Cleveland Tenants Organization
Buster Baker, 61, has served as tenant council President for the Emeritus House Apartments near East 44th Street and Cedar Avenue since 2003. With assistance from the Cleveland Tenants Organization, he acted as his neighbors’ primary advocate during a lengthy renovation of the property. Thanks in part to Buster’s efforts; every tenant who had relocated during the construction was given the option of returning to their former residence. In 2007, Cleveland City Councilwoman Phyllis Cleveland acknowledged Buster’s commitment to the Central Neighborhood by naming him Ward 5’s Senior of the Year. (Photo L to R: Ward 5 Cleveland City Council representative Phyllis Cleveland, Buster Baker and Cleveland Tenants Organization Executive Director Mike Piepsny.)
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Fairhill Center
A judge said that 11-year-old Brittany could live with her grandmother or go into foster care. “That was a no-brainer for me, Diane Nash said. “Brittany had to come home with me, and we had to make it together.” The two share a small house off Detroit Avenue on Cleveland’s West Side where resources are tight. Diane said the information, referrals, support and respite available at Fairhill Center are a big help. “At Fairhill, they understand Kinship Care – these social workers are here to really help and they understand a complicated system.”
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Collaborative to End Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery in the U.S. and around the world that subjects youths and adults to force, fraud, or coercion for sexual exploitation or forced labor. Seven religious congregations – Sisters of the Humility of Mary, Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland, Sisters of the Incarnate Word, Sisters of St. Dominic of Akron, the Congregation of St. Joseph and Sisters of Notre Dame – and lay professionals operate educational and advocacy programs in Cleveland and Canton. Program expansion to Youngstown and western Ohio is planned.
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