President's Welcome Message

Welcome to St. Louis's 

Urban League Young Professionals of  Metropolitan St. Louis! 

It is a great honor for me to be elected as President for the 2016 term and as president, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all our members, guests and partners in our 16th year of leading Civic Change throughout our region.

Explore our site and learn more about our premier chapter, programs and initiatives this upcoming year. As our chapter implements local programming in support of the National Urban League's empowerment agenda which includes Education & Youth Empowerment, Economic Empowerment, Health & Quality of Life Empowerment, and Civil Rights & Racial Justice Empowerment; we embody that it takes each and every one of us to have Impacting Change in our communities that which we serve.

The Urban League Young Professionals of  Metropolitan St. Louis (ULYP-STL) is one of 55 National Urban League Young Professionals chapters in the United States, an auxiliary of a 5 star affiliate Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, and received the 2014 Central Region Chapter of Excellence Award. I am more than honored to lead some of our region's top professionals this year, and hope that you to become empowered to grow professionally, civically, and make Lasting Impact! 

We are excited to continue Empowering Communities, Changing Lives. So join us in the movement, and thank you for visiting our site.

Malissa Shaw

President, Urban League Young Professionals of Metropolitan St. Louis

president@ulyp-stl.org