The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12

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Euclid High School football play-

ers in one school year been granted

tuition-free higher education.

“It’s time,” Bell said of his de-

cision via email. “I want to finish

my doctoral work at Ohio State

University. I have several poten-

tial opportunities that have been

presented to me in central Ohio,

and my home is in central Ohio.”

His tenure will come to an offi-

cial end at the close of the 2015-

2016 school year.

Bell said the decision to retire

was made over the last month al-

though he had been thinking

about it throughout the year. He

briefly considered a retire/rehire

move in November 2013, but re-scinded the request to the board

after determining it was not in

the district’s best interest.

he Columbus area native

said a successor has been cho-

sen but will not be made public

until after the next board meet-

ing, a special meeting called for

February 29.

In other school board news,

Arbor Elementary School Princi-

pal Kristen Schutte presented sta-

tistical and graph-based informa-

tion on improvements in student

achievement and the success of

a program that emphasizes good

character traits in students.w

Academic achievement was

reflected in elevated test scores at

all grade levels, according to data

presented for reading and math

using the iReady intervention pro-

gram. Other factors contributingto the success were small-group

interactivity sessions, teacher col-

laboration, and strategic tutor-

ing sessions. he good character

emphasis was the resulted of using

the new “Oz” initiative, according

to Schutte. Good character traits

were promoted by way of posters

that hung throughout the Arbor

school building. hey promoted“brains”, “courage”, “determina-

tion” and “heart”. Various students

were recognized for their achieve-

ments in the different categories.

Keith Bell, who three-and-a

half years ago assumed leader-

ship of a school district whose

stakeholders had no measurable

goals, announced he has submit-

ted his resignation to the board

to pursue other endeavors in

central Ohio. he board unan-

imously approved his request attheir February 22 meeting.

Bell, who has nearly four de-

cades of educational background,

took over as superintendent from

Joffrey Jones in August 2012.

Among the most notable of the

many accomplishments achieved

during his tenure are the opening

of four new elementary schools,

passage of a 5.4 mill levy to man-

age district resources, elimination

of cost-based extracurricular ac-

tivities, and a twenty-four percent

reduction in the need for disci-

plinary measures last year. As re-

cently as January, Bell witnessed

and congratulated sixteen stu-dent-athlete scholarship recipi-

ents who had made or were due

to make their higher education

choices. Never had that many

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Keith M. BellEuclid Supt.

MARCH VOL. ISSUE

School Supt. resigningat close of school year

Euclid

By Derek Dixon

RDP CORRESPONDENT

Valentine's Dayfor Book Lovers!

ON PAGE 16

Our Choice for County ProsecutorEDITORIAL

he criminal justice sys-

tem in America has always

been used to reinforce a status

quo that has kept black peo-

ple and poor people where

most of us historically have

always been: outside or on

the bottom. Racial dispari-

ties have been in the DNA

of the United States since be-

fore the Declaration of Inde-

pendence or the Constitu-

tion. oo many white people

don’t understand the depth

of the problem and too many

black people don’t know how

to talk about it or deal with it

effectively. Progress is slow.

Some days, some weeks, some

years, we seem to advance to-

wards racial justice. Other

days, weeks, years, we seem

to sink ever deeper.

When we look back at

midcentury America, around

the time a certain blowhard

probably has in mind when he

says he wants to “make Amer-

ica great again”, we recall a na-

tion that everywhere in every

field discriminated against

people on the basis of their

skin. And while we are all

members of the amen chorus

that says segregation and Jim

Crow were wrong, we tend to

forget how tenaciously almost

half the country

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McGinty is a blunt force, and his many

efforts at reform have produced both

scars and pushback. The Cleveland

Police Patrolmen’s Association doesn’t

like him. He has made some county

judges uncomfortable.


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Chamber Members Tour

Industrial Surplus Giant

Euclid

By Derek Dixon

RDP CORRESPONDENT

More than a half-million squarefeet of warehousing — where sits ev-erything from a 5-lb. trash receptacleto a 16-ton blow molding machine

—provided the backdrop for lastmonth’s Euclid Chamber of Com-merce “Coffee Connections”.

“Our company’s motto is ‘Webuy and sell everything’, and that re-ally is the case,” explained HGR In-dustrial Surplus’ Chief MarketingOfficer Matt Williams, who directeda tour of the massive building’s inner

core. In business since 1998, HGR(“Hit the Ground Running”) tookoccupancy of the former GeneralMotors Fisher Parts plant after fiveyears of dormancy. From the outset,owner Paul Betori has grown a com-pany that “serves as a conduit be-tween customers looking for afford-

able used manufacturing machineryand industrial equipment, and man-ufacturers hoping to recoup someportion of their initial capital invest-ments,” according to the companywebsite [hgrinc.com].

“You can find just about any-thing that you can imagine, “Wil-liams continued, pointing down

more than a hundred yards of cor-ridor. “We’ve got brooms, vacuumcleaners, mop buckets, floor clean-

ers, and even a barbecue grill witha rotisserie…”“We currently have a lease

pending with a used car operationthat is looking at taking about a100,000 SF of our space, putting inthirty lifts and refurbishing cars,”he said. “hey then intend on sell-ing them through their chain ofused car dealerships. We’re hop-ing to have them join us as a tenanthere in short order.”

he message is clear: An oper-ation with unlimited procurementpotential that handles millions ofdollars in inventory is big enough toinfluence other industrial leaders to-ward long-term partnerships.

HGR has twenty-seven maincategories and 2,800 sub-catego-ries of items. he company sells

to everyone from the largest man-ufacturers of household and com-pany equipment to the random

street pedestrian. heir inven-tory comes from any and everyplace. he turnaround time ofsome items has been as little as tenminutes, but nothing sits for veryalong, according to Williams.

HGR is also big on commu-nity engagement and empower-ment. “HGR sponsors the Eu-clid, Ohio Robotics eam and is astrong supporter of Science ech-nology Engineering and Mathe-

matics (SEM) education,” saidHGR Marketing Communica-tions Specialist Gina abasso. “Wealso offer an annual scholarship toa local high school student.”

Coffee Connections is the Eu-clid Chamber’s ongoing network-ing and business collaborationincubator, held each month at a

different member business loca-tion in the city. One doesn’t haveto be a Euclid resident nor own

their enterprise in the city to be achamber member. “We’re tryingto network but have some fun atthe same time,” remarked newlyelected president Charlie Sims ofSims Buick GMC. he chamberwelcomes any size enterprise thathas some aspect of personal orcommunity uplift in its mission.

he next Coffee Connectionswill be held uesday, March 8 at8:30 am at the Polka Hall of Fame,

605 East 222 St. Said HELP Founda-tion’s Chief Development and Com-munications Officer Doug Knoop,“hese events are a great way to net-work while learning about other Eu-clid businesses and institutions.”

Information about the cham-ber may be found at euclidcham-ber.com.


