13, 2023

2023 ULEC R.E.D. Gala Emcee Meet our 2023 R.E.D. Gala Emcee DARRIN SHARIF Darrin Sharif was born in Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. He attended elementary school in…

2023 R.E.D. Gala Corporate Citizen Award Honoree: ADP

By ULEC | March 9, 2023

2023 ULEC R.E.D. Gala “Corporate Citizen” Award Honoree The Urban League of Essex County is proud to present the 2023 R.E.D. Gala Corporate Citizen Award to ADP ADP designs better…