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Congresswoman Fudge to host closed-door session in Cleveland with area high school students on Friday, October 16 on violence against women, children and others to give youth a voice....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Cleveland area Democrat By Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com .      ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), a Warrensville Heights Democrat who leads Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district, which includes the city of Cleveland and several of its eastern suburbs, will host a closed-door session on violence with some 300 high school students across her congressional district on Friday, October 16 from 10:30 am -noon at  the Cleveland Public Library Nottingham Branch Auditorium, 17109 Lakeshore Blvd, in Cleveland, according to a press statement issued yesterday. Fudge will discuss pervasive violence in Northeast Ohio,  and will announce a new initiative a

Hillary Clinton campaigns in Cleveland, Ohio, Congressman Fudge, former governor and U.S. Senate hopeful Ted Strickland, and Nina Turner also speak at event at CWRU....Clinton links the views and policies on women of the Republican Party and the GOP presidential candidates to terrorists, talks on poverty, voter suppression, abortion rights, and tougher gun control laws in the aftermath of the shooting deaths of two television journalists in Virginia.....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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By Cleveland Urban News.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com .   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Hillary Clinton (pictured) spoke to several hundred supporters Thursday morning, August 27, at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, her first official campaign stop to the majority Black major American city and the pivotal state of Ohio since she announced her candidacy for president in April.  Afterwards she spearheaded a campaign meeting centered around voter registration, and later that day attended a $2,700 a person  fundraiser at the  Cleveland  home of a local supporter.  Her visit to the controversial Black city that will host the National Republican Convention in 2016 was timely, and comes a day after the 95th anniversary, specifically on August 26, of the

Ohio Congresspersons Fudge, Kaptur to boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech today to Congress on Iran's nuclear program, Ohio Governor John Kasich to attend, House Speaker Boehner of Ohio invited Netanyahu to speak without telling President Obama, Fudge comments, says the prime minister's visit "undermines the presidency".....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Pictured are  11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio (D-11) (wearing bluish-green suit), 9th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio (D-9)  (in blue suit and turtleneck), Ohio Governor John Kasich (R-OH), and United States House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner of Ohio (R-8) (in pink tie) By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473.  Coleman is a community activist and 22-year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  WASHINGTON, D.C.-11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat,  and 9th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, a Tole

Cleveland NAACP to hold open housing committee meeting January 14, 5:30 pm, Bright Star Missionary Baptist Church with representatives from offices of Congresswomen Fudge and Kaptur, community activists on foreclosures, housing discrimination, too many greater Cleveland women found raped and murdered in and near too many abandoned homes, support for greater Cleveland minority contractors, NAACP to later take public testimony on the issues, subsequent congressional testimony seeking legislative changes is possible

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By Kathy Wray Coleman,  Editor-in-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press with  print  newspapers  in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio CLEVELAND, Ohio- The housing committee of the Cleveland Chapter NAACP will meet with local community activists groups, minority contractors, representatives for two prominent Ohio congresswomen,  and family members of women subjected to violence on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 5:30 pm at Bright Star Missionary Baptist Church in East Cleveland, 13028 Shaw Ave. The open meeting will address Cuyahoga County foreclosures,  housing discrimination issues, violence against women across racial lines in o

Clevelanders, community activists, massive crowd join Rev Sharpton and his National Action Network at the 50th Anniversary of March on Washington, voting rights center stage, Rep Fudge, other Black women of Ohio shine as speakers, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says equality not yet reached and will not be reached until "all are treated equally and fairly in the eyes of the law," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi praises Obama, Rep Fudge, calls the Congressional Black Caucus the "conscience of Congress," MLK III says "we ain't gonna let nobody turn us around," Rep. John Lewis, 73, still fighting for voting rights for Black America

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The 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, held Saturday August 24, 2013, brought a melting pot of people to the nation's capital in Washington, D.C.  to pay tribute to the legacy of the late Civil Rights Icon The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Led by the Rev Al Sharpton,  the march was one of the most successful  Civil Rights marches on American soil  in decades, drawing hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.   The Late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By Johnette Jernigan, staff reporter, and Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,    Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ). Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at  editor@clevelandurbannews.com .  Kathy Wray   Coleman is a former biology teacher and a 20-year investigative Black journalist who trained for some 15 years at the Call and

Obama wins Ohio and relection, Cleveland area Black elected officials that helped him win like Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, State Sen Nina Turner, State Reps Bill Patmon, John Barnes Jr., Cleveland Councilpersons Jeff Johnson, Mamie Mitchell, Cuyahoga County Councilman Julian Rogers, comment on his win, Rep. Fudge says Obama will deliver for Ohio as Ohio delivered for Obama, Black community wins once again as grassroots campaign catapults Obama to victory, Read this story on Obama's historic political rise as the first Black president of the United States of America and how Ohioans, Black entertainers and elected officials, and Cleveland's Black community championed his successful campaign for reelection

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President Barack Obama, the first Black President of The United States of America, gives his victory speech before a cheering crowd of thousands at his campaign headquarters in Chicago, Il. after winning a second term as president from American voters Tuesday night.  The first family takes to the stage Tuesday night in Chicago, IL after Barack Obama wins a second term as President of the United States of America Obama supporters gathered Tuesday night to watch the election results trickle in at a watch party at the ward club office of Cleveland Ward 8 Councilman Jeff Johnson on the predominantly Black east side of the major metropolitan city of Cleveland. From left Johnson, James Box,  Ohio State Rep. Bill Patmon (D-10), George Edwards,  Vicki Acquah, Jahlil  Muhammad,  and Cleveland Attorney Michael Nelson Sr. (Photo by Cleveland Urban News.Com intern Bernard Rowans). By Johnette Jernigan and Kathy Wray Coleman, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.C