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Community Meeting to End Mass Incarceration of People of Color

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Foreground: Latisha James with author Terrie Williams, April 9, 2012 at Case Western Reserve University. Background: Mental Health Forum committee planning meeting at CWRU, November 9, 2012.
Tuesday, November 13, 6pm Olivet Institutional Baptist Church 8712 Qunicy Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44106 216.721.3585 Book Resource: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander From Case Western Reserve University's The Daily, September 20, 2012: At the center of Alexander’s message is how the U.S. prison system is creating a population of second-class citizens. Many African-Americans are “warehoused” in prison, she says, and return to society labeled as.
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Obama local campaign office is ‘the place to be’

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 On Sept. 14, 2012, it was official: President Obama's  campaign office in East Cleveland had its grand opening with great success. Guests came in from 5 to 10 p.m. as we celebrated and discussed the importance of this election. As many of you may know, voter suppression is on the rise. Forces that be are trying desperately to stop people from voting. Too many have fought and died.
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Get Involved: Community Meeting Schedule

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Community Meetings  Cleveland Police, 3rd District Community Safety Meeting: Last Tuesday of the month. Meeting location rotates. Call 216-623-5305 or 216-664-3290 for more information. Cleveland Police, 4th District Community Safety Meeting: Fourth Wednesday of the month at Covenant Community Church, 3342 E. 119th St. Call 216-664-3290 for more information. Cleveland Police, 5th District Community Safety Meeting: At 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month at Five Points Community Center, 813 E..
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Tax Presentation for Homeowners

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Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Yvonne M. Conwell will host a tax presentation for all homeowners. The guest speaker will be the county's Fiscal Officer Wade Steen, who will address the status of the sexennial reappraisal, where we are in the process and what the time line is through the preparation of tax bills with the new values. He can also talk about the BOR process if there is.
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Community Day of Service Showcases Neighborhood Leaders

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Students, neighbors and other volunteers teamed up last month for an inspiring Community Day of Service. On April 11, volunteers joined together to prepare several community gardens for the season, beautify a group of abandoned homes, and clean some streets to brighten the neighborhood. It was a cloudy and chilly spring day, but everyone persevered working until late that afternoon when we were greeted by sunshine just.
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Are We Setting Up Our Kids to Fail?

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I have two children in Cleveland schools and I worry that we're setting our kids up to fail. The new juvenile detention center in the Fairfax community bothers me. The school district's budget cuts bother me.  It’s a frustrating problem. Nonetheless, complaining neither adds nor subtracts any of the facts on this matter. I want to contribute to a solution. I decided to start going to school board.
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Perspective: East Cleveland’s Mayor, City’s Past & Future

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East Cleveland is doing better than I’ve seen it do in my 20 years of living here.   On Feb. 18, I attended Mayor Gary Norton’s State of the City address to learn about our progress. He spoke to a packed house in the Greg L. Reese auditorium of the East Cleveland Public library. Norton recalled East Cleveland’s past troubles. Those, he said, began in the 1970s.
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Our Quality Of Life: New Prosecutor Must Have Vision and Compassion

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Election Day is here in the wake of one of the city’s most violent weeks, and it is more evident that the new Cuyahoga County prosecutor will not only have his hands full with bringing this county’s most violent offenders to justice, he will also be faced with the task of performing a fine balancing act. That act will be meeting the needs of a county.
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Getting to the Right Place | Dr. Angela Blackwell at City Club

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February 17, 2012, Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and CEO of PolicyLink, spoke at the City Club of Cleveland. The event was sonsored by the Saint Luke’s Foundation as part of the City Club's Why Place Matters series. Blackwell said her organization promotes economic and social equity—just and fair inclusion. “PolicyLink watches what happens here [in Cleveland],” she said.   “Because we often find this [Cleveland].
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Ashbury Shops Get Fresh Look

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Parts of Ashbury Avenue received a $45,000 makeover thanks to an Urban Development Action Grant received by the City of Cleveland. The city also spent $250,000 to repave the road from East 105th Sreet to Lakeview Road, the entire length of the street. Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell took part in a ribbon cutting ceremony Nov. 19 upon completion of the project and also lives on Ashbury.
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Fighting for Cleveland Homeowners

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Homeowners, neighborhood leaders and the nonprofit group Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People, better known as ESOP, launched a campaign urging federal officials, banks and mortage companies to save homes from foreclosure.  Community members delivered letters to bank branches across the Cleveland area asking bank CEOs to support their demand that  Ed DeMarco, acting director of Federal Housing Finance Agency, end his opposition to principal reduction. Principal reduction could.
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University Hospitals Honored by Magnolia Clubhouse

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Business leaders from across the United States were honored in our nation’s Capitol on Wednesday, November 16th for opening their workplaces to adults and young adults who are working to recover from mental illness. With assistance from quality, accredited rehabilitation and support centers, known as “ICCD Clubhouses," people who have psychiatric disabilities are re-entering the workforce and relying less on public benefits as they work themselves back from what are.
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From the Bottom Up by Mansfield Frazier

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“My journey during my incarceration wasn’t just a physical journey, it was an interior journey as well,” Damon Calvert said. Just two days out of prison, he was employed full time and is currently attending Cleveland State University in pursuit of a master’s in nonprofit management. He attributes his success so far to that interior journey he made years ago. “It took a lot of self introspection, facing.
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Connecting Glenville and University Circle

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Parts of Ashbury Avenue received a $45,000 makeover thanks to an Urban Development Action Grant received by the City of Cleveland. The city also spent $250,000 to repave the road from East 105th Street to Lakeview Road.  Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell, who lives on Ashbury Avenue, took part in a ribbon cutting ceremony Nov. 19 to celebrate the completion of the project.  His vision is to get people.
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Glenville Pastor Calls for Community Outreach

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Pastor Andrew Clark, Sr., of Trinity Outreach Ministries on Ashbury Avenue, announced in October a plan that encourages every church in Glenville to open its doors during the week for tutoring and workshops on financial literacy, crime prevention and health.   Clark, the founder of Glenville Ministry in Missions Alliance, announced the plan, dubbed the Recovery 7 Plan, at a meeting Oct. 27. Local residents, police officers.
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