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The six keynote speakers for the Oct 2, 2021 Women's March Cleveland March for Reproductive and Civil Rights are from left: Eleventh Congressional District Nominee Shontel Brown, who is also a Cuyahoga County councilwoman and chair of the county Democratic party, former Ohio Senator Nina Turner state Sen. Nickie Antonio of Lakewood, Cleveland Ward 5 Councilwoman Delores Gray, activist Cheryl Lessin, and Melisa Graves, the president and CEO of the Journey Center for Safety and Healing in Cleveland Clevelandurbannews.com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   CLEVELAND, Ohio- Women's March Cleveland will join cities nationwide and Women's March National in Washington, D.C. to host a reproductive and Civil Rights rally and march on Sat., Oct. 2, 2021.  Cleveland's event will begin at noon and will be held at Market Square Park across from the West Side Market at the corner of W 25th Street and Lorain Avenue. The march is set for 1:30 pm and will include a partial marc

Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Nancy McDonnell Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Nancy McDonnell, a 25-year common pleas judge and one of 34 judges on the county's common pleas general division bench, has died. She was 62 and passed away on Tues, Sept 28 . Ohio's general division common pleas judges hear felony cases and civil cases where damages sought are in excess of $15,000, among a host of other legal matters.  Funeral arrangements are pending.  The cause of death has not been made public though the  judge had successful double lung transplant surgery in 2009 at the Cleveland Clinic in connection with a  diagnosis of primary pulmonary hypertension, a rare lung disorder that constricts vessels in the lungs.  The judge had a history of respiratory pro

Disgraced R&B Singer R Kelly Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief BROOKLYN, New York- The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center is applauding the convictions on Monday on all nine counts of disgraced R&B singer R. Kelley by a federal jury of seven men and five women in his sex trafficking case, convictions that follow a closely watched five and half week trial. “Today’s verdict rightfully acknowledges the experiences of dozens of women abused by Kelly and sends a clear message that sexual harassment, misconduct and abuse cannot and will not be tolerated even years after the event," said Sondra Miller, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center president and CEO. “The stories of this case sadly revealed that for African-American women, sexual assault, violence, and systemic racism are incredibly pervasive issues that routinely go unreported and under-addressed. " Miller said that "for every 15 Black

Above picture: Thousands gather in Washington, D.C. for the first inaugural Women's March on Jan 21, 2017, a nationwide protest and the largest single-day protest in American history. Led by Women's March National out of Washington, D.C., women and theirs supporters nationwide will rally and march on Oct 2, 2021 for reproductive rights for women, and Civil Rights. Some 560 marches cities countrywide are slated for Oct 2., national organizers said. By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, WASHINGTON, D.C.- There will be some 560 women's marches in cities nationwide on Oct. 2, 2021 behind the recent state law in Texas that bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy and similar legislation proposed in six other states since that time by Republican state lawmakers, Women' s March National Organizing Director

  Cleveland mayoral candidate Justin Bibb and former Cleveland mayor Jane Campbell, the city's first and only woman mayor Clevelandurbannews .com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, Cleveland, Ohio  – Today, former Cleveland mayor Jane Campbell, the city's only female mayor in history, endorsed nonprofit business executive Justin Bibb for mayor at a meet and greet with West Park   residents on Cleveland's west side, Bibb the top vote getter among seven all Democratic mayoral candidates on the ballot for the Sept 14 nonpartisan primary.    A youthful looking 34-year-old Black man who interned with former president Barack Obama when Obama was a junior U.S. senator representing Illinois, Bibb will face Council President Kevin Kelley, 53,  for a Nov 2 runoff, Kelley a White west side councilman and establishment candidate endorsed by current mayor Frank Jackson and a handful of council pers