In March, seven grassroots groups received grants up to $3,000 each for their resident-led projects. The Sisters of Charity Foundation’s Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood initiative and Neighborhood Connections partnered to create this new funding opportunity in Central to encourage involvement and leadership by neighbors in the Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood Initiative. All projects focus on the positive social development and academic success of neighborhood youth..
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Case Western Reserve University in the Community
At Case Western Reserve, community service is more than another extracurricular activity — it’s part of our character, our collective campus DNA. We strive to share who we are and what we do best with everyone around us. As a premier research institution, we offer a variety of community engagement programs in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math. Here are some science.
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No comments Untouchable Boxing Academy Brings 4 Young Champs Home from Nationals
Four youths recently traveled from Cleveland to Independence, Missouri as boxing championship contenders. They returned home winners. From February 1 to 4 they fought in the 2012 National Silver Gloves Tournament, which is for 10 to 15 year old amateur boxers.
Tiarra Conwell, 11, Khalil Osaze, 12, Dazzlin Turner, 15, and De'Andre Williams, 11, train with the Lonnie Burten Untouchable Boxing Academy. Founded by Head Coach Donyelle (“Dee”) Bell.
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No comments Twon Billings: Former Gang Leader Serves Others
Anton "Twon" Billings spoke fast, like a running faucet. That day last summer — the day I first met him — we stood outside East Cleveland's city hall. Forty-two years old at the time, he told me this short version of his life:
At 13, he started the Crips gang in Cleveland. Giving motivational speeches to women victimized by violence reconnected him to the pain of his repeated.
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2 comments What Does Rainey Mean to You?
Rainey student and aspiring actress Teliah Gainer asked fellow students...
What
Does
Rainey
Mean
to
You?
Tayla Gray: a vocal music major at Cleveland School of the Arts:
“I honestly believe I would have never been able to reach my highest potential without Rainey
Taylor Beckwith, fourth grade:
“Rainey means to let me play the violin and express myself”
Moriah Burton, third grade:
“It means the world to me, playing the violin”
Isaac Neal, fifth grade:
“Having
fun!”
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Read more about Rainey in the February 2012 Neighborhood Voice here.
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No comments The Rainey Institute: Art, Energy & Community
On a cold, wet winter evening last month, as the sun set and the streets darkened, there was a joyful noise on East 55th Street. About 27 young violin students started their daily practice at the Rainey Institute, an afterschool arts program.
“Everybody up!” teacher Darnell Weaver said. He pointed to a series of dots written on the board. “We’re going to stomp our feet on the
dots.”
Students, many dressed in school uniforms, hopped.
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No comments Central Youth Showcased Talent at Weekend Show
Youth from the Central neighborhood set out to showcase their talent Saturday.
With the help of the Central Promise Ambassadors, the children prepared their performances during three months of rehearsals and took to the stage at Cuyahoga Community College's Metro Campus to show parents and supporters what they could accomplish.
The program consisted of dance numbers to current popular songs, children performing scenes from films as well.
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No comments $7 Children’s Concerts at Severance Hall
The Cleveland Orchestra’s and PNC Bank are sparking children’s interest in music with programs like the PNC Musical Rainbow Series and PNC Grow Up Great, which won’t break the bank for parents.
“It’s about introducing kids to the orchestra one instrument at a time,” said Joan Katz Napoli, The Cleveland Orchestra’s director of Education and Community Programs, referring to Musical Rainbow Series.
During each show, members of the orchestra.
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No comments Parent Involvement 101 – Love Yourself First
On most commercial airlines, there is a safety demonstration before the airplane takes flight.
The flight attendant says: "In the event of cabin depressurization, the oxygen mask will automatically drop. Place the mask on yourself, and then help your child or others who may need assistance."
The message? We can’t help anyone else, even those we love deeply, if we haven’t fully secured our own safety and.
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No comments Hough’s Rainey Institute and The Cleveland Orchestra Partner to Bring the Arts to Students
The Rainey Institute currently reaches about 850 children and young adults annually and exposes them to a diverse assortment of arts programs, which they may not encounter otherwise. These programs continue to expand in 2012.
Since 1966, the institute's main priority has been education through visual and performing arts. Today, students at the institute can discover everything from music and dance to arts and crafts to.
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No comments ‘Be Still and Know…’
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is defined as being consciously in the moment and fully aware of our surroundings and actions.
When you say the word “mindfulness” out loud, slowly, what comes to your mind? In the busy activity of your day, does mindfulness seem attainable? How about in the heat of an argument? Or, is mindfulness a more elusive state, only characteristic of solitude?
Recently, someone asked my daughter to.
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No comments Cathy Whitehouse: Rethinking Education, Nurturing Success
Cathy Whitehouse may look like a mild-mannered school principal, but she has a growing reputation as a revolutionary.
Whitehouse co-founded and heads The Intergenerational School, one of the most highly-rated public charter schools in Ohio.
The school, housed in the Fairhill Partners building at 12200 Fairhill Rd., earned the state’s top rating — excellent with distinction — in 2010. And last month, the Ohio Alliance for Public.
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No comments Innovative Schools in the Greater University Circle area
The Intergenerational School was the only school in Greater University Circle, and one of only two charter schools in Northeast Ohio, to receive an "Excellent with Distinction" rating from the Ohio Department of Education for the 2010-11 academic year, the most recent ratings available. But, Greater University Circle is also home to other highly-rated schools.
The following schools received a rating of "Excellent" from the Ohio Department.
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No comments Children’s Musical Open to All. Rehearsals Start Jan. 11
A musical for children will be presented at Plymouth Church at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, March 11. Plymouth Church, UCC, is located at 2860 Coventry Rd., one block south of the Coventry-Shaker Blvd. rapid stop and just east of Shaker Square. Ample parking is available in the church lot.
The play will be "The Tale of Three Trees." It tells how we all dream of what we.
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No comments Citizens Leadership Academy Progress Report
In August, the Neighborhood Voice reported the opening of Citizens Leadership Academy, a new charter middle school preparing to welcome its first class of sixth graders. Jerald King, who was one of those students, shared his thoughts on entering the new school from its sister school, Citizens Academy.
We caught up with King to see how well he is adjusting to life in the new school.
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