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No Place Like Home

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NV Faith Columnist Natalie Rudd is a member of the ministerial staff at Antioch Baptist Church in Fairfax.
A coworker just walked in my office and said, “It is nice to have you back!” to which I replied, “It is good to be home!” You see, I started another job this past January, but it wasn’t actually a new job, because I had worked in the same department back in 2006. I left in 2008 for a couple of years to explore other career.
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Knitting Together Friendship

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Eleanor Bergholz (2nd from right) with Lynette Wright (foreground) and other members of the knitting club she started at Harvey Rice Library. PHOTO BY M. LaVORA PERRY
A group of knitters in the Buckeye-Shaker neighborhood have transformed into friends in recent months. Eleanor Bergholz, 69, started the knitting circle in September at the Rice branch of the Cleveland Public Library. With outside temperatures creeping upward, Bergholz polled members of the knitting circle to see if they needed a break over spring and summer. Their response? “No way!” To get the group going, Bergholz originally asked a.
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Reading the News

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NV columnist Lori Ingram, an actress living in University Circle.
I was moved to tears by the issue of Shawken News that was inserted into the April issue of Neighborhood Voice last month and produced by stalwart, hopeful and brave students from Shaw High School and Hawken School. I wonder how hard is the fight for equality gonna get? What will be the prize? It inspired poetry that seldom comes to me now. Reading the News I remembered what.
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Race Relations Forum

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I attended the third in a series of Race Relations Forums, sponsored by the City of Cleveland and MetroHealth Hospital, last month at the Church of the Covenant in University Circle, close to where I live. To those who came to the forum, I say “Hurray! Kudos for having an interest in a change!” Coming out to the forum was the first step to eradicating the arcane.
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Hope

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NV Faith Columnist Natalie Rudd is a member of the ministerial staff at Antioch Baptist Church in Fairfax.
Growing up, I often heard my father say, “Keep your faith strong and your hopes high!” As a little girl, I didn’t quite understand what this expression meant, but I always loved to hear him say it. As an adult, I came to understand how important it was to “keep my faith strong and my hopes high” as the disappointments and challenges of life started to.
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From Empty Lot to High-Tech Farm

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L-R: Leonard Davis, Jerome Pannell, Keneth Jackson and Mark Pannel with the seasonal high tunnel they erected March 10, 2013 on East 130 Street and Arlington. PHOTO by M. LaVORA PERRY
Leonard Davis’ dream of urban farming grew from a seedling to a garden. It's located on the corner of East 130th Street and Arlington Avenue in the Glenville neighborhood. In 2008, Davis’ godfather allowed him to plant a garden on the large plot of land. In 2011, Davis bought the plot and gave away what he grew to anyone who wanted some. Now Davis' garden has gone.
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Protecting Our Bridges

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NV Columnist M. LaVora Perry
I've been thinking about the old saying "Don't burn your bridges." I've considered how, contrary to those words, sometimes it's actually best to let a bridge burn. Of course, the saying isn't about bridges made of steel, concrete and other raw materials. It's about bridges that take you from where you are now in life to where you want to be. It was a a recent incident.
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Stop Blaming, Start Changing Your Life

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Elaine Siggers wrote this column. Check out her blog at www.truelifeexpressions.blogspot.com
I was recently in an automobile accident, which in all my many years of driving has never happened to me. Thank God. After the initial shock of the impact, I thought I was fine, but the next day things begin to happen that I had not expected. It’s as if your entire body absorbs the impact, but after things begin to settle, body parts you.
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Bessie Had the Blues

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The Cleveland Play House has always brought the area great entertainment and sometimes rapid history lessons, as well. At the opening night of "The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith," I learned about a different type of establishment that was available in the 1920s. It was called a “buffet flat” and is the setting in which the famous singer is introduced. As Smith's story.
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The Free Gift

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NV Faith Columnist Natalie Rudd is a member of the ministerial staff at Antioch Baptist Church in Fairfax.
Who doesn’t like receiving gifts? I certainly do, and so does everyone else I know! Gifts have a way of making us feel loved and special. Throughout the years, I have learned an expensive gift doesn’t necessarily make you happier. In fact, the best gifts I have received have been relatively inexpensive, but it was the thoughtfulness behind the gift that warmed my heart. We all have.
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“Playing” Tai Chi for Health

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Susan Cady's T'ai Chi for Health Class at American Cancer Society Community Resource Center, February 25, 2013. PHOTO BY M. LaVORA PERRY
Susan Cady’s students strike proud royal poses when they walk — they hold their heads high and keep their chests wide. Cady, the founder of T’ai Chi for Health, teaches students to work out kinks in their bodies while in bed and keep good posture. She believes in standing tall, as if someone had just told you “You’re about to receive a medal at the Olympics!” Cady.
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A Valentine from NV

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Justine of University Circle shared her thoughts on love with NV for Valentine's Day 2013. PHOTO BY M. LaVORA PERRY
As a valentine to our readers, NV found people in our eight neighborhoods and asked them to share their thoughts on the subject of love. Some are in relationships, some aren’t. Some live or work in our neighborhoods, others don’t. Three happen to be named "John." Watch as each one answers our questions in our video “NV's 2013 Valentine” at www.youtube.com/NeighborhoodVoice, and read their comments.
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Women Work to Eliminate Racism

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For the past two months, several women in my network have been participating in a program called “YWCA ChangeMakers 2012-2013.” Our goal? To identify and eliminate racism. During our first session, we were introduced to Margaret Mitchell, president and CEO of YWCA Greater Cleveland, and our facilitators, Erica Merritt and Adele DiMarco Kious. Several group members are leaders within their own work organizations, and all members.
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Building Abundant Neighborhoods

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Over the last few months, Neighborhood Connections organized three book groups as part of our 10th anniversary celebration. Each group met three times to share thoughts and have fun. One group met on Monday night, one on Thursday mornings, and one met on Friday afternoons. We all read “Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods” by John McKnight and Peter Block. The book contrasts.
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Trust the Process

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NV Faith Columnist Natalie Rudd is a member of the ministerial staff at Antioch Baptist Church in Fairfax.
Trust the Process Have you ever played Solitaire? For those of you who have not, the goal of the game is to get all of the cards from seven piles into four piles. The cards in the seven piles can be moved by counting downward and alternating colors. For example, a red five of hearts can only go on a black six of spades or a black.
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