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Girl Scouts in Central

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La Queta Worley started attending Girl Scout meetings as a volunteer eight years ago. Now, Worley is leader of the troop based out of the Sterling branch of Cleveland Public Library and is looking to transfer the troop she loves into the hands of someone new. Worley attended her first meeting while taking care of her sister, who was a Brownie and wanted to become a.
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A Pot O’ Gold at Friendly Inn Settlement

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“Are leprechauns real?” a curious second-grader asked me as I strolled around the St. Patrick’s Day-themed Family Night at Friendly Inn Settlement on March 12. The holiday-themed event culminated the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities program taught by Mallory Salvi, an AmeriCorps member at Children’s Hunger Alliance. The curriculum combines 12 hands-on nutrition education — or Food Folks — lessons, in conjunction with 20 hourlong moderate to vigorous physical.
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Green City Growers Opens

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Green City Growers, a new commercial greenhouse in Central, officially opened Feb. 25. The greenhouse, which sits on more than three acres between East 55th Street and Kinsman Road, hired area residents and is training them to become employee-owners. The goal is to create and nurture generational wealth for residents in the Central area. The greenhouse's workers (now about 18 people) will be invited to become employee-owners after performance reviews at.
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Making MLK Day a Day On, Not a Day Off

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Despite having the day off from work and school, M.L.K. Day will serve as “a day On, not a day off” in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. City Year, Do Something, Radio One, Hands On, and CMSD are teaming up to make MLK day an impactful day of service here in Cleveland. MLK Day, celebrated on Jan. 21 this year, serves to commemorate the.
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Café Brings Healthy Food to Neighborhood

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Friendly. Affordable. Healthy.   Racquel Jones, manager at Bridgeport Café here, wants this neighborhood to become known by those three words. Bridgeport, located in an area once deemed a food desert by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, offers friendly service and affordable, healthy food.   “We want to take the stereotype [of the Central neighborhood] away,” Jones said during an interview at the café last month. “That’s what we’re trying to do here. We want to provide better.
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Carl Cook: A Servant at Maximum Service

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“You have to be a servant at maximum service … you have to watch your motives when building a nonprofit. You have got to do this from the heart [and] not for monetary gain.” Wisdom almost spewed out of Carl Cook, the founder of Project Save, during our interview. I was intrigued at the words of wisdom that could only be derived from experience of the.
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What I’m Thankful For: Odes to Family

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Neighborhood Voice received two submissions this month that are love letters to the importance of family. Read on: Family By Cierra Irby, a student at Cuyahoga Community College, Metro campus Family should be the one thing in life that you can count on to be there for you through thick and thin. Since I was a baby, my aunties and uncles babysat for me when needed. They.
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Central Arts Group Committed to Community

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Foluke dancers rehearse. Photo courtesy of Dava Cansler.
Foluke Cultural Arts Center, led by Dava Cansler, is a force to be reckoned with in the Central community. Cansler founded the center years ago as a dance faith-based ministry with a focus on the community. The organization expanded after Cansler conducted a survey in the community to see if the residents would be interested in an arts program. The results showed a hunger for an artistic outlet, Cansler said. “I saw the arts as.
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Troubled: New play at Tri-C is worth seeing

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As a member of the Innovation Team at Neighborhood Connections, I must say we go through rigorous training on the process of helping communities gain access to new ways of communication and empowerment.  We look at oppression and racism, privilege, and power and try to understand and eradicate a lack of equity in our local communities. We try to develop practices that encourage diverse cultures.
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Local drill team encourages focus and precision

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As I approached the church doors at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church on Woodland Avenue, I heard deep thunders of unified stomps and shattering claps responding to a voice of strength guiding the bodily music. I had no idea where I was going initially, however, I just followed the sounds of ancient times — stomps and claps. When I finally turned the corner into the room, there.
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Does Your Silence Make You Guilty?

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Did it ever occur to you that NOT saying something is just as bad or worse than saying the wrong thing? A friend of mine asked me this question. She said that she had a friend, or an associate, who was engaging in what she thought was inappropriate, though not necessarily illegal, behavior. My friend said she felt compelled to say something but, out of.
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Upcoming Events in Central: Fashion Show & Fundraiser

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Williams Temple Church of God in Christ,  6812 Woodland Ave., Elder Gerald L. Gray, Sr., Ph.D., pastor, is hosting two upcoming events.  A Modesty Apparel Fashion Show is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29. The show will highlight fun, proper styles for young ladies. Chairperson Missionary Yolanda Bayless. A "Shabach" Night building fundraiser is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 12 featuring special guest speakers.  Chairperson Minister/Evangelist Harris. Baptismal.
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Area Residents Tell Their Stories in a Play Opening at Rainey Sept. 16

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Jan Thrope didn’t set out to write a photojournalism book about Cleveland’s city neighborhoods.  The process was jump-started when a boy she was tutoring was overcome by fear of his neighborhood. She traveled up and down streets trying to find the source of his fears. She said, “I saw many hopeless and despairing sights that were hurting him. But looking closer I discovered residents whose visions.
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Cleveland School District Offers Language Assistance for Parents

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The Cleveland Metropolitan School District provides free language assistance to parents and guardians who have Limited English Proficiency (LEP) regarding school programs and activities. To be eligible for assistance, a parent or guardian does not have to be of limited English proficiency in speaking, reading, writing and comprehension. It is only necessary that a person be limited in at least one of these areas to receive.
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Free Community Youth Extravaganza!

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Williams Temple Church of God in Christ is having a three-day gospel event this weekend at the church, 6812 Woodland Ave. near E. 55th Street. The free event is from August 17 -19. Poetry Slam: From 7 - 9 p.m. on Friday, August 17 Book Bag & School Supply Giveaway: From 10 a.m - 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 18 for grades K-5. Limited supply. Gospel singing, carnival, games food,.
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