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Archive 04.14.19 PDF Download NOTICE Banish FOMO. Sally Gries new Cleveland Be in the know. Foundation chair Text realdealpress Page 2 to 48421 Volume 4 / Issue 25 / April 14, 2019 Editor’s Column Street to City Council: ‘Don’t talk about it. Be about it.’ Te current roiling civic con- Lead Safe Coalition, comprised versation over how best to create of some of the community’s and sustain a lead safe environ- most powerful philanthrop- Joe Jones, Blaine Griffin, ment that will protect Cleve- ic and institutional interests, land’s children reveals a great including the Cleveland and Basheer Jones, Kevin Conwell, deal about this area’s approach to Gund foundations, United Way, Anthony Hairston: won’t at solving public problems. Neighborhood Progress Inc., Several community groups Case Western Reserve Uni- least one of you step up? — including the Cleveland versity, University Hospitals, Lead Safe Network, Cuyahoga MetroHealth, Sherwin-Williams, would allow petitioners to place Council President Kevin Kelley, County Progressive Caucus, and Cuyahoga County and both their ordinance before the voters who typically marches in lock- Black Lives Matter of Cuyahoga sides of Cleveland City Hall. this November. step with Mayor Frank Jackson’s County — cooperating under [Fuller list available here.] But petitioners may have administration, so her position the umbrella of Cleveland Lead While some Coalition partners failed to conform their work was no surprise once the appar- Advocates for Safe Housing, or are not comfortable admitting it, fully to a set of confusing state ent faw in the petition form was CLASH, collected more than the energy driving the discussion requirements, and council clerk noted by county election board 10,000 signatures in support of has risen organically from com- Pat Britt declared the petitions to ofcials. CLASH will now take an initiative petition to force munity groups no longer willing be invalid on their face, barring Britt to court again. Cleveland City Council to adopt to abide the community’s tradi- the CLASH ordinance from An uneasy tension exists a strong ordinance to address tional movers and shakers’ refusal consideration by council. between the establishment Coa- lead poisoning. to make a lead-safe Cleveland an Of course, two years ago Britt lition and CLASH, even though Tey coalesced to seek a urgent civic goal. took a similar position when con- the latter is a part of the former. solution to a public health crisis Tis week the Board of Elec- fronted with a referendum peti- While giving lip service to col- that has been allowed to fester tions validated more than 6500 tions signed by more than 22,000 laboration, Coalition members for several decades because our of the CLASH signatures, way citizens who wanted to overturn have on several occasions sought indiferent civic and political in excess of the 5000 required Council’s decision to fund an ex- to exclude CLASH from public leadership felt no pressure to by city charter. Normally, city pansion of Quicken Loans Arena forums. Conversations with address the problem. council would now have about [renamed just this past week]. key Coalition members seem CLASH’s announcement this 90 days to introduce the citizens’ Te Ohio Supreme Court slapped to suggest that the larger group past January of its intent to ig- ordinance, refer it to committee, her down, essentially ruling that considers CLASH’s fervor be- nite a grassroots efort to initiate hold a public hearing, and vote her role was administrative and yond a point as uncivil and not legislation quickly surfaced a to adopt, amend or reject it. not discretionary. the Cleveland way. countervailing force, Cleveland Either amendment or rejection Britt takes her cues from Continued on Page 2 Page 2 The Real Deal Press Volume 4 • Issue 25 Sally Gries succeeds Rev. Rowan as REAL DEAL Board Chair at Cleveland Foundation PRESS Rev. Dr. Robin E. Hedgeman, Kathleen Ferry appointed as new board members Reporting on the interplay of race, class and power in the civic, business and cultural spaces of Northeast Ohio and beyond. Our mission is to attract, articulate and amplify civic intelligence and community engagement for a healthier, stronger community. We welcome letters to the editor. Please include your name, address, and best phone number. [Address and phone will not be published.] We may edit for clarity and space. Submit letters, press releases, notices, calendar items, and corrections via email at [email protected] or fax 216.672.4304. Sally Gries Steve Rowan Kathleen Ferry Robin Hedgeman Published weekly at Cuyahoga County OH. All rights reserved. © 2019. Sally Gries, founder of the frst fe- Jesuit Retreat House and Magnifcat High Publisher & Editor: R. T. Andrews male-owned money management and School. She earned a Bachelor of Busi- Layout & Design: Steve Aresmon Thomas fnancial planning frm in Ohio, has been ness Administration in Finance from the Contributing Writers: Marilyn Dyson, elected chairperson of Te Cleveland University of Notre Dame and an MBA in Kirby V. Freeman, Nathan Paige. Foundation Board of Directors, succeed- Finance from Northwestern University’s The Real Deal Press ing retiring board member and current Kellogg School of Management. 