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Gun violence prevention groups unite with solutions, demands for local officials
More than a dozen gun violence prevention organizations, unified under the moniker Project Ripple, gathered together in Hough over the weekend to demand local officials take action to address the gun violence epidemic in Cleveland.
Arts and culture groups say next mayor should champion the arts from city hall
When the nonprofits Assembly for the Arts and CAN Journal asked mayoral candidates in the primary if they would champion the arts at city hall, the response was unanimous: let’s do this thing. Now, the groups are pushing to make the arts a top issue in the Nov. 2 general election and hold the next mayor accountable for putting plans into action.
Masks4Community coalition will distribute 60,000 washable masks to communities of color
A grassroots collaborative is assembling and distributing 60,000 washable cloth masks along with voter and Census information to communities of color and LGBTQ+ people in Cleveland. Shanelle Smith Whigham, Ohio director of the Trust for Public Land, who helps lead the coalition, says she created the group because too many vulnerable people lack access to PPE.