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Breaking Ground

Students in JCU’s entrepreneurial class have developed and are now implementing The Food For Thought food buggy with a social service spin of feeding the homeless.

Entrepreneurship

Food for Thought: JCU student entrepreneurs create food buggy to feed the homeless

Karin Connelly RiceTuesday, April 13, 2021

Feature Story

Criminal justice reform: What is it and why is it important?

Bob SandrickThursday, April 1, 2021

Feature Story

Facing the challenges and frustrations of being homeless in Vancouver

New Leaf Project study shows one-time direct cash transfers positively impact the homeless

Rich Weiss and Jeneane VanderhoffTuesday, March 30, 2021

Street Level

Kids and Education

Welcome to the dollhouse: This CLE single mom is reimagining the classic toy with Play Maysie

Jen Jones DonatelliWednesday, March 17, 2021

Feature Story

Breaking New Ground: LMM continues its mission to end homelessness

Karin Connelly RiceThursday, February 18, 2021

Feature Story

People come and go out of homelessness at any given time.

Cleveland saw a decrease in unsheltered homelessness in 2020: Can that continue?

Conor MorrisWednesday, February 3, 2021

Street Level

Kids and Education

Fit for a queen: QUEENIAM gives Cleveland youth community and purpose in COVID times

Jen Jones DonatelliThursday, January 28, 2021

Street Level

Mom’s House for Pregnant Women in Recovery from Opiate Use Disorder

Healthy Communities

MetroHealth opens the doors to The Moms House as a haven for pregnant women in recovery

Jen Jones DonatelliWednesday, January 20, 2021

Street Level

The Color of Law: Author talks about racism in the law and America’s public policy history

Marc LefkowitzTuesday, December 1, 2020

Buzz

Healthy Communities

LISTEN --> FreshFaces Podcast: Ward 14 Councilwoman Jasmin Santana and Freshly Rooted's Alysha Ellis

Jen Jones DonatelliThursday, November 19, 2020

Buzz

Community Development

LISTEN --> FreshFaces Podcast: Michael Sering of Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Buzz

Entrepreneurship

LISTEN --> FreshFaces Podcast: Cait Kennedy of [unBail]

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Feature Story

Wilber Argueta stands outside the Zelma George Salvation Army Shelter, where he helped organize online tutoring for 12 homeless youth this summer.

Kids and Education

As CMSD returns to virtual school, Project ACT ensures the needs of homeless students are met

Sydney KornegayMonday, September 14, 2020

Feature Story

Michael Sering, vice president housing & shelter, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, with staff partners describing new initiatives.

Entrepreneurship

Meet six Fresh Innovators who are using their grit to make Cleveland great

Karin Connelly RiceWednesday, September 2, 2020

Street Level

Community Development

This Shaker Heights resident is rallying 'suburban housewives' to rock the vote in 2020

Jen Jones DonatelliMonday, August 31, 2020

Feature Story

Billy L. Sharp, guild president of the Urban League Guild of Greater Cleveland, waits for cars to arrive to a food distribution event at Mt. Gillion Baptist Church in central Cleveland in mid-July.

Making it count: Community groups get creative in collecting census data during a pandemic

Lee Chilcote and Conor MorrisWednesday, August 26, 2020

Street Level

Lois Jeavons at President Obama's Inauguration

Diversity

Witness to change: Lois Jeavons recalls her 96-year path of solidarity as an 'active activist'

Lois JeavonsMonday, August 17, 2020

Breaking Ground

Scenes from the “LGBTQ+ March to Support Black Lives” on 6/27/20

Fanning the flames: Buckeye Flame reports on the issues and experiences of Ohio’s LGBTQ+ community

Karin Connelly RiceWednesday, August 12, 2020

Breaking Ground

Fresh Innovators to be recognized for innovative impacts at virtual Spark: Grit to Great symposium

Karin Connelly RiceWednesday, August 5, 2020

Breaking Ground

Diversity

Cleveland Restoration Society needs public’s help in choosing Civil Rights Trail historical markers

Karin Connelly RiceWednesday, August 5, 2020

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Social Change

lynde vespoli

City: Cleveland

Meet Lynde Vespoli, founder of Discover My Cleveland, a destination management company with nine part-time tour directors and one fulltime employee.

jennifer coleman

City: Campus District

Meet Jennifer Coleman, founder of CityProwl, which produces urban walking tours

lauren steiner

City: Downtown

Meet Lauren Steiner, founder of Grants Plus, a fundraising consulting firm with 14 employees.

doug bell

City: Ohio City

Meet Doug Bell, co-founder of Global Prairie, an organization with 20 employees in Cleveland.that has a simple idea: Do great work for clients so that Global Prairie can do good work in the world.

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