Saturday, May 23, 2009

Urban League of Hampton Roads on NBC Nightly News

The Portsmouth-based Urban League of Hampton Roads was featured on NBS Nightly News with Brian Williams on Friday, May 22nd.

Ron Allen, an NBC News correspondent based in New York, interviewed Ernest Rolland, Financial Counselor for the Urban League of Hampton Roads, and others about the League's services which are offering a ray of hope for hundreds of hard-pressed families facing foreclosure in the region.

Mr. Rolland shared that approximately 600 families in Hampton Roads have been helped, doubling last year's numbers.


The National Urban League of which the Urban League of Hampton Roads is an affiliate, is one of the oldest community-based civil rights organizations.

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