Empowering Communities. Changing Lives. #interruptracism At the Urban League of Rochester, NY we transform our community by empowering individuals, creating opportunities and providing hope. The mission of the Urban League of Rochester, NY, is to enable African-Americans, Latinos, the poor, and other disadvantaged to secure economic self-reliance, parity and power, and civil rights. Our three-pronged strategy for pursuing this mission is: 1) Ensuring that our children are well-educated and equipped for economic self-reliance in the 21st century; 2) Helping adults attain economic self-sufficiency through good jobs, homeownership, entrepreneurship, and wealth accumulation; and 3) Ensuring our civil rights by eradicating all barriers to equal participation in the economic and social mainstream of America.