2018-2019 ANNUAL REPORT
Global Connections . Local Impact.
International Visitors PA G E 9
Speaker Forums PA G E 4
Student Programs PA G E 6
A B O V E Gifted high school students from Mexico explore Cleveland as part of CCWA’s annual Jóvenes en Acción program.
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Connecting Our Community to the World. D E A R M E M B E R S A N D F R I E N D S O F C C WA ,
DIRECTORS
Our goal has always been to offer opportunities
Harlin Adelman Raj Aggarwal, Ph.D. Christopher S. W. Blake J. Donald Cairns Mary Ann Conn-Brody Richard P. Eastburn Howard B. Edelstein Seda Ergun David Fleshler Barbara Hawkins Fritz Heintel John Hellman Wael Khoury, M.D. Deirdre M. Mageean, Ph.D.
for global connections to the Greater Cleveland community. Since 1923, we have served the inquisitive and globally-minded citizens in our region who seek to expand their perspectives. We also want to inspire the broader community and the younger generations to grow their global mindsets and connect with the global community right here at home. We believe that these international connections will help us thrive and develop competitively into the future. The 2018-2019 program year was an exciting one at CCWA. We welcomed our new CEO, Carina Van Vliet, hosted peacemaker George Mitchell at our Global Impact Award event, expanded our programming in schools, and greeted a record-number of international visitors. Most meaningfully to us, we launched the Maura O’DonnellMcCarthy Center for Global Understanding, which will offer ongoing global education to a broad audience in our region. All of these highlights and other programs made global connections with a significant local impact. This annual report celebrates our achievements and successes from the past year. We are thankful to the many friends, members, donors, partners and Citizen Diplomat volunteers who participated in our programs, and who help make our community more globally-minded. Thank you for joining us in our mission, and for your engagement and support. CARINA VAN VLIET
WAEL KHOURY, M.D. HEATHER HODGES
Chief Executive Officer
President and Ambassador-in Residence R. Henry Norweb Chair
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Chairman, Board of Directors
Deborah E Morin. Ph.D. Stephen J. Petras, Jr. Richard W. Pogue Linda F. Robertson, Ph.D. Michael Salkind Martin C. Schulz Fareed Siddiq David Silk Donald A. Sinko Carter E. Strang Monica Verma Nizar Zein, M.D. David O. Zimmer
H O N O R A RY D I R EC TO R S Amb. Charles F. Dunbar Amb. John D. Ong
Henry Precht Amb. William R. Timken, Jr.
C C WA S TA F F Heather M. Hodges
Katie Ferman
President and Ambassador-in-Residence, R. Henry Norweb Chair
Program Officer, International Visitors
Carina Van Vliet Chief Executive Officer
Program Associate International Visitors
Jenni Carney
Andrea Bender
Membership and Development Manager
Event Coordinator
Daniela Milan
Development Assistant
Andrew Kovach
Pam Wetherill
Manager of Programming
Elizabeth Coerdt
Doug Firman Finance
Manager of Global Education
INTERNS Michael Abelev Madeline Baker Arjun Bastola Rachel Brunot Cameron Caputi Oriana Cruz
Colleen Dougherty Quin Galvin Clare Heintel Raman Kumar Maya Majikas
Darlene Moorman Emerson Saum Austin Thomas Emily Weaver Yasmine Zein
AT TOP Fulbright scholars visit Cleveland.
NEW PROGRAMS
CCWA Launches the New Maura O’Donnell-McCarthy Center for Global Understanding
CCWA was proud and excited to launch this new center that houses our continuing education and professional training programs with the goal of generating greater global enthusiasm in our community. These two new programs offer educators and professionals tools and strategies to be more successful in today’s globalized workplace, and to teach more globally-minded students. CENTER FOR GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING PROGRAMS
Bridges to the World Connects Teachers to International Topics The Bridges to the World program connected 16 local educators to global education resources and curriculum in its first year. A program for high school and middle school BY THE NUMBER S
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Educator WORKSHOPS
Partner SCHOOLS
Teachers
PARTICIPATED
teachers,
Bridges
to
World
supports
the
local educators in teaching
current
international topics
in
their
classrooms,
around the world. By inspiring and engaging educators,
developing global education programs at their schools,
our impact will reverberate in classrooms and reach
and connecting their students to projects and classrooms
hundreds of students.
