Urban League of Middle Tennessee

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50 Vantage Way suite 201, Nashville, TN 37228, USA

EIN Number: 62-0795167

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Phone: 615-254-0525

Hours: Closed

Mon - Fri 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EST)

Sat Closed

Sun Closed

Website: https://www.ulmt.org/

Email: ulmt@ulmt.org

NTEE Code: J20: Employment Preparation & Procurement

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

Mission: The mission of the Urban League of Middle Tennessee is to enable African Americans, other minorities and disenfranchised groups to secure economic self-reliance, power, parity, and civil rights.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

Workforce Development: Provide employment services for Middle Tennessee residents. ULMT offers job seekers job leads and match with potential employers. ULMT conduct seminars, coaching in resume writing, interview skills and job readiness sessions. ULMT host monthly employer presentations, and job fairs annually. ULMT partnership with organization to support re-entry services and support. Nashville Youth Employment Corp at Maplewood High School: The Urban League of Middle Tennessee and Maplewood High School's faculty and administration collaborating together the Nashville Youth Training and Education Corp (Y-TEC) program on-site at Maplewood High School. Y-TEC is a school-to-work program that incorporates classroom instruction that is linked to workplace experiences and provides students with the information and skills needed to identify and prepare for promising careers. In addition, students enrolled in Y-TEC will receive structured on-the-job training and other workplace learning experiences appropriate to their career choices and linked to school curricula. Volunteer Services: Programs that engage the community in volunteer efforts that support the mission and vision of the urban league and the upliftment of the clients that we serve. Current volunteer groups include: - ULMT Young Professionals (ages 25-40) - ULMT GUILD (40 and above) Project Ready: Project Ready is a National Urban League initiative designed to improve academic performance, personal and social development, and cultural/historical awareness. We target students in grades 9-11. University partners include Lipscomb, Tennessee State, Fisk and Vanderbilt (Peabody) Universities. Students engage in monthly Saturday Academies during fall/winter/spring out-of-school times to develop new skills and fine-tune existing skills. Specific instruction in ACT prep, communication skills to include writing and speach is provided along with leadership training. Exposure to post secondary opportunities and environments is integrated into the experience through college tours, programming on college campuses and presentations from college professors. ULMT Read and Rise Literacy Initiative: The ULMT Read and Rise Literacy Initiative serves students in grades K-4. We partner with local churches and their zoned elementary school to provide after school literacy training two afternoons a week for an additional 6 hours of literacy instruction. Our partners to date have been Una Elementary and Mt. Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church and Glencliff Elementary and Kairos Community AME Church. Results from two years of implementation show significant, demonstrated increases for student participants. In 2015, we are working to expand to Buena Vista Elementary partnered with St. James Missionary Baptist Church and Napier Enhanced Option partnered with St. Luke. In addition to the program offered during the academic year, ULMT has provided a 2-3 week summer reading camp. The program features a variety of instructional and fun activities all geared toward enhancing the participants' enjoyment of reading and related activities. In total, ULMT has served 150 students over two years with our literacy initiative.

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Services Offered

  • Camps
  • Ethnic & Racial Minority Rights
  • Job Search Assistance
  • Job Training
  • Voluntarism Promotion
  • Youth Development Programs

Populations Served

  • Children & Youth
  • People of African Descent

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