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JW&A has experience constructing or recreating arange of different types of buildings. Former or currentprojects include health care facilities, commercial offices,and private dwellings. Where construction managementis needed, the company serves as a consultant, providingadvice for clarity of ideas as well as the design of a proj-ect. Where general contracting is needed, JW&A as-sumes responsibility for the means and methods speci-fied in the contract agreement. hese include budgetaryconditions and use of equipment while managing activi-ties on the worksite.

Commercial retail clients include CVS Pharmacy,Dick’s Sporting Goods, Wal-Mart, Dairy Queen, CMHAFriendly Inn and others. Institutional clients includethe Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland MetropolitanSchool District, CSU, and Hopkins Airport.

Principal owner John W. odd, Jr. is the second gener-ation in a family where the work ethic of his father, JohnW. odd, Sr. is reflected in the company’s commitment toquality and precision. odd Jr. joined the same PlastersUnion Local #80 where the senior odd served as a union

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More than fifty Case Western ReserveUniversity students, faculty, staff and alumniconvened as members of the African Diasporafrom 4pm until late in the evening on Feb. 12at the CWRU Mandel Center on BellflowerRd. for a time of communal sharing, collec-

tive reflection, spiritual renewal, and commu-nity planning. he organizers wanted and ap-peared to achieve their goal of creating a “safeintergenerational and intersectional space”that could provide an opportunity to feel whatcommunity should feel like.

he hours-long event, which saw peoplecome and go as their schedules required or per-mitted, contained ample measures of organizeddiscussion, music, and brief presentations fromgroup members, that wove together to create a vibe that was a mélange of comfort, family, trust,

caring, discovery, peace, joy, and solidarity.he convening was no doubt in-formed at least in part by the #WeBelong-Here movement that may have reached itszenith last year when students of color co-alesced in response to micro- and not somicro-aggressions directed against themthat seemed to question their right to be apart of the University community.

he day’s experience seemed carefullycalibrated to provide simultaneously both un-structured space and strategic focus towardssome not quite fully articulated end. Undoubt-

edly, one of the collective takeaways from thegathering was a heightened awareness of justhow incredibly diverse Case’s black commu-nity is, comprising Africans, Caribbeans, Af-rican Americans, etc. who were at school tostudy law, engineering, social studies, med-icine, science, the arts, languages, etc., hav-ing assembled in University Circle from everyContinent, from across the country and acrosstown, as graduates, undergraduates, facultyand so forth, from 18 to 70+.

If all this seems impossibly vague, be

assured by this scribe that the vibe was, ifintangible, nonetheless palpable. Perhaps,as the elders say, you just had to have beenthere. One sensed that a tangible result tothis gathering before semester’s end couldreasonably be anticipated.


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Just like great football teamsin today’s National FootballLeague, the basic ingredients ofall successful small businessesstarts with a winning quarter-back: the owner.

Increasingly sports teamscouts — especially in the NFLand National Basketball Associ-ation — are relying on biomet-rics — the quantitative-basedstudy and analysis of profes-sional athletes — to make draftpicks. Coaches and scouts usebiometrics to closely analyze thecapabilities of each rookie theyare considering.

he unique characteristicsof each player being consideredare closely watched and factoredinto the final decision: the me-chanics of their movements, the

acceleration of their runningstyles, the height and range oftheir jumping abilities, etc. o-day’s successful professionalsports teams have all masteredthe science of biometrics as akey to success.

Business counselors and ad- visors have also devoted a greatdeal of time breaking down thepersonality characteristics of

some of the world’s most suc-cessful entrepreneurs. Businesswriters have detailed some ofthe most common traits of goodbusiness people.

Ask any banker, accountant,or advisor and they will tell youthat the most important aspectof any business is the ability ofthe “jockey” — or owner — topull any and all aspects of the

business together. he ability ofsome entrepreneurs to orches-trate successful business ven-tures is oftentimes based on sev-eral personality traits that are

common among the most prof-itable business owners.

Most of these traits are obvious,others not so much. But observershave noted that many, if not most,entrepreneurs share these commonpersonality characteristics:• Optimism – Most entrepre-

neurs tend to have a very sunny,“glass half full” outlook on life.

Any business owner worth his or

her salt has to be a bit of an op-timist to risk a great deal of timeand financial resources to builda business enterprise.

• enacity – Most entrepreneurshave to be willing to keep push-ing, despite whatever odds arestacked against them. Very of-ten entrepreneurs must face the

prospect of having sponsors,lenders, and perspective part-

ners tell them “No”. hey haveto be willing and able to bounceback from letdowns.

• Vision – Most entrepreneurshave the ability to envision a

new product, service, process,and/or organization (usuallytheir own business enterprise)that does not currently exist.

• Passion – Most business own-ers are driven by an overrid-ing passion to build a suc-cessful business enterprise orto achieve financial indepen-dence. hat strong desire isthe fuel that powers his or her

ability to work long hours andmake personal sacrifices in or-der to succeed.

• Decisiveness – Most businessowners usually have the abilityto quickly make decisions thatwill reduce costs, change pro-cedures, or pursue new growthopportunities. Entrepreneursneed this trait to help the or-

ganization survive and thrive.

• Resilience – Entrepreneursmust be able to adapt to anyand all situations. Businessesand business owners will facevarious boom and bust cycles

that must be weathered to en-sure continued growth.

• Fiscally Prudent – In the beginning, most entrepreneursshould build up their cash re-serves while they are build-ing the business. Most busi-ness owners will tell anyonewho listens that – after em-

ployee payroll and all businessexpenses are funded – they are

the last to be paid.hese are just a few of the

traits generally common tobusiness leaders and risk-tak-ers. Other characteristics in-clude a willingness to acceptambiguity, the ability to sell,fearlessness, and balance.

Most of these characteris-tics are not genetic; they can belearned. In order to take on the

challenge of business owner-ship, individuals should striveto find ways to expand thesetraits as part of their personalgrowth and experience.

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he ongoing tragedy in FlintMichigan concerning dangerouslevels of lead and contaminants

in the water supply has manycommunities across the UnitedStates wondering if their drink-ing water is safe.

Bedford, which purchases itswater from Cleveland and resellsit to residents, admits that whilethey cannot be certain as to theoverall level of lead present inthe city’s aging water lines, theywant to assure the residents that

its drinking water is safe.“We have an older systemthat dates back to before the1930s so the presence of somelead is to be expected,” explainedBedford City Manager MichaelMallis. “I’m sure we have somelead joints and valves. he sameI suspect you would find in anyAmerican city. But our water hasbeen tested and is safe.”

Bedford purchases all itswater supply from Cleveland,which handles the cleaning andtreatment of all water prior toits entering Bedford’s system.Cleveland’s water treatmentplants treat and remove as manycontaminants as possible, buteven federal allows some “safe”levels of lead.

Bedford currently has about50 miles of underground wa-

ter mains servicing nearly 5000homes and businesses.

“Bedford is a Master Metercommunity and we don’t treator add chemicals to our water

but we do sample and test peri-odically and that information isprovided to the Ohio Environ-mental Protection Agency,” saidMallis. “We provide a regular re-port to our community regardingour water quality and we are wellwithin safe federal guidelines.”

