In early 2009, I shared with you the history of Cleveland’s commitment to providing comprehensive sexual health education for all our students — a partnership led by the Cleveland schools and fully backed by dozens of key leaders (City, County...
Read MoreSince 1976, Towards Employment has helped individuals in the community by supporting their entry or re-entry into the working world. My work at the organization is focused on two specific job readiness programs: NETworks 2 Success and NETworks 4 Success. Both...
Read MoreThat’s what Lily Yeh said about fighting her fears and taking on the challenge of transforming a distressed Philadelphia neighborhood – and the lives of the distressed and forgotten people who lived there. Lily Yeh is an artist who has worked most of...
Read MoreI had the opportunity to listen to the Cuyahoga Arts & Culture panel review of its general operating grant program last week. CAC brought in outside experts from across the country to review over 70 arts and culture organizations’ applications. It was a...
Read MoreToday, the 11th class of the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship program starts. These individuals went through a very competitive application and interview process - more than 250 applications were received for only 16 placements. The interns represent...
Read MoreAn oxymoron? Maybe. Maybe not. So much of what foundations do may seem obscure, even secret, to those outside what admittedly is often a complex bureaucracy. But the philanthropic field itself is trying hard to shine light and create greater transparency...
Read MoreLet me start by stating that yes – we read all grant reports. When a new grant proposal is received, I review past reports and organization files as part of my due diligence practices, so please know that the reports are read and used as part of a...
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So said Sarah Morrison of MorrisonDance, a local modern dance company, about her dancers’ first rehearsals with Sevi Bayraktar, a Turkish “Roma,” or gypsy dancer, and choreographer. Sevi is in residence with Young Audiences and MorrisonDance for five...
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Two dozen students in various combinations of tights, leotards, sweats and T-shirts surrounded renowned Cuban prima ballerina Laura Alonso following the rigorous master class she had just offered them in the main studio of the Mather Dance Center at CWRU...
Read MoreLast night I had the privilege of observing the year-end championship competition for the Cleveland Schools’ elementary grade’s Military Drill Corps and Hi-Stepper Cheerleading teams in the large gym at John Hay High School. Who even knew there was such...
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