Common Ground, a celebration of community conversation, brings people across Northeast Ohio together each year to talk about topics that matter to them and their communities. With support from the Cleveland Foundation and our partners, people and organizations...
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By Cameron Aloway, Cleveland Foundation Marketing & Communications Intern Leean Andino, the first Say Yes to Education Cleveland scholarship student to complete college, graduated from Cleveland State University this May Leean Andino achieved...
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By Cameron Aloway, Cleveland Foundation Marketing & Communications Intern In 1989, Cleveland celebrated its first annual Pride in the city. Pride is the treasured time of year where members of the LGBTQ+ community can freely express their truest and...
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By Cameron Aloway, Cleveland Foundation Marketing & Communications Intern The month of May recognizes the identity of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). AAPI Heritage Month is an opportunity to reflect on the influence these cultures...
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Angela Flowers and her fellow co-founders of Making a Difference Consulting, Meleika Wadley and Dr. Dakota King-White, were helping young people and families in Greater Cleveland cope with stress long before COVID-19. The pandemic may have ushered in a new...
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For many, the impacts of COVID-19 are felt closest to home. But as soon as the pandemic began to spread last spring, the 300-plus colleagues at The Riverside Company had a clear sense of the crisis on a wider scale. Representatives from the global investment...
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A guest blog by Reverend Christine A. Smith, Senior Pastor of Restoration Ministries in Euclid, Ohio In 2017, our congregation (formerly Covenant Baptist Church; now, Restoration Ministries of Greater Cleveland, Inc.) prayed for greater opportunities to...
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Since 1999, the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program has provided undergraduates, graduate students and recent graduates a "summer of purpose" - an opportunity to work in Cleveland-area nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies during an...
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By Bri Oldham, Cleveland Foundation Equity Communications and Engagement Fellow Are you ready for the supersized celebration of the fifth anniversary of Common Ground? If not, by the time you’re done reading this, you’ll be a #CG2021 semi-pro. Let’s go...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many people to change or rethink their career and retirement plans, and these transitions can be difficult to navigate. In recognition of Older Americans Month and the unique career challenges many older adults are facing right...
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