Global Competence Trainings Enhance Cross-Cultural Skills The new Global Competence Training program helps
employed within a multicultural workplace. CCWA’s
business and other professionals to understand and
CEO Carina Van Vliet sees the urgent need in our
practice the skills
A great look at cultural awareness necessary to work on various spectrums. It helped me cross-culturally. realize culture’s impact on business, These trainings and understand the need to adapt. target
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teaching
community for this type of programming: “Our future is increasingly global and many issues that we as humankind have to deal with are global in nature. It is critical that our community have the
educators
awareness and ability to work, live and learn in this
in
global economy and society. That’s where our Global
diverse classrooms, business professionals working
Competence Training program comes in.”
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SPEAKER PROGRAMS
Speaker Programs Promote Conversation about Current Events and Global Issues BY THE NUMBER S
1463 30 140 Speaker Forum PA RT I C I PA N T S
Programs OFFERED
Students AT T E N D E D
Speaker programs are at the core of our mission to help foster a more globally engaged Northeast Ohio: our speaker forums promote impactful foreign policy conversations and increase awareness of global challenges to our community.
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There is a strong appetite in the Cleveland community
series, a monthly collaboration with other non-profits
for engaging in conversation on international issues.
in our region, and other special events. Our speakers
Last year, 1,463 attendees participated in CCWA’s speaker
conducted seven school visits to take the conversation
forums to engage on the world’s most pressing topics.
about our foreign policy options and global challenges
CCWA hosted 30 programs on timely topics through our
to classrooms across our community. You can now listen
Foreign Policy Forums, the Cleveland Committee on
to some of the programs from the past year on our
Foreign Relations, the Happy Dog Takes on the World
podcast Global Conversations, found on our website.
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AT TOP George Mitchell speaks at the 2018 Global Impact Award.
SPEAKER PROGRAMS
CCWA has been the best part about my move back to Cleveland. At the speaker programs I have reunited with old friends, met fantastic new people, and most of all been exposed to important world issues. The programs are diverse, brilliant, and thought-provoking. L I N D S AY R A D I S E K , M EM B ER
2018-2019 F O R E I G N P O L I C Y F O RU M SPEAKERS AND SUBJECTS
2018-2019 C L E V E L A N D CO M M I T T E E O N F O R E I G N R E L AT I O N S P R O G R A M S
THOMAS HOUT
JARRET T BLANC
U.S.-China Relations: The Slow Economic War
Where Do We Go From Here: The Future of U.S.-Iran Relations
AMB. HENNE S CHUWER 400 Years of Dutch American and Transatlantic Relations
RICHARD MILES
NIZAR ZEIN, M.D.
At A Crossroads: Insight into the U.S.-Mexico Relationship
Global Health Challenges in 2018
ROY KAMPHAUSEN
AMB. RYAN CROCKER
China- America’s Generational Challenge
Securing the Future in a Changing Middle East
JAMES LINDSAY America Alone: The Consequences of an America First Foreign Policy
PAUL STEBBINS U.S. Debt Initiative
CATHRYN CLUVER ASHBROOK Brexit, Transatlantic Relations, and the Future of NATO
AMB. GINA ABERCROMBIE-WINSTANLEY | AMB. BONNIE JENKINS | SANAM NARAGHI-ANDERLINI Redefining National Security: Preparing for Future Foreign Policy Challenges
SHIGEO KAGAMI | ANDREW OROS The U.S. and Japan: 2019 and Beyond
ANNA BORSHCHEVSKAYA Russia’s Role in the Middle East
MATHEW BURROWS Alternative Futures for the World: Examining Global Order
GEOFFREY GERTZ NAFTA 2.0 and the Future of American Trade Policy
AMB. BRUCE WHARTON The U.S. and Africa: Vital Interests
WALTER BERBRICK Strengthening America’s Arctic Policy at Home and Abroad
GLOBAL IMPACT AWARD
2018 Award Honors the Career of Peacemaker George Mitchell Our 2018 Global Impact Award honored Senator
promoting peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle
George Mitchell for his career as a peacemaker.
East. He delivered the Brooks Emeny Distinguished
The Global Impact Award recognizes distinguished
Lecture on the United States’ role in the world to a
individuals whose leadership has led to greater
sell-out audience. Proceeds from this event support
understanding and cooperation among communities
the Cleveland Council on World Affairs’ educational
and countries around the world. Senator Mitchell
programs. A special thank-you goes to our presenting
was awarded this CCWA recognition for his work in
sponsor, The Cleveland Foundation.
