Outrage. Terror. Heartbreak. Numbness. Love.

We are feeling all of these emotions and more as we’ve heard and seen how one of our dear brothers, Mr. Tyre Nichols, has been brutalized at the hands of law enforcement.

Lifting as she climbs: Tacoma Urban League President and CEO T’wina Nobles will move on to State Senate, but not before assisting with the transition

Supporting Black-owned businesses helps the community to thrive, and now Tacoma Urban League' Black Empowerment Center is making finding these businesses easier than ever.

Today, the National Urban League released a 10-point plan to address police reform and accountability in the wake of recent cases of use of excessive force by law enforcement against unarmed citizens across the nation.

The Urban League Announces Money '20 Financial Success Workshops

Supporting black-owned businesses helps the community to thrive, and now Tacoma Urban League's Black Empowerment Center is making finding these businesses easier than ever. The Center helps to improve and protect the economic security of African-Americans in the Tacoma Pierce County area by enhancing asset-building services, improving policy advocacy, and increasing leadership capacity.

Join us for the first Tacoma Black Parent Alliance meeting, Sunday Sept. 15th, at Peace Community Center to connect with other parents on topics and information relevant to supporting your family and scholar. We will be sharing updated local data about our youth and discussing strategies to expand opportunities and ensure clear pathways for success. Parents of Black youth at any Greater Tacoma area school are welcome.

We are pleased to announce our 2nd Empowerment Dinner Gala! You don’t want to miss this black tie event. Please join us as we celebrate community members who have responded to the call to action put out at our 2019 State of Black Tacoma.

Since 1968 the Tacoma Urban League has played an important role in our community with such programs as the Male Involvement Program, the Environmental Justice Camp for Girls and youth mentoring. Recently they were honored by the National Urban League with the prestige Mildred Love Award. T'wina Nobles and John Levi from TUL join TV Tacoma to share what the community can continue to expect from the Tacoma Urban League.

The State of Black Tacoma is about solutions. As we lay out the GAINS, GAPS, and OPPORTUNITIES for GROWTH for Black Tacoma, look for examples of success and guidance on how you can take action – the heart of this work is system change and addressing the specific social, economic and cultural needs of Tacoma’s Black community.

The African American Financial Capability Initiative highlights and tackles the structural causes and community consequences of the racial wealth gap.

Rising economic inequality and a growing racial wealth gap drives intergenerational poverty in Black communities. The racial wealth gap is the difference in asset ownership (wealth) between Black and White households.

TACOMA, WA., (December 4, 2015) – The Tacoma Urban League has received a grant of $200,000 from the Northwest Area Foundation to fund the first phase of a Community of Practice designed to build capacity to improve economic outcomes for African Americans in Tacoma-Pierce County.