According to Mallis, the cityis responsible to provide drink-ing water to customers but hasno control over the plumbing andwaterlines inside resident’s homes.

“We have a lot of older homesin this community so it is possiblethat some of the older propertieshave plumbing that might not bemodern and lead free.”

Lead in a city’s drinking

supply can have serious conse-quences, especially for expect-ant mothers and young chil-dren. In the United States drink-ing water supplies are protectedby he Safe Drinking Water Actof 1974.

Under the Act, the Environ-mental Protection Agency setsand enforces water quality stan-dards. he EPA maintains that a

presence of lead or "action level"less than 15 ppb (parts per bil-lion) in the water supply is safe.

In tests conducted in 2014, allthirty Bedford homes tested werefound to be within the federallimit with only 4 parts per billionfound in the samples. he sametests also found acceptable levelsof cooper in the samples.

Mallis says the required test-ing was done in 2015 and thecity will issue a 2016 ConsumerConfidence Report soon.

As a precaution, Mallissays the city took advantage ofCuyahoga County-funded re-pairs to the Columbus Avenuebridge to inspect and initiatean upgrade to the water mainlines buried under the bridgestructure.

“here are some very oldmain lines under there, saidMallis. “We had some concernsthat there might be some leadpresent so since the County al-ready underwent the expense todig we saved money by startingan upgrade now.”

Mallis said that Bedfordsaved taxpayers fifty thousanddollars piggybacking on the

County’s dig and later deter-mined that the old main lineswere cast iron and free of lead.

Bedford admits some lead in pipesbut insists water supply is safe

Letter to the Editor Bedford

By Richard Donald Jones

RDP CORRESPONDENT

Ohio has consistently been a critical state for selecting the President

of the United States since 1960. Millions of dollars are spent organizing

and advertising political campaigns here each year. In that same veinand with that same fervor, Ohio needs to lead on an energy plan for

our future that puts our businesses and manufacturing industry on the

frontlines of growth in a rapidly changing global economy.

Unfortunately, our state is running in place when it comes to

developing – let alone keeping up with – the emerging clean energy

sector of our economy. In 2014, the state legislature froze clean energy

standards that had been proven to spur investment and innovation in the

energy sector, creating some 3,000 jobs while saving consumers billions

and making Ohio a healthier place to live, work and raise a family.

Studies show 89,000 Ohioans work fo r roughly 7,200 businesse s in the

clean energy industry. But with Ohio's freeze, we continue to jeopardize that innovation and growth for the cutting-edge businesse s of tomorrow.

Not only does this make it more difficult for start-ups and manufacturers

to lead, but it puts us all behind by impeding clean energy progress that

promotes the health and welfare of our most vulnerable populations: the

elderly, children, those with heart and lung disease.

Though Ohio may not be keeping pace with the rest of the nation

and the world when it comes to embracing an all-of-the-above energy

strategy, the relative lack of national debate on a cleaner, more productive

and more profitable clean energy industry also highlights a disconnect

with planning for our future.

The United States is viewed as a world leader in many arenas and wemust continue to push for progre ssive policies to ensure a brighter future

for everyone. If we don't act quickly, we will miss out on being a leader in

the clean energy industry, jeopardizing the creation of new jobs and an

advanced and stable economy. With the presidential primaries quickly

approaching, now is the time for Ohio to speak up on the importance

of a clean energy plan. In the coming weeks, it is crucial that we hear

real solutions to grow our advanced energy economy from politicians on

both sides of the aisle before we fall even further behind.

State Rep. Stephanie Howse

Ohio House District 11

Rep. Howse is a member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee

of the Ohio House of Representatives.


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March 4

Bridging Worlds Together: Advancing Our Understanding of Social

Justice through Cultural AwarenessCase Western Reserve University’s S ocial Justice Institute [SJI]

and Plymouth Church’s Empowering Youth, Exploring Justice [EYEJ]

are inviting community members to participate in a wide-ranging

panel discussion focusing on conversations about culture and ad-

vocacy in an intersectional framework, implicit bias and privilege,

and the language of advocacy, activism and solidarity.

The pro gram will tak e pl ace Frid ay, Ma rch 4, 6 :45- 9:45 pm, at

Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights, 2860 Coventry Rd.

The pan el i nclu des Eugen ia C ash (ADA MHS and CMS D), R ever end

Jawanza Colvin (Olivet Institutional Baptist Church), Phyllis Seven

Harris (LGBT Community Center), Judge Kristin Sweeney, attorney

Reggie Williams and our founder & director Dr. Rhonda Y. Williams;

Rev. Dr. Shawnthea Monroe (Plymouth Church UCC) will serve as

the even ing’s mod erat or.

The even ing will als o in clud e a sti rrin g pe rf orma nce by H ue Pe ople ,

questions from the audience, and a light reception.

Tick ets are $10, with all pro ceed s wi ll b enef it t he S ocia l Ju sti ce

Institute and EYEJ. Tickets will also be available at the door.

March 20Community Forum Discussion

The Clev eland C onsent D ecree, C ommunit y Saf ety, and Suburba n

Neighborhoods will be the focus of a communit y forum with attorney

James Hardiman, chair of Citizens for Safe a nd Fair Communities and

Dr. Yvonne Conner, a member of both the Cleveland Community Police

Commission and the Greater Cleveland Congregation’s Criminal Justice

Team. The di scussio n will t ake plac e Sunday, Mar ch 20 fr om

9:30-10:45 am at First Unitarian Church of Cleveland

21600 Shaker Blvd.,Shaker Heights.

Call 216-751-2320 for more information.

Social Justice Survey Participants sought

The Cle veland C ommunit y Police Commis sion (C CPC) is r equired

to pro vide the Monitor Team and th e Clevela nd Divi sion of Police

feedback from the public regarding its current mission statement. The

CCPC has created an online feedback tool to help gather this valuable

information. CCPC wants to insure that it receives input that is repre-

sentative of Greater Cleveland’s diverse p opulations.

To comple te the sur vey, which ca n be don e using a smart phone, visit

www.clecpc.org and click on the community input tab and t hen the

Cleveland Division of Police Mission Statement link.

• • •

Cleveland Consent Decree Community Forums • facilitated by the

Cleveland Consent Decree Community Monitoring Team at CPL

Branches around town:

Thursday, April 14 4-6PM,

Rockport Branch,

4421 West 141 • 623.7053

Thursday, June 9 4-6PM,

MLK Jr. Branch,

1962 Stokes Blvd. • 623.7018

Thursday, August 11 4-6PM

Harvard-Lee Branch,

16918 Harvard Ave. • 623.6990

Thursday, Oct. 13 4-6PM

Fulton Branch,

3545 Fulton Rd. • 623.6969

Experts will be on hand to educate & inform citizens about the DOJ Re-

port, the Consent Decree and the ongoing process to reform policing

in the City of Cleveland.

