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Women's March Cleveland to march at noon on October 2, 2021 for reproductive and Civil Rights as part of a national march in cities across the country, including in D.C.

06 September 2021

Kathy

WOMEN'S MARCH CLEVELAND NOON RALLY & MARCH FOR REPRODUCTIVE & CIVIL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN ON SAT, OCT 2, 2021 AT MARKET SQUARE PARK AT THE CORNER OF W 25TH ST AND LORAIN AVE ACROSS FROM THE WESTSIDE MARKET IN CLEVELAND. THIS IS A NATIONWIDE MARCH THAT WILL ALSO BE HELD THIS DAY IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND OTHER CITIES. THE NATIONAL MARCH IS SPONSORED BY WOMEN'S MARCH NATIONAL. CONTACT TEL FOR CLEVELAND'S MARCH IS (216) 659-0472 EMAIL: EDITOR@CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, OHIO'S BLACK DIGITAL NEWS LEADER

By Women's March Cleveland-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Women's March Cleveland will join cities nationwide and Women's March National in Washington, D.C. for a reproductive rights rally and march on Oct 2 Cleveland's event begins at noon on Market Square Park across from the West Side Market at the corner of W 25th Street and Lorain Avenue. (Contact. Tel (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com). CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE UPCOMING RALLY AND MARCH IN CLEVELAND, OHIO ON OCTOBER 2, 2021

Led by Women's march National out of D.C., the national event, with some 560 marches planned nationwide on Oct 2, comes in the midst of the recent Texas state law that bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy and the attack on Roe v. Wade by the conservative right and state legislatures across the country. The Women's March will convene mass mobilization events next month in city's nationwide to protest this controversial new abortion law in Texas and to fight against such type of laws popping up in other states.

No doubt, Ohio is at risk for such a proposed law that might be offered by lawmakers in its state legislature. In fact, some six states have introduced similar bills since the Texas law that strips away the reproductive freedoms of women and girls. Ohio tried this previously with the heartbeat bill and its restrictions on abortion and later lost in the courts. A woman's right to choose what happens with her body, whether in Ohio or elsewhere, is a constitutional right per the 1973 landmark Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. that made abortion legal nationwide.

Why our fight matters: The Texas law bans abortions after six weeks and does not exempt cases of rape or incest. Considered one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the new law has incited widespread outrage among abortion-rights advocates.

Details: Women's March and over 90 other organizations, including Planned Parenthood and Naral Pro-Choice, are organizing a national call to mobilize on Oct. 2 and "defend our reproductive rights." We will hold marches in "every single state" ahead of the Supreme Court reconvening on Oct. 4. to hear oral arguments in a precedent setting abortion rights case out of Jacksonville, Mississippi.

Also at issue is violence against women and the attack on voting rights and on Civil Rights in general against women, Blacks, people of color, poor people, and others across the country. We will fight for the voting, civil and reproductive rights of women in Cleveland, in greater Cleveland, in Ohio, and in the country. And we want jobs, and equal pay as well as a minimum wage and access to quality healthcare. We want safe and affordable housing, criminal justice reform, educational equity and fair redistricting of congressional and state house and senate districts in Ohio. We call for police to value Black lives as if they were their own, and we support the LGBTQ community. We denounce mass incarceration, racism, sexism and discrimination in any form or fashion.

A list of speakers for the event is forthcoming. In addition to the host group of Women's March Cleveland, other participating groups for Women's March Cleveland's Oct 2, 2021 march include International Women's Day March Cleveland, Planned Parenthood at the national level, Imperial Women Coalition, Black Women's PAC of greater Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Democratic Women's Caucus, National Congress of Black Women greater Cleveland chapter, Greater Cleveland Independent Black Journalists, Refusefacism, Clevelandurbannews.com, Brickhouse Wellness Center, Carl Stokes Brigade, End Poverty Now Cleveland, and more.

The inaugural women's march took off in 2017, days after then President Donald Trump's inauguration, and Cleveland, a largely Black major American city, was among hundreds of cities that took part. More specifically, some five million women in Cleveland and in citiesacross the country, led by the national women's march out of Washington D.C., took to the streets for the first women's march to march against Trump's racist and anti-female rhetoric during the 2016 presidential campaign and to fight for women's rights in general, the largest single day protest in American history.

Women's March Cleveland has been consistent in hosting an anniversary women's march each January since the first women's march in January of 2017 where 15,000 women across Northeast Ohio took to the streets of downtown Cleveland to march for equality. We also do intermittent rallies leading up to the anniversary each year, including the upcoming Oct 2, 2021 rally and march for reproductive and Civil Rights.

