2022 Empowerment Awards

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Tacoma Urban League's 2022 Empowerment Awards featuring Keynote Speaker Michael D. Tubbs

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Born out of the civil rights movement, the Tacoma Urban League has always been here for African Americans and other people whom society has marginalized in the South Puget Sound. For more than 50 years, we’ve provided services, training, and advocacy to build social and economic equality. Our programs focus on the foundations of a thriving community: education, economic empowerment, health, housing, and justice. We make sure people have a safe welcoming space, the information, and the resources they need to realize their goals and dreams. Thousands of people have passed through our doors and their lives have been positively shaped by the Tacoma Urban League.

Attire: Black Tie Optional

October 6, 2022 |6 p.m.

Hotel Murano - Bicentennial Pavilion
1320 Broadway
Tacoma, WA 98402

Keynote speaker Michael D. Tubbs is founder of End Poverty in California (EPIC) and special advisor for economic mobility to California Governor Gavin Newsom.

About Us

We build social and economic equality with Tacoma’s Black community through services, training, and advocacy.

Tacoma Urban League provides services, training, and advocacy to build social and economic equality among Black people and other people historically marginalized in South Puget Sound.

Our programs focus on the foundations of a thriving community: education, economic empowerment, health, housing, and justice. Just like our lives are not siloed in those areas, neither are our programs. They reach across sectors to make an impact, combining approaches and resources and leaning into community partnerships.

We also seek to change the systems within which people live. We do this by engaging in the political process, organizing and advocating to eliminate barriers that disproportionately harm our community and to foster equitable opportunities.