Calendar of Events

How to Make Jobs Work for Us

May 30, 2013

Thursday, May 30th

6:30pm to 8:30pm

Neighborhood Leadership Institute

5246 Broadway

(2nd floor of Broadway United Methodist Church Building)

 

What makes a job a good job?

 

What stands in the way of people in Cleveland finding and keeping good jobs?

 

On Thursday, May 30th, SPACES, Neighborhood Leadership Institute, Neighborhood Connections and Policy Matters Ohio invite Clevelanders to come weigh in on whether or not work in Cleveland is working for them, and to talk about ways we can improve job prospects in our region.

 

The forum is organized as part of PULL!, a community performance by internationally renowned artist William Pope.L, coming to Cleveland June 7 through 9. During PULL!, teams of Clevelanders will manually pull an 8 ton truck through the city from North Collinwood to Ohio City for over two days straight. Images collected from Clevelanders about what work means to them will be projected from the back of the truck as it is pulled through the city.

 

For more info on PULL!, click here   For more info on the forum, call Jacquie at 216.658.1358 or email her at jacquie@neighborhoodleadership.org.

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Neighbor Up! Network Night

June 6, 2013

Thursday, June 6th

University United Methodist Church

Corner of E. 107th and Chester

Join us for a great night of fun, support, and exchange of ideas that lead to action to improve our community! Join others from Fairfax, East Cleveland, Buckeye, Shaker Square, Little Italy, Glenville, Central, and Hough – as well as others throughout Greater Cleveland – to learn more about what’s happening and to get connected and involved in making a greater community for everyone.

This event is free and open to the public!

For more info, contact Lj at 216.229.0555 or at lsylvia@neighborhoodgrants.org.

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Pull, Cleveland, Pull!

June 7, 2013

Friday, June 7th through Monday, June 10th

This June, in partnership with SPACES, artist William Pope.L will call on the people of Cleveland manually pull an 8-ton truck across the city for 72 hours.

Images gathered from Clevelanders about the work they do everyday will be projected onto the back of the truck, as it passes through neighborhoods from Collinwood, University Circle, Glenville, Hough, AsiaTown and downtown, to West Park, Clark-Fulton, Detroit Shoreway and Ohio City.

Pull! is a show of strength that can only happen if thousands of people across the city team together. It provides a moment for the diverse people of Cleveland to work together, eat together, pull together and talk together about one of the most powerful, meaningful forces in our lives – our jobs. All of his is performed through a community project made for and by the people of Cleveland.

Interested in pulling the truck, submitting images or volunteering with Pull!? Visit this website to sign up to get involved.

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5th Annual Larchmere Porchfest

June 22, 2013

Saturday, June 22nd

All day

Larchmere neighborhood

Join us at Larchmere Porchfest where for one day, 30 Larchmere neighborhood porches transform into stages for 30 musical performances. The Larchmere/Shaker Square neighborhoods is RTA accessible, just 5 miles from downtown.

Larchmere Porchfest highlights local talent, showcases living options and creates a fun and exciting atmosphere for socializing! So bring the kids, pack a cooler, and drive, walk or bike to Larchmere for this day of music and more!

Visit LarchmerePorchFest.org for more info.

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GardenWalk Cleveland 2013

June 23, 2013

Saturday, June 22nd

Sunday, June 23rd

 

GardenWalk Cleveland is a free, self- guided tour of gardens, urban farms, vineyards and orchards in ten neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio.

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Waterloo Arts Fest

June 29, 2013

Saturday, June 29th

Noon to 7pm

 

The 11th Annual Waterloo Arts Fest! Cleveland’s fastest-growing arts-centric eclectic family-friendly festival. For more info, click here.

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News

PULL! Send Pictures of What Work Means to You!

What does your daily grind look like? Do you work in a windowless office? Labor in a factory? Pick up after the kids? Serve food and drink? Teach? Or do you spend your days looking for work?

Whether you’re underemployed or overworked, love or hate your job, artist William Pope.L and SPACES are looking for pictures of Clevelanders at work.

Interested in being a part of this extraordinary group effort? We can’t do it without you! Click here to submit your images. Photos must be received by April 30, 2013.

For more info, including an opportunity to pull the truck,  click here.

Check out this video on PULL!

And this video too!

 

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Check Out Our Latest Newsletter

Check out our latest Neighbor to Neighbor newsletter to learn more about Neighborhood Connections work, our purpose, where we’ve been, and where we are heading. Download Neighbor to Neighbor here!.

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NC Grantee: The Siegel and Shuster Society

Superman celebrates 75 years! Created in Cleveland by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, the Siegel and Shuster Society keeps alive the memories and history of Superman. Check out this article for the full story.

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Train for a Career as a Pharmacy Technician!

NewBridge Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology is now accepting applications for their Pharmacy Technician Training Program!

 

Get 38 weeks of high quality academic and clinical training; learn to work in both retail and hospital pharmacies.

 

No previous pharmacy or health tech experience required. Scholarships to all students accepted into the program.

 

For more details, visit their website.

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Free Art Classes for Rising 8th Graders!

NewBridge Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology is offering Art Classes for 8th graders entering 9th grade in the fall of 2013.

 

Classes are June 17th through July 11th from 1pm to 5pm, Monday through Thursday.

 

For more info, contact Dr. Karen M.C. – Keys at 216.867.9775 or email kckeys@newbridgecleveland.org.

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