Dallas - Fort Worth Urban League Young Professionals

📢 REMINDER: Election Day is now less than 75 days away. Let’s break records and make history.

• Register to vote.
• Double and triple check your registration.
• Update your registration info if you’ve moved, gotten married, etc. since the last time you voted.
• Talk to your friends, neighbors, and family about voting.
• Find info & resources at reclaimyourvote.org.

Support from September 1-19 and help organizations like continue to provide advocacy and service to our communities. This year our goal is $25,000. DM us for more details.

👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏿 S/o to our 2024 executive leadership team! They’ve done a great job leading and serving. A huge thank to them for their dedication to the movement!

On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, which should have allowed women the right to vote.

However, despite the prohibits states from denying the right to vote on the basis of s*x, Black women and other women of color were still unable to vote until 1965 when the Voting Rights Act was passed.

Black women and other WOC played a major role in securing women’s right to vote. Today, we honor the sacrifice, actions and often lifelong commitments they made for us. And we will remember them as we go to at the polls this year!

📣 A HUGE THANK YOU to for powering our advocacy and voting PSA featuring our leaders and members. 🗳️✊🏽Our voices matter more now than ever.

💯We are the movement! Join us as we are the hub for young professionals in DFW, you can find your tribe here!

👏🏽👏🏼👏🏻👏🏿Thank you to for dropping gems at event to kickoff our campaign

Black excellence in action!

Join us tomorrow, August 12th at 7pm to meet with brilliant minds to strengthen Black philanthropy.

Black excellence in action!

Join us Tuesday, August 13th at 7pm to meet with guest speaker Akilah S. Wallace of Taylor Wallace Consulting to discuss strengthening Black philanthropy.

Black excellence in action!

Join us Tuesday, August 12th at 7 pm, to meet with guest speaker: real estate mogul, director, producer, author, and philanthropist Tim Jackson, to discuss ways to strengthen Black philanthropy.

Congratulations to our very own Erika Manuel, the newly appointed NULYP Secretary 25-26. We look forward to your amazing leadership and service to the movement!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Join us for For Oakcliff's 10th Annual Back to School Festival this year! We are volunteering as a chapter. Check out their page for info about donating and sponsorship.

🗓 Date: Saturday, August 10
⏰: 9:00 AM - 12:00PM
📍 Location: 907 E. Ledbetter Dr. Dallas, TX 75216

Black excellence in action!

Join us Tuesday, August 12th at 7pm to meet with brilliant minds to strengthen Black philanthropy.

✊🏽💯 Today was a great day to and get into against voter suppression in honor of Congressman John Lewis.

🇺🇸 Across this country the fight continues to protect our vote and our voice.

THE MORE YOU KNOW...

Key dates to calendar. Don't throw away your shot at making a difference.

Calling all Young Professionals! Join our virtual meeting next Tuesday, July 9th, as we reflect on where we've been and plan for the future. RSVP for details!

Today marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most important laws in our nation’s history: the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It made it illegal to discriminate against people based on race, color, religion, s*x or national origin. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill into law on July 2, 1964 after courageous, tireless leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and our very own Whitney M. Young, Jr. worked in coalition with marchers, protestors, activists, and advocates to push for legal, systemic changes to root out segregation and discrimination.

This present moment requires us to mobilize, collaborate, agitate, and advocate in similar ways. 60 years later, the rights and freedoms we hold dear are under threat from extremists seeking to weaken and dismantle democracy.

Get the full breakdown of the law & its current implications in our recent State of Black America report: stateofblackamerica.org.

Happy Juneteenth! ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽

As you celebrate and imagine what it means to be free, take a few moments to learn about the origin and evolution of this momentous day. Swipe, save, and share.

Did you grow up knowing about Juneteenth?

☎️ Today is the day! ☎️

Exactly one year ago today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a dangerous law that effectively makes it illegal to organize diversity, equity & inclusion programs at public universities in Texas.

One year later on this dark anniversary, we refuse to bow down. We need you to pick up the phone and call his office to express your resistance to attacks against DEI efforts. Our voices are stronger and louder together.

Texas DEMANDDIVERSITY to 52886 or visit https://bit.ly/ShameOnGovAbbott to get the script and info you need. Let's go!

We honor the 49 victims whose lives were taken in Orlando's Pulse nightclub by a hate-fueled man armed with an assault rifle. We condemn the bigotry that targeted this LGBTQ+ community as well as the lack of legislation to help prevent a similar tragedy. We stand for equity for ALL of us.

We are partnering with to unite influencers to champion voter engagement and mental health awareness through a collaborative film project, hosted by COSIGN Magazine.

Space is limited. Reserve your spot now to be part of this transformative event. Together, let's build momentum and create a powerful wave of change in our communities.

Join us this Saturday for a "Morning Walk at Katy Trail" on June 15 at 7am. We are meeting at the Southern end of the trail at 7am. We will begin walking at 7:15am. All are welcome!

Meet us on the southern end of the Trail, you may park at Reverchon Park in the lot near the baseball fields. Just take the ramp in the park up to the Katy Trail. The Reverchon Park address is 3505 Maple Avenue.

 

Kickoff your Juneteenth celebration with a special presentation of "Your Healing is Killing Me" that urges communities to sharpen their tools for self-defense. Check the flyer for more details.

Don't miss this amazing Dallas based poet! will bless us with spoken word. Registration is Free and open to all who want to attend to "Find Your Tribe.

🚨 Texas set a dangerous precedent when it banned diversity efforts at public universities last summer.

This cannot and must not be the blueprint for other states. is part of a larger effort to dismantle initiatives and roll back decades of hard-won progress.

➡️ TAKE ACTION: https://bit.ly/ShameOnGovAbbott

Join our team: DFWULYP Walks With Opal Lee. We are walking with Dr. Opal Lee for Juneteenth! You must register through Dr. Opal Lee's site to participate. Link to her site is here. (https://opalswalkdallastx.raceroster.com/register)

Are you a 21-40 year old in the Dallas-Fort Worth area? Come THIS TUESDAY to learn about the movement and how you can become a part of things happening for the rest of the year. 

This meeting will be an open house experience, and you’re invited to serve with us, learn with us, grow with us, and even party with us.

Are you a 21-40 year old in the Dallas-Fort Worth area? Come learn about the movement and how you can become a part of things happening for the rest of the year. 

This meeting will be an open house experience, and you’re invited to serve with us, learn with us, grow with us, and even party with us.

Shame on you, Gov. Greg Abbott.

Texas has one of the most sweeping bans on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at public universities. And it’s no thanks to Senate Bill 17, which Gov. Abbott signed into law last summer.

We reject & resist because it sets a dangerous precedent for other states and the state of education overall. Students and faculty deserve better.

🚨 TAKE ACTION & : https://bit.ly/ShameOnGovAbbott