YOUR INSTITUTE NEWS & UPDATES
MAY 2020
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NLI programs and activities are moving forward...
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CIVIC ENGAGEMENT DIALOGUE IS MAY 19TH
Do you often think about ways to be more involved with local government? What's your involvement with the community? Want to know how they work together and independently during this COVID-19 health crisis?
On May 19th at 2:00 pm, you can join Neighborhood Leadership Institute and partners via Zoom or
Facebook Live
for an online dialogue
about civic engagement with community and local government. Click
here to register
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COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY
Have a few minutes to spare? Neighborhood Leadership Institute and United Way of Greater Cleveland would love to get your feedback on this Community Needs Assessment Survey.
Tell us what you love about our community and what we need to improve to make our community more livable. Thanks in advance! Click
HERE
to access the survey....
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NLC IS BACK ON TRACK WITH VIRTUAL SESSIONS!
Neighborhood Leadership Cleveland, the Institute's flagship program, is back on track as Class 36 held its first virtual session earlier this month.
After temporarily suspending the program due to COVID-19, this grassroots leadership development training continues. Class 36 will continue to meet into the summer. Stay tuned for recruitment information for a new class beginning early next year.
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Neighborhood Leadership Institute develops grassroots leaders who help rebuild the bonds of community and improve the quality of life for neighborhood residents throughout Greater Cleveland.
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Are you or someone you know expecting?
Healthy Communities can connect individuals with their own personal Navigator, a paraprofessional who specializes in connecting pregnant moms with the support they need. This effort is an integral part of NLI's Community Health portfolio.
The NLI Healthy Communities initiative is boosting its outreach efforts on social media. With today's current environment, it is even more important to reach and stay connected with all members of our community. Please consider following us on social media and working to connect members of our community that need these neighborhood navigation services most.
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TODD KENNEDY
Todd Kennedy is a proud graduate of the first Neighborhood Leadership Cleveland (NLC) class and exemplifies the work of thousands of NLC alumni throughout our city. Todd is the youngest child of fifteen to the parents of George Kennedy and Lillian Kennedy and a product of Cleveland Public Schools. He attended The Ohio State University and plans to continue work towards his Social Work degree at Cleveland State University next Spring. Todd’s devotion to strengthening our community has been evident throughout his career. He is the Founder/Director/Coach of the PACE Tumbling and Eclectic Arts Program in Ohio City, has served as Coordinator of YMCA's Youth Development Program, and has been actively involved in after-school enrichment programs in the Cleveland Height/University Heights School District.
Todd is a recipient of YMCA of USA National Black and Hispanic Achievers Program and the Cuyahoga County Commissioners’ Award of Excellence for working with Cleveland's Youth. He is also a graduate of CWRU’s Treu-Mart Youth Development Fellowship Program.
He states, “As a graduate of Neighborhood Leadership Cleveland, I gained a multitude of skills which enabled me to achieve the goals I set for myself. The essential skills of gathering resources, connecting community assets, and building positive relationships with people was the cornerstone and foundation of NLC. The program is a model for many programs that exist presently in Cleveland and elsewhere. NLC empowered me with confidence, focus and direction - which I have utilized within all aspects of my numerous community affiliations.”
Todd’s favorite quote is from William Johnsen: "If it is to be, it's up to me.” NLI applauds Todd for being a leader in Cleveland and for taking initiative in working with the city’s youth.
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As noted above, NLC Class 36 is back on track, and scheduled to conclude by the end of July. Participants have recently completed the 10th Module via Zoom and will complete the remaining classes virtually.
NLC is also quickly approaching its 27th year of training grassroots leaders and recruiting for class 37 is now underway. This next class is scheduled to begin January 2021! For more information and brochures, please contact
michelle@neighborhoodleadership.org
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An NLC Alumni Zoom Network Meeting has been scheduled! We invite all alumni to join us on Friday May 29, from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm! You can register for this virtual check-in
HERE
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44128 & 44137 One Community - Watch your email for coming activities
44137 One Community - From our March meeting, these are the top 2 priorities we have chosen to address and the assets we would like to use to address them:
- Priority #1 Strengthening Families (stress reducing activities, spiritual/emotional, economic) - Assets to address this priority are Neighborhood Navigation, 44137 One Community, Moms & Babies First, Pregnant with Possibilities, Mobile Market, Churches.
- Priority #2 Community Education (Everyday citizen becomes aware of infant mortality) - Assets to address this priority are film viewing and discussion on Toxic, Canvassing, Churches, Career Education Center, Castle High School, Remington College, Mobile Market & Beauty supply store are good places to provide information to the community.
#ServeKidsBetter Healthy Kids Meals Campaign - NLI is joining the American Heart Association to
address
critical kids’ health needs in Cleveland by improving the quality of restaurant kids’ meals, particularly by ensuring that healthy drinks are offered as the default option. This effort is also laying the foundation for future health policy work. Learn more
HERE
and join us in advocating for this important cause.
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Thanks go out to all of our student mentors. With coronavirus guidelines prohibiting in-person activities, they have offered special messages of praise and inspiration for their 8
th
grade students! All of these messages are being collected and shared directly with the students. We deeply appreciate them taking the time to say good-bye and good luck to our 8
th
graders!
The Summer Leadership Academy (SLA) will go forward this July, but we will move to remote programming. We have 58 students that plan to join us this summer. The SLA will last for four weeks and students will attend a virtual session each day, Each week will have a theme and students will be assigned projects and daily journal prompts to complete outside of the remote group sessions. Through our continued partnership with Youth Opportunities Unlimited, students will be paid for taking part in the programming. If you have questions about SLA please contact Lindsay Hershberger at
lindsay@neighborhoodleadership.org
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We are developing contingency plans and modified curriculum for the 2020/2021 8th Grade True2U program. Possible scenarios and options include: streamlined curriculum presented in fewer and shorter sessions; remote mentoring sessions; one-day volunteer opportunities for mentoring; more flexible, school-based scheduling; utilizing some school-based personnel or Out-of-School Time providers as additional mentors; etc. The safety and health of students and mentors and their families is of the utmost importance to us and so we will have to see how things progress before we make any final plans. We will certainly keep you up-to-date on those plans as we move forward and hope that you may join us in whatever capacity you are able to.
For our 9
th
Grade Extension and True2U CollegeBound Programs for 10
th
and 11
th
graders, we are developing remote options and curriculum so that we can ensure that those programs continue in the fall in order to support our students as best we can.
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SNR summer programs, which include Summer Tennis and Summer Collinwood, were scheduled to start on June 8th. Due to limitations caused by COVID-19, we are waiting for the approval to run programs as scheduled. As we receive more information in any changes in start dates and or program changes we will update as follows.
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We are working hard to increase the number of program participants, alumni, and community partners that are connecting with us electronically. Please contact any NLI staff member with new contact information and be sure to access NLI online using the online and social media links in the section below.
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NLI is a leading community education organization in Cleveland, Ohio.
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We impact the city through our work in:
- Neighborhood Leadership
- True2U Mentoring
- Community Health
- Youth Engagement
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