The purpose of the Birmingham Urban League Young Professionals (BULYP) is to support the objectives of the Birmingham Urban League. The Birmingham Urban League is a non-profit, non-partisan community based organization and a United Way Agency affiliated with National Urban League that exists to address the disparities that face all racial and ethnic groups in the areas of education, economics, he
alth, civic engagement and civil rights. We do this by promoting civic participation, financial literacy, and real-world education. Our Young Professionals chapter is one of the thirty-six (36) chapters of the National Urban League Young Professionals which serves as the umbrella organization under the National Urban League to support the League's 5-point empowerment agenda:
• Education and Youth Empowerment
Ensuring that all of our children are well educated and prepared for economic self-reliance in the 21st century through college scholarships, early childhood literacy, Head Start and after care programs.
• Economic Empowerment
Empowering all people in attaining economic self-sufficiency through job training, good jobs, homeownership, entrepreneurship and wealth accumulation.
• Health and Quality of Life Empowerment
Working to build healthy and safe communities to eliminate health disparities through prevention, healthy eating, fitness, as well as ensuring access and complete access to affordable healthcare for all people.
• Civic Empowerment
Empowering all people to take an active role in determining the direction, quality of life, public policy and leadership in their communities by full participation as citizens and voters, as well as through active community service and leadership development.
• Civil Rights and Racial Justice Empowerment
Promoting and ensuring our civil rights by actively working to eradicate all barriers to equal participation in the all aspects of American society, whether political, economic, social, educational or cultural.
