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Cleveland 19 TV news coverage of November, 2021 Imperial Avenue Murders anniversary rally by Imperial Women Coalition that was led by organizer and activist Kathy Wray Coleman, who called for an end to rape and murder of Black and poor women and accountability from public officials and policy makers.... Coverage by Cleveland 19 News Reporter Michelle Nicks   CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK TO THE CLEVELAND 19 NEWS VIDEO ON THE LIVE COVERAGE Title by Cleveland 19 News-  Anti-violence rally held on Imperial Avenue calls for accountability                        Cleveland 19 Television News Reporter Michelle Nicks By  Jeff Slawson  and  Michelle Nicks (WOIO) Published: Nov. 11, 2021 at 4:47 PM EST | Updated: 11 hours ago CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - On the memorial site of the Imperial Avenue murders, the Imperial Avenue Women’s Coalition is calling for accountability of the murders and for other instances of violence against women of color. Organizer Kathy Wray Coleman demands a public summit to

Clevelandurbannews .com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief COLUMBUS, Ohio- Based out of Columbus, Ohio, the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS), Ohio's largest public pension system, has filed a class-action lawsuit in federal district court against Facebook, alleging that it lost $100 billion in shareholder value this year and faced immense reparable harm because of Facebook's shady and allegedly illegal practices and polices.  Facebook  is  owned by  Meta Platforms , the parent company. It was founded  in 2004 by  Mark Zuckerberg , along with fellow  Harvard College  students an d roommates  Eduardo Saverin ,  Andrew McCollum ,  Dustin Moskovitz , and  Chris Hughes The lawsuit seeks class action status and also names three top executives as defendants–  Zuckerberg, Chief Financial Officer David Wehner, and Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg. It is the first of its kind against the social me

Newly selected Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Meredith Turner,  a Shaker Heights Democrat Clevelandurbannews .com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief   CLEVELAND, Ohio –  Meredith Turner of Shaker Heights, a former assistant to U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Cleveland, was selected Wednesday by members of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Central Committee to succeed  former District 9 councilwoman Shontel Brown and complete her unexpired term, which ends in 2022.  A Warrensville Heights Democrat, Brown was elected earlier this month as U.S. Rep for Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district, which  includes Cleveland and several of its eastern suburbs of Cuyaoga County, and a largely Black pocket of Akron and select sections of its Summit County suburbs.  Turner's ninth county district includes the cities of Bedford, Bedford Heights,  parts of Cleveland Ward 1 Ward 4,  Shaker Heights, and Warrensville Heights,

Alishah Pointer Clevelandurbannews .com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate  publisher, editor-in-chief EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio - Community activists and immediate and other family members of 22-year- old Alishah Pointer, whose lifeless body was found Tuesday in an abandoned home in East Cleveland, a neighboring Black and impoverished suburb of Cleveland, will host a vigil at 4:30 pm on Fri., Nov 12 to remember Pointer and to demand justice for the young Black woman and her family. (Call activist Art McKoy at (216) 253-4070 for more information on the vigil). The vigil will be held at  14500 Savannah Avenue in East Cleveland, which is the burned out home where Pointer's body was discovered earlier this week. "We will stand with the family members for justice for Alishah and we need everybody at today's vigil in East Cleveland, said longtime East Cleveland activist Art McKoy of Black on Black Crime,  who will lead the vigil and added that

CLEVELAND, Ohio-The 14th Cleveland Comedy Festival takes place Nov 10-13, 2021 at the Odeon Concert Club in Cleveland. Headlining shows include Nic Nemeth (aka Dolph Ziggler of WWE), Matteo Lane (Netflix, Comedy Central), Jessica Keenan (HBO Max), Best of Cleveland with Mike Polk Jr, Bill Squire, Mary Santora & more. PLUS a second stage with shows that won't break your budget featuring comedians from NEOhio and across the country, and the return of Women & Wine! Full List of Shows & Tickets Share on social Check out our site   

    United States President Joe Biden   By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher Clevelandurbannews.com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   WASHINGTON, D.C.- President Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion infrastructure deal, bipartisan legislation passed by Congress on Friday after months of negotiations and weeks of congressional infighting, is a welcome relief for the first-term president as midterm elections loom and the coronavirus pandemic rages on. But will the president's infrastructure win change the mood of the country that saw the Democrats lose closely watched state races and a gubernatorial race in Virginia to Republicans in last Tuesday's election, a political mood that also threatens the Democrats' narrow control in the U.S. Senate? The bill awaits the president's signature to become law. The 228-to-206 vote late on Friday in the House of Representatives of the ambitious spending bill is, no doubt, a substantial victory for Biden and his Dem

                            The late convicted serial killer and death row inmate Anthony Sowell Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. The rock in front of the "Garden of 11 Angels" monument on Imperial Avenue in Cleveland  CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cleveland area activists, led by the Imperial Women Coalition, Black on Black Crime Inc., and Peace in the Hood, will host a rally and vigil beginning  at 5 pm on Thurs., Nov. 11, 2021 on Imperial Avenue in Cleveland's Mt. Pleasant neighborhood where the home of the late serial killer Anthony Sowell murdered 11 Black women and raped three others once stood and where a memorial monument has just been erected in honor of the 11 Black women. The specific address of the event is 12205 Imperial Avenue in Cleveland. The event is also the 12-year Imperial Avenue Murders anniversary rally and mar