After years of careful planning and collaborative fundraising, Cleveland was announced as the newest Say Yes to Education community-wide chapter in January. Just as the first class of Say Yes to Education Cleveland scholars begins their first year of college, The City Club of Cleveland held a forum on August 23 featuring a panel of key...
Our third annual Common Ground day of community conversation returns June 30, 2019. Common Ground is a single-day initiative where people gather at locations across our region to share a meal and a conversation about the places we call home. Individuals and organizations across Cuyahoga, Lake, and Geauga counties will bring family...
The brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. may have come to the city of Cleveland from different colleges, in different years and from different places in life, but the common bond of service that first inspired them to join continues driving them to help make their community a better place.
For the brothers of the Cleveland Chapter...
Improving education for children is one of my passions as a student at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. It's also a focus of STEM, an educational program bringing science, technology, engineering and mathematics to the urban school systems of Ohio.
As a part of my internship with the...
In this guest blog from College Now Greater Cleveland, learn how easy it is to mentor a local college student - and why it matters:
What if you could personally have a hand in breaking the cycle of poverty in Cleveland? It all starts with a relationship, two emails per month, and three meetings per year.
That’s how mentoring works...
We're delighted to announce our second annual Cleveland Book Week, a series of literary and literacy-themed events surrounding the 82nd annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Check out our fantastic lineup of events from Sept. 5-9, and follow #CBW2017 and #AWBA2017 on social media for the latest. Cleveland Book Week (CBW) is...
January is #NationalMentoringMonth, and to celebrate we’re sharing the stories of local mentors who are helping to guide the next generation. In this guest blog, Patrick Gannon – a #True2U mentor working with Cleveland Metropolitan School District 8th graders – shares his perspective on why mentoring matters. I first became...
It’s Cleveland Book Week (CBW), which means there’s a great lineup of literary and literacy-focused events happening now through Saturday! CBW events celebrate Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners past and present, and many programs are free to attend. You can find the full line-up of #CBW2017 events here. If you haven’t already made...