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  • Sewing proposed as means to help those in recovery

    To the editor: (Plain Press, June 2016) Joe Bialek’s earnest letter in the May issue on the ever-timely problem of drug abuse brings to mind a Ted Talk by Johann Hari, which is quite insightful, (if a bit proud in title.) Hari looks beyond the family to the larger social pressures that families contend with…

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  • Call for self-image change, fails to address need for societal reform

    To the editor: (Plain Press, June 2016) In regard to the letter in your May issue, “Can we trace addiction to our image of ourselves?”, in which the writer refers to Transactional Analysis, although he nowhere mentions this name in his letter, this is what he is discussing. Developed by John Bradshaw, Transactional Analysis (TA)…

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  • Seniors at Riverview share life lessons with students in Arrupe afterschool program

    by Chuck Hoven    (Plain Press, May 2016) Several times a year, seniors from the James Woods Center of the Rose Centers for Aging Well at Riverview Towers at 1795 W. 25th Street welcome visitors from the Arrupe Neighborhood Partnership’s after school program at St. Ignatius High School, said Jerry Purcell Director of the Rose…

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  • Can we trace addiction to to our image of ourselves?

    To the editor: (Plain Press, May 2016) I would like to offer what knowledge and experience I have come to understand about addiction.  Although I was never exposed to illegal narcotics, I know of family and friends who were, and/or still are today. Back in 1990, when I first moved away from home to pursue…

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  • Passion for Change seeks media professionals to help combat stigma of mental illness

    (Plain Press, May 2016) On April 4, Passion for Change, a non-profit organization dedicated to breaking the stigma of mental illness, held a meet and greet with local media professionals at the Wine Bar in Crocker Park to recruit volunteers for a Greater Cleveland Pilot Project called Communicators for Mental Health. The goal of the…

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  • Mental Health Response Advisory Committee seeks community input on police response to crisis situations

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, April, 2016) Participants in a meeting of the Mental Health Response Advisory Committee (MHRAC) offered their input to on how to improve the interactions between police and community members when police are called to respond to “crisis situations”.  At the March 23 meeting held at Stella Maris on Washington Avenue,…

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  • James Woods Center offers lunches and other services to Riverview residents

    (Plain Press, April, 2016) The James Woods Center of the Rose Centers for Aging Well, located in the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority’s (CMHA) Riverview Tower at 1795 W. 25th, offers lunches five days a week to residents of Riverview who are over sixty years of age, or who are under sixty but qualify for Supplemental…

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  • Hearing addresses problems with customer service at Cleveland Public Power

    Plain Press, December 2015 United Clevelanders Against Poverty held a public hearing on November 17th at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Church Avenue to address problems Clevelanders are having with Cleveland Public Power (CPP). Legal Aid Attorney Phil Althouse explained the City of Cleveland Ordinance, which governs Cleveland Public Power’s actions in case of a…

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  • CMSD School/Parent Organization speakers offer information on eyeglasses and Special Education

    Plain Press, December 2015 Parents attending the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s (CMSD) School/Parent Organization meeting on November 12th at Paul Dunbar School learned about a program that provides eye care to children in the school district and received information about services offered by CMSD’s Special Education Department. Parents also formed groups to practice tackling issues…

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  • Coat Giveaway, Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy

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