By Women's March Cleveland

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:17

Democratic congressional nominee Shontel Brown is the grand marshal for Ohio's 11th congressional district Labor day parade and festival in Cleveland

03 September 2021

Kathy

Pictured is U.S. Congressional candidate Shontel Brown, the winner of the special Democratic primary election on Tues, Aug 3 as to the open seat in Ohio's 11th congressional district, which includes most of Cleveland and its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County, a largely Black pocket of Akron, and staggering sections of Akron's Summit County suburbs.

By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief

CLEVELAND, OHIO – Ohio 11th Congressional District Democratic Nominee Shontel Brown, upon winning a heated primary last month, will serve as grand marshal for the 50thth annual Labor Day parade festivities on Mon., Sept 6 in Cleveland sponsored by the caucus in the state's largely Black congressional district, a celebrated and historical event initiated decades ago my former congressman Louis Stokes, his younger brother Carl Stokes, and a cadre of other influential Black leaders connected to the Stokes brothers (Editor's note: The late former congressman Louis Stokes, also a lawyer, was the first Black congressman of what was eventually redistricted to become what is now the 11th congressional district, and his late brother, Carl B. Stokes, became the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city when voters elected him to lead Cleveland in 1967).

A political and community event at Luke Easter Park on the city's majority Black east side that draws mainly Democrats and state, local and even national political figures like Hillary Clinton in 2016, the parade will kick off at

11 am from East 147th Street and Kinsman Road and will end at the park at East 93rd Street and Kinsman. There, Democrats will give speeches, candidates for office will campaign, and vendors will try to make a few dollars as the coronavirus pandemic continues to threaten everyday lives in America and across the globe.

Billed as the 11th Congressional District Community Caucus "Empowering Our People" Labor Day Parade & Festival," a Facebook parade registration page says organizers are expecting 5,000 people. Registration for the parade is still open.

The annual parade and park festival has drawn thousands to Luke Easter Park on Labor Day. Last year it was cancelled because of the pandemic. All seven of this year's Cleveland mayoral candidates competing in the Sept 14 nonpartisan primary are expected to be there as well as those on the ballot for one of the 17 city council seats, among suburban candidates.

Notably, the event will proceed for the first time in 12 years without former congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge at the helm, Fudge now the U.S. secretary of Housing and Urban Development with the administration of president Joe Biden, the vice president under former president Barack Obama. It is also going forward for the first time in history without a duly installed congressperson as the congressional seat has remained open since Fudge was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in early March to lead HUD, and it will stay open until after the November general election when voters will elect a new congressperson.

A Fudge protege, Brown, 47, emerged as the winner among a crowded field of Democrats competing in a special Democratic primary election to replace Fudge after handily defeating her 12 opponents, including the also popular Nina Turner, a well-financed front-runner and a former Ohio senator who last year co-chaired the presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Also chairwoman of the county Democratic party, she will face Republican Lavern Gore for a Nov. 2 general election, Gore winning over her only opponent, Felicia Washington Ross, to become the Republican nominee. No doubt, Brown is all but the congresswoman in the heavily Democratic congressional district, a 55 percent Black congressional district.

One of two of Ohio's 16 congressional districts crafted under the redistricting provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1965, Ohio's 11th congressional district includes most of Cleveland and its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County and a majority Black pocket of Akron and staggering sections of Akron's Summit County suburbs.

If Brown wins the general election in November as expected, she will become the third Black woman to lead the congressional district, behind Fudge, and Fudge's friend and predecessor, the late Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a former county prosecutor and prior judge who followed Louis Stokes into office.

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest, and the most read independent digital news in Ohio. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

By Kathy Wray Coleman. Coleman is a former public school biology teacher and a Black political, legal and investigative reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.

Last Updated on Friday, 02 September 2022 23:05

Led by the Reverend Al Sharpton, thousands march in D.C. for voting rights

31 August 2021

Kathy

Pictured is the Rev Al Sharpton of the National Action Network

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C., and other cities across the country on Saturday to protest a recent slew of legislation that critics say suppresses voter rights, particularly for voters of color and young voters, in many Republican-led states.

The event, called the March On For Voting Rights took place on the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March On Washington when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech. Sunday's event was organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network and partner organizations. Other events also took place in Atlanta, Miami and Phoenix. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NPR.ORG

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 August 2021 22:50

CDC, Cleveland Clinic warn against use of animal ivermectin for COVID-19 with Cleveland Clinic medical experts saying it can be fatal....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com

30 August 2021

Kathy

Clevelandurbannews.com and-Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.

