2010 Gillette Civil Rights Game Tickets Available Now

Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals, Saturday, May 15, 2010, 7:10 PM. Tickets are $20 each (Section 414). Follow this link to purchase tickets online. More information at www.gcul.org/reds.

2010 Gillette Civil Rights Game Weekend

MLB Beacon Awards Luncheon. Willie Mays, Billie Jean King and Harry Belafonte will receive MLB Beacon Awards, former congressman and U.S. ambassador Andrew Young will deliver the luncheon keynote address, and the Cardinals will visit the Reds on May 15 as Major League Baseball's Gillette Civil Rights Weekend returns to Cincinnati. The Beacon Awards Luncheon will be held at Duke Energy Convention Center.

Singer Lena Horne and Rachel Robinson -- the widow of Jackie Robinson -- will also be honored at the luncheon. There will also be a special tribute to the surviving members from a pivotal 1960 sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., where African-Americans were once denied service at a "whites only" establishment.

There will be other events leading up to the Saturday night game, which will be carried live by MLB Network. The Baseball and the Civil Rights Movement roundtable discussion will return on May 14 at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, which is adjacent to the ballpark. Led by Harvard law professor and race-relations expert Charles Ogletree, the panel will include Reds great and Hall of Famer Joe Morgan, Reds former star Barry Larkin, Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, actor Mark Curry and tennis legend Zina Garrison.

There will be a youth summit and the MLB "Wanna Play?" interactive area on Saturday in Fountain Square. It will include an open Q&A forum with Larkin and MLB Network colleague Harold Reynolds, actor Josh Hutcherson and members of the Reds and Cardinals. Last year, more than 2,500 children participated at the summit.

Hall of Famer Ernie Banks will throw out the ceremonial first pitch while Grammy Award winning recording artists Roberta Flack and Jeffrey Osbourne are scheduled to perform prior to the Civil Rights Game.

Complete event details at http://www.mlb.com/civilrightsgame.

Follow this link to purchase tickets online. More information at www.gcul.org/reds.

Construction Connection Class begins April 26

This program helps workers build skills needed to find jobs in the construction industry. Attendees to this class must be preregistered and have completed the prerequisite SOAR Class. Interested parties may contact The Construction Outreach Coordinator Reggie Brazzile 513 487-6525.

Class meets at Cincinnati Arts & Technology Center, Longworth Hall, 700 W.Pete Rose Way,  Cincinnati Ohio 45203

Urban League Honors Employers, Workforce Program Graduates

On Wednesday April 7, 2010, the Urban League celebrated the achievements of its workforce program graduates, and honored members of Cincinnati’s employer community who have supported its training programs.

Clark Handy, Sr. Vice President, Human Resources, Convergys for providing Webinars, Mock Interviews, access to web based tools that enhance our program and hiring 8 of our graduates. Clark is also a member of the Urban League’s Board of Trustees.

Ken Varda, Store Manager, Wal-Mart (Milford, Ohio) for participating in our Career Fairs, Mock Interviews and hiring 3 of our graduates.

Tracey Shouse, Quality Associates, Hired 5 Urban League Graduates in 2010

Paul Aragon, Restaurant Depot, Hired 5 Urban League Graduates in 2010: 2 enrolled into management training programs.

This twice-yearly event celebrates the success and personal achievement of 200 Greater Cincinnati residents who completed Urban League job training programs from October 2009 to March 2010. Many graduates have overcome significant personal challenges to complete programs and find jobs.

Sickle Cell Awareness Coping Group Begins April 6

The Urban League of Greater Cincinnati is offering a new resource for people living with Sickle Cell disorder – a  “coping group” series that will meet every other Tuesday for 10 weeks beginning April 6, 2010, from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM at the Buford Gaston Sickle Cell Building, 3770 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45229.

The April 6 and April 20 topic will be “Psychological Aspects of Pain Management” presented by Pamela King, Health Initiatives Coordinator, The Urban League of Greater Cincinnati and Pamela Jenkins, Social Worker, University Hospital Sickle Cell Center.

The session is free and open to the public. For more information about this group, please contact one of the group’s co-leaders: Pamela King (513 487-6506) of The Urban League, or Pamela Jenkins (513 584-2189) of University Hospital Sickle Cell Center.

Help us recruit AALDP Class XVIII

We are looking for people like you! We will match our alumni against the alumni of any other program in the country and know that we have in our midst some of the finest minds in Cincinnati. Therefore, we have set an ambitious goal for Class XVIII. We believe we can have 45 achieving African Americans in the next class ... but we need your help to recruit these new leaders.

Please recommend your candidates for the next class no later than April 19. 2010. Send us the names and email addresses for persons you think might be interested in AALDP and we will do the rest.

For additional information please contact Jenny Laster at (513) 487-6530. Candidate materials can be downloaded from the Urban League website .