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Funeral services are Saturday, May 25, 9:30 am, for educator, activist and radio and cable television personality Gloria Makeda Judkins Cade at Pernel Jones Funeral Home in Cleveland, Cade produced and hosted "Black Women Talk" on WERE 1300 AM Radio in Cleveland, she fought with other activists and won free public access for Black community of greater Cleveland on radio, cable television

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Gloria Makeda Judkins Cade By 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.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio-Funeral services for Gloria Makeda Judkins Cade , 88, of East Cleveland, OH, who died on May 15  at the Fairfax Nursing Home in Cleveland after a long illness, will be held on Saturday, May 25 at Pernel Jones Funeral Home in Cleveland, 7120 Cedar Ave., with a wake at 9:00 am and the funeral at 9:30 am. Speakers at the funeral services include Black women activists Cleveland Ward 6 Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell, Genevieve Mitchell of the Carl Stokes Brigade and the Cleveland Chapter NAACP, and local journalist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women. Mrs. Cade was a respected wife, mother, educator, community activist, radio personality,
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State Sen. Shirley Smith to hold expungment clinic today, May 23, 2013, at CSU on new state law to seal criminal records she co-sponsored that took effect this year

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05.15.13 - State Sen. Shirley A. Smith  (pictured) To Hold Workforce Re-Entry Training & Clinic (Her Columbus, Oh. Statehouse Telephone Number To Her Office iS 216-466-4857) Cleveland, Ohio – Today, Thursday, May 23, state Sen. Shirley A. Smith (D-21) will hold a full day of events  from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM at the Wolstein Center (2000 Prospect Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115) on the campus of Cleveland State University  related to workforce re-entry for ex-offenders.   The event will feature workshops surrounding records expungement and the Certificate of Qualification for Employment (CQE), provisions of law that became effective with the passage of Senate Bill 337 last year. [  Read Full Story  ]
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Cleveland Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci to guest at inner city community forum moderated by state Representative Bill Patmon and sponsored by Cleveland Urban News.Com, Imperial Women, The Fairfax Business Association, The Carl Stokes Brigade, community activists on Thursday, May 30, 6 pm, Lil Africa, 6816 Superior Ave. in Cleveland,.... event is free and open to the public under the theme "Getting To Know Ken Lanci,".... Activist Art McKoy to introduce Lanci at forum, Activist and Cleveland NAACP Legal Redress Committee Member Genevieve Mitchell to make presentation on Cleveland schools and deadly Cleveland police shootings of unarmed people,.... state Rep Patmon, Activists Valerie and Dr. Stewart Robinson to receive community service awards from community activists groups sponsoring event,.... Councilman T.J. Dow invited to give remarks

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Cleveland Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci By 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 news venues  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio-Cleveland Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci, who announced earlier this month that he is in the race to try to unseat two-term mayor Frank Jackson this year, will participate in a community forum moderated by state Rep Bill Patmon (D-10) and sponsored by Cleveland Urban News.Com, Imperial Women, The Fairfax Business Association, and other community activists and advocates groups at 6 pm on Thursday, May 30 at Lil Africa, 6816 Superior Ave in Cleveland.  The event is free and open to the public. Restaurant food by Lil Africa will be available at reasonable prices. For more information contact Imperial Women at 216-659-0473. "I loo
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Pyles family holds annual Kentucky Derby festivities in Cleveland Hts, no triple crown for derby winner Orb after colt loses at Preakness

