Summer of Purpose Alumni Reflections: Shneur Kushner

In this #SummerOfPurpose blog, we catch up with Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program alum Shneur Kushner, who shares his reflections on his 2020 internship at Union Miles Development Corporation. Shneur now works as a special projects officer at Slavic Village Development where he helps encourage future leaders as an intern...

Summer of Purpose: Raquel Cairns

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Raquel Cairns, who spent her summer at DANCECleveland working on Cleveland Dance Day.       Name: Raquel...

Summer of Purpose: Samantha Montañez

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Samantha Montañez, who spent her summer at Equality Ohio, working alongside the Northeast Ohio Regional...

Summer of Purpose: Bailey Hall

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Bailey Hall, who spent her summer at Seeds of Literacy, helping their staff research, analyze and develop new...

Summer of Purpose: Megan Fleisher

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Megan Fleisher, who spent her summer at Oh Sew Powerful Inc. where she helped to further develop their board and...

Summer of Purpose: Yoshmar Pinal-Alfaro

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Yoshmar Pinal-Alfaro, who spent his summer at Hebrew Free Loan Association (HFLA) of Northeast Ohio, where he...

Summer of Purpose: Mohamed Manaa

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Mohamed Manaa, who spent his summer at Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless where he developed a...

Stardust: An Exploration of Black Futures

By Sinegugu Gasa, Cleveland Foundation Community Narrative & Engagement Fellow At the corner of East 66th Street and Euclid Avenue, new artwork has been installed on the construction fence at the site of the future Cleveland Foundation headquarters in MidTown. Titled Stardust: An Exploration of Black Futures, the public art...