Student Loan Repayment Based on Income, Not Loan Amount
I have a friend I’ll call Morgan Rachelle Jones. She goes by Rachelle. For years there was a certain ritual that went on between her and her land-line phone. If the caller, a stranger, asked for...
View ArticleMental Health Forum Next Month
Latisha James, left, with author Terrie Williams. Untreated mental illness wrecks lives and ends them early. That’s the view of Michael Baskin, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental...
View ArticleWar on Drugs Creates Permanent Underclass
What a difference “except” makes. The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says no one can be enslaved, EXCEPT a prisoner. It reads: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a...
View ArticleA Valentine from NV
As a valentine to our readers, NV found people in our eight neighborhoods and asked them to share their thoughts on the subject of love. Some are in relationships, some aren’t. Some live or work in...
View Article“Playing” Tai Chi for Health
Susan Cady’s students strike proud royal poses when they walk — they hold their heads high and keep their chests wide. Cady, the founder of T’ai Chi for Health, teaches students to work out kinks in...
View ArticleProtecting Our Bridges
I’ve been thinking about the old saying “Don’t burn your bridges.” I’ve considered how, contrary to those words, sometimes it’s actually best to let a bridge burn. Of course, the saying isn’t about...
View ArticleFrom Empty Lot to High-Tech Farm
Leonard Davis’ dream of urban farming grew from a seedling to a garden. It’s located on the corner of East 130th Street and Arlington Avenue in the Glenville neighborhood. In 2008, Davis’ godfather...
View ArticleKnitting Together Friendship
A group of knitters in the Buckeye-Shaker neighborhood have transformed into friends in recent months. Eleanor Bergholz, 69, started the knitting circle in September at the Rice branch of the Cleveland...
View ArticleLetters to Our Daughters
A few years ago, University Circle resident Michael Chapman stopped asking God for money and started asking for an idea instead. He got the advice to change the way he prayed from R.A. Vernon, his...
View ArticleTeacher Helps Girls Take Flight
Eighth-grade English teacher Emerald Hall doesn’t play. She expects her students to work hard, just like she does. I could tell that Hall, 44, meant business the moment my 14-year-old daughter told me...
View ArticleSelf-Defense Classes Needed
Where do we go from here? After the news of the killings of three women in East Cleveland in July, many are wondering, “Where do we go from here?” East Cleveland resident M. LaVora Perry shares her...
View ArticleTalking with Cleveland Schools CEO Eric Gordon
Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon has a plan — the Plan for Transforming Cleveland Schools, that is. Two of my children attend CMSD schools and this summer, Gordon and I talked...
View ArticlePerry’s Perspective: World Languages Make Global Citizens
“Je parle Français un petit peu” — I speak a little French. The French I remember from studying the language in fourth to ninth grades came in handy in August. That’s when my husband and our three...
View ArticleInspired to Lead
In May’s Neighborhood Voice, Rechelle Williams read about a soon-to-be leaderless Girl Scouts troop. The 12 girls met at the Sterling Branch Library in Central and needed a new leader. So, as if her...
View ArticleCalling All East Cleveland Residents: Your Input Needed
East Cleveland is on the rebound, and people are working to ensure that current residents reap the benefits of our city’s progress. Those people include Mark Chupp of the Mandel School of Applied...
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