Stardust: An Exploration of Black Futures is now on display in MidTown at the site of the Cleveland Foundation’s new headquarters on Euclid Avenue and E. 66th Street. Take a walk by Dunham Tavern to view this unique piece featuring photography by nationally celebrated photographer Mikael Owunna and local emerging poet Andrea Doe, curated by artist and activist Amanda King of Shooting Without Bullets. 
 

The Sustainable Cleveland Vital Neighborhoods Working Group is hosting the Neighborhood Greenspace Development Opportunities Program, which is a training class for residents that want to reuse vacant land in their neighborhoods for community greenspace.

This program builds off of a greenspace workshop series that took place in 2019 and 2020 called Cleveland Spaces Vital Places, which provided residents with information on tools and resources to help them develop sustainable greenspace projects. The new program is a series of 10 hands-on, interactive, skill development-focused training sessions that will help participants develop their project from the ground up. The classes take place every Tuesday from 6-9 p.m. until May 10. For more information, please email mfields@clevelandohio.gov.

This project is sponsored by Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Saint Luke’s Foundation, Western Reserve Land Conservancy and Trust for Public Land.
 

Informed communities are strong communities. Cleveland Documenters recruits, trains and pays Greater Clevelanders to document official meetings of the Cuyahoga County and City of Cleveland governments in an effort to promote accountability and transparency and to expand the toolbox for residents to take action in their communities.
 

• Hebrew Free Loan Association of Northeast Ohio ($198,000) – Increasing operational capacity with a focus on middle income, newcomer/immigrant populations, and COVID emergency response
• In Our Backyards, Inc. ($110,000) – Supporting small businesses and local economic development efforts as they relate to COVID-19 recovery and support, while also enhancing opportunities for non-voting civic engagement (focused on newcomers, immigrants and refugees), and capacity building for BIPOC leaders to launch successful crowdfunding campaigns
• Negro League Baseball Legends Hall of Fame ($110,000) – Two-year support for Baseball Heritage Museum capacity development and an outreach campaign to the Hough and MidTown neighborhoods
• Smart Development Inc. ($100,000) – Expanding organizational capacity and providing responsive support for the resettlement of Afghan refugees

Are you interested in supporting neighborhood revitalization efforts in Greater Cleveland? Contact us today for information on how to set up your own charitable fund, or give online now: www.clevelandfoundation.org/givenow
 

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