The Urban League of Champaign County was founded in 1961 to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power, and civil rights.

Our three-pronged strategy for pursuing the mission is:

• ensuring that our children are well-educated and equipped for economic self-reliance in the 21st century
• helping adults attain economic self-sufficiency through good jobs, homeownership, entrepreneurship and wealth accumlation
• ensuring our civil rights by eradicating all barriers to equal participation in the economic and social mainstream of America

 The Urban League movement carries out its mission at the local, state and national levels through direct services, advocacy, research, policy analysis, community mobilization, collaboration and communications.