Olivera Perkins
@OPinfo
Economics reporter @signalcleveland Former longtime @ThePlainDealer reporter. 🎼 Soprano in my spare time.
Finding the money to make expensive repairs is challenging for Cleveland ‘s Black congregations in historic buildings. The #Cleveland Restoration Society believes it has pinpointed a way to help them. signalcleveland.org/historic-black…
After a delay of several months, East Mt. Zion Baptist Church in #Cleveland Ohio learned that it would receive a federal grant to make repairs to its historic building. signalcleveland.org/east-mount-zio…
Greater #Cleveland hasn’t had a tenants organization in several years. Starting a new and stronger one will be explored at Saturday’s Housing Justice Summit. @clevhomeless signalcleveland.org/the-push-for-a…
At the Urban League’s national conference in #Cleveland, @NatUrbanLeague and supporters say democracy and civil rights are under “attack.” @ULCLEVELAND signalcleveland.org/black-america-…
The National Urban League conference in #Cleveland next week, which will address democracy and civil rights “under attack,” also will include several free public events. @NatUrbanLeague @ULCLEVELAND signalcleveland.org/how-the-clevel…
Learn more about Historic Black in #Cleveland by clicking on this interactive map. signalcleveland.org/map-clevelands…
If you know someone who may meet the income requirements for free fans and/or an air conditioner, please share. Applications will be accepted from July 1 through Sept. 30. Apply through @CHNhousing or @StepFwrdToday signalcleveland.org/heres-how-to-a…
In this series of stories by @OPinfo we look at the history of Cleveland’s beautiful, historic, and expensive Black church buildings. signalnews.info/4efvgG7
The massive brick building at the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 82nd Street in #Cleveland has a rich history that includes the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1966 Hough uprising. signalcleveland.org/liberty-hill-b…
The first Black church on Euclid Avenue was ready to move a few years ago, feeling overwhelmed by the costs of building maintenance. Then, it decided to stay. signalcleveland.org/east-mt-zion-h…
Shiloh Baptist Church in the #Cleveland neighborhood of Central was founded by a free African American community in Cleveland when slavery was legal in the United States. signalcleveland.org/clevelands-old…
The age-old tradition of family reunions is going strong in Cleveland this summer. Signal Cleveland had the privilege of being invited to the Parks/Perrymond family reunion, which took place last month at Garfield Park. signalnews.info/3U6LZC1.
We interrupt your summer with an important announcement: Monday, Aug. 11, will be the last day to register to vote in the September primary election in Cleveland and other cities across Northeast Ohio. signalnews.info/3Ij1LHq. #Vote
As the school year came to a close last month, I too cleaned out my metaphorical locker, winding down my time as Signal Cleveland’s K-12 education reporter. Now instead of reporting on the schools, I’ll be working as the newsroom’s visual journalist. signalnews.info/44pF90B.
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A key piece of Mayor Bibb’s Residents First law is requiring landlords — including out of town owners — to have a local agent the city can reach. 2400+ local agents have signed up so far. But likely only around half of Cleveland’s rental units are on City Hall’s registry.
Greater Clevelanders can help the dozens of people who lost their homes on Monday in an explosion and fire at the Rainbow Terrace Apartments in Cleveland’s Garden Valley neighborhood — and many already are. signalnews.info/4k348LD
May I have your attention please! 📢 There’s only one official mayor of Cleveland. But across the city there is that neighbor everyone knows. Nominate a person who is a leader on your block or in your neighborhood as one of the ‘real’ mayors of Cleveland. signalnews.info/442Fo1o