Social Justice Watch City ReportsBedford Heights

Mayor Fletcher Berger will deliver the

State of the City address at 12:30pm

Thursday, March 3, at the Mediterra-

nean Party Center, 25021 Rockside Rd.,

Bedford Hts. Doors open at 11:30am.

The Southeast R egion Chamber of C om-

merce is providing a buffet lunch for

$10. Contact director@southeastcham-

ber.org or 440.232.0115 if interested.

There is no charge to attend t he event;

reservations are only required if you

are purchasing lunch.

South Euclid

The Heights Regional C hamber of

Commerce is sponsoring SoEuBAM!,

the South Euclid Busines s Appreciation

Mixer at University Suburban Health

Center, on Thursday, March 3 from

5:30 - 7:30 pm.

The event is for busines ses and

business owners in South Euclid, and is

free for them to attend.

Call 216-397-7322 to RSVP and for more

info.

Warrensville Heights

Zoning Appeals Board approves Life

Banc variances

The Warrensville Board of Zo ning

Appeals met February 23 to hear an

appeal from a representative of Geis

Construction, Greg Seifert, on behalf

of LifeBanc. Geis is responsible for

the construct ion being done on the

LifeBanc offices at 4775 Richmond Rd.

Warrensville Heights.

Seifert presented three variances to the

Appeals board for their consideration, two related to p arking ordinance s and

the third one related to t he setback line

for an addition to LifeBanc’s offices.

The Appeals boar d questioned the

request to reduce parking lot spaces

from the current 100 to 80. Seifert

said LifeBanc is installing an Organ

Procurement Operation that will reduce

the need for parking to a maximum of

80 employees will need parking.

All three of the variances were

approved and will be sent over to

Warrensville City Council for approval.

Reported by Timothy Cox


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The black

community doesnot need to bepandered to.

resisted commonsense efforts

to create a more just and equal

society.It took a civil rights revolu-

tion to bring about fundamen-

tal change in American society.

he battles were fought com-

munity by community, in thou-

sands of workplaces, and tens

of thousands of communities,

churches, schools, scout troops,

bowling leagues, professional

locker rooms and front offices,

city halls, and unfathomable

numbers of the types of com-

munal associations that Alexis

de ocqueville so admired

about this country.

But when those battles were

largely won, and we paused to

take our collective breath and

celebrate a new dawn, we dis-

covered that we now had a

whole ‘nother series of battlesto fight, that even the victories

that were hard fought and hard

won were not permanent.

he struggle continues.

Emmitt ill in 1955, amir

Rice in 2014.

We asked in this space last

month whether one incredi-

bly, inexplicably botched case

was enough to decide one wayor another whether im Mc-

Ginty should get another term

as county prosecutor. Since we

do not believe and have no ev-

idence that he operated with

malice aforethought, our an-

swer is that we must look first at

the totality of his record in office

and second, compare his record

with that of his opponent, Mi-chael O’Malley, and then con-

clude which candidate is likely

to be an ally in the struggle to

bring fairness and justice to

Cuyahoga County for the first

time. Ever.

Yes, we said ever, eventhough we of course remem-

ber that our dear friend Stepha-

nie ubbs Jones was once HE

county prosecutor. But it was

a criminal justice system then

and it’s still a system now. No

one person of any race, gender

or religion can wave a magic

wand and eradicate centuries of

a malfunctioning system. SJ

initiated a number of changes

in the operation of that office,

but prosecuting a police of-

fice for the use of deadly force

against a civilian wasn’t one of

them. he tone of the office did

mellow a bit after the departure

of her arrogant, over-indicting

predecessor, and a few more

persons of color did join the of-

fice, along with more women.But over-indicting did not end,

and the pipeline to prison did

not narrow appreciably.

And of course, what-

ever gains were made during

her tenure, which at that time

seemed blissful compared to

her predecessor’s near half-cen-

tury reign, were subject to re-

versal under her hyper-polit-ical successor once she left for

Congress in 1998.

SYSEM CHANGE

Changing the justice sys-

tem in our county necessitates

changing most of its parts. Who

gets recruited to be a police offi-

cer, who gets hired, how they are

trained, and how they perform

all needs radical adjustment.he judiciary need changing.

And on the back end, the prison

system needs a major overhaul.

he prosecutor is central to

making effective change in lo-

cal policing and court systems.

While there was no conviction,McGinty is the first Cuyahoga

prosecutor in memory to indict

a police officer in a deadly force

case. hat was Cleveland po-

lice officer Brelo in the 137-bul-

let case. He has worked to undo

the rampant politicization of

the Mason administration that

preceded him. He has kept —

no, surpassed — his campaign

promises with respect to the hir-

ing and promotion of a staff that

has finally begun to look like the

makeup of the county that funds

his office. Further, he has made

great strides in ending the prac-

tice of over-indicting arrestees

so as to bludgeon them into un-

fair plea deals. And he has leaned

on county judges to streamline

arraignment and trial processesso that justice is not routinely

delayed.

McGinty is a blunt force,

and his many efforts at reform

have produced both scars and

pushback. he Cleveland Po-

lice Patrolmen’s Association

doesn’t like him. He has made

some county judges uncom-

fortable with his zeal for reform.And his office personnel poli-

cies are not only busting up the

old boys network; they have dis-

rupted the easy path many of

them took to a secure seat on

the county judiciary.

For many Cuyahoga vot-

ers, these positive accomplish-

ments in McGinty’s first term

may not override his gross mis-handling of the amir Rice

case. But a vote for McGinty is

NO a ratification of every de-

cision he has made.

Elections in our system are

limiting. Up or down. his

one or that one. However nu-

anced our analysis must be, our

choices are stark. On March 15it’s either McGinty or O’Malley,

about whom we have said little

in this piece.

O’Malley has said little in this

campaign other than he’s not Mc-

Ginty. It’s one thing to say the

amir case was botched; it’s quite

another to say as a candidate for

the job that a murder indictment

should have been sought.

he black community does

not need to be pandered to. It

would respect a candidate who

said, “You know, it was a tough

case, even in hindsight. I don’t

know what I would have done

but I won’t hesitate to indict a

cop if I think it’s warranted.”

I haven’t heard O’Malley

speak with that kind of convic-

tion. Nor does his long tenure

as a top gun with the Mason re-

gime that was too cozy with the

cops and the courts and espe-

cially too cozy with the corrupt

Dimora-Russo duo, suggest to

me that he would in any way

be an improvement upon the

earnest guy we have now who

is willing to stand up and take

the heat.

McGinty is the better can-

didate in this race.

— R. . Andrews, Editor

Prosecutor Continued From Page 1


9/16


We think the nation’s prob-lems with race, as well as theprogress, can be partly explainedby looking at the humble insti-tution of jury trial. First, we fo-cus on a little-remarked feature ofthe Civil Rights Act of 1964. hen

we turn to a jury trial during Re-construction in Washington, D.C.that shattered stereotypes.

