By Bri Oldham, Cleveland Foundation Equity Communications and Engagement Fellow
The last year has taught us so much. One of the biggest lessons learned is to do what makes you happy, because memories and moments can be fleeting. Roscoe Morgan of Stand Tall Academies had this in mind long before the pandemic started and will hold the...
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...
This is the third in a series of blogs where we will be sharing details about the Cleveland Foundation’s new strategic direction. Stay tuned as we share a post on the “Building and Sharing Power” panel conversation that took place during our annual meeting week.
As we continue to refine and develop this strategic direction, we...
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 Geneviéve Carreño, who spent their summer at LatinUs Theater Company, helping revamp their website and...
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...
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...
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...
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 management firm’s 14 offices reported in regularly on the toll the virus was...
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...