Partner Overview
The Urban League of Essex County is an organization of talented professionals, caring volunteers, and engaged trustees dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged residents throughout Essex County, New Jersey. We believe in the American dream – that everyone should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.
Our mission to help African Americans and disadvantaged urban residents in the achievement of social and economic self-sufficiency with a vision of vibrant, thriving urban communities with good jobs, good schools, and a quality of life that makes them neighborhoods of choice strengthened by our values of excellence, innovation, integrity, respect and effective collaboration.