Race and Regionalism in Cleveland: Growing Together to Expand Opportunity for All
The Presidents’ Council of Cleveland, an African-American business roundtable, commissioned an in-depth report by the African-American Forum on Race and Regionalism to inform the Council’s position on regional efforts in Northeast Ohio.
The report has already re-framed the regionalism debate in Cleveland towards more inclusive dialogue. The Cleveland report provides a model for racially equitable regional policy to support vibrant and sustainable communities, applicable to many major cities throughout the nation. The report includes both short- and long-term recommendations in the most critical areas: education, economic development, housing, transportation and public health.
The Leadership Briefing hosted by the Presidents' Council and Cleveland's Mayor Frank G. Jackson in late June attracted nearly 300 local and regional leaders. The unveiling of the report was reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, with a follow-up editorial noting that the full report was “thoughtful and thorough.”
The primary authors of the report included Angela Glover Blackwell of PolicyLink; Robert D. Bullard at the Environmental Justice Research Center at Clark Atlanta University; john powell of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University; and Deeohn Ferris of the Sustainable Community Development Group. Kirwan staff also contributed maps, data analysis, socio-historical context, and helped conduct and analyze over 60 hours of in-depth interviews.
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