The outside may have been windy, cold and snowy, but the inside of Olivet Institutional Baptist Church was bursting with energy as 1,038 citizens loudly called for the creation of two offsite pre-booking mental health and addiction crisis diversion centers.…
While our face-to-face meetings have been canceled at least through the end of April, we are still having our Delegate Assembly on Thursday, March 26, at 7pm using Zoom. This will be a great way for our leaders to stay connected and maintain some normalcy in chaotic times. We will be communicating how the Zoom virtual meeting process works prior to the meeting on the 27th. We will also be looking at scheduling virtual meetings for our Criminal Justice, Education and Gun Violence teams as well as virtual house parties and other ways we can avoid isolation and stay connected.…
GCC is hitting the New Year running with a Criminal Justice Action from 7-8:30 pm on Thursday, February 27 at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church.…
Next Delegate Assembly is Thursday, January 23rd, at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church…
A standing room only crowd filled St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church in Cleveland to celebrate Greater Cleveland Congregation’s most recent criminal justice win. In attendance were Cuyahoga County…
Last night's Delegate Assembly at Forest Hill Church in Cleveland Heights was full of energy and celebration. GCC delegates:Met GCC's new lead organizer Keisha Krumm. Got a sneak preview of GCC's new…
GCC leader Marcia Levine and Criminal Justice Project Coordinator Donna Weinberger have been hitting the road lately leading teach-ins at GCC institutions about the history of public services for people with mental illness, a primer on Cuyahoga County's criminal justice system, and the politics around this issue.…
GCC continues to work with mayors from across the state of Ohio (and across the country through the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation) on the issue of gun violence.…
On September 12, Lee Road Baptist Church once again hosted a follow-up action to the July 11 "Claiming our Birthright" action.…
