• extending family is a group of african american women providing community building programs #
• katie is talking about the mom & baby happy hour. the neighborhood family practice is trying to provide slings and incentives #
• serves new moms mostly stockyard & old brooklyn. trying to bring 2 lkwd, but is willing to work in those neighborhoods #
• a lot of the participants are in the hispanic community. hoping to spread by word of mouth in that group. #
• hispanic roundtable of cleveland (501-c3) catalyst to become full partners in life of cleveland. volunteers to improve community #
• put on regional convention. 1700 ppl at last convo #
• the roundtable advocates the rights hispanics have when they don’t test with proficient english skills #
• roundtable has open monthly meetings at scranton library #
• next group’s mission is to present free music lessons (thru volunteers). schools aren’t providing them. #
• joyful noise has collaborated with red {an orchestra} #
• joyful noise is explaining how they deal with support (or lack of) from parents. also scholarships they can distribute. #
• joyful noise is explaining their relationship with other well-endowded music organizations in town #
• dan harkins is presenting next. talking about a CLE version of david eggers storefront/writing lab… the pirates supply store. #
• http://www.826valencia.org/ Dan is forming a board & going to a workshop. Michael Gill and dir of writers and poets leauge #
• Also someone from CMSD #
• old brooklyn area little league is passing around pictures #
• lunch break. nate is showing videos of last wks presentations. #
• back to presentations. landscape apprentice program #
• kids in the program have better grades #
• mister small is in the house w/ city fresh. focusing on deepening connection to the community particularly bridge ave school #
• program to distribute undergarments for women just released from prision #
• jim from the ohio city bike co-op #

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