Strategic Urban Solutions

We're all busy, but this 5 days of democracy challenge may help us all learn and put into perspective what's at stake this election year. Hope you can join this effort.

Five Days for Democracy: A Community-Wide Civic Lesson with a Twist The City Club of Cleveland and nine local libraries are teaming up for a civic challenge. It’s called Five Days for Democracy – a week dedicated to reminding us why democracy matters and engaging all of us in keeping it strong. The challenge will run from Monday, September 28 through Friday, Oct...

Hello Friends, if you have children in Cleveland Public Schools, can you please fill out this short survey as they continue to work on improving the enrollment experience for families. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/cmsdenrollment

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Choosing your school is choosing your future. Every year Cleveland School District has added quality schools. Check it out: www.choosecmsd.org

This Valentine's day make a public display of affection for revitalization projects! http://www.communityprogress.net/blog/2nd-annual-lovethatlot-give-revitalization-champs-public-display-affection-social-shoutouts-valentines-festive-celebrations

#LoveThatLot: Public Displays of Affection for revitalization projects!... Center for Community Progress

More sessions from the St. Louis Fed on removing barriers to youth employment. http://www.cvent.com/events/connecting-hard-to-serve-populations-with-jobs-breaking-down-barriers-for-youth-unemployment/event-summary-2cc6711757d849cea69cd5d33df64350.aspx?i=256dff6b-690c-4af0-9926-6eaa1a6b782c

Connecting Hard-to-Serve Populations with Jobs: Breaking Down Barriers... Connecting Hard-to-Serve Populations with Jobs: Breaking Down Barriers for Youth Unemployment. Online registration by Cvent

Who should fund the arts? When you need to slash budgets, arts come off, but they also are the things that foster community, creativity and innovation http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/01/the-state-of-public-funding-for-the-arts-in-america/424056/

Who Should Pay for the Arts in America? At 50, the National Endowment for the Arts is still fighting to make the performing arts available to everyone, while the influence of wealthy...

Great article by Danah Boyd about social justice and technology https://points.datasociety.net/what-world-are-we-building-9978495dd9ad #.s1fpqy4yv

What World Are We Building? — Data & Society: Points It’s easy to love or hate technology, to blame it for social ills or to imagine that it will fix what people cannot. But…

We love great ideas for reclaiming vacant lots. If you have one, the Center for Community Progress is taking submissions for their Fall 2016 conference. http://action.communityprogress.net/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=9412

Center for Community Progress: Vacant Spaces into Vibrant Places |... Center for Community Progress - Dedicated to building a future in which entrenched, systemic blight and vacancy no longer exist in American...

I love Spotify. On shuffle, a flashback to Lose Yourself by Eminem...song about giving it all up for the passion of your work. Happy Friday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFYQQPAOz7Y

Lose Yourself by Eminem | Eminem SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/11n9ByB Eminem - Lose Yourself MUSIC VIDEO http://www.interscope.com/eminem About Eminem: Eminem is an American rapper,...

Congratulations to the CMSD team for launching their new school enrollment portal. The District is working so hard to make quality school choice easier for Cleveland Families. http://choosecmsd.org

CMSD Enrollment Portal Your username and password is the same as your Home Access Center login. If you created a new account on the School Choice Portal, sign-in with the...

Register for free webinar about innovative financing for workforce develpment on 1/28 https://bsr.stlouisfed.org/connectingcommunities/ #48/innovative-financing-for-workforce-development

Connecting Communities® Sponsored by the Federal Reserve System The Connecting Communities® webinar series is a Federal Reserve System initiative intended to provide a national audience with timely insights and...

Free course on Storytelling from Accuman. Great way to work on your storytelling skills. Starts 1/26 http://plusacumen.org/courses/storytelling-for-change/

Storytelling for Change This 6 module course is for anyone looking to learn how to tell a story that connects with audiences and inspires them to action.