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11 organizations collaborate to attract talent to region CLEVELAND (March 10, 2022) – The Cleveland Leadership Center is one of 11 non-profit, public and private entities that today announced the formation of the Cleveland Talent Alliance to develop a seamless and coordinated system to identify, attract, navigate, engage, welcome and retain the best talent in…

Grayter Cleveland Shane Winnyk & Courtney Smith 2022 Winner Presented in partnership with: ORIGINAL PITCH DESCRIPTION: Grayter Cleveland aims to increase the number of People of Color and women in STEM careers, particularly the tech field, by pairing a Black employee and a White employee together to give brief presentations in schools (remotely or in-person)…

Bee Brave Amalia Haas 2022 Health & Well-Being Finalist Presented in partnership with:       ORIGINAL PITCH DESCRIPTION: Bee Brave aims to help youth understand and deal with anxiety by engaging them in what is an anxiety provoking activity for most – beekeeping. The program teaches participants to remain centered in the presence of…

CLEVELAND – An initiative to encourage young women and people of color to pursue careers in technology was voted the winning pitch by an audience Thursday night (February 24) at the 8th annual Accelerate: Citizens Make Change civic pitch competition presented by the Cleveland Leadership Center in partnership with Citizens and other supporters. Accelerate returned…

A short, digestible list of resources to guide you on your journey of understanding racism and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. A new list is published every month. Event: The Intersection: A Conversation On Gender, Class, And Victimization, Cleveland Public Library Event: Un-Design Environmental Injustice, NAACP Cleveland Branch Video: Top of the Game: Leadership,…