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Through poetry, story telling, and other forms of self-expression, WordPlay works to empower youth and build resilience in the face of mental health challenges.
Community Stories
The Norwood Plan: Strengthening the city’s connections
The Congress for New Urbanism sponsored a plan to reconnect neighborhoods disconnected by the automobile-focused planning of the previous century.
National Park Service awards major grant to historic African American cemetery
United American Cemetery is the final resting place and a memorial to the lives of dozens of people who were leading figures of Cincinnati’s Black history.
Safe spaces: Collective action emerges on the crisis in youth mental health
A new report lays the groundwork for a comprehensive community plan.
Veterans dream big with first coffee shop and plans for a second one
A entrepreneur returned to the neighborhood where she was raised to open a coffee shop.
Despite controversies, mayor’s courts are fixtures of small-town justice
Ohio is one of only two states with mayor's courts, whose origins date to 19th century Cincinnati.
YouTube star Feli from Germany delivers take on Germans and Americans from her Cincinnati home
The lighthearted looks at German-American cultural differences and her knowledgeable, approachable tone has helped rapidly grow her YouTube channel.
Lincoln Heights: Moving beyond the past to a hopeful future
A history of disinvestment and institutional racism has meant challenges for Lincoln Heights since it was founded. But a window of opportunity is open that can move the community forward.
Preserving the City: Important sites of Black history need attention to keep their stories alive
Preserving sites of Black history, and raising awareness of them, has become more urgent as the pressures of commercial development increase, the city and the nation wrestle with the legacy of their racial histories, and racial antagonism continues to taint our public life and politics.
Local missionary in Hungary works to help feed and shelter neighbors in war-torn Ukraine
“How can we be called Christians and not do something when our neighbors are in a crisis and in a time where they don't know what to do?"