By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief

CLEVELAND, Ohio- As the controversy heightens over the use of animal ivermectin to treat COVID-19 in humans, researchers and medical doctors from the Cleveland Clinic are piggybacking on the recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and are advising against this type of use of the prescription animal drug.

Traditionally used to treat heart-worms and other parasites in horses and cows, ivermectin has also been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use by humans to treat parasitic roundworm infections like ascariasis, head lice and rosacea. And as desperation mounts around COVID-19 and more potent strains of the coronavirus such as the delta variant emerge some people are turning to animal ivermectin to treat symptoms of COVID-19.

A major problem, however, is that the use of the drug in high doses can cause side effects, data show, and in some cases death in humans, and in animals.

“The oral formulation doses are much lower than the topical formulation doses,” said Cleveland Clinic critical care physician Abhijit Duggal, MD relative to an Aug. 27 report published by the clinic as to the dangers of using ivermectin to combat COVID-19 “There is some unproven chatter on the Internet and people are suggesting that higher doses of ivermectin should be used so people are getting the topical formulation and then using that as well.”

Though ivermectin is being promoted on social media and elsewhere as a “miracle drug,” there isn’t much data to support its effectiveness against COVID-19, Dr. Duggal says. Also, clinical trials on the controversial drug and its impact on COVID-19 have been inconclusive.

While a trial in Egypt boasted a 90% reduction in COVID deaths when ivermectin was given to participants and this was considerably higher than FDA-approved treatments, it was later determined that the results came from a preprint and that the findings were a bit problematic. This was coupled with the fact that the study wasn’t formally published in a medical journal either. Another thing that stood out in that trial was that one group of participants received ivermectin while the control group was given hydroxychloroquine instead of a placebo.

"These studies have not reported seeing any signals that indicate effectiveness," said Dr. Duggal of studies out of Egypt and in general regarding the use of the drug to treat COVID-19 "The study out of Egypt had such an inflated outcome in terms of improved survival, that this drove a lot of the discussion around the use of ivermectin now."

Meanwhile, the FDA is undertaking trials and studies on its own and has issued a consumer warning about the effects of animal ivermectin on humans, particularly in high doses. According to the FDA ivermectin overdose side effects include the following:

Diarrhea.
Itching.
Hives.
Balance problems.
Seizures.
Low blood pressure.
Coma.
Vomiting

Clevelandurbannews.com and-Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, associate publisher. Coleman is a former public school biology teacher and a seasoned Black political, scientific, legal and investigative reporter who trained with the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years.

Last Updated on Saturday, 04 September 2021 15:56

U.S. Supreme Court strikes down CDC's eviction moratorium as Black America remains at risk...Evictions filings are happening in the Black community at a disproportionate rate, a report by the Aspen Institute says...By Clevelandurbannews.com

28 August 2021

Kathy

Clevelandurbannews.com and-Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.

By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief

WASHINGTON, D.C.- I n a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme court on Thursday struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) eviction moratorium saying the federal agency lacked authority to issue such a mandate and paving the way for a flood of evictions nationwide as new variants of the coronavirus continue to emerge and Black America embraces itself to be among those hardest hit by the never-ending eviction crisis.

Led by the more conservative arm of the court, and with the court's three liberal justices dissenting, the court sided with a group of landlords and ruled that the CDC does not have statutory or any other authority to bring evictions to a standstill.

"It would be one thing if Congress had specifically authorized the action that the CDC has taken," the court's majority wrote in an unsigned opinion. "But that has not happened. Instead, the CDC has imposed a nationwide moratorium on evictions in reliance on a decades-old statute that authorizes it to implement measures like fumigation and pest extermination. It strains credulity to believe that this statute grants the CDC the sweeping authority that it asserts."

A report by the Aspen Institute that came out last year during the height of the pandemic says an estimated 30 million to 40 million people in the U.S, both renters and home dwellers alike, are at risk of eviction due to the COVID-19 housing crisis. And Black neighborhoods should embrace themselves for the worst

According to Aspen, there were averages of 1,880,053 eviction filings and 665,668 evictions per year. Each year, an average of 666,396 of these eviction filings (35.4%) and 181,495 of these evictions (27.2%) took place in Black-majority neighborhoods, the report says.

Research continues to show that Blacks and Latinos are more likely to be suffering economically during the pandemic and remain at greater risk for evictions than their White counterparts. A report dubbed "The State of the Nation's Housing 2020" found that over half of Black and Hispanic renter households were cost burdened going into the pandemic,compared to 42 percent of Asian and white households.