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STUDENT PROGRAMS
Students Solve Global Challenges in CCWA Model United Nations Conferences
“Model UN has radically transformed my high school career. Preparing for and participating in Model UN, and speaking with and getting to know fellow peers was an experience like no other,” reflects CCWA Model UN student Coleman Isner. Coleman was one of the 1,970 students who participated in CCWA’s Model UN program during the 2018-2019 school year. In CCWA’s Model UN conferences, high school
events. Model UN opens their
and middle school students assume the role of a
minds to new perspectives
representative from an assigned country and work
and gives them new ways of
with other student diplomats to find solutions to
thinking about critical issues
international challenges. Model UN is an experiential
year,
students
learning experience that gives students an opportunity
discussed and debated issues
to connect what they learn to the real world.
such as human rights in
Model UN can be a transformative experience for
conflict zones, facing cyber-
students. Participating
security risks, preparing for
students
report
changes
the
By negotiating and finding solutions with students from different schools around the world, I have used empathy as a tool to understand and work with other people who think differently than I do. COLEM AN ISNER, 2 019 PA RT IC IPAN T
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Students Participated IN MODEL UN CONFERENCES
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Partner Schools
it
natural disasters, and more.
way
As Coleman concluded, “As
they view the world.
I begin looking at college,
It
their
Model UN has shifted my
public speaking skills,
focus – it has truly changed
critical thinking and
the course of my life and I am
knowledge of world
extremely glad I have had the opportunity to gain the
affairs
great experiences it provides.”
improves
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current
TO O K PA RT I N M O D E L U N
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Prep Workshops Offered FO R STU D E N TS & T E AC H E R S
AT TOP Students begin proceedings at the Autumn 2018 Modeul UN conference.
STUDENT PROGRAMS
ADDITIONAL 2018-2019 CCWA STUDENT PROGRAMS
Academic WorldQuest Tests Students’ Knowledge of World Affairs Which country is currently host to the largest number of refugees worldwide? Which country has been invited to become NATO’s 30th member state? This past January, 39 local high school students tackled these and many other questions at CCWA’s Academic WorldQuest competition. The students tested their knowledge of world affairs, current events, and foreign policy. After five rounds, a team from Hathaway Brown was declared the winner and advanced to the national championship competition in Washington DC in April.
Junior World Affairs Councils Inspire Students to Discover and Discuss their Passion for World Affairs The 2018-2019 school year kicked off CCWA’s Junior
together with fellow students to share their interest
World Affairs Councils (JWAC) program. Four
in current world events with the help of resources
schools launched JWAC clubs to engage students in
and coaching from CCWA. The students discussed
thinking about the world: students participated in
topics such as U.S.-China relations, Turkey and the
passionate conversations about global issues and got
European Union, and more.
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VISITOR PROGRAMS
Visitor Programs Create International Experiences at Home and Abroad BY THE NUMBER S
471 124 62 210
International PA RT I C I PA N T S
JÓVENES EN ACCIÓN
Countries
REPRESENTED
Citizen Diplomat Professional HOUSEHOLDS
RESOURCES
CCWA continues to bring the world to Cleveland: throughout last year, hundreds of guests participated in U.S. State Department exchanges. From Peru to Pakistan, Mongolia to Mozambique, emerging global leaders joined in professional and cultural exchanges facilitated by CCWA. Visitors learned from their local counterparts, discussed best practices in the U.S., and shared the challenges they face and what motivates them in their work. CCWA is proud to facilitate connections that change
country. Another group of visitors from 17 different
the world for the better and inspire participants to take
countries around the world was in Cleveland to learn
action in their home countries. A group of educators
about sustainable water resource management.
I have already talked to my peers back home about taking action. Joining the IVLP put my own community’s challenges in perspective. FE RM I N, I NTERNATI ONA L VIS ITO R
from
Arabia
Fermin from Curaçao was inspired to take action
came to Cleveland on
based on his experience: “I enjoyed visiting
a physical education-
Cleveland and learning about water management,
themed
to
reuse and sustainability. The meetings in Cleveland
integrate
inspired me to take control of water management
sports
and improve Curaçao’s ability to reuse water. I can
help
Saudi
them
women programs
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program into in
their
accomplish so much when I go home.”
YO U N G L E A D E R S O F T H E A M E R I C A S I N I T I AT I V E
BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY
AT TOP A visiting group exploring sustainable ports visits the Ohio EPA.
