The Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship offers emerging young leaders the skills and networks needed to create the community they envision and jumpstart a career in public service. In our #FellowFriday weekly blog series, hear from members of the 2016-17 Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship cohort about their...
In Cuyahoga County and elsewhere, the liberties at stake in immigration court proceedings are serious — they include the freedom to escape persecution and to live safely in the same country as your family. Still, due to the cost, immigrants often appear in court without an attorney and with little or no knowledge of how the legal...
Cleveland Foundation announces additional Common Ground training, funding resources for second year of community-wide eventNearly 50 host locations throughout Greater Cleveland already confirmed for June 24Release Date: 5.18.18CLEVELAND – With Common Ground 2018 just five weeks away, the Cleveland Foundation has announced a partnership...
Follow our “#CG2018 Stories” blog series for updates, information and stories about Common Ground 2018 and related events. This guest blog from Nelson Beckford, Cleveland Foundation program director for neighborhood revitalization and engagement, announced additional trainings and funding opportunities for Common Ground’s second...
Individual registration in full swing for Cleveland Foundation’s Common Ground 2018Upwards of 70 host locations already confirmed for day of community conversation June 24 Release Date: 6.5.2018CLEVELAND – With just under three weeks remaining until Common Ground 2018, there’s no lacking for options as nearly 70 organizations and...
“An artist with an instrument is every bit as 'shovel-ready' as a potential new highway. In fact, without some help maintaining jobs in culture in, say, struggling downtown Cleveland, there is one fewer reason to build another way to get there.” So says Chris Jones, theater critic for the Chicago Tribune, in his Feb. 9 blog post. As...
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 Delana Ray, who spent her summer at DigitalC supporting initiatives at the MidTown Tech Hive.
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