Issued earlier this month after Congress could not agree on evictions legislation and President Joe Biden would not sign another executive order banning such evictions, the CDC evictions ban had been applicable to areas of the country with high or substantial transmission of COVID-19 and was set to expire Oct 3, CDC officials said in an announcement at the time.

Prior to the CDC taking its latest action on evictions, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressional Democrats demanded that the Biden administration extend the national eviction moratorium put in place a year and a half ago to protect renters and keep people in their homes as the coronavirus pandemic continues to escalate.

Pelosi issued a written statement calling for immediate action by the Biden administration. It was also signed by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark, and Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat and the highest ranking Black in Congress.

Calling it a "moral imperative," House Democrats had called for the president to use his executive powers to extend his executive eviction moratorium that had been in place since March 2020 until Oct 18.

Amid strong opposition from Congressional Republicans, who control the Senate, as well as a cadre of more moderate Congressional Democrats, Pelosi and House Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters led a failed effort to try to reach a legislative solution after Waters, a seasoned Democrat out of California, introduced a bill to renew the eviction moratorium.

But she and Pelosi were at odds over whether the Democratically-controlled House vote on the last minute extension bill should be made public with Waters wanting the latter.

The measure failed in the House after Stoyer stepped in and called for a unanimous consent, which does not require a vote. After that occurred the CDC, with Biden's support, stepped in and issued its moratorium, the one that was unceremoniously rejected by the Supreme via its ruling on Thursday that says the CDC acted in an arbitrary and capricious fashion.

Meanwhile, the delta variant, a more contagious strain of the coronavirus, continues to spread. It has quickly become the dominant SARS-COV-2 in more than a dozen countries worldwide.

Clevelandurbannews.com and-Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 September 2021 09:28

Black Cleveland activists host Cleveland mayoral candidates forum that gets heated, a standing-room-only event....Moderated by activist Kathy Wray Coleman, six of the seven candidates appeared for the activists' event held on August 23

26 August 2021

Kathy

Six of the seven mayoral candidates on the ballot for the Sept. 14 nonpartisan primary election participated in a community forum held by Black community activists on Mon., Aug 23 at Annie B & Earl's Pancake House on the city's largely Black east side. From left: State Sen Sandra Williams (D-21), Ward 7 Councilman Bashear Jones, Justin Bibb, Zack Reed, Dennis Kucinich, and Attorney Ross DiBello (Click on the article on our latest news link on our website to see the full picture of the six participating candidates)

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CLEVELAND, OHIO – Black Cleveland activists, led by Imperial Women Coalition, Black on Black Crime Inc., and members of the Cleveland African-American Museum and the Black Women's PAC, hosted a community forum with Cleveland mayoral candidates on Monday at Annie B & Earl's Pancake House in Ward 10 on Saint Clair Avenue on the city's largely Black east side.

The standing-room-only event, which was free to activists and the public, got intense on issues ranging from excessive force to Mayor Frank Jackson's no chase policy.

The nonpartisan primary for mayor and the 17 city council seats is Sept 14 and the general election in which the top two vote-getters for mayor and from each of the city's wards will square off is Nov 2. A four term mayor and the city's third Black mayor, Jackson has opted not to seek an unprecedented fifth term.

Candidates in the seven-way primary race for mayor, all of them Democrats, and four of them Black, are state Sen. Sandra Williams (D-21), Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley, former congressman and one-time city mayor Dennis Kucinich, attorney Ross DiBello, non-profit executive Justin Bibb, Ward 7 Councilman Bashear Jones, and former Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed.

Reed lost a mayoral runoff to Jackson in 2017 and is making his second bid for mayor, and while he does not have big business behind him or a campaign war chest like Kelley, Bibb and Jones, he does have citywide name recognition, something Kucinich also has as a prior congressman and former city mayor.

Activist Kathy Wray Coleman, who leads Women's March Cleveland and the Imperial Women Coalition, a grassroots group founded behind the murders of 11 Black Women on Imperial Avenue on Cleveland's east side by the late serial killer Anthony Sowell, was the head organizer of the gathering and moderated the event, which was also organized by Cleveland African-American Museum Executive Director Frances Caldwell, Black on Black Crime President Alfred Porter Jr, Black Women's PAC president Elaine Gohlstin, and activist Donna Walker Brown.

All of the candidates were there on Monday but Kelley, who had Councilman Kevin Conwell stand in for him at the last minute, Conwell catching criticism from Jones for telling the Black audience that he has endorsed Kelley, a White west side councilman.

Jones said Conwell, a Black east side councilman who represents the Glenville neighborhood in Ward 9, was part of the problem at City Hall and would allegedly go in the back room to cut a deal to side with the establishment and Whites on key issues impacting the Black community. His comment drew chatter and chants, and a wealth of applause from the activists.

