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Stephanie Ramirez  By: Stephanie Ramirez , newsnet5.com CLEVELAND - A coalition of Cleveland community activists is calling for Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath's resignation. Organizers of a community forum on Thursday said those in attendance voted for Chief McGrath (pictured) to resign after the investigation into the deadly police chase and shooting in November. The forum, which was held at Lil Africa on Cleveland’s east side, included a panel discussion that was moderated by Minister Robert Saffold. The event was organized by Imperial Women. Read the entire article by Ramirez and watch the video at newsnet 5.com by clicking  HERE

The Rev. Hilton Smith, president of the Cleveland Chapter NAACP and an associate minister at the Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church in Cleveland Sheila Wright, the newly appointed executive director of the Cleveland Chapter NAACP By Kathy Wray Coleman, publisher, editor-n-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.cleve landurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio- Community activists groups and family members of slain 137- bullets unarmed Cleveland police shooting victim Malissa Williams will meet with newly appointed Cleveland Chapter NAACP Executive Director Sheila Wright and newly appointed legal redress committee chairperson Retired East Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Una H.R. Keenon (pictured to the right) on Monday, Feb. 4. from 5 pm to 7 pm for a community forum at the Martin Luther King Public Library in Cleveland, 1962 Stokes Blvd. The MLK library is near University circle and a bloc

Harlan Spector Richard  Peery Debra Adams Simmons Terry Egger By Kathy Wray Coleman "We really appreciate the opportunity but are unavailable on such late notice."... Plain Dealer Publisher Terry Egger and Editor Debra Adams Simmons in a prepared statement to Cleveland Urban News.Com....Read this quote and more in the article below CLEVELAND, Ohio- A former and current president of the Cleveland Plain Dealer Local One of the Northeast Ohio Newspaper's Guild, the newspaper's union for some 170 reporters, photographers, designers and other employees, will speak and take questions from a panel and the community at a  grassroots  forum on the union's campaign push to keep the Plain Dealer a daily print publication on Sunday, Dec. 2, from 2:30-4:30 pm at Lil Africa Recreation Center, 6816 Superior Ave in Cleveland. The event will be moderated by State Rep. Bill Patmon (D-10), who said that he "would be happy to moderate the forum." (F

Shidea N. Lane, a passenger on a Regional Transit Authority bus in greater Cleveland that RTA bus driver Artis Hughes, who was has since been fired, sucker punched to the floor and tossed off the bus on Sept. 18 after an argument between the two ensued.  Former RTA bus driver Artis Hughes, who sucker punched and chokes a young Black RTA passenger Shidea Lane, 25, and tossed her off the bus he was driving. Hughes, 59, was fired from his job last week for violating RTA rules, regulations and policies relative to his attack on Lane. By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-The Imperial Women and other womens' rights groups will hold a press conference on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 5 pm with Shidea N. Lane, the young Black woman subjected to an uppercut, choked, and thrown from a Regional Transit Authority (RTA) bus b

By Kath y Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio-A community activist and member of the Imperial Women who fought for changes in public policy around the Imperial Ave Murders and attended rallies on that and other community issues such as the Trayvon Martin case was stabbed in the back and seriously injured last week allegedly by a teen whose mother was arguing with her over an ongoing feud between that teen and one of the stabbed woman's teen daughters. Angelique Cunningham, 39, was taken to University Hospitals Friday night and then flown by helicopter to the trauma unit at Metro- Health Hospital in Cleveland, a family spokesperson said. After nearly a week in intensive care with possible bleeding from her liver, she was released from the hospital yesterday afternoon. The teen accused of the stabbing was arrested, taken

Trayvon Martin By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-A mass rally for justice for seventeen-year old Trayvon Martin will be held on Sun., April 15 from 3:00 to 6 pm at The Second New Hope Baptist Church, 2917 E. 116th St. at Buckeye Ave. in Cleveland., Oh.,  telephone number 216- 229-2022. Contacts for the rally are Sears Mitchell at  216-548-4478,  the office of the Vision of Angels Youth Foundation at 216-543-5330, Imperial Women Leader Kathy Wray Coleman at 216-932-3114, Peace in the Hood Leader Khalid Samad at 216-538-4043, and Black on Black Crime Founder Art McKoy at 216-253-4070. The event is supported by Cleveland area grassroots organizations, Cleveland NAACP and SCLC officials and elected officials and is sponsored by the Vision of Angels Youth Foundation and its 40- member youth dance troop, which is l

Trayvon Martin The Oppressed People's Nation By Kathy Wray Coleman EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio-Seasoned activist groups such as the Imperial Women, the Carl Stokes Brigade and Black on Black Crime will support the Oppressed People's Nation's "Trayvon Martin Skittles Rally," which is Sat. March 24 at 3 pm at Black on Black Headquarters in East Cleveland at McCall's Hotel, 14660 Euclid Ave. Contact Oppressed People's Nation event spokesperson Judy Martin at 216-990-0679 for more information. Yesterday some 200 community activists, mainly college and high school students, rallied for Martin at Tower City in downtown Cleveland. "Because Trayvon was murdered and his only weapon was a bag of skittles candy, we urge people to bring a bag of skittles to the rally and we will send them to the Sandford Police Department in Florida," said Ernest Smith, the leader of the Oppressed People's Nation, a grassroots group whose members are in their 20s and 30s.

From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com and Cleveland Urban News.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-Community activists disenchanted with Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes, including The Imperial Women, family members of the Imperial Ave. murder victims, People for the Imperial Act, The Joaquin Hicks Real People's Movement, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, Ohio Family Rights, The National Association for Parental Equality, The Committee to Bring Home Jamela and Jamyla and members of various other groups such as The Carl Stokes Brigade, Black on Black Crime Inc and The Cleveland Chapter of the News Black Panther Party, have postponed the protest against Forbes and Cleveland NAACP officials scheduled for Tues., March 13 at 5 pm at company headquarters, 2131 Stokes Blvd. in Cleveland. The activist groups decided yesterday that they shall seek a meeting first with interim Cleveland NAACP Ex

Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com and Cleveland Urban News.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) Cleveland, Ohio-The protest against Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes has been postponed until March 13 at 5:00 pm at Cleveland NAACP headquarters , 2131 Stoles Blvd in Cleveland, after a thunder and lightning storm forced community activists to cut a protest held today short. Contact persons for the upcoming protest are Ada Averyhart at 216-938-7891, Marva Patterson at 216-334-7013 and Imperial Women Leader Kathy Wray Coleman at 216-932-3114. Some 15 activists from the Imperial Women, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor and People for the Imperial Act gathered at 4: 45 pm today , 10 more came later, and others were on hold, but lightning and thunder storms forced them to cancel the gathering, even as Cleveland News Net 5 was on its way with a camera person. "We will

Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com and Cleveland Urban News.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) Who: Community activists disenchanted with Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes including The Imperial Women, family members of the Imperial Ave. murder victims, People for the Imperial Act, The Joaquin Hicks Real People's Movement, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, Ohio Family Rights, People for Parental Equality, The Committee to Bring Home Jamela and Jamyla and members of various other groups such as The Carl Stokes Brigade, Black on Black Crime Inc and The People's Forum. What: Protest and Press Conference Contacts: Marva Patterson at 216-334-7013, Ada Averyhart at 216-938-7891 and Imperial Women Leader Kathy Wray Coleman at 216-932-2114 When: Friday, March 2, 2012 beginning at 4: 30 pm with a press conference at 4: 45 pm. Where: Cleveland NAACP headquarters