Urban League Upstate Young Professionals

We had another wonderful young professional event today! The family day was a success and it’s always a pleasure teaming up with & ! We have more events planned soon so be on the lookout for upcoming details.

🎒📚 Get ready for Upstate Community & Family Day: Back to School! Join us on August 3rd from 11 AM - 1 PM at McAlister Square. Over 20 organizations coming together for one mega event! Free supplies, fun activities, and more. Let’s kick off the school year in style! 🌟✨

We would like to thank everyone that attending our Urban Fun Run yesterday! We had a wonderful time fellowshipping while being active. Whether you ran, jogged, or walked we are proud of you. 🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♀️ We look forward to seeing you all at the next event.

Come join the Urban League of the Upstate Young Professionals for our urban fun run/walk. Family and friends are welcome to join your YP. 🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♀️

We would like to thank our YPs for volunteering this weekend at this past weekend for their community resource fair. We had a wonderful time connecting with many organizations in the upstate area! Community is everything!

Your ULUYP would like to announce our May 2024 event “Let’s Taco About It”. This event will be held at White Duck Taco. We look forward to seeing you all there!

We would like to thank everyone who came out to our fundraising social at ! We had a great time and it was even better getting to celebrate our President Revis Butler . Stay tuned for more events in the near future.

Urban League of the Upstate week is completed and we’re so thankful for our dedicated volunteers that work tremendously hard for the organization! The Urban League volunteered at the Greenville Drive field (Fluor Field) all week and had productive success engaging with the crowds.

We would like to thank everyone that attended our “Ci**rs & Connections” forum held at Modern Cigar Greenville! This forum focused on men’s mental health and well, we had a very positive discussion. We look forward to connection with more of you in the 864 community and beyond.

Your ULUYP is having another fundraising social at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant on April 23rd 2024! We would love to see everyone in attendance for the event. We love the community and this is another way for all of us to give back! Come fellowship with us from 6pm-8:30pm.

MAKE SURE YOU SHOW THEM THIS FLYER 😃

Let’s raise some dough together! Your ULUYP is having a fundraiser event at Panera Bread on Tuesday April 30th! We would love for all of our members, family & friends to stop by between 4-8pm to support our cause. There are 4 options to support us and we’re so appreciative of you all.

MAKE SURE YOU SHOW THEM THIS FLYER 😃

We would like to thank everyone who attended our first “Finally Friday” gathering! We’re always so appreciative of everyone who is in the movement with us! We look forward to having more events soon and seeing you there!

This past Thursday we had the opportunity to collaborate with for the RALLY YP event in Spartanburg, SC! This event was a tremendous success for all 3 organizations and we look forward to working together again in the future! Young Professionals we are the future and the future is now!

We’re so excited to announce our next event! This event is Ci**rs & Connections, this will be a social event focused on men’s mental wellness. Ladies you’re invited too. Please invite your friends and family. We would love for you all join us.

This event will be located a the exquisite venue Modern Cigar Greenville

New Month = New Event. We’re presenting our first installment of our “Finally Friday” series. This event will take place on March 29th. You’re going to love it. See you there and be ready to network. Invite your friends and family.

Our March spotlight goes to our very own Vice President Jessica Dawkins!!

Jessica is a native of Gaffney, SC. She is a 2012 Alpha Chi Honor Society graduate of Lander University. She obtained a Bachelors in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting graduating in the top 10 percent of her business class. In 2015 she obtained her Master’s in Accounting from Brenau University in Gainesville, GA.

Jessica is currently employed as a Budget & Reporting Analyst at Ogletree Deakins Law Firm. Prior to joining Ogletree Deakins Dawkins was a Senior Business Analyst at Truist Financial. Outside of working Jessica is an entrepreneur and loves empowering others. Her hobbies include shopping, traveling, spending time with loved ones.
She is also a mentor for various youth throughout the Upstate area.

Jessica is also the Vice President of the Urban League Of The Upstate Young Professionals (ULUYP). ULUYP is comprised of young professionals across the Upstate who are dedicated to serving their local communities through social and community activism.

Jessica is an illustrious member Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She loves to impact the community by investing time, building meaningful relationships, and helping others realize their potential.

We want to recognize Black History Month and shine a light on our Young Professional President Revis Butler !!!

Revis (Rev) Butler is a native of Greenville, SC and displays his deep reverence for the city by dedicating his service to advancing spaces of equity. Revis is extremely passionate about bringing promise and service to his community by uplifting others to accomplish their dreams and aspirations of growth.

As a strong charismatic leader, Revis pursues ambitious professional and community leadership to support the individual and collective progression of those around him to the highest levels of achievement. His proven diligence amplifies spaces of humility, awareness, forward thinking and stewardship in the community.

Currently he serves as Web Content Editor and National Music Columnist for Sheen Magazine. Revis is also the President of the Urban League Of The Upstate Young Professionals where he dedicates his time to giving back to his community to ensure that everyone is given an equal opportunity to be as successful as possible in life no matter what background or ethnicity group they come from.

Butler is a 2013 graduate of the illustrious Lander University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt and a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt graduate of Greenville Technical College. He is a proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. WE CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY ❤️

As the day comes to an end we want to thank everyone that came out to our final event yesterday! We want to give special thanks to and dinamckinnie for giving an amazing presentation! Shoutout to all our YPs that showed up and gave us a great turn out! Stay tuned for future events from the Young Professionals of the upstate!!!

Thanks to everyone that attended our Happy Hour last night it was a great turnout! Our YPs and guests are always so appreciated in the movement.

Day 1 was a success! Want to personally thank Alicia Shaw for presenting her tips on budget for success!

We would like to send a huge thank you to for allowing us to volunteer at their annual Christmas toy giveaway! This was a great turnout in the 864 area and we look forward to working with you all again!

Looking to grow your network? Looking to grow your net worth? Looking for like minded individuals you can relate to? Looking for a support system?

Well you can get that and more by joining the ULUYP!

Please use the link to connect with us via social media and or become a member of this wonderful organization.

ULUYP LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/uluyp

Our December spotlight goes to Jordan Peterman!

Born and raised in Saint Petersburg, FL, He attended Savannah State University, where he graduated Cum Laude in 2020 with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Political Science (Pre-Law concentration).

He currently works as a Global Trade Consultant for GE through Allyn International Services, Inc. and also manages his own e-commerce store on eBay. He is a recent brain cancer survivor and enjoys exercising, playing piano, reading, and word searches.

We would like to thank everyone that attended community Meet & Greet! We would love to also thank the chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. We look to working with such a great organization more in the future!

The ULUYP would like to thank everyone that attended our National Day Of Powerment: Friendsgiving edition! Our guest speakers & Tumeka Alexander did a wonderful job educating our YPs on

- Black residential and commercial real estate in post pandemic America.
- Empowering black people through real estate.
- Lender Guidance
And more.

If you are a young professional or know of a young professional between the ages of 21-40 years old, we invite you to attend our meet and greet on Thursday, November 30th from 5:30pm-7:30pm to learn more about the Urban League Young Professionals and how we plan to partner to Uplift Our Local Community. We want to thank the Epsilon Tau Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated for this amazing partnership opportunity.

Yes! We are back again with our annual Friendsgiving! Join us November 18th at Ink & Ivy for brunch and a day of empowerment! We’re honored to have our special guest speaker to educate our YPs. To register go to the link on our Linktree! Seats are limited






Register link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uluyp-presents-friendsgiving-brunch-tickets-751614157177?utm_experiment=control_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios