You can VOTE EARLY IN-PERSON beginning OCT. 11. The following information has been provided by the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Vote Early In-Person Monday-Friday October 12 – October 28 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Saturday October 29 […]
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Dispelling Myths About Artists Living With Disabilities
By Gennifer Harding-Gosnell “Able-bodied folks feel that, if you’re in a chair, you’re disabled, and if you’re not in a wheelchair, then ‘suck it up, buttercup, figure it out.’ “Wheelchair, disabled. No wheelchair, not disabled.” It’s just one of the many myths imposed on people living with disabilities, explains Megan Alves, Marketing and Program Manager […]
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ENGAGE! CLEVELAND’s Signature Program Bolsters Young Talent
Engage! Cleveland will host its fifth annual Lead CLE: Professional Development Conference on Nov. 3-4, 2022. This two-day conference includes presentations by some of the region’s top experts. “Engage! Cleveland is proud to once again offer our Professional Development Conference to provide young professionals with an affordable and incredibly valuable way to advance their careers,” […]
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Community members discuss conversion-therapy ban; panel learns about workforce development efforts
Meeting coverage by Cleveland Documenters | Compiled by Doug Breehl-Pitorak, Assignment Editor, Signal Cleveland Here’s what happened last week in local public government meetings covered by Cleveland Documenters. Cleveland Public Meetings Report – The week of October 10, 2022 Committee hears about harms of conversion therapy for kids; food-safety inspections explained Oct. 10 – Health, […]
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School Choice and The Cleveland Transformation Alliance
By Veronica Thornton Employers are providing more flexible work options to facilitate a balanced family-work life that fits their employee’s needs. Many within the educational system are becoming more aligned on the idea that there should be more options available for modern-day students that allow families to choose what educational routes are best for them. […]
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Why Go To School?
By Margaret Adams Labor Day is over and students from pre-K through college are back in school. But why do we send our children to school? Is it because it’s the law? (YES!) We have heard and been told for years that if you go to school, it helps you get a job and if […]
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Torn Apart: Reviewing the Child Welfare System
By Sheila Ferguson Over the last century, thousands of African American families across the nation have been the unfair targets of the child welfare system. It seems to work at dissolving the rights of parents to their children. So says Dr. Dorothy Roberts in her recent publication, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys […]
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Cleveland Guardians: Bringing The Fire In Cleveland
By Ron Calhoun Baseball’s Kardiac Kids of 2022, the Cleveland Guardians, is also the Cinderella team of Major League Baseball. Media coverage and attention over the baseball season focused on the Cleveland Browns’ quarterback Deshaun Watson, and the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers’ blockbuster trade for Jazz star Donovan Mitchell, which is a huge addition to the […]
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“Ah GOOOH Jay…Wu Su!”
By Melvin Twigg Mason Most of us have heard of the fierce group of female warriors known as The Amazons (Xena, Wonder Woman, et al). But most of us do NOT know that this fictional people group is based on an actual, historical African troupe. Director Gina Prince-Bythewood (“Love & Basketball”, “Secret Life of Bees”, […]
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Residents discuss ShotSpotter; council approves funding for housing and the arts
Meeting coverage by Cleveland Documenters | Compiled by Doug Breehl-Pitorak, Assignment Editor with Signal Cleveland Here’s what happened last week in local public government meetings covered by Cleveland Documenters. Cleveland Public Meetings Report – The week of October 3, 2022 Residents speak against ShotSpotter expansion; council approves additional funding for new grocery store in Fairfax […]