One of us went to segregatedschools, in the Maryland sub-urbs outside the nation’s capi-tal. President Kennedy was as-sassinated in his freshman yearof college. Kennedy’s killingwas traumatic and tragic, yetmay have spurred passage of the

Civil Rights Act of 1964.When itle VII — the part

of the 1964 Civil Rights Actdealing with job bias — was en-acted, supporters went out oftheir way to make sure that ju-ries would not decide civil rightscases. People remembered howall-white juries would not con- vict white men who killed Afri-can Americans, no matter howdamning the evidence. So civilrights supporters wanted fairemployment cases to be decidedby judges, not juries.

In our system, a civil casemust be decided by a jury only ifdamages are involved — that is,if the worker can get damages ifhe or she wins. (he defendant ina criminal case, in contrast, canalmost always ask for a jury.) Sothe writers of the Civil Rights Act

said those who won fair employ-ment lawsuits — which are civil(not criminal) cases — couldnot get damages. his seemeda small price to pay to keep the

cases away from juries. And itwas not a really big deal, be-cause the Act allowed winnersto get the back pay they wouldhave earned but for discrimina-tion. his was true even thoughback pay was ordinarily the typeof thing that a jury could awardas damages.

None of this was logical.

It was just what was needed tokeep job bias cases from beingdecided by a jury.

hat was 1964. But a gen-eration later — 1991 — every-thing changed. he Civil RightsAct of 1991 was a congressionalattempt to strengthen job biaslegislation, including overturn-ing a slew of unfavorable Su-preme Court decisions. But un-

like in 1964, there was no con-cern about juries. Indeed, Con-gress openly declared that blackworkers who proved job dis-crimination were entitled todamages, even though thatmeant that juries would be involved. It was all matter-of-fact,especially compared to the rushto avoid juries in 1964.

In the 25 years between theCivil Rights Act of 1964 and the’91 amendments, two momen-tous changes occurred. First, ju-ries began to treat civil rightscases fairly, and this was aidedby the second change: elim-ination of the all-white jury.hroughout the nation, northand south, African Americansregularly served on juries.

Juries define America. Ev-ery day, across the country, ju-

ries decide disputes. In 1964— with good reason — Afri-can Americans did not trust ju-ries to decide their cases. But ageneration later, they did. his

signaled a fundamental andpositive shift in the nation’s at-titude toward race.

he Case of Minnie Gaines

In 1869, a jury decided thefate of Minnie Gaines, an Af-rican American woman ac-cused of murdering her whitelover (she was pregnant with

their child, and they’d gotteninto a fight over whether herlover would support the unbornchild). Just two years earlier, Af-rican American men had beengiven the right to vote in localelections in the city of Washing-ton; in 1869, they’d received theright to serve on juries.

Gaines’ trial was the firsttime a murder case had been

heard by a mixed-race jury inWashington, and was thereforeof intense public interest. Spec-tators crowded into the court-room each day to watch notonly the salacious trial proceed-ings, but also the spectacle of the jury — six black men, six white— participating as civic equals.

he twelve men defied cus-tom by forging social bondsoutside the context of the jurybox, too. While sequestered,they stayed together in a “third-class” hotel, ate meals together,took an afternoon drive to-gether to the countryside, hada group picture taken in a pho-tographer’s studio. And theyheld at least one private prayersession together.

In the end, the jury decidedGaines was not guilty by reason

of temporary insanity. She wasgiven the mildest possible sen-tence of nine months in a hos-pital for the criminally insane,where she gave birth to her baby.

Historian Kate Masur tells

this story in her book, An Ex-ample for All the Land: Eman-cipation and the Struggle OverEquality in Washington, D.C.She argues that the actions of thetwelve jurors stoked fear amongwhite conservatives in Washing-ton, and around the country, thatpolitical equality — the vote, juryservice — would lead to fraterni-zation and friendship, and ul-timately to social equality. heGaines jurors showed not onlythat blacks and whites could em-brace the work of democracy to-gether; they could enjoy eachother’s company while doing it.

Unrealized Promise

he enormous promise ofReconstruction was never real-ized. Instead, we had a centuryof Jim Crow, followed by fitful

progress. It is undeniable thatrace relations in this countryhave improved since passageof the Civil Rights Act of 1964.he changing attitude toward

juries shows that, and white

presidential candidates haveclose black friends. David Pan-ton, a black Jamaican, served asbest man when ed Cruz mar-ried Heidi Nelson.

Yet if juries show how farwe have come, they also showhow far we have to go. A quarterof African American men willserve time in prison, and thesemen will not be available tobuild democracy through juryservice. We had a chance duringReconstruction to forge socialequality, and it slipped away. Itshould not evaporate again. Af-rican Americans may not be im-pressed if the best we can sayabout racial progress is that aright-wing Republican like edCruz has a black friend.

Doug Huron is a lawyer whoserved in the White House un-

der President Carter. AmandaHuron, his daughter, teachesa course in D.C. history at theUniversity of the District of Co-lumbia, an HBCU.

A White Perspective on Race

OP-ED

By Doug Huron and Amanda Huron [T]he actions of the twelve

jurors stoked fear among white

conservatives in Washington,

and around the country, that

political equality — the vote, juryservice — would lead to fraternization

and friendship, and ultimately

to social equality.


10/16

PAGE VOLUME TWO NUMBER T WELVE

I have been a political junkie for

almost three decades, pretty much

since I was a teenager. I think the rhe-

torical and ideological flatulence ema-

nating from leading Republican pres-

idential candidates has descended tohistoric levels of inanity.

I have never ascribed to conserva-

tive ideology, which seems all too of-

ten to sympathize with and support

an unjust status quo across numerous

societal levels (economic, race, sex,

religion, foreign policy, etc.). But I

understand that a balanced and just

society must be able to embrace di-

verse, even divergent, ideologies andparadigms and put them into just

and balanced praxis.

But such praxis and spirit have

been nakedly absent from the Re-

publican core for the last seven years.

he election of President Barack

Hussein Obama seems to have in-

spired conservatives to direct record

modern day levels of vitriolic and

hatred towards Obama and what herepresents (both in reality and their

fantasized inventions).

here is no doubt that the con-

servatives and Republicans of whom

I speak are vehemently opposed

to President Obama’s liberal poli-

cies (with significant leftist /progres-

sive tendencies). While President

Obama has some legitimate critics on

his left flank, he has arguably imple-mented the most progressive policies

— Obamacare, negotiation/deal mak-

ing with Iran, opening relations with

Cuba, addressing climate change,

reaching out to the Muslim world,

addressing racial oppression and in-

equality in numerous contexts at a

level that no other president is re-

motely close to, etc. — since the New

Deal. While he certainly has not ad-

dressed or made progress on all essen-

tial reforms on the liberal/progressiveagenda the policy successes he has

had have been enough to disturb con-

servative ideologues to their core.

