Here is the full update about the City of Cleveland’s extension of the curfew through 8 p.m. on June 2 and affected area. For more info and maps: https://bit.ly/2zP7vWn
Category: Neighborhood News
City of Cleveland Curfew Updated 9:52 am, May 31, 2020
‘This is our home’
The City of Cleveland posted this message to Cleveland residents via Twitter late on Saturday night.
Families weigh the risks of sending a loved one to a nursing home during the coronavirus pandemic
By Ginger Christ and Rachel Dissell
Data analysis and Graphics by Cid Standifer
This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join our free mailing list as this helps us provide more public service reporting.
In early March, just as Ohioans were learning about the first cases of novel coronavirus in the state, Anna Bondar’s grandfather fell at his Cleveland home.
Luckily, the 92-year old, who lives with dementia, wasn’t injured badly.
The tight-knit family started to discuss the possibility of a nursing home, though they had serious reservations.
Continue readingUphill Battle Ohio Job Seekers Face
Buckeyes Battle Uneven Playing Field; COVID-19 exacerbates trends; Women and Young Workers Hit Particularly Hard
By Kevin Williams
Graphics by Cid Standifer
This public service journalism article provided by nonprofit nonpartisan Eye on Ohio, the Ohio Center for Investigative Journalism.
Carmine Ballard graduated from The Ohio State University in 2016, with two Bachelor of Arts degrees— one in Psychology, another in Women’s and Gender Studies. Ballard’s parents helped them through college— paying their tuition. Yet, despite that, Ballard still ended up with about $10,000 worth of federal student loans by graduation, for living expenses during college.
Ballard graduated with a 3.0 average, and made the dean’s list several times. Ballard planned to get into counseling and spaces that served minorities and other at risk populations.
However, after more than twenty-five applications and interviews that didn’t go anywhere, Carmine, short on cash after three months of applying, ended up taking a food service job to make ends meet. The $114 a month for their student loan repayment was too much to handle with very little income, so Ballard’s parents continued to help out.
“When I tried to apply for jobs, I just wouldn’t hear back. I couldn’t even get a job doing clerical work,” said Ballard.
Continue readingFacebook Awards Grant to Erie Chinese Journal
by Neighborhood Media Foundation
Late on Thursday, May 7, Facebook announced the Erie Chinese Journal was awarded a COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund Grant from the Facebook Journalism Project (FJP) Community Network Grant Program.
The Chinese newspaper, which has its headquarters in Cleveland, is one of only 144 media outlets to be awarded a grant across the US from FJP, of which only four were located in Ohio.
Continue readingCDC Reverses Course Again on Using Race As Testing Criteria
Minority Groups with Higher Case and Death Rates Deemed a Priority, Then Not
By Afi Scruggs
This public service journalism article provided by nonprofit nonpartisan Eye on Ohio, the Ohio Center for Investigative Journalism.
After changing the guidelines to test ethnic minority groups disproportionately affected by COVID-19, the CDC reversed course again Wednesday, saying that African Americans exposed to the virus could not get tested without symptoms.
Continue readingProtest at Marion Correctional Institution Set for 3 pm, May 2nd, by EPIC
Please join EPIC- Ensuring Parole for Incarcerated Citizens-a non profit 501(c)(3) fighting for fair laws and treatment within Ohio’s Penal system, “Teezy” from St.Clair– an artist from the Cleveland area (formerly incarcerated behind the walls of MCI) and Councilman Basheer Jones– for A CRY FOR HELP protest at Marion Correctional Institution at 3 pm May 2nd.
Continue readingNEOCH Launches Mutual Aid Fund to Support Rapid Responses to COVID-19 Crisis
The Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH) launched a Mutual Aid Fund to provide support for grassroots, community-based responses to the COVID-19 crisis. NEOCH was inspired by Cleveland Pandemic Response (CPR), a group of local organizers and volunteers who launched a community hub, to directly match people in need with neighbors offering support. Knowing that large systems can be slow to respond, CPR uses a mutual aid model to link community members to free goods and services, and to volunteers who can run errands for people at high risk of infection.
Continue readingGreater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund partnersannounce latest round of grantmaking
Community raises more than $7.6 million, grants approach $2.8 million in support of frontline nonprofit organizations in Greater Cleveland
CLEVELAND (April 17, 2020) – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund coalition announced today its fourth round of weekly grants to support the Greater Cleveland nonprofit community, which continues to face unprecedented challenges during the ongoing pandemic. In total, $492,713 was awarded to 12 organizations and groups serving Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties, bringing the overall grantmaking amount to nearly $2.8 million in the month since the Fund’s creation.
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