PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS… MARC MORIAL
National Urban League President Marc Morial discusses the “Economic Empowerment Tour.”
Presented by Electronic Urban Report.
In his sixth year as President and CEO of the National Urban League, Marc Morial is continuing the organization’s mission to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights in urban communities.
As the head of what is considered the oldest and largest community-based civil rights organization in America, Morial is showing off the “Path to Power” at the 2009 National Urban League Conference in Chicago July 29-August 1 in addition he’s involved in the organization’s economic empowerment tours around the country.
“Our plan is a very important initiative that we call the ‘Economic Empowerment Tour,’” Morial said. “It’s through our homes initiative. We’re providing direct services to people in a number of key areas. First, we will provide foreclosure counseling assistance to people. Second we will provide job placement assistance to people. Thirdly, we will provide health awareness information to people as a part of the tour.
Economic empowerment is one of Morial’s mantras. The former New Orleans Mayor saw first-hand the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the importance of rebuilding wealth and prosperity in black communities. Some of the main focuses of the tour include renegotiating mortgages and foreclosure information.
“The purposes of our services are to help people renegotiate their mortgages,” he said, and then commended President Obama on creating a number of initiatives which allow people to just that, “but we’ve got to be very aggressive in helping people take advantage of those initiatives. The Urban League in action in the 21st Century is focused on providing services to people during this economic recession.”
Morial explained that while…
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