Let us be clear however, the con-

servative hatred of President Obama

is not limited to his agenda and pol-

icies alone. His being the first Afri-

can American president — with an

African father and a non-western

name — has exponentially exacer-bated their fears and anger leading

to a profound detachment from real-

ity. he escalating fantasyland where

many Republicans have lived over

the past 7 years has become so wide-

spread that it has infected national

dialogue and become accepted as a

legitimate perspective instead of the

racism-driven status quo-defending

lunacy it actually is.Consider: the birther movement,

begun during the 2008 presiden-

tial campaign, has had unfathomable

shelf life considering its blatantly in-

sipid premise. Since raising concern

about President Obama being black

was not feasible many conservatives

asserted that he is Muslim, which,

in their xenophobic worldview, is a

problem. hey have routinely heapedunfounded accusations that President

Obama hates America and is trying to

Contunied on Page 11

When the Ludicrous

Becomes MainstreamBy Neal Howard

THE REAL DEAL PRESSPAGE


11/16


www.supernova90.com

destroy it. A more sanitized

version of this lie is the asser-

tions made by many on the

right that President Obama

“does not share our values” or

“is not like you and me”. hey

have vowed to “take back”

America. he tea party move-

ment has pushed right wing

presence and ideology to such

crazed extremes that Donald

rump and ed Cruz now lead

in national and primary Re-

publican polling. he rump/

Cruz phenomenon is clear ev-

idence that the chickens have

come home to roost. Com-

monsense conservatives are

now aghast that the fear, racist,

anger driven vitriol they nur-

tured now threatens the very

fabric of their party.

he current collective hope

of so-called “establishment Re-

publicans” many believe is now

with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

But Rubio has in fact expressed

thoughts and ideas as dumb-

founding, unbalanced, and rac-

ist as rump and Cruz. His re-

cent declaration about Presi-

dent Obama’s visit to a mosque

last month is representative of

the collective lunacy that has

gripped Republicans.

“He gave a speech at a

mosque, basically implying

that America is discriminating

against Muslims. Of course

there’s discrimination in

America, of every kind. But

the bigger issue is radical

Islam. his constant pitting

people against each other, I

can’t stand that. It's hurting

our country badly.”

his Rubio statement epito-

mizes the GOP establishment?

Hmmmmm. If giving a speech

at a mosque in and of itself im-

plies that America discriminates

against Muslims, why didn’t Rubio

say America discriminates against

Jews when President Obama gave

a speech at a synagogue last May?

Showing support for communi-

ties that have and continue to face

discrimination in America (cer-

tainly not by all Americans) is an

act of inclusion.

Speaking at the Baltimore

mosque, President Obama said:

“We’re one American family.

And when any part of our fam-

ily starts to feel separate or sec-

ond-class or targeted, it tears at the

very fabric of our nation” and “Like

people of all religions, Muslims

living their faith in a modern, plu-

ralistic world are called upon to

uphold human rights, to make

sure that everyone has opportu-

nity. hat includes the aspirations

of women and youth and all peo-

ple. If we expect our own dignity to

be respected, so must we respect the

dignity of others.”

Rubio’s criticism of Obama’s

visit to the mosque seems to be

that “Nothing wedges people

apart more than advocating for

pluralism.” his is nonsense, of

course, but nonsense and fab-

ricated reality have become the

norm for a significant portion

of our country’s dialogue, a re-

sult driven in part by a fear of

change in a status quo that has

unfairly privileged white up-

per-class elites’ perception of

America’s global invincibility. If

we are not careful this unhinged

norm could seep its way into the

norms of how our country op-

erates. We have been there be-

fore (Jim Crow, Japanese intern-

ment, “ no Irish need apply” are

but a few examples). Let’s not go

back there again.

Neal Howard is a licensed social

worker in Boston MA. his is his

first column for he Real Deal Press.

Ludicrous Continued From Page 10

Ted Cruz exas Senator

Donald TrumpBillionaire Businessman

Marco RubioFlorida Senator

PAGE THE REAL DEAL PRESS


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PAGE VOLUME TWO NUMBER T WELVETHE REAL DEAL PRESS THE REAL DEAL PRESSPAGE

March 5 The Black Wo men’s Poli tical A ction Commit tee

presents a celebrity fashion show and luncheon,Steppin-N-StylZ in recognition of Women’s History

Month on Saturday, March 5 from Noon-3pm at

Embassy Suites, 3775 Park East Drive, Beachwood

44122. Tickets are $45. F or more information, call

Deborah Black 216-403-0056, or Debra Preston

540-435-8239, email women’[email protected],

or visit www.bwpac.org.

March 11 This year ’s Cuyahoga County Social Work

Conference takes p lace at Case Wes tern Res erveUniversity’s Tinkham Veale University Center, 11038

Bellflower Rd., on Friday, March 11 from 8am-5pm.

Registration costs, which include parking, refreshments

and lunch, range from $20-$50 depending on your

professional status [working, retired, student, etc.]

For event details, email [email protected]. For

registration information, contact the National Asso-

ciation of Social Work, Ohio Chapter at 614.461.4484

or [email protected].

March 12 The Clev eland Fo undatio n, The C ity C lub of Cleve-

land, Cleveland Young Professional Senate, Crain’s

Cleveland Business, ideastream, and Neighborhood

Connections have partnered up to present the

Greater Cleveland Caucus Series.

On Saturday, March 12 from 9am-12:30pm at

Cleveland Public Auditorium, the Greater Cleveland

Caucus: A Town Hall Meeting on Community

Solutions will kick off a year-long series of events

by convening a broad group of Greater Cleveland-

ers to discuss key issues impacting our region,

brainstorm community priorities, and connect with

organizations working to address these community

challenges.

The kick-o ff event wi ll featu re local l eaders

delivering 5-minute talks on C leveland’s momentum

in eight Caucus areas. Following the talks, each

Caucus topic area will participate in facilitated

conversations to identify key community priorities

in that Caucus.

Caucus speakers and their areas include Eric

Gordon – CEO, Cleveland Metropolitan School

District [Education + Youth Development]; Jenita

McGowan – Chief of Sustainability, City of Cleve-

land [Environment]; Dr. Sonja Harris-Haywood,

Director – NEOMED-CSU Partnership for Urban

Health [Health]; Erika Anthony – Senior Director

of Advocacy, Policy & Research, Cleveland Neigh-borhood Progress [Housing + Neighborhoods]; Joe

Cimperman – Incoming Executive Director, Global

Cleveland [Inclusion: Population + Demographics];

Eric Diamond – Executive Vice President of Lend-

ing, Economic Community Development Institute

[Jobs + Economy]; Ron Soeder – President, Boys &

Girls Clubs of Cleveland [Safety]; and Grace Galluc-

ci – Director, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinat-

ing Agency [Transportation + Infrastructure]

Thi s no npa rt isa n, non pol iti cal even t i s f reeand open to the public. Citizens are invited to

participate and follow upcoming events in this

year-long series by visiting www.ClevelandFoun-

dation.org/Caucus.

March 12A program entitled Untold Cleveland: The History

of Glenville will be presented from 2-4pm Literary

Cleveland at the Glenville Branch Library, 11900 St .

Clair Ave. FREE.

