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United Black Fund Executive Director Cecil Lipscomb to chair the Eliza Bryant Village Board of Trustees in Cleveland

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  Cecil Lipscomb,  executive director of the United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland and the newly elected chair of the Board of Trustees of Eliza Bryant Village in Cleveland Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio -   Cecil Lipscomb, executive director of the United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland, has been elected chair of the Eliza Bryant Village Board of Trustees in Cleveland by trustee members for a two-year term. (Editor's note: The UBF of Greater Cleveland  is a nonprofit that partners with other organizations to provide grants, workshops, and other community services to the greater Cleveland area, and mainly the African-American community).  Eliza Bryant  Village provides services for seniors, including low income housing. It is  located in Ward 7 in  Cleveland's  historic Hough neighborhood on the city's largely Black east side.   A five -year Board of Trustee member , Lipscomb  previously served as 1 st  vice-chair and chair

Updated: Nina Turner endorsed for Congress by 5 of greater Cleveland's 6 Black Ohio state legislators, and 4 of them are Black women....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's leaders in Black and alternative digital news.

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   From left:  Ohio 11th Congressional District Candidate Nina Turner of Cleveland, state Senator Sandra Williams of Cleveland (D-21) and state Representatives Juanita Brent (D-12) of Cleveland, Stephanie Howse (D-11) of Cleveland, Janine Boyd (D-9) of Cleveland Heights, and Phil Robinson Jr. of Solon (D-6) Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black and alternative digital newspaper By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio - C ongressional candidate Nina Turner, a former Cleveland councilwoman and prior Ohio senator who later served as co-chair of Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign for president and is a front runner in the 11th congressional district race in Ohio to replace former congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, has announced that she has added the names of four Black state representatives out of greater Cleveland to her long list of endorsements, namely state Reps Phil Robinson Jr. of Solon (D-6), Ju

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson says he will not seek reelection as Councilman Basheer Jones announces he will run for mayor this year....Will the next Cleveland mayor be Black? Who will Jackson endorse in the crowded race for mayor, if anybody?....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's leader in Black and alternative digital news

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Ward 7 Councilman Basheer Jones Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black alternative digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio –  Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, the city's four-term Black mayor, announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection this year to an unprecedented fifth term as Ward 7 Councilman Basheer Jones, in an unrelated announcement, joined the crowded race of Jackson's wannabe successors.  The 57th mayor of the largely Black major American city of some 385,000 people and the longest serving mayor in Cleveland history, Jackson, 74, was elected to city council in Ward 5 in 1989 and went on to become the city council president before he won the mayor-ship in 2005 over then incumbent mayor Jane Campbell. "I'm moving on with understating that this is a

Anniversary rally as to the escape of the Cleveland Seymour Avenue rape victims is May 6, 2021, 5:15 pm, 2207 Seymour Avenue with keynote speakers Councilman Kevin Conwell, Journey Center for Healing and Safety CEO Melissa Graves, and Victoria Grant the Journey Center's racial equity and inclusion manager....Activist Alfred Porter Jr will MC the event...Head organizer Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition said that "we are not ready to forget what happened in the 'House of Horrors' on Seymour Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio and we have unfinished business as to heightened rape and murder and other crimes against innocent women and girls"

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From left: Seymour Avenue in Cleveland escape victims Michelle Knight, Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry, Journey Center for Safety and Healing CEO Melissa Graves and its racial equity and inclusion manager Victoria Grant, and Cleveland Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell Clevelandurbannews .com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio -May 6, 2021 marks the eighth-year anniversary of the escape, after a decade of captivity, of Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight and Amanda Berry from the late Ariel Castro's since demolished Seymour Avenue home on Cleveland's near west side.  Greater Clevelanders will rally on this issue this day as they do annually. Keynote speakers for the event are Cleveland Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell,  Journey Center for Healing and Safety in Cleveland  CEO Melissa Graves, and its racial equity and inclusion manager, Victoria Grant. Activist Alfred Porter Jr of Black on Black Crime will be the MC.  Community members and mothers of women and girls who

Congressional Candidate Shontel Brown opens Shaker Square campaign headquarters in Cleveland with County Executive Armond Budish, other supporters by her side....Brown is Black and is also chair of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black and alternative digital news leaders

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Cuyahoga County Councilwoman and 11th congressional district candidate Shontel Brown with County Executive Armond Budish at the grand opening of her campaign headquarters on Sat, May 1 at Shaker Square in Cleveland  Cuyahoga County Councilwoman and 11th congressional district candidate Shontel Brown speaks to supporters at the grand opening of her campaign headquarters on Sat, May 1 at Shaker Square in Cleveland  Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black and alternative digital newspaper By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio - People gathered Saturday afternoon on Shaker Square in Cleveland to support Cuyahoga County Councilwoman and 11th congressional district candidate Shontel Brown at the grand opening of her campaign headquarters on the city's majority Black east side.  Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district includes most of Cleveland, mainly its largely Black east side, a la

Ohio state Senator Sandra Williams announces 2021 bid for Cleveland mayor, Williams the first woman and first Black woman to enter the crowded race for mayor....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black and alternative digital newspaper and Black blog

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   Ohio state Senator Sandra Williams (D-21) Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black alternative digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio – State Sen. Sandra Williams (D-21), a Cleveland Democrat, on Monday announced her bid for Cleveland mayor, joining a crowded field of candidates like former councilman Zack Reed and Council President Kevin Kelley who want to  succeed four-term Black mayor Frank Jackson, who has not raised monies for the race and is likely not seeking an historic fifth term, sources say.  Williams is the first woman and first Black woman to join this year's non-partisan contest for mayor of the largely Black major American city of some 385,000 residents.  A former chair of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus whose 21st state legislative district encompasses most of Cleveland and its eastern su