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The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis exists to empower African Americans and others throughout the region in securing economic self-reliance, social equality, and civil rights. The Urban League will be the catalyst for this change through advocacy, coalition building, program services and by promoting communication and understanding among different races and cultures. The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc. takes a holistic approach to economic empowerment and self sufficiency. Through community programs in three counties across the bi-state region, it helps its clients to climb out of poverty by helping them to meet their basic needs, providing educational excellence/equality and economic empowerment and encouraging civic engagement. The League’s Meeting Basic Needs Initiative provides clients in need with food, clothing and other life necessities while strengthening families and helping people become self-sufficient. The Education Initiative encourages and enables participants to apply learning to everyday situations, to embrace technology and to achieve academic excellence. The Economic Empowerment Initiative provides resources to strengthen individuals, families, and communities by improving and climbing the economic “ladder” to a better quality of life.
Heavenspot is an independent Creative Agency that works closely with consumer brands, movie studios, and advertising agencies to concept and execute marketing strategies that have a digital emphasis.
Weber Shandwick is a leading global public relations firm with offices in 81 countries. The firm`s diverse team of thinkers, strategists, analysts, producers, designers, developers and campaign activators has won the most prestigious awards in the world for innovative, creative approaches and impactful work, including being honored as a 2014 Ad Age A-List Agency and winning 23 Cannes Lions together with its Primeunit since 2009. Weber Shandwick was also named PRWeek`s International Consultancy of the Year and The Holmes Report`s Best Healthcare Consultancy in the World in 2013, in addition to earning numerous best place to work accolades. The firm deploys deep expertise across sectors and specialty areas, including consumer marketing, corporate reputation, healthcare, technology, public affairs, financial services, corporate social responsibility, financial communications and crisis management, using proprietary social, digital and analytics methodologies.
Lightbox is a leading digital out-of-home video network that leverages technology and creativity to connect advertisers with 60 million consumers in the real world. The premium video network offers national scale with hyper-local execution via 4,800 can`t-miss screens in shopping environments and city street window fronts across the U.S..
The Youth Opportunity Center is more than a beautiful 75-acre campus with residential cottages and a detention center. Beyond the accredited programs for diplomas on office walls, the YOC is about people helping people. Since the early 1990`s, the YOC has provided a safe place for youth and families with severe challenges. Since then, thousands of children and families have been helped by YOC staff members who dedicated themselves to making a difference in a child`s life. YOC`s nine residential cottages, the juvenile detention center, outpatient counseling clinic and the psychiatric residential treatment center provide comprehensive behavioral health services to more than 60 counties in Indiana and more than 200 youth on a daily basis. The Youth Opportunity Center is accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA) which demands the highest standards of best practices in behavioral health services for youth and families. YOC doesn`t stop at this accreditation and is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) which establishes the highest standards for doctoral level psychologist in a training environment. YOC is one (1) of (9) residential treatment facilities accredited within Indiana and is the only accredited pre-doctoral internship located serving youth and families.