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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

- August 01, 2013

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

- July 31, 2013

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

Greater Cleveland community activists to rally with Rev Al Sharpton's NAN at Justice for Trayvon 100 Cities Vigil and Rally at noon on Saturday, July 20, 2013 at the Carl B. Stokes U.S Courthouse, 806 West Superior Ave in downtown Cleveland

- July 19, 2013

By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor, 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 ). 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 Post Newspaper, a Black print weekly with distributions in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio. Reach Coleman by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND, Ohio- Community activists of greater Cleveland will rally for justice for slain Black teen Trayvon Martin on Saturday, July 20, 2013 at a community vigil and rally at noon in front of the Carl B. Stokes U.S. Federal Courthouse in downtown Cleveland at 806 West Superior Ave as part of a 100 Cities national protest sponsored by the Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network (NAN) that he leads. (For more

Cleveland NAACP picket for support on 137 bullets deadly police shooting, judicial impropriety, rape, murders and abduction of women, Cuyahoga County foreclosure fraud to be rescheduled after Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith secretly changed meeting location at last minute and Mayor Jackson sends blond, White, cocky Cleveland cops to intimidate activists, Blacks, Imperial Women, and families of raped and murdered Black women that came to rally,...White 7th district cops prowled the church premises where the rally was to be held hunting Blacks, women and innocent activists and pulled over cars of rape and murder victims families that came to the rally without reasonable suspension as required by law and ran license plates through racial profiling in alleged violation of their First Amendment rights,..... activists to meet this week to decide next move, activists say they were racially profiled, compliments of a Black mayor with no Blacks among his top brass

- May 14, 2013

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson , who is seeking a third four year term as mayor this year . (Editor's Note: There is no city charter limitation on how many terms a Cleveland mayor or city council member can serve. They can serve indefinitely) 137 Bullets Cleveland Police Shooting Victim Malissa Williams 137 Bullets Cleveland Police Shooting Victim Timothy Ray Russell Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith Christine Malone, 45, raped and murdered in Cleveland in late March. Her body was found on Cleveland's east side at East 93rd. St and Bessemer Ave. The killer is still at large. Malone has eight children and they say that Cleveland police ignored their missing person's report and allegedly said "call us if you find her." Malone's body was found two days later in a field. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online New Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2

Updated Press Release: Rally and press conference rescheduled for Thursday May 9, 5 pm RALLY, 5;30 pm pres conference at The Chateau in East Cleveland, More than 30 CNN reporters, camera persons in Cleveland, Imperial Women, Federation of Women, Carl Stokes Brigade, Black on Black Crime Inc., other community activists groups to hold press conference, rally on missing women's issues in wake of release from captivity of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight, the rape and murders in Cleveland of Jazmine Trotter, Christine Malone, and the Imperial Ave. Murders of 11 Black women by serial killer Anthony Sowell on Thursday, May 9, 2013, Chateau Mansion, in East Cleveland, 13124, Euclid Ave, contact number is 216-659-0473

- May 08, 2013

Amanda Berry (left) and Gina DeJesus (Editor's Note: The rally is at 5 pm and the press conference is at 5:30 pm , Thursday, May 9 at 5 pm at The Chateau Mansion in East Cleveland, 13124 Euclid Ave, Contact 216-659-0473 for more information. Women are asked to wear Black to the rally) Michelle Knight Jazmine Trotter, 20, raped and murdered in Cleveland in late March. Her lifeless body was found in an abandoned home on the city's predominantly Black east side. Christine Malone, 45, raped and murdered in Cleveland in late March. Her body was also found on Cleveland's east side at East 93rd. St and Bessemer Ave. days after Trotter's body was found less than a mile away. Malone has eight children and they say that Cleveland police ignored their missing person's report and allegedly said "call us if you find her." Malone's body was found two days later in a field, her family members said. Eleven Black women (shown below) wer

Community activists to protest today, April 4, at 5 pm on Public Square in downtown Cleveland over the 137 bullets shooting deaths by a group of White Cleveland police officers of Malissa Wiliams and Timothy Russell, other victims of violence are encouraged to attend

- April 04, 2013

Malissa Williams and Timothy Ray Russell By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio-Community activists will protest today, April 4, at 5 pm on Public Square in downtown Cleveland over fatal police shootings, including the shooting deaths late last year by Cleveland police of unarmed Blacks Malissa Wiliams, 30, and Timothy Russell, 43, both gunned down with a hail of some 137 bullets following a police chase from downtown Cleveland that ended near a middle school in the neighboring city of East Cleveland. The rally will also address other victims of violence in Greater Cleveland, organizers said. For more information contact Khalid Samad at 216-538-4043 or Griot Y-Von at 216-355-3374. Some 65 police cars were involved in a 28 minute police chase with 13 all non-Black Cleveland police officers participating in the deadl

Community activists to protest today, Dec 3, over 137 bullets shooting death by Cleveland police of Black victims Timothy Ray Russell and Malissa Williams at intersection of Lee and Terrace Roads in East Cleveland, police union leaders are calling it 'a good shooting'

- December 03, 2012

Malissa Williams and Timothy Ray Russell 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-Community activists will protest today, Dec 3 at 4 pm at the intersection of Lee and Terrace Roads in East Cleveland over the shooting deaths last week by Cleveland police of Timothy Ray Russell, 43, and Malissa Williams, 30, both Black. Some 30 police cars, 13 from Cleveland, were involved in a 25 minute police chase from the Cuyahoga County Justice Center in Cleveland of the car Russell was driving with Williams as a passenger that went into East Cleveland by Heritage Middle School at Wymore and Terrace Avenues with 137 bullets into the car. Police have said that police allegedly heard a gunshot. The unprecedented shooting has outraged the Black community and family members of the two victims that were not wanted by the law but

Congresswoman Fudge to lead National Voters' Day Rally, September 25, 11am to 1pm, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland, grassroots, elected officials, preachers, union leaders to speak , grassroots Cleveand schools levy debate to be held later that evening on September 25, 6 pm, Harvard Community Services Center, 18240 Harvard Ave in Cleveland

- September 24, 2012

Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) By Kathy Wray Coleman, Executive Publisher, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- National Voter Registration Day residents, elected officials, union leaders, faith and civic leaders, and grassroots organizations will join Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-11) for a rally from 11 am to 1 pm on Tues, September 25 in front of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, 2925 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland, to encourage all eligible voters in Cuyahoga County to vote on November 6. Speakers for the two hour voters day rally include Fudge, State Senator Nina Turner (D-25), Ohio House Minority Leader Armond Budish, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Warrensville Heights Mayor Brad Sellers, South Euclid Mayor Georgine Welo Rev. Larry Harris Sr., Rev Timothy Eppinger, Rev. Rodney S. Thomas, Community Activist K