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Career Connections for Adults and Youth
Launch or Grow Your Business
Build Wealth / Buy a Home
Career Connections for Adults and Youth
What We Stand For
Our Advocacy
Since 1918, your Columbus Urban League has worked to make opportunity accessible to all. And we are not done.
- Connecting people to the high-wage, high-growth jobs of the future…
- Building wealth and promoting home ownership in every community…
- Supporting entrepreneurs and growing small businesses…
Advocating for UNSTOPPABLE people. Contributing to a potential $42 billion expansion of our regional economy in the next decade.
Join US.
$4.99-a-gallon gas latest thing pushing Columbus residents off edge as region booms| Opinion
The families we worry about most are those living on the edge — either trapped in poverty or just above the poverty line, working, trying to do everything right, but
President Hightower on the passing of Rev. Jackson
Watch President Hightower with 10TV President Hightower talks with NBC4 The nation mourns the passing of civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate the Reverend Jesse Jackson. The following is
What We Stand For
Our Advocacy
Since 1918, your Columbus Urban League has worked to make opportunity accessible to all. And we are not done.
- Connecting people to the high-wage, high-growth jobs of the future…
- Building wealth and promoting home ownership in every community…
- Supporting entrepreneurs and growing small businesses…
Advocating for UNSTOPPABLE people. Contributing to a potential $42 billion expansion of our regional economy in the next decade.
Join US.
$4.99-a-gallon gas latest thing pushing Columbus residents off edge as region booms| Opinion
The families we worry about most are those living on the edge — either trapped in poverty or just above the poverty line, working, trying to do everything right, but
President Hightower on the passing of Rev. Jackson
Watch President Hightower with 10TV President Hightower talks with NBC4 The nation mourns the passing of civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate the Reverend Jesse Jackson. The following is
Mentors Matter
DEFY THE ODDS
What does it take to defy the unbelievable odds, to achieve seemingly impossible goals, to live an unstoppable life? Mentors matter. Coaches count. We see this every day. Listen here for more.
Mentors Matter
DEFY THE ODDS
What does it take to defy the unbelievable odds, to achieve seemingly impossible goals, to live an unstoppable life? Mentors matter. Coaches count. We see this every day. Listen here for more.
Mentors Matter
DEFY THE ODDS
What does it take to defy the unbelievable odds, to achieve seemingly impossible goals, to live an unstoppable life? Mentors matter. Coaches count. We see this every day. Listen here for more.
$3.3 million
In new grants and contracts awarded in past year
$4.4 million
Secured in home loan capitalMore than $12 million
In wages earned300+ Families
Kept in their homes$3.3 million
In new grants and contracts awarded in past year$4.4 million
Secured in home loan capitalMore than $12 million
In wages earned300+ Families
Kept in their homesNews & Info
The latest Coverage
News coverage, statements, blogs – all the latest from President Hightower and the CUL team.
Columbus Urban League celebrates women leaders and changemakers at HERstory Makers 2026
By Rodney DuniganWSYX – ABC6 The Columbus Urban League brought together leaders, entrepreneurs, advocates, and community supporters Thursday evening for HERstory Makers 2026, an exclusive celebration recognizing women who are
CMC Forum: Who Holds the Keys to Economic Mobility?
via Columbus Metropolitan Club As Columbus continues to grow, the stakes have never been higher: how do we ensure that prosperity reaches everyone and that our regional economy is built
$4.99-a-gallon gas latest thing pushing Columbus residents off edge as region booms| Opinion
The families we worry about most are those living on the edge — either trapped in poverty or just above the poverty line, working, trying to do everything right, but
News & Info
The latest Coverage
News coverage, statements, blogs – all the latest from President Hightower and the CUL team.
Columbus Urban League celebrates women leaders and changemakers at HERstory Makers 2026
By Rodney DuniganWSYX – ABC6 The Columbus Urban League brought together leaders, entrepreneurs, advocates, and community supporters Thursday evening for HERstory Makers 2026, an exclusive celebration recognizing women who are transforming Central Ohio through leadership, innovation, and service. Held at
CMC Forum: Who Holds the Keys to Economic Mobility?
via Columbus Metropolitan Club As Columbus continues to grow, the stakes have never been higher: how do we ensure that prosperity reaches everyone and that our regional economy is built on dignity, equity, and genuine opportunity? Despite decades of anti-poverty
