Phyllis Harris, executive director of the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland, and Timothy Tramble, executive director of Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc., have been chosen to be part of a panel that will make 10 appointments to the Community Police Commission. The commission will then make recommendations to the police chief on practices and policies that can help strengthen relations between officers and the communities that they protect. Click here to read more.

Natalie Leek-Nelson, President and CEO at Providence House, was recognized in Crain's Cleveland Business as one of the 2015 "Women of Note". Click here to read the article on Natalie and Providence House. Natalie's engaging TEDxCLE talk is available online now at http://www.tedxcle.com/natalie-leek-nelson/.

Adoption Network Cleveland recently announced their support of the quest for marriage equality, citing that marriage equality should expand the options for children in need of adoptive families and provide further stability and legal standing to same sex families already in existence. Click here for more.