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Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell Pictured are Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson (wearing beard and eye glasses), Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John P. O'Donnell (in sky blue tie), Cleveland Police Patrolman Michael Brelo (in blue shirt), Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty (in red-pink tie with polka dots), Community activistArt McKoy ( in red, black and green turban), 137 shots unarmed Cleveland police fatal shooting victim Malissa Williams (in white shirt), and  137 shots unarmed Cleveland police fatal shooting victim Timothy Russell ( in dark blue sweatshirt). 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, Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online B

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Tel: (216) 659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio - (See flyer below) The Word Church will sponsor a forum discussion on Monday, December 8 at 7 pm in Warrensville Heights, a largely Black suburb of Cleveland, with Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Police Chief Calvin Williams and other Black leaders on the topic of whether Cleveland will become the next Ferguson as the city deals with a crisis of police killings against the Black community and a scathing report released last week by the U.S. Department of Justice that reveals systemic problems in the Cleveland Police Department. Meanwhile, union groups, led by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and community activists will protest an hour earlier at 6 pm on the steps of Cleveland City Hall. The Word Church is led by Senior Pastor Dr. R.A. Vernon and is one of greater Cleveland's most prestigious religious venue

Tanisha Anderson 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, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 21- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.     ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio -The family of Tanisha Anderson and community activists, Cleveland NAACP members, and others will hold a vigil on Saturday,  Nov. 22 at 5 pm at the family home on 1372 Ansel Road in Cleveland where the 37-year-old unarmed Black woman was killed by police . (For directions take Saint Clair Avenue from downtown Cleveland, turn right onto 40th Street, take the first left onto Superior Avenue/U.S.-6 East, and turn slight right onto Ansel Avenue just past East 92nd Street).  CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FAMILY WEBSITE TO DONATE FOR FUNERAL SERVI

State Representative Armond Budish (D-8), the Democratic candidate for Cuyahoga County executive. A lawyer and former state House Speaker and Minority Leader, Budish is the front-runner for the top job  in the heavily Democratic Cuyahoga County, which includes the largely Black city of Cleveland, Ohio.  He faces  Republican Jack Schron, a millionaire district six  county council member, in the upcoming November general election .  Budish recently met with greater Cleveland community activists leaders relative to his candidacy to seek to lead Cuyahoga County,   Ohio's largest of 88 counties with voter influence in presidential elections.  Ohio remains a pivotal state as the 2016 presidential election looms. From The Metro  Desk of Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473     ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) (Editor's

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, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- Greater Cleveland c ommunity activists and victims families and their attorneys, led by Oppressed People's Nation Chairman Ernie Smith, Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network Leader Don Bryant, Imperial Women Coalition Leader Kathy Wray Coleman, and  Black on Black Crime Founder Art McKoy,  will hold a 'Stop Police Brutality Rally' on Tuesday, July 1 at 5:30 pm in the parking lot at Heritage Middle  School  at 14410 Terrace Road in East Cleveland. Organizers said that the  rally is around police brutality and the tragedy

COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS TO MEET TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY JUNE 18 AT 5:30 PM AT THE CHATEAU MANSION, 13124 EUCLID AVENUE, OVER THE 137 SHOTS DEADLY SHOOTING OF TWO UNARMED BLACKS ISSUE, ACTIVISTS INCLUDE KATHY WRAY COLEMAN, ART MCKOY, BILL SWAIN, THE REV PAM PINKNEY BUTTS, PIER NAPPIER, DAVID AND MARVA PATTERSON, ADA AVERYHART., DR STEWART AND VALERIE ROBINSON, THE REV GWENDOLYN PITTS, GERALD HENLEY, DICK PEERY, CHRISTINE WILSON, AMY HURD, GENEVIEVE MITCHELL AND  MORE...  A Message From Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-n-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most  Read Online  Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Dear Community activists and others, Thank

THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS A TERRIBLE THING TO LOSE, RALLY WITH THE GREATER CLEVELAND COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE OHIO EIGHTH HOUSE DISTRICT BLACK CAUCUS, THE UNITED PASTOR'S IN MISSION, BLACK ELECTED OFFICIALS, BLACK CLERGY AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS GROUPS, ON MONDAY JUNE 16, 2014, AT 5 PM IN FRONT OF THE CHATEAU MANSION IN EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO, 13124 EUCLID AVENUE Contact Numbers are Ohio Eighth House District Black Caucus President Charles E. Bibb Sr at (216) 659-4619, Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition at (216) 659-0473,  and Peace in the Hood President Khalid Samad at (216) 548-4043, Black on Black Crime Vice President Al Porter at (216) 704-5036 and Black on Black Crime Founder Art McKoy at (216) 253-4070. The Ohio Eighth House District Black Caucus, in cooperation with Black clergy, community activist groups, including Peace in the Hood, Black on Black Crime Inc, the Carl Stokes Brigade, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor and the Imperial Women Coalition, wil

The chandelier at the Playhouse Square performing arts center in Cleveland, Ohio, the world's largest outdoor chandelier that was lit-up on Friday, May 2, 2014 in downtown Cleveland to highlight a $16 million cultural arts restoration project in the majority Black major American city.  The chandelier boast 4,200 crystals and stands 48 ft tall, designers said.  By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-n-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K a thy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Playhouse Square theater venue in downtown Cleveland lit up Friday night as part of the 'Dazzle the District' extravaganza, an event that drew over 20,000 people to the center of the city at 14th and Euclid Avenu