March 15 • PRIMARY ELECTION DAY

March 31 The Top Ladies of Distinction will hold a 13 chapter

regional conference in Cleveland beginning March

31. The public is invited to participate in several

events, including a Community Awards Public

Banquet on Friday, April 1, 7:30 PM. Tickets are $65.

Other public events include an April 1 Prayer

Breakfast/Memorial Service featuring Rev. Courtney

Clayton Jenkins of Sout h Euclid UCC as speaker [$45]and the Top Teens of America (TTA) Blue and Silver

Ball on Saturday evening, April 2 [$55].

Several local individuals and organizations will be

recognized at the Friday banquet for sustained

positive community impact: Northeast Ohio

Neighborhood Health Centers (NEON); Fairfax Place

Nursing Center; Habitat for Humanity - Cuyahoga

County; American Heart A ssociation – Cleveland;

St. Martin de Porres High School and Ms. Anto-

nique Ivey. Marsha Mockabee, President and CEOof Urban League of Greater Cleveland, will receive

a special Humanitarian Award. Scholarships will

also be presented to several Top Teens.

Community Calendar


13/16


wo months into her ten-ure as Euclid’s fourteenthmayor, and casting a waryeye on budgetary challenges,Kirsten Holzheimer Gailnonetheless painted a pic-

ture of expected sustainablegrowth in public safety ef-forts, housing and neighbor-hood development, big andsmall business opportunity,and youth engagement.

“While I’m pleased to re-port that we did add to ourcash balance in 2015, 2016 willbe a difficult year,” Gail saidduring her Feb. 24 State of the

City address before a lunch-time mix of chamber of com-merce members and guests atizzano’s Party Center.

Last year’s income taxrevenue was the primaryreason for a net $1 milliongain in the general fund,she said. However projectedincreases in city workers’pay, health care, and work-ers compensation justified

seeking additional revenuesources and focus groups.Gail said she wants to createan ad hoc long-term financecommittee to review thecity’s financial position, ex-plore options, and offer rec-ommendations for our long-term financial outlook, andinvited audience membersto serve on the committee.

he mayor emphasizedthat continuing recent col-laboration initiatives betweenresidents, city council and de-partmental employees would

eventually meet Euclid’sneeds. “In the police depart-ment there are new commu-nity policing initiatives, (suchas) the continuation of thepopular Citizens Police Acad-emy, and the hiring of six newpolice officers to strengthenour safety forces.” Also in2015, an officers’ commu-nity response team was in-

troduced to focus on specificsafety concerns. Crime re-duction and prevention re-main high priorities, she said.

Fire safety was also up-graded last year with enoughoutside revenue to employsix new firefighters, purchasenew safety equipment, addnew ambulances and trucks,and support a new partner-

ship with the Chagrin South-east Hazardous Materials Re-sponse eam.

“Business growth and development is one of my ad-ministration’s top priorities,”said Gail. MD&A, the HelpFoundation’s (support for de-

velopmentally challenged cit-izens) new training facility,Lincoln Electric, the St. ClairAvenue industrial corridor,

HGR Industrial Surplus, theFogg Co., Guardian ech-nologies, and Euclid Hospi-tal have all emerged with re-investment efforts.

Small businesses also ex-panded with the openingof new private eateries andbrand name outlets. he cityalso welcomed a new sport-ing goods store, grocery store,

and a brewery, among othernew businesses.

“During the last twomonths, I’ve had the oppor-tunity to meet with more

than fifteen local businessand commercial brokers forproperties in our city, andanother ten to twelve com-munity agencies. We will beworking to update our mar-keting materials to help bro-kers sell our city, make surethey are well aware of our re-cent successes, plans in place,and vision for the future.”

Special attention wasgiven to residential servicesand housing access oppor-tunities. he city has se-cured funding and equipmentfor the demolition of struc-tural eyesores while engag-ing prospective new home-owners with innovative hous-ing payment options. “hehousing department has re-

viewed many of its currentprocedures and has identi-fied areas for improvement.”Online registration and im-proved use of housing inspec-tors’ field time were presentedas examples.

Gail also reported severalnew investment and redevel-opment plans currently un-derway that will connect res-idents to already existing ser-

vices. Organizational development is underway atcity hall to improve how cityworkers perform commu-nity outreach tasks. Diver-sity training took place in re-sponse to Euclid’s changingcultural landscape. Underthe new service director Dan-iel Knecht, Gail said she an-ticipates continued improve-

ment in sanitation, water ac-cess, leaf and snow cleaning,and street repair.

Gail thanked depart-ment heads connected with

youth engagement, credit-ing them with spearhead-ing improvements to pools,ice rinks, grass fields, anda childhood obesity resis-tance initiative. “(Recre-ation Director) Mac Ste-phens is committed to in-suring the successful de-

velopment of our youth,not only as athletes, but

for three years in a row,Mac has provided academicstudy tables, meals and mo-tivational speaking sessionsat the police mini station forall program participants.”Gail also noted youth ini-tiatives at the public li-brary and the YMCA. Shethanked volunteers, manyof whom sponsor teams and

events out-of-pocket, fortheir time with a variety ofcity-sponsored sports andoutdoor activities.

Finally, Gail spoke on themany programs at the SeniorCenter, where manager BobPayne has spearheaded en-hancements in gaming, nutri-tion, health classes and guestspeaker appearances.

“We are working with

(council members) to estab-lish a community relationscommission that will bringcitizens together to improverelationships between allpeople. We are also planninga series of listening tours toprovide the opportunity toresidents to share their ideasand concerns.

“I do believe that Euclid

is a great community, andthat we can again be a firstchoice suburb—a place thatwe all can be proud to livework and visit.”

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COMMUNITY FORUM DISCUSSION:

Sunday, March 20th • 9:30-10:45 am

Dr. Yvonne ConnerMember Greater ClevelandCongregation’s Criminal Justice Team

James HardimanEsq.., Chair Citizens For Safe And Fair Communities

First Unitarian Church Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights, 44122

www.firstunitariancleveland.org

What can congregations do, specifically,

to help insure resident safety in their

own communities? Is there cooperationbetween Cleveland and suburban police

departments on basic c elements of the

US Department of Justice consent decree?

Join our us for free coffee,

conversation and community.

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Cleveland Foundation Seeking Scholarship

Applications for 2016-17 Academic Year

Application deadline is March 15

The Cleveland Foundation is an impo rtant local

source of scholarship funds for college-bound stu-

dents. Last year Foundation scholarships supported

421 students with more than $2.7 million in aid

through more than 75 different scholarship funds .

Students interested in accessing Foundation

support for the upcoming academic year have

until March 15 to apply.

Most awards require residence in Cuyahoga, Lake

or Geauga counties, but in some instances, donors

identified another geographic area of their choice.

On average, the scholarships range from $1,000 to

$3,000, and many are renewable for up to four years.

Over the past three decades, donors of the Cleveland

Foundation have provided more than $50 million in

scholarships, and the awards are always in the form

of grants that do not have to be repaid.

