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.…
On March 26th, Greater Cleveland Congregations held its first virtual Delegate Assembly. The Zoom meeting was fun and lively. The briskly paced meeting featured an online roll call of congregations and several breakout sessions that checked in with how delegates were feeling and during the current Covid-19 crisis and what their congregations were doing to connect with their members. GCC will also be leading regular house meetings on Zoom to listen to what is keeping our members awake at night. The April 2nd house meetng discussed the needs of first responders to Covid-19.…
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.…
