A local group wants to stop violence like rape and human trafficking, and it’s giving women the tools to fight back. Leaders held a forum in Glenville Wednesday night moderated by Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Pinkey S. Carr. Other speakers included City Council members, two Cuyahoga County judges and law enforcement officials from […]
The city of Cleveland Heights has canceled the upcoming Coventry Family Arts Fair. On Thursday, the city announced police were monitoring social media and canceling the fair was the “appropriate and responsible thing”. The event was scheduled for Sunday, July 21. “We have a responsibility to never compromise the health, welfare and safety of […]
The International Urban Peace, Justice, and Empowerment Summit will be taking place at Cleveland State University May 30 through June 2. Community activists and leaders from across the country are expected to attend and discuss the ongoing gang problems in urban areas. Cleveland Police have not confirmed if any recent shootings are gang-related. However, […]
Local leaders held a meeting Tuesday about murders and how to put an end to the madness. Just days before a “Peace Summit” leaders gathered around a table talking about how to get a handle on it all. “It’s getting horrible at this point. I no longer feel safe going out by myself after dark,” says […]
First lady Michelle Obama brought her message against youth violence to Chicago today, appearing at a luncheon with the mayor and civic leaders and then visiting Harper High School, whose students have often been casualties of gunfire. Attending the luncheon were the parents of slain 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, whose funeral Obama attended in February. […]
According to a new study in the Journal Pediatrics, researchers found that when preschoolers watched shows that stressed compassion and cooperation, they tended to act more that way themselves. When they saw movies or television shows containing violent scenes, they became more aggressive. The scientists assigned nearly six hundred families to one of two groups. Parents in […]
IFE Camp, Inc., a New York City nonprofit, held a press conference Monday with New York City young adults, mothers who lost their children to gun violence and community experts to lay out solutions and launch the fourth annual New York Peace Week (January 15–22, 2013). Peace Week is being held in honor of Dr. […]
Looking for broader remedies to gun violence, Vice President Joe Biden is reaching out to the video game industry for ideas as the White House seeks to assemble proposals in response to last month’s massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. Biden is scheduled to meet with video game representatives Friday as the White House […]
Rev. Cory Brooks, known around Chicago as the “Rooftop Pastor,” says his battle against urban violence is akin to the epic struggle between David and Goliath. His “New Beginnings Church” is located in arguably America’s most dangerous city for young teens who have been dying from gun violence almost weekly. On Tuesday, Brooks plans […]
The GOP-led House on Wednesday voted to approve the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), a piece of legislation that is the subject of partisan controversy despite the fact that both parties hope to see some it passed in some form. After an impassioned debate on the House floor Wednesday, the bill passed with 222 members […]
Supposedly enjoying “a trip of a lifetime,” Violet D’Mello traveled with her husband, Archie (both pictured at bottom), to a South African wildlife park. Unfortunately…
Henry Keith Watson remembers April 29, 1992, as if it happened just last week. History won’t allow him to forget it. It was a day that marked the beginning of one of the deadliest, most destructive race riots in the nation’s history, and one in which Watson’s spur-of-the-moment decision to take part made him one […]
