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Seymour Avenue survivor Michelle Knight to speak at 5 pm today, May 6, 2017, at 2207 Seymour Avenue anniversary rally of the escape of the Seymour Avenue rape and kidnapping victims, her lawyer tells activist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition via email... Coleman said that "we are excited and pleased to have a survivor and women's and children's advocate of Ms. Lee's (Michelle Knight) caliber to join us on this most worthy date for such a necessary remembrance event"....Call (216) 659-0473 for more information....By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Michelle Knight (  who now goes by the name of Lillian Lee) From left: Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and  Michelle Knight Convicted child rapist the late Ariel Castro www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper. By editor-in-chief Kathy Wray Coleman CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-Seymour Avenue rape victim survivor Michelle Knight will join community members, led by community activist women, to remember the abduction, decade-long rape and escape of the Seymour Avenue victims from the wrath of convicted rapist Ariel Castro at an anniversary rally and march at 5 pm on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 2207 Seymour Avenue on the west side of Cleveland. (Editor's note: Bring protests signs and candles please and call the Imperial Women Coalition at 216-659-0473 for more information). Knight now goes by the name of Lillian Lee
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters to meet with Black community in Cleveland May 6, 2017 in a public forum from 1:45 pm-2:45 pm at G- Lancer on the 21 restaurant at 1425 E. 21st St. at Superior Ave....Black elected officials and community activists to attend....Call Juanita Brent at 216-333-6837 for more information.....Community activists say they will attend in part because Rep Waters stood up against police brutality in Los Angeles as to the Rodney King verdict, and has guts.....Activists should call activist Kathy Wray Coleman at 216-659-0473 for more information on the event....By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, a Los Angeles Democrat and the longest serving Black woman in congress who will meet with Black activists and Black leaders and elected officials in Cleveland, Ohio from 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm on Saturday, May 6, 2017 a G Lancer on the 21 restaurant ( the old Maudi Gras restaurant and the new Lancer restaurant) at 1425 East 21st Street and Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland, Ohio ( For more information call Juanita Brent of District 11 Indivisible at (216)  333-6837.  Activists should call activist Kathy Wray Coleman at 216-659-0473). ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers, Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND URBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-  U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters will  be in Cleveland, Ohio this weekend and will participate in a public forum with greater Cleveland Black leaders
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Seymour Avenue anniversary rally is May 6, 2017, 5 pm at 2207 Seymour Avenue in Cleveland with Women's March Ohio director Rhiannon Childs as the keynote speaker, and 15 other speakers....Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight and Amanda Berry were held captive and raped for a decade by Ariel Castro, and escaped on May 6, 2013....Activist Kathy Wray Coleman will lead the rally, which will also address women's and children's issues, and the Violence Against Women's Act....Call the Imperial Women Coalition at 216-659-0473 for more information...... Other speakers include Cassandra McDonald, Judi Holowatyj, Genevieve Mitchell, Lucinda Garmus, Alfred Porter Jr., Carol Ford, Angela Ladson, Minister Gwendolyn Pitts, the Rev Pamela Pinkney Butts, Valerie Robinson, Fredericka Gray, Princess Dicee Moore, Patrice Brown, and Angelique Malone....By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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From left: Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and  Michelle Knight Convicted child rapist the late Ariel Castro www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper. By editor-in-chief Kathy Wray Coleman CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-Community members, led by community activist women, will remember the abduction, decade-long rape and escape of the Seymour Avenue victims from the wrath of convicted rapist Ariel Castro at an anniversary rally and march at 5 pm on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 2207 Seymour Avenue on the west side of Cleveland. (Editor's note: Bring protests signs and candles please and call the Imperial Women Coalition at 216-659-0473 for more information). The activist women say the event will also address the Violence Against Women Act, local, county, statewide and national public policy changes sought, and a demand for r
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U.S. House of Representatives to vote on whether to repeal and replace Obamacare, former president Obama's signature healthcare initiative, a Republican pushed bill opposed by House Democrats who call it a sham for the rich and a detriment to poor people, Blacks and other disenfranchised groups currently receiving health care under Obamacare.....The GOP heath care bill essentially eliminates the protections for coverage for people with preexisting conditions that Obamacare affords....Congressional Democrats, including U.S. Reps Fudge and Kaptur of Ohio, and Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper, comment herein.....If the bill passes the House it would need subsequent approval by the U.S. Senate to become law....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Former United States president Barack Obama, the nation's  first Black president ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 4 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  website  stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216)  659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one  when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-WASHINGTON, D.C.-   The U.S. House of Representatives   will vote today on a bill that would scrap and replace Obamacare, former president Barack Obama's signature universal health care initiativ
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Bernie Sanders to speak at City Club of Cleveland on May 1, 2017 where Obama spoke in 2015 and www.clevelandurbannews.com has press clearance for the event....A 2016 presidential candidate, Sanders spoke in 2016 at Olivet Church in Cleveland and so did Hillary Clinton and his speech on May 1 will address education, healthcare, immigration, President Donald Trump and racial injustice, among other issues

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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the guest speaker at a 9 am breakfast on May 1, 2017 at the City Club in Cleveland, Ohio. Above Sanders speaks on Feb. 25, 2016 at the prominent Olivet Institutional Baptist Church on Cleveland's largely Black east side, though the senator lost the 2016 Democratic primary for president to Hillary Clinton, who subsequently lost the November 2016 general election to now President Donald Trump, a Republican. To the left of Sanders in the picture above is the Rev Dr Jawanza Colvin, senior pastor at Olivet (Photo by Rhonda Crowder) ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNnewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper with some 4 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  website  stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216)  659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com   Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in
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Cleveland City Council seals $282 million Cavaliers' arena renovation deal with few community concessions from the Cavs, say community activists, though the Black contractors say otherwise....Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish, City Council President Kevin Kelley and Mayor Frank Jackson say the Q-Deal is good for Cleveland and the region as activists such as Ada Averyhart say it's unfair to inner city residents and poor people, among others....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cleveland Black contractors rally on Monday, April 24, before Cleveland City Council seals the deal with its contribution of $88 million toward a $282 million project to renovate the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio that houses the Cleveland Cavaliers. While the Black contractors were happy with the deal that Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish, Mayor Frank Jackson and City Council President Kevin Kelley say will benefit the city and the county, community activists in general called the Q-Deal a raw deal that undermines inner city residents and poor people, among others. ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 4 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  website  stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216)  659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Pos
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