MEMBER ORGANIZATION NEWS

The St. Clair Superior Development Coroporation is hosting an AsiaTown Scavenger Hunt and would like you to come! Read the invitation.

Slavic Village Development and the ESOP's efforts have been highlighted in The Free Times. Read the article.

Hard Hatted Women goes statewide! They have been recognized for their work and have been awarded the WANTO grant by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Read more.

The Northeast Ohio Homeless Coalition's future is uncertain, and they are asking for your support. Read more.

Heights Community Congress has a small discussion group series on race, class and diversity. Read more or look at the HCC's suggestions for creating healthy dialogue.

NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Study: Women Face Hurdles Accessing Emergency Contraception. Read more.

Planned Parenthood of Northeast Ohio Promotes Family and Reproductive Health through the Ohio Prevention First Act. Read more.

News: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Federal Abortion Ban. Read a response from Planned Parenthood Federation of America, or from NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Foundation, or Editorial Comments in the Akron Beacon Journal.

Housing Research & Advocacy Center find that housing discrimination complaints hit a 17-year high in Northeast Ohio. Read the study: The State of Fair Housing 2007, or read the article in The Plain Dealer.

David Rothstein, Researcher at Policy Matters Ohio, testified before Congress about payday lending. Read his testimony, and the research it was based on.

Carrie Davis, Staff Attorney for the ACLU of Ohio, commented on Title IX on WCPN's "The Sound of Ideas" 3/26/07. Download the broadcast in MP3!

East Side Organizing Project is known for fighting predatory lending practices. Inez Killingsworth, ESOP's President, recently testified before Congress about the devastating effects of predatory home loans on Cleveland's neighborhoods.
Watch ESOP on Fox 8 News
Read about ESOP in the Plain Dealer
See a slideshow of the effects of predatory loans in the New York Times
Read about Inez Killingsworth's testimony in Washington, D.C.

April is Fair Housing Month! Celebrate with Housing Advocates, Inc. on April 24, 2007. Hear special guest Kim Kendrick, Assistant Secretary of Fair Housing Equal Opportunity, US Department of Housing & Urban Development. Look at the event schedule.

Ohio payday lending locations jumped from 107 to 1,562 in the past decade, according to a report issued by Policy Matters Ohio and the Housing Research and Advocacy Center. Read more.

Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization announces plans for $12 million renovation project to use deserted buildings for low income and artist housing. Read more.

Firelands Land Conservancy joins regional effort to protect forests, farms, and wetlands. Read more.

Trendy jewelry made of birth control pills sends important message for Planned Parenthood. Read more.

Ohio proposes to ban homosexuals from adopting. Read more about how the LGBT Community Center and ACLU of Ohio are responding.

NY Times publishes an article about foreclosures, predatory lending in Cleveland. Visit Shares members addressing this issue: East Side Organizing Project, Cuyahoga Community Land Trust, Housing Research & Advocacy Center.