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Who We Are

 

Our Mission
Quad County Urban League helps secure equal opportunities for all disadvantaged persons and people of color, including African Americans, women and persons with disabilities. Quad County Urban League is dedicated to advocating and establishing programs that facilitate the social and economic growth of African Americans and similarly disadvantaged people in DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will Counties in Illinois.

Our Vision
Quad County Urban League strives to be the area's leading social service organization serving African-Americans and similarly disadvantaged people.

Our History
Quad County Urban League was founded in 1975 by a diverse group of local leaders responding to the absence of a community based organization to address the needs for academic achievement, job placement and training, equal access to employment, housing and cultural enrichment for low-income and displaced citizens.The Urban League sets policies and directions that are implemented by a highly trained professional staff and a network of hardworking concerned volunteers who work on problems and pursue opportunities in the fields of economic development and employment, education and youth incentives, housing, community planning and health and welfare. The mission of the Urban League is to help secure equal opportunities for all disadvantaged persons and people of color, including African Americans, women and disabled persons.

Our Strategy

Through educational, community and social direct services and advocacy, the Urban League strives to:

  1. Ensure that our youth are well-educated and equipped for economic self-reliance as they enter adulthood;
  2. Helps adults sustain  economic self-sufficiency through employment, home ownership, entrepreneurship and wealth accumulation; and
  3. Ensure civil rights for all people by eradicating barriers to equal participation in the economic and social mainstream of our nation.
 
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