The East Cleveland Narrator May 22, 2015 Update

MAY 22, 2015 DIGITAL UPDATE ECNARRATOR.COM The East Cleveland Narrator One Community, Telling Our Own True Stories Members of the CLE Black (Or Not) MeetUp.com group gather in East Cleveland's Forest Hill Park and Lakeview Cemetery for cycling and hiking in April and May 2015. See more photos on Page 3. ECN Photo paying our iscal sponsor, Frac‐ tured Atlas, $100 to put togeth‐ er a list of 10 grant makers who fund projects like he Narrator. he East Cleveland Narrator is a monthly platform for all community members—whose views are diverse and sometimes opposing—to provide factual information and tell our own true stories of East Cleveland. If you have ideas about where to get funding, please share them. Also, we can always use individ‐ ual donations. We've received $1,143 since August 2014. If ev‐ ery reader donated just one dol‐ lar a month, he Narrator would never go out of print. ABOUT OUR GRANT... Even while we are on break, your donations--and ads in our digital edition and on our web‐ site--show foundations that are considering funding the paper that we have supporters. By M. LaVora Perry, Publisher Well, he Narrator didn't get the grant we applied for. A rep‐ resentative from the grant mak‐ er told me they wanted to fund us but ran out of money. So we still don't have the funds to stay in print. But we won't give up on our plan to get back into the hands of East Cleveland readers. We're learning how to become better at writing grants. We're also In addition, donations and ad dollars help us stay connected to you through our website, EC Narrator.com, and our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram ac‐ counts. Donations and ads en‐ able us to provide digital up‐ dates like this one. With fund‐ ing, we can make the digital Narrator readable on smart‐ phones, which it isn't right now. SUMMER RESOURCE GUIDE UPCOMING In the meantime, while we look for funds, you can look for a free summer resource guide for East Cleveland families. It will be packed with fun, interesting, useful and educational summer activities and information for families and young people. he guide will be available in print at City Hall, throughout the city, and in a Narrator digital update. East Cleveland MyCom is putting together the guide. My‐ Com is a network of organiza‐ tions that provide out-of-school activities for young people. CLE BLACK (OR NOT), FOREST HILL PARK HIKE To change subjects, I started a new Meetup.com group called CLE Black (Or Not). CLEBoN for short. Meetup lets anyone start groups that do whatever activities group members like. CLEBoN came about because I got tired of being stuck at home. I wanted to go dancing, bicycling, walking and go on adventures--but not always alone. So I joined meetups and started doing activities with new friends I made. When I saw I was usually the only black person showing up, I created CLEBoN. It's a group that invites blacks and everyone to hang out, have fun and net‐ work together. Some of our meetups have been in Forest Hill Park. hey've al‐ lowed people who know little about our community to dis‐ cover one of East Cleveland's beautiful treasures. CLEBoN has a hike and guided tour at the park Saturday May 30 at 9:45. We'll meet at the Cleveland Heights entrance--2370 Lee Road--near the intersection of Lee Road and Monticello Boulevard. Big thanks to Elsa Johnson of the Forest Hill Park Association for agreeing to guide us. CLEBoN members can do whatever activities they put on ______________________ ________________________________________________________________________ DONATE he East Cleveland Narrator is a sponsored project of Frac‐ tured Atlas, a non-proit arts service organization. Contribu- tions (by check, no money or‐ ders) for the charitable purpos‐ es of he Narrator must be made payable to "FRACTURED ATLAS" ONLY and are tax-de‐ ductible to the extent permitted by law. Mail contributions to he East Cleveland Narrator, 1607 Hillcrest Road, East Cleve‐ land, Ohio 44118. Contribute online at http://ecnarrator.com/ contact#donate or on Fractured Atlas.org. our calendar, not just stuff I like. Join the fun at http:// www.meetup.com/CLE-BlackOr-Not/! CLE Black (Or Not) Join us and meet Greater Clevelanders who have fun, make friends and network together: http:// www.meetup .com/CLEBlack-Or-Not.