Commission on Black Women and Girls

601 Lakeside Ave E Cleveland, OH 44114 (Directions)

Cleveland City Hall, Room 514 (or join remotely on WebEx)

In February 2024, Mayor Justin Bibb swore in the first members of the Commission on Black Women and Girls – a commission established by City Council nearly two years earlier.

The commission aims to explore how the city can improve the quality of life for Black women and girls. A 2020 City Lan Livable Index study placed Cleveland among the worst cities for Black women.

Documenters: This is our first time covering this meeting, so we don’t quite know what to expect. Lead with your curiosity and feel free to note if something doesn’t make sense in your coverage.

NOTE: You can attend the meeting only in person or by joining remotely at the meeting time via Microsoft Teams. It may be helpful for your coverage to record audio from the meeting with your phone or a recording device, but it is not a requirement of the assignment. You may need to share your name and that you’re a Cleveland Documenter to be admitted on Teams.

Attending in person?

We add two extra hours ($36) to assignments for attending in person. Bring a photo ID if you do.

Watching remotely?

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Agenda: We’ll share any agenda when it’s available, but keep an eye out for it to be posted on this webpage: https://www.clevelandohio.gov/events/commission-black-women-and-girls-0

Commission members as of February:

• Chair: Kathryn M. Hall, vice president of Diversity and Inclusion, JACK Entertainment
• Vice Chair: Dr. Linda Bradley, Women’s Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic
• Eugenia Cash-Kirkland, Social Support Services director, City of Cleveland
• Rev. Dr. Lisa Maxine Goods, senior pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church
• Taneisha Fair, associate, Racial Equity, The Center for Community Solutions
• Stephanie Howse-Jones, Cleveland City Council Ward 7
• Shameka Jones Taylor, chief operating officer, Saint Martin de Porres High School
• Anastasia Sakairoun, student, Cleveland State University College of Law
• Dameyonna Willis, founder and executive director, Queen IAM
• Lita-Marie Wills, commissioner of Health Equity and Social Justice, City of Cleveland

Learn more about the commission from Signal Cleveland reporter Candice Wilder: https://signalcleveland.org/commission-created-to-improve-quality-of-life-of-black-women-and-girls-officially-launches/

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