Photos provided by Urban League
This annual high-energy, high-impact celebration on Tuesday, July 1, at the Urban League Headquarters, 3458 Reading Road in Avondale featured over 25 community organizations providing access to job training opportunities, financial resources, health services and more. On-site services were provided by the Fifth Third Bank, eBus and the NAACP Civic Engagement Mobile Unit. There was free food, music, games and prizes. An empowering fun day for all.Â
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS: Addiction Services Council Greater, Cincinnati Realtist Association, Altev Community Pharmacy, Holloman Center for Social Justice, ARTE Humana, Avondale Development Cooperation, LISC Greater Cincinnati, Black Art Speaks, Mercy Neighborhood Ministries, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Metro, Cincinnati NAACP, Molina Healthcare, Cincinnati Police – Victims Assistance Unit, Talbert House, Cincinnati Public Library, The Community Builders, Crisis Haven, Veterans Service Commission, Dress for Success, Voter Rides, EasterSeals, Redwood Whitney/Strong, and Fifth Third Bank.Â
A lot of empowerment programs.
Do they actually help?
Because low wage jobs aren’t the answer. Free food isn’t either and having children without education and a solid relationship don’t help either. Just keeping it 100%
We gotta change black folks we in trouble.