In turn, Conwell got upset and rose to his feet.

"I write policy," said Councilman Conwell in response to Councilman Jones' comment that he is a patsy for the establishment.

Activist Walker- Brown defended Conwell, her longtime community ally, and said he is an asset to the Black community and can be counted on when called upon on community issues.

In the heat of the moment Jones announced that he would pay the restaurant bill for Monday's activist event, after he learned that Kelley's campaign was chipping in on the bill.

"This is my community and I will pay the bill," said Jones, adding that "Annie B has the best pancakes in town."

In the end candidates chipped in with Jones footing most of the bill, followed by Kelley.

On the question asked by Coleman on whether the candidates support masks in schools since the city mayor, per state law, controls Cleveland's public schools, all of them there said yes.They all nodded no to the question posed by Walker- Brown as to whether they support stop-and-frisk.

Asked by Coleman if the candidates support Mayor's Jackson no chase policy, a policy that precludes police from taking chase unless it is a suspected felony and one that the Cleveland police Patrolmen's Association and some White west side council persons, including Kelley, oppose as letting misdemeanors off easy, all of the candidates but Kucinich said yes.

As to more police, the candidates all said yes to that question, with Jones, Bibb, Williams, and Reed, the four Blacks in the race for mayor, adding a caveat and saying that they want more police in needed areas such more detectives on cold cases and to patrol the streets and neighborhoods.

A front-runner, Kucinich stressed that he would push for the city to hire more good cops if he is elected, and not racist cops or cops who will be "killing people with impunity."

And Williams, in her sixteenth year as a state lawmaker, said that while she supports an adequate number of police on the city's police force, she also supports getting rid of "qualified immunity," a legal doctrine that keeps police safe from lawsuits.

Candidates Reed, Bibb and DiBello said that improving police- community relations is a significant role as a mayor and that they are better equipped than the other candidates to minimize fallout between police and the Black community

All of the candidates agreed to a diversified cabinet and law enforcement leadership team if elected, as well as more Blacks at central office relative to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. And that each said they would implement strategies to deal with the dearth of Black police officers, given that the city's police department is roughly 65 percent White

The candidates spoke at length on what they would do regarding excessive force and police killings of Blacks since 2012 such as 12-year-old Tamir Rice, Malissa Anderson, Timothy Russell, Brandon Jones, rapper Kenneth Ball and Tanisha Anderson, all of the them promising police reforms and agreeing that there needs to be a monitoring mechanism in place once the consent decree for police reforms between the city and the U.S. Department of Justice is dissolved.

During the question and answer session of the forum Latisha Powell, whose son was murdered and his killer is still on the loose, spoke on gun violence and Scott Hawkins, whose son, Arthur Keith, was shot and killed by a Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) cop, said he could not understand why the cop at issue was not indicted after shooting his son several times in the back.

Activists said County Prosecutor Mike O'Malley, whom some of them supported when he ousted then county prosecutor and fellow Democrat Tim McGinty from office in 2016, has, in their view, not been assertive enough in getting indictments against cops and other law enforcement personnel who erroneously kill Black people in the line of duty.

Sen. Wiliams, the only woman in the race for mayor this year, took on Bashear Jones, saying O'Malley is doing what he is doing because people like Jones and other Blacks put him in office.

Activist Michael Nelson questioned Kucinich on whether he agrees with the longstanding practice by city council that if the person elected mayor is White city council will choose a Black as council president, and if the person elected mayor is Black, a White will be chosen.

Kuncinich responded and said "I agree with having a Black council president, a facetious comment that suggests that he believes that he, a White candidate, might win for mayor.

Other speakers at the pancake brunch forum were Cleveland Ward 1 Councilman Joe Jones, Republican congressional nominee for the 11th district Lavern Jones Gore, and activists Brenda Adrine, Alfred Porter Jr, the Rev. Pamela Pinkney Butts, Genevieve Mitchell and Elaine Gohlstin of the Black Women's PAC. Ward 10 Councilman Anthony Hairston, who represents the Saint Clair-Superior neighborhood where the mayoral candidates forum was held, was also in attendance but did not speak.

Other affiliated activist groups at the forum include Black Lives Matter Cuyahoga County, Brickhouse Wellness Center, Carl Stokes Brigade, and the Black Man's Army.

Cleveland is a largely Black city of some 372,000 residents, and geographically it is the second most segregated city in the nation behind Boston with most Whites residing on the city's west side and Blacks living primarily on the east side, the two sides separated by the Cuyahoga River. Both Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland, are Democratic strongholds run primarily by Democrats.

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

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