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People fall off health insurance plans for all sorts of reasons. But, fortunately, in our community, Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services can catch them. There is no shortage of people to catch either. The 2010 census found that almost 50 million Americans and 1.5 million Ohioans had no health insurance that year. By now, those [...]
Written by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 20 January 2012
I’ve passed the Helen S. Brown Senior Center (HSB) countless times without once stepping inside. So until now I’ve been clueless about an incredible East Cleveland resource that's available for residents ages fifty-five and up. WHen I recently dropped by, I talked with seniors and Kevin Valentine, the HSB director. Valentine is also the [...]
Written by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 17 December 2011
Diane Nash and the Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian electrified the audience earlier this fall during their speaking engagement at Case Western Reserve University's Ford Theater. CWRU's Social Justice Institute and Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, Facing History and Ourselves, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church and WVIZ PBS/ideastream sponsored the duo’s Sept. 30 speaking engagement, which [...]
Written by: lmills Posted on: 16 November 2011
The clock is ticking if you’re a high school student looking to take college classes for free. That is, if you want to start in January 2012. I discovered Ohio’s Post Secondary Enrollment Options Program, commonly called PSEOP, last year. Through PSEOP, ninth to 12th graders enrolled in public schools can take college classes, get [...]
Written by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 16 October 2011
By M. LaVora Perry, NV Columnist More from this series Over the years, people have often told me I seem capable, energetic, happy and always on the go. But here, I’m telling my truth with the hope that it will save lives. The first time I got depressed I was nine years old. Even [...]
Written by: Robert Rozboril Posted on: 06 October 2011
M. LaVora Perry, NV Columnist East Cleveland employee Belinda Kyle’s three daughters excel in school and at violin. I recently invited her into my home to share with Neighborhood Voice readers her thoughts on education. She shared plenty. But first, let’s rewind to summer 2002 when she and I talked, laughed and nibbled chicken on [...]
Written by: Robert Rozboril Posted on: 16 September 2011
CWRU's Social Justice Institute to Record Residents' Histories Wow. Cleveland has trees, grass and bushes everywhere. That was my thought in November 1991 while I looked out the window of an airplane descending over Hopkins airport. I was a twenty-nine year old from Cleveland’s Mount Pleasant area. But I’d lived in New York for six [...]
Written by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 15 August 2011
By M. LaVora Perry NV’s M. LaVora Perry will periodically present stories and tips that focus on students of all ages, parents, educators, mentors, and others involved in education. Please send relevant story ideas and tips as well as information about upcoming student, youth and family events and programs, in or out of school. Post [...]
Written by: lmills Posted on: 01 August 2011
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