Building Quality, Connected Places: Envisioning a NEO African American Cultural Center

In 1915 a pair of Oberlin graduates, Russell and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe, established a place where people of different races, creeds and religions could seek cultural excellence together. The location later became known as Karamu House. Join us to celebrate Cleveland's rich history of African American institutions continuing to strengthen culture and history.

Be a part of envisioning a new African American Cultural Center and brainstorming new ways of sharing knowledge and resources for a dynamic entrepreneurial place in NEO.

Check out the Midtown Wednesdays Blog [1]for updates on the Midtown Innovation Zone's networks accelerating creative, quality and connected places.

Forum Contributors:

Eugene Cranford,Moody Nolan [2]

Linda Henrichsen, City of Cleveland [3] Planning Department

The Cleveland African American Museum [4]

Karamu House [5]

Moderator: Ed Morrison, I-Open

Strengthening cultural networks across the country:

A site was selected for the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture adjacent to the National Monument and across the street from the National Museum of American History. Learn more here. [6]

The African American Cultural Center [7] in Pittsburgh preserves the art, culture and history of African Americans in Pittsburgh and the people of African descent throughout the world.

Visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. Cultural Center at the University of Kentucky here. [8]

Coming up: Wednesday, March 1: Technology, Learning and Visualization

Time: 5:00 P.M. - 6:45 P.M.

Place: FUTURE: Center for Design and Technology Transfer

The Cleveland Institute of Art

MC Bldg, 11610 Euclid Ave

Map [9]