• Legal Aid Hosts Free Legal Advice Clinics

    by Mac Bailey (Plain Press, July 2014)Legal Aid’s mission is to secure justice for low-income residents by providing high-quality legal services that come at no cost. If you have a civil legal issue, but can’t afford an attorney, the Legal Aid Society can help. A primary way of getting started with Legal Aid is by…


  • Trials For Hope helps to improve quality of life for those in need

    Using donations and volunteer labor, for the past four years Trials For Hope has been pursuing its mission “to encourage individuals struggling to get through the day to have a better quality of life… by assisting them with a few basic needs that are often taken for granted.” Trials For Hope founder Jonathan Gray has…


  • Activists call for new War on Poverty

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Wednesday, January 8th; Rally for New War on Poverty, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, 4515 Superior Avenue: Poverty Warrior Rowena Ventura with Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry’s Advocacy Director Reverend Tony Minor. Ventura rose from a coffin symbolizing the resurrection of the War on Poverty. Activists call for new War on Poverty by Chuck Hoven…


  • Stop the War on Our Children Now!!!

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Wednesday, January 8th; Rally for New War on Poverty, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, 4515 Superior Avenue: As part of a call to renew the War on Poverty, Greg Coleridge urges us to “Stop the War on Our Children Now!!! Education 4 All. Invest in Our Future.”


  • Redeemer Crisis Center receives “Matthew 25: Neighbors in Need” Grant

    (Plain Press, February 2014) Redeemer Crisis Center, 2970 W. 30th St., Cleveland, OH, 44113, recently received a $5,000 “Lutheran Community Matthew 25: Neighbors in Need” grant from the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation. The funding was awarded to Redeemer based on its effectiveness in addressing physical, emotional and /or spiritual needs in the local community…