Where others may not see opportunity when they visit Bob Deskins Park, Myrline Barnes, a long-time community activist in the Union-Miles neighborhood,…
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Nathan Walden had already been feeding folks without homes in Akron for a couple of years when he realized a way to…
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When Constantine Madias was attending The Ohio State University, he felt a divide between students with disabilities and the rest of the…
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Cleveland has always been a city of makers. From the refugee farmers who founded the city, on through names like Case, Brush,…
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(5:30 a.m.) Ding. Pam: “Are we doing this?” Ding. Anne: “I am in.” I can hear the light, frozen rain hitting the…
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Cameron Cupar first learned about human trafficking from a European exchange student whose family had multiple survivors. “What surprised me the most…
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As we wake up to a new year, many of us are reflecting on what did (and didn’t) work in 2018 and…
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Inside the family emergency shelter, I see a woman with six children vying for her attention, trying to explain something to another…
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Back in elementary school, the playground was everything. It’s the place of that cherished period — recess — where kids could unwind and…
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One may say, “He who does not cultivate his field will die of hunger.” This excerpt from a Guinean proverb stimulates most…