PARIS LAMPKINS Paris Lampkins is the Corporate Director of Student Education and Training for Horizons Youth Services. In her current role, she oversees the standardization of curricula and testing; monitors and assesses outcomes identify professional development opportunities for instructors, and provides direction for policy revisions while ensuring compliance. Lampkins hasContinue Reading
COURTNEY OTTRIX Courtney Lynn Ottrix is the founder and curator of Courtney Covers Cleveland, a digital platform that shines a spotlight on hidden gems, exciting events, and noteworthy people in the city she loves. That brand has quickly expanded beyond its original Cleveland focus, cementing Courtney’s status as a go-toContinue Reading
Communities across Northeast Ohio are working hard to remain relevant. After the pandemic, cities need to find a way to keep revenues coming in, keep the schools strong and offer a safe, fun environment for people to want to live in. For Ben Holbert, his passion for where he livesContinue Reading
One of the great joys of life for most of us is our ability to see the world in technicolor — the human eye is able to distinguish approximately 3 million colors. With that capability, we use color to make a statement, create a mood, establish hierarchy, differentiate teams, denoteContinue Reading
The Cleveland news market has always been a top destination for rising talent looking to showcase their skills by educating the consumer and providing the day’s top stories. That talent is beginning to be dominated by women of color. Each local network, WYCY Channel 3, WJW Fox 8, Channel 19Continue Reading
FEMALE CEO When the pandemic struck, it hit certain industries pretty hard. For the working poor, it drove them into poverty. For those who had less, it just about destroyed their lives. So Dr. Jacklyn A. Chisholm, the CEO of Step Forward, formerly the Council for Economic Opportunities of GreaterContinue Reading
There was a time in America when Blacks could call the police and expect to receive the help they were looking for. But recent events involving several cases of Blacks being killed after calling the police make the situation very scary. When Ma’Khia Bryant was killed by the very policeContinue Reading
Congress just lost a democrat to become the first woman in 40 years to head the Housing and Urban Development Department. Marcia Fudge joins President Joe Biden’s cabinet and vows to deliver on his goal of building 1.5 million energy efficient units for needy families. During the hearing, the OhioContinue Reading
I am reeling after one of the coldest nights in Houston, Texas. We were wrapped in old ski clothes, that for some reason, I never tossed, along with mounds of blankets, praying the repair man who is “a friend of a friend” would be able to get the heat backContinue Reading
For many Blacks, there did not need to be a pandemic for them to suffer. Black people already have the struggle of health, lower incomes, and systemic racism. While 2020 seemingly brought untold misery and despair to everyone, for Blacks, the struggle of how to survive just made us changeContinue Reading
