Cindy Rios defies our subconscious stereotypes about drugs, addiction and incarceration. “I was living on the lake. I had two children. I…
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I never thought about orange. When I learned the orange tip was removed from the toy gun that Tamir Rice was playing…
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If you saw Dean Roff walking down the side of the road – covered in tattoos, backpack slung over his shoulder, wearing…
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Cleveland ChangemakersMy Neighbor, MyselfLemons to Lemonade: Turning Life’s Hardships into Adventures in Advocacy
It’s been said, when life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. In these hot, sweltering days, who couldn’t use something refreshing like…
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When Cleveland was named one of the poorest big cities in the nation in 2008, Jan Thrope was working at a homeless…
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One young woman’s gratitude has turned into a mission to make the sport of softball accessible to disadvantaged players locally and throughout…
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Cleveland ChangemakersMy Neighbor, Myself‘Create It Forward’: An artistic outlet for incarcerated youth
Art has the power to transform. And what better place to see transformation than in a juvenile detention center, where each individual…
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Cleveland ChangemakersMy Neighbor, MyselfBuilding the village: trans woman leads from within workplace
When the mind and body are at odds, there is no way to change the mind to match the body, but you…
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People think they’re going to change the world when they come here, but you can’t. All you can do is make connections…
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Cleveland ChangemakersMy Neighbor, MyselfCooking for a cause: ‘reviving’ the community one meal at a time
Stemming from his deep roots in Georgia all the way to Cleveland, William Burke firmly believes “if you can sustain a community,…