MidTown Collaboration Center
Located in the historic Hough neighborhood, a place where partnership and innovation center around place and community
Positioned to bridge Cleveland’s thriving downtown business center with its University Circle academic hub, the project is halfway between two of Cleveland’s most important...
Courageous Books About Black Soldiers, Feuding Asian-American Brothers in Wisconsin, Horseracing’s Racial History, and the Pervasiveness of White Supremacy Have All Won the 88th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Release Date: 4.3.2023
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation today announced the winners of its 88th Annual Anisfield-Wolf...
Book lovers, boxing fans and history buffs gathered at the Parma-Snow Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library on April 3 to hear Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards-winning poet Adrian Matejka read from his new book “Last on His Feet,” a graphic novel about the life of Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight boxing...
Cleveland, OH (March 26, 2024) – The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, presented by the Cleveland Foundation, today announced the winners of the 89th annual awards. The 2024 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity are:
Maxine Hong Kingston, Lifetime Achievement
Ned...
Tenisha Gant Watson, Founder and Director of Jordan Community Resource Center
Reflecting on the origins of her calling to serve others, Tenisha Gant Watson, Founder and Director of Jordan Community Resource Center, describes her 19-year-old self as “a woman in transition.” After becoming incarcerated, she overcame countless...
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 contributed on the world. AAPI Heritage Month also provides a time to acknowledge and...
By Leah D. Hudnall, Director, Ohio Climate Justice Fund
I’ve never felt that the environmental sector was one in which I belonged. And I know I’m not alone. Though, I can tell you which parts of town had (and still have) a bad stench in the air from particulate matter. And many of us, children and grandchildren of steel mill...
UPDATED Dec. 17, 2021, 3 P.M. EST
Dear Friends,
The well-being of the Greater Cleveland community has been our focus for more than a century. During that time, our community has faced a number of serious challenges: from the 1918 Influenza pandemic to the HIV epidemic – from the Great Depression to the Great Recession. Through it all...
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the national reckoning on systemic racism in America that has been at the forefront in recent weeks, Common Ground has adapted this year to give existing registered and multi-year hosts the flexibility to take action on the issues that matter to them and their communities.
Because of the...
The COVID-19 pandemic and its ripple effects have dramatically affected daily life in Greater Cleveland. As agencies and businesses close to the public or adjust the way they serve clients, it can be difficult to know where to turn for help. Disruptions caused by the pandemic are and will continue to disproportionately affect the most...