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[[portion of following is on previous page]] -ague Conference -------------- Program Highlights (continued) ---------------- Evening Keynote Session Speaker: Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. President National Urban League The President of the National Urban League officially opens the Conference with his annual address. [[in a box and highlighted]] Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday July 23, 24, 25 ------------ Plenary sessions and workshops: major focus on issues of concern to minorities and poor people - Education - Employment - Health - Housing - Urban Affairs [[/box]] Monday July 23 ------------- Noon Federal Resources Luncheon Evening International Session The Chicago Urban League Entertains Tuesday July 24 ------------- Noon Business and Labor Luncheon Sponsored by the NUL Commerce and Industry Council and Labor Affairs Advisory Council. Two prominent representatives of business and labor will be guest speakers. Evening Forum Wednesday, July 25 ---------- Morning Delegate Assembly Meets Evening Conference Dinner The culmination of the week's activities, featuring a nationally prominent speaker. [[right margin]] In order to receive registration forms and hotel reservations materials, you must complete and mail the card below. [[right margin]] [[underlying page]] lems of dropouts or potential dropouts. The Housing Divis[blocked out]] community housing [[blocked out]]capabilities [[blocked out]] ------------------ WHAT DO PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE URBAN LEAGUE? -------------------- "I need your partnership and you need my partnership and I believe that partnership is available to us and it can have a profound impact so that you and I and my Cabinet and the Congress together can make this a better place in which to live..." President Jimmy Carter (1977) "There is already a vast difference, I might say, between the American society of the 1950s and the one that now exists. And I can say with conviction that the Urban league had much to do with it. It did more than its fair share, in fact, to bring about changes for the better that all right-thinking Americans are proud of." Vice President Gerald R. Ford (1974) "I want to congratulate the League for having kept the faith, and for never having lost or forsaken the dream of men and women sitting down together, trying to resolve the great moral and social issues of our day." Rev. Jesse Jackson OPERATION PUSH (1974) "I want to commend the National Urban League for its efforts across the years to achieve full employment opportunities for blacks, for minorities and for poor people" Coretta Scott King, President Martin Luther King Center for Social Change (1975) "The National Urban League has a long and distinguished record fighting discrimination and segregation."I.W. Abel, President United Steelworkers of America (1974) "The National Urban League has been [[page cut off]]niquely effective in advancing the cause of [[page cut off]]ack people through its close relationships [[page cut off]]th business, labor and government." Donald S. MacNaughton, Chairman Chief Executive Officer The Prudential Insurance Company of America (1977) Contributions to the National Urban League are tax deductible. They may be sent to: FUND DEPARTMENT NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE, INC. 500 East 62nd Street New York, New York, 10021 Contributions may also be made to affiliates and are tax deductible. A list of the affiliates appears on the inside front cover of this booklet. 141