216.672.4301 chair Rev. Dr. Stephen Rowan, pastor of Rev. Dr. Hedgeman has served as the [email protected] Bethany Baptist Church. Senior Pastor at Bethany Christian Church @RealDealPress In addition, Kathleen Ferry and Rev. Dr. since 1997. She previously served seven Robin E. Hedgeman have been appointed years on the regional staf of the Christian as new members to the foundation’s board. Church in Ohio. She is an adjunct profes- Ferry is a principal with FocusCFO and was sor for the National Youth Sports Program QUOTE of the Week appointed by Patricia A. Gaughan, Chief at Case Western Reserve University, a Judge of the United States District Court for member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority “The most effective way the Northern District of Ohio. Hedgeman Inc., and serves as a mentor for the John to destroy people is to is the senior pastor at Bethany Christian Adams High School for the Adopt-A- Church and was appointed by the Cleveland School Program. Dr. Hedgeman earned deny and obliterate their Foundation Bank Trustees Committee. a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood own understanding of Gries has served on many boards in Education from Towson State University, a Northeast Ohio, including Holden Forests Master of Divinity from Lexington Teo- their history.” & Gardens, Hawken School and Case logical Seminary, and a Doctor of Ministry — George Orwell Western Reserve University, and is a mem- from United Teological Seminary. ber of the National Advisory Board of the In addition to Gries, Ferry and Dr. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Hedgeman join other current Cleveland A North Olmsted native, Ferry brings Foundation board members Carrie Car- more than 30 years of corporate fnance penter, Inajo Davis Chappell, Jennifer D. and business operations experience to the Deckard, Hiroyuki Fujita, Robert A. Glick, board of the Cleveland Foundation. She Constance Hill-Johnson, Bernie Moreno, is also a member of the Board of Re- Michael B. Petras Jr., Beth Oldenburg gents at St. Ignatius High School, having Rankin, Ronald A. Ratner, Daniel P. Walsh previously served on the boards of the and Ernest L. Wilkerson Jr. Street to City Council Continued from Page 1 Here’s a suggestion for Coalition mem- and advance the time when lead remedia- bers: put deeds behind your words. Rath- tion eforts will actually intensify. It would er than merely acknowledge the concerns be a sign of good will and could go a long of more than 10,000 petition signers, way towards reducing mistrust between induce at least one city council member to the Coalition and CLASH. introduce the petitioners’ ordinance and Joe Jones, Blaine Grifn, Basheer Jones, give it a hearing. Kevin Conwell, Anthony Hairston: won’t Introducing the ordinance could save at least one of you step up? the parties considerable litigation expense R. T. Andrews, Editor Follow Us @RealDealPress • April 14, 2019 The Real Deal Press Page 3 Redlining Exhibit gets new homes LifeCycles Cleveland Neighborhood OBITUARY Progress has announced three James W. Barrett, 84 rett was one of a very few African new locations for the trav- Americans to support Dennis eling Undesign the Redline Kucinich’s for mayor in 1977. Afer exhibit. The traveling exhibit Kucinich won, he named Barrett will be on display beginning the city’s safety director, the frst tomorrow through December black to hold that position. 20, 2019. Barrett nurtured a lifelong interest in public afairs. He Sponsors hope the new championed the Bufalo Soldiers, locations will increase visibility and founded G-PAC, a political and promote ongoing dialogues action committee known today about racial inequalities. as the Carl Stokes Brigade. The Undesign the Redline Barrett was preceded in death exhibit explores how the Former Cleveland Safety Direc- by wife Peggy Ford Barrett and history of race, class and U. S. tor James W. Barrett died April 6, 3 siblings. Survivors include his housing policy continues to 2019 at Beachwood Pointe Care children, Marcus “Geronimo” shape our communities today. Center in Beachwood. He was 84. Barrett, Scott Barrett, Daryle T. (Sharon) Foxx, Cynthia Ford, It has been on display at Mt. Barrett was born August 12, 1934 in Macon, Georgia to John nine grandchildren, six great Pleasant NOW Development Jack Barrett and Annie Mae grandchildren, and siblings Corp. since fall 2018. It will Williams Barrett. He became George (Mary) Barrett and Shir- continue to be on display narratives of the people and a Cleveland police ofcer and ley Washington of California. there through December communities most affected later served as chief security A Memorial service will be held 2019, while the traveling by the legacy of redlining.
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