They're a team of mobile advocates. They go wherever the victim is located. They meet with the person, assess what’s happening with them, then offer a range of services to help them recover.
“Everyone has a role to play in combatting human trafficking, and it all starts with education: Know the issue, what it really means, how it shows up here in our community, and what we can do about it.”
“I had to plant a flag saying transliterature exists, it is important, and it is worthy of study.”
“The research coming out of Rachel [Lovell]’s group has opened our eyes and educated us regarding the effect of sexual assault on the victim, and understanding what they have gone through by the time they are talking to us helps us be better prosecutors.”
“The LAByrinth is a great way to showcase your work. It’s cool to collaborate with other Cleveland artists, and the fact that everyone does something a little different makes it super interesting and a great way to learn something new.”
According to “The Nation’s Report Card” issued by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) on Jan. 24, 2025, Cleveland was ranked 24th for fourth and eighth grade reading out of 25 major cities across the U.S. The city only marginally outscored Detroit in both categories of the NAEP’s tests.
On a warm night in late fall at the Rainey Institute on East 55th Street in Cleveland, Ananias Dixon leads a group of roughly 35 acting students mostly in their 20s and 30s through a fun, high-energy warm-up exercise. It’s another free Community Mode Monday for D.O.C. Studios, and Dixon, co-director and an acclaimed Cleveland actor and theatre teacher, dives into this movement activity known as the Golden Light ritual.
With its history of poor air quality, Cleveland is making moves to tighten its standards, improve monitoring, and plan long-term transportation solutions.
The Edna House for Women provides recovery services and housing to women struggling with alcoholism and substance use disorder. After noting that many women needed longer-term residential services, Edna House undertook and completed a $1.25 million expansion and renovation.
There are more than 30,000 vacant lots in the city of Cleveland, many of them frequent targets of illegal dumping. A local nonprofit is trying to clean them up and help the city reclaim the title, “The Forest City.”
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