The theme for this year’s New York Urban League (NYUL) gala is “Fight Today, Change Tomorrow: Voting & Civic Engagement.”
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“The event is designed to honor individuals who in the spirit of Frederick Douglass know that there is no progress without struggle,” said NYUL President Arva Rice. The gala’s theme and the night’s honorees reflect the Urban League’s national campaign which is focused on “defending democracy, demanding diversity, and defeating poverty,” Rice adds.
“Unfortunately, at this point in time, we have to defend democracy in a way that I never would have thought of with the rollback in voter rights, voter suppression, voter ID laws that have been introduced in the large majority of states,” Rice said. “The very, very core of what the Urban Leagues are about, which is to defend democracy, has become once again front and center. That’s one of the reasons why we have selected this theme about fighting today and changing tomorrow.
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