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Press Release: Press conference, rally and balloon launch, Friday, August 2, 2013, 5 pm by greater Cleveland community activists with Black clergy, Black elected officials, family members of fallen and raped women, intersection near Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland

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From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read online Black newspaper. ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com    To: All Media, For Immediate Release, From Kathy Wray Coleman, Imperial Women activists group.  (Note-The women will lead the rally with support from the men since it is a women's issue)    What: Re: Press Conference, rally and balloon launch on behalf of fallen and raped women and women subjected to other acts of violence and to call for federal, state and county assistance from President Obama, Governor Kasich and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald by community activists, Black women and victims families with support from Greater Cleveland Black clergy.  When/Where: Friday, August 2, 2013 at 5 pm  near the intersection of Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland where the bodies of

Press Release: 5pm press conference, balloon launch and rally on Friday, August 2, 2013 near intersection at Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland where the bodies of 3 Black women were found for greater Cleveland Black clergy, the Cleveland NAACP, community activists, Black elected officials, others to call for President Obama and Ohio Gov. John Kasich to declare a state of emergency as to missing women and violence against women in Cleveland and East Cleveland, groups want Obama and Kasich to bring in national guard to search abandoned and vacant buildings for missing women, groups also want other resources, and for a countywide missing persons unit and center, rally organizers include the United Pastors in Mission, the East Cleveland Concerned Pastors for Progress, the Baptist Ministers Alliance, Imperial Women, Audacity of Hope Foundation, Oppressed People's Nation, Peace in the Hood, the Task Force for Community Mobilization, the Carl Stokes Brigade, the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, the Women's Federation

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From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read online Black newspaper. ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com    CLEVELAND, Ohio- The United Pastors in Mission, East Cleveland Concerned Pastors for Progress, and the Baptist Ministers Conference will hold a press conference, balloon launch and rally with Cleveland NAACP officials, community activists and Black elected officials on Friday August 2, 2013 at the southwest corner of the intersection of Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland near where the bodies of 3 Black women were found two weeks ago by police in a fetal position and in plastic bags.  Greater Cleveland's Black clergy, led by Bishop Tony Minor of Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry in Cleveland, Pastor David Hunter of Bright Star Missionary Baptist Church in East Cleveland,  Pastor Shawn Braxton of Ne

Political pundits, gay, lesbian rights activists in Ohio, Cleveland City Council members, community activists, Civil Rights leaders, Black community members react to President Obama's announcement to support same sex marriage

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United States President Barack Obama By Kath y Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( http://www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com/ ) and ( http://www.clevelandurbannews.com/ )   WASHINGTON D.C.-   President Barack Obama publicly announced his support of same   sex marriage last weekend, causing a furor of debate over the controversial issue   and gaining accolades from gay and lesbian rights groups, Civil Rights activists such as former National NAACP Chairman Julian  Bond and political pundits like CNN Political Contributor Donna Brazile, who called the announcement “a historical decision for justice and equality for civil and human rights." And Cleveland area affiliates,  from Cleveland City Council members to community activists, spoke out, with many supporting the president, though Black preachers collectively remain homophobic. "He’s out of town but I can tell you that he does not support it,&