For one Hough resident’s birthday, an annual celebration of community
For decades, Hough resident Louis McCoy has hosted an unusual birthday party for himself: a festive gathering of hundreds that has become a celebration of the community itself.
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The Buckeye community takes a shot at creative messaging in hopes of increasing Black voter turnout
About 150 people gathered at the corner of Buckeye and E. 116th St. in Cleveland Oct. 2 to celebrate the unveiling of “Lift Every Voice and Vote,” a mural meant to persuade residents to vote in elections this November and beyond.
Sisters of Charity keep their end of the deal with Central neighborhood ‘Promise’ program
The Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine have worked in Cleveland for more than a century. Their social services programs have proliferated in Central over the past 10 years, and they started the C.O.P.E (Central Opportunities for Purposeful Engagement) program there at the beginning of the pandemic.
Julia de Burgos celebrates new digs in Brooklyn Centre neighborhood
After 30 years of promoting the arts and culture of Cleveland’s Latino community, the Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center now has a permanent home on Archwood Ave. in Cleveland. The center spent many years moving from one location to another until an opportunity came up to share space with Archwood United Church of Christ at 2800 Archwood.
Local advocacy groups band together to keep residents’ light, water on
Utilities for All, Sunrise Movement Cleveland and InterReligious Task Force on Central America (IRTF) have joined forces to push for more affordable utility rates and a moratorium on shutoffs from Cleveland Public Power and Cleveland’s Division of Water.
