The right to vote is the first step in civic empowerment. That is why the National Urban League and its affiliates are leading a new empowerment movement to give people the skills and access they need to take an active role in determining the direction quality of life and policies shaping their communities.

We work to promote and ensure all of our civil rights by actively working to eradicate all barriers to equal participation in all aspects of American life -- whether political, economic, social, educational or cultural.