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Top row from left Carolyn Terry, Marjorie Pyles Hearst, Racine Crawford, Valerie Smith, Charita Cockrum, Kellie Merritt, Sharon Gorman Bremer, and Janis Pace Middle row from left  Beverly Charles Hamilton,  Rita Taylor,   Lillian Pyles, and  Elaine Whitlow Bottom row from left    Kimberly Elder,  Maxine Greer,  Martha Harris,   Barbara   Walker, and  Hortense Johnson                                 Jockey Joel Rosario rides Orb (from horse post No. 16) to victory at the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Ky on May 4. Orb came in fourth at the Preakness on Saturday, losing to Oxbow and shutting out any possibility of winning a triple crown this year.  By  Johnette Jernigan, contributing writer CLEVELAND, Ohio-The Kentucky Derby in Cleveland Hts, Oh., hosted annually by the Pyles family, is as if the festivities were happening in Louisville, Ky., ripe with mint juleps,  women in fancy hats, men dressed to the nines, and all eyes glu
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Community activists vote to picket Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith over 137 bullets Cleveland police deadly shooting, other deadly Cleveland police shootings of unarmed people like Kenneth Smith (AKA Rapper Kenn Ball) and Daniel Ficker,.... upcoming protests of the trio are also due to McGinty, Jackson and Smith's failure to effectively address other community issues such as documented Cuyahoga County foreclosure fraud, judicial impropriety, no jobs for Black people and Black contractors, abduction, rape and murders of women and children, Mayor's failure to implement 27 commission recommendations following The Imperial Avenue Murders.... McGinty took campaign monies and an endorsement from Cleveland police union and is now protecting the White police officers that gunned down Malissa Williams and Tim Russell with 137 bullets from criminal charges,....activists scheduled pickets of Cleveland NAACP and Mayor Jackson will be canceled if Jackson and Smith meet with activists at their inner city meeting place and without a score of White cops for intimidation purposes

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Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty, 61 Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson , 67, who is seeking a third four year term as mayor this year . 137 Bullets Cleveland Police Shooting Victim Malissa Williams, 30, unarmed and gunned down by Cleveland police in late 2012 137 Bullets Cleveland Police Shooting Victim Timothy Ray  Russell, 43, unarmed and gunned down by Cleveland police in late 2012 Daniel Ficker, 27, unarmed and gunned down by Cleveland police in 2011 Kenneth Smith (AKA Rapper Kenn Ball), 20, unarmed and gunned down by Cleveland police in 2012 Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith, 66 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." Malo
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O.J. Simpson testifies in bid for new trial, his former attorney accused of ineffective assistance of counsel, some say prejudicial nine-to-33 year sentence is pay back for winning on criminal charges in 1995 that he murdered ex-wife, her friend

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O.J. Simpson By 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 news venues  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 LAS VEGAS, Nevada-Legendary former pro football player O.J. Simpson testified this week against the lawyer that got him a prejudicial nine to 33 year prison sentence nearly five years ago on kidnapping and armed robbery charges, hoping to get a new trial.  Simpson, 65, took the stand in a Nevada courtroom on Wednesday after not doing so by his former attorney's advice during his trial in 2008 and said that  Miami attorney Yale Galanter knew that he did not   know that two companions had guns in a 2007 confrontation with memorabilia dealers that he says were scamming him. He testified that Galanter advised him to "go get his stuff"  and that the attorney
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Candidate for Ohio governor Ed FitzGerald receives early endorsement as the Ohio State Council of Machinists announces its support, Democrat FitzGerald has support from Democrats though Republican Governor Kasich has his ear in Cleveland's Black political community, FitzGerald needs staunch support from Cleveland, greater Cleveland elected officials, Black leaders, Black state legislators to beat Kasich in next year's gubernatorial race

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Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald From The Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 COLUMBUS, Ohio- On Sunday, Democratic Cuyahoga County Executive and former FBI agent and prior Lakewood mayor Ed FitzGerald received the official endorsement from the Ohio State Council of Machinists that represents 30,000 workers and retirees in Ohio in his bid to unseat Republican Gov John Kasich in the 2014 gubernatorial race. But can he generate enough love and support needed from rural and Appalachia voters and from Ohio Democratic Black elected officials in greater Cleveland and his own county to perpetuate his dream into a reality? "The Ohio State Council of Machinists is proud to announce its endorsement for Ed FitzGerald running to be Ohio's n
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