Candidates should proceed as follows:

• First, explore the list of available scholarships via:

http://bit.ly/CLEScholar

• Start the process at our Scholarship Gateway, and

complete the common scholarship application to be

considered for multiple awards. The deadline for the

common scholarship application is March 15, 2016:

http://bit.ly/ScholarGateway

• Applicants will need to submit letters of recommen-

dation and school transcripts, and these steps alone

can take two to three weeks.

• File the Free Application for Federal Student Aid

(FAFSA). Applicants will need to upload the Student

Aid Report (SAR) showing their Expected Family

Contribution (EFC) to our gateway. The SAR and EFC

are available after the student/family completes the

FAFSA. By completing the FAFSA, the student may also

qualify for state and federal grants and student loans.

Check out https://fafsa.ed.gov/ for details.

Cleveland Museum of Art Centennial Celebration

The Cleveland Museum of Art is marki ng its centen-

nial year with a series of special loans from select

collections around the world. Bang by Kerry James

Marshall, acquired early in Marshall’s career by the

Cleveland-based Progressive Corporation, is one

of the artist’s most iconic works. The monumental

painting, which depicts three African American

children saluting the American flag in a suburban

backyard on the Fourth of July, is on view now

through March 27 in Gallery 229.

Marshall became known in the 1990s for his

artworks that invoke the grand traditions of

history painting of 18th-century Europe. However,

Marshall’s work pointedly defies the genre’s

hallmark traits. Throughout his already forty-year

career, Marshall has often depicted African Amer-

ican subjects—long absent from the traditional

narratives of art history—in everyday settings

that exude an o ther worl dly a ura.

Also among other exhibits on view is “Pyramids and

Sphinxes”, which includes the Cleveland debut of

what the museum calls “a stunning watercolor of

the por tal of the Temple o f Edfu b y John Fr ederick

Lewis, a great master of Victorian English watercol-

or.” Visitors can learn how pyramids and sphinxes

became the Western world’s vision of 19th century

Egypt. (Now through Tuesday, May 24)

Community Bulletin Board

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Black Design Workers take 400 at Take 5By R. T. Andrews

EDITOR

PechaKucha Night was developed in o-

kyo in 2003 as a social event for young designers

to meet, network and display their work in pub-

lic. It has now spread to nearly 900 cities aroundthe world, and last month it featured several local

African American designers, spanning a range of

disciplines.

Hosted at ake 5 Rhythm and Jazz nightspot,the event drew a demographically mixed crowd of

more than fifty people. In emergent fashion, the

lineup featured a radically different group of pre-senters from those originally announced. Arlene

Watson, the creative director at Möbius Grey LLC

who doubles as the director of institutional ad-

vancement at the Museum of Contemporary Art,served as event emcee.

Presenters for the evening were Jamal Col-

lins, an East Cleveland native and University of Ak-

ron grad who works as a visual communications

instructor for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland;

Jason Minter of Burten Bell Carr, a real estate special-ist whose design work went viral a few years ago; Ja-

cinda Walker, a graphic artist, entrepreneur, and de-sign activist now in grad school at Ohio State; Jordan

Charles, self-described as an “architectural graphicnovelist” who uses comics as a means to tell a nar-

rative; and yJuan Swanson, an undergraduate ar-

chitectural student at Kent State, and protégé of ACE

mentoring program of the Construction EmployersAssociation.

Perhaps the best-known presenter was inde-

pendent filmmaker Robert Banks, who teaches digi-tal photography at NewBridge Arts and echnology

Center. Banks, a graduate of the first class to finish

Cleveland School of the Arts HS, has just completed

his first feature film, “Paper Shadows”, which he de-scribed as “transgressive”.

he presenters followed the PechaKucha format

where each had 20 slides displayed for 20 seconds

apiece, giving them just a brisk six or seven min-utes to convey their ideas. PechaKucha is a Japanese

phrase for chitchat but the takeaways from the eve-

ning were quite substantive.


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Valentine’s Day for

Book Lovers an Affair to RememberCouples, families, singles,

friends and readers of all sortsbraved near frigid temperaturesto meet and hear Clevelandauthors Everett Prewitt, Lau-

ren Cecile [aka Judge LaurenMoore Siggers], Judge MichaelJohn Ryan, and Alan Osi readfrom new or recently publishedworks at the Martin LutherKing Jr. branch of the ClevelandPublic Library, on February 14.

he occasion was dubbedValentine’s Day for Book Lov-ers, the first event in what is en- visioned as a series of movable

gatherings sponsored by heReal Deal Press.

he Martin Luther KingJr. branch of co-sponsorCleveland Public Library provided a perfect setting, withits gallery display of artworkby an array of local AfricanAmerican artists. he showis a staple of the Library’s an-

nual Black History Monthobservance.

Each author read from hisor her work and respondedto questions from the facili-tators, Margaret Bernstein ofWKYC-V3, and her side-kick, voracious reader Madi-son Reid, 9, of Summit County.

Ryan’s book, he LeastLikely: From the Housing Proj-ects to the Courthouse is a bi-ographical account of his up-bringing amidst a myriad ofobstacles, and his triumphant

path to a productive life.Judge Siggers’ Eyes Like

Mine is a fascinating historicalromance novel set in the firsthalf of the 20th century. She

writes with Lauren Cecile asher nom de plume.Everett Prewitt’s A Long

Way Back is his second novel,and is rooted in his personalexperience as an Army officerin Vietnam. Prewitt, a real es-tate appraiser by trade, spokeearnestly about his path to be-coming a writer later in life.His first novel, Snake Walkers,

was set in Cleveland’s Glenvilleneighborhood, and achievedsubstantial literary acclaim.

Alan Osi’s debut novel, he Moondust Sonatas, is a rivetingliterary thriller. Ironically, it isthe first publication of Smokeand Shadow Books, a cre-ation of he Cleveland Writer’sPress, [clevelandwriterspress.

com], an organization he pro-filed for he Real Deal Press inDecember 2014.

Both before and after thepanel discussion, an appre-ciative crowd mingled withthe authors, and enjoyedwine, Italian water, and a va-riety of edibles.

he next movable gather-ing is tentatively scheduled forMay, and most likely will carrya political theme. witter fol-lowers of @realdealpress willbe the first to know the details.

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1. Everett Prewitt, author, A Long Way Back.

2. Judge Lauren Moore Si ggers. 3. L-R: Real

Deal Press publisher R. T. Andrews, Madison

Reid, Margaret Bernstein, with authors

Judge Michael John Ryan, A lan Osi, Judge

Lauren Moore Siggers, and Everett Prewitt.

4.. Madison Reid, 9, of Summit County,

co-facilitated the event with Margaret

Bernstein of WKYC-TV3. 5. Cuyahoga County

Juvenile Cour t Judge Michael John Ryan. 6 .

Dairian Heard, Gennorris Williams-Heard,

and Margaret Bernstein. 7. Alan Osi, author,

The Moondust Sonatas, Movement No. 1: A

Hunter’s Moon. Photos by Randy O. Norfus

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