VISITOR PROGRAMS
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS BELARUS
G L O B A L E C O N O M I C C O O P E R AT I O N
B R E A K I N G D O W N A Y E A R O F I N T E R N AT I O N A L V I S I T O R S & G L O B A L I M P A C T Gov’t & Civic Engagement
Africa
2 8%
31%
Entrepreneurship & Business
Europe
27%
2 6%
INTERNATIONAL VISITO R S BY
INTERNATIONAL VISITOR S BY
Western Hemisphere
region
topic
2 1%
Middle East
14%
Community & Diversity
19%
Education & Technology
12%
Health
6% Asia
Media
11%
5%
Citizen Diplomacy Offers Hospitality and Cultural Exchange Citizen Diplomacy is a big part of CCWA’s International
“It’s an opportunity to share, give, and build lifelong
Visitor Programs. Citizen Diplomats are volunteers
relationships. You learn about other perspectives
who host CCWA’s international visitors for a dinner
and cultures and you make global connections,” says
or overnight stay. This gives our international visitors
Andrea. Whether it’s a visitor from Bulgaria, Egypt,
a unique opportunity to interact with Americans. Andrea Villalon and her daughter Valeria are Citizen
Diplomats
who
enjoy welcoming visitors
Everyone is able to host international visitors, it’s not hard. It’s something that comes out of your heart. You learn from it, you give to others through it, and it opens a different world.
or Brazil, hosting allows them to enjoy the cultures of countries around the world from their own home: “I have known the world here in Cleveland
VA LE R IA V ILLA LO N, C I T I Z E N DI P LOMAT
into their home. “I feel humbled and lucky to have the
because of CCWA, and I have met people from countries
opportunity to connect with people around the world,”
that I would never have imagined," says Andrea. " We
says Andrea. More than 60 households open their homes
see similarities between our culture and our visitors’
to international visitors each year. And it is not just the
culture ... there is always something that connects us all
visitors that benefit from the experience.
and it’s nice to enjoy that”.
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: A L U M N I A S E C O N O M I C M U LT I P L I E R S
WAT E R R E S O U R C E M A N A G E M E N T
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DONORS & VOLUNTEERS
The Council’s Champions CCWA owes much of its success to the generosity of its donors and the tireless efforts of its volunteers.
O RGA N I Z AT I O N S A N D I N D I V I D UA L S W H O H AV E D O N AT E D M O R E T H A N $ 2 5 0 I N T H E PA ST Y E A R Paul R. and Constance Norweb Abbey Joseph Aber Harlin and Laura Adelman Dr. and Mrs. Raj Aggarwal Mr. and Mrs. Gene Allen Alvah Stone and Adele Corning Chisholm Memorial Fund American Express Charity Trust Account Ameriprise Financial Andrews Osborne Academy Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Asher Baker Hostetler Cynthia Bassett Stephen Baumgarten Mr. and Dr. Eduardo A. Bigornia Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. W. Blake Melanie Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Bolton Gabor S. Brachna Louise and Thomas Brick Mr. and Mrs. William H. Brooks Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. Brown Mr. and Mrs. J. Donald Cairns The Callahan Foundation Michael Canty Case Western Reserve University CCWA Foundation Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic - International Operations and Global Patient Services The Cleveland Foundation Cleveland State University Cleveland-Cliffs Thomas J. Collin Collins & Scanlon LLP Mary Ann Conn-Brody and Robert Brody, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Conrad Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis Clare Corrigan-Woidke David Delgado Kimberly Diemert David E. Dix Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Dolan Dominion Foundation Sean and Naomi Duffy George and Becky Dunn Charitable Fund Richard P. Eastburn and Robin Krause-Eastburn Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Edelstein Brooks Emeny Trust Seda Ergun E-Ventus Corporation Falls Communications The Fedeli Group Dagmar and Frederick Fellowes Tricarichi-Fleshler Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Katherine Friedell Friends of Korea Dr. and Mrs. Hiroyuki Fujita Polly and Tim Furey The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation Gloria K. Ritter and Birkett Gibson Tom and Mary Gilbane Michael Gleason Mr. and Mrs. George G. Goodrich Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Greiner, Jr. Gries Family Foundation Debra Guren Harvard Business School Club of Northeastern Ohio Dee and Jimmy Haslam Hathaway Brown School
Barbara R. Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Heintel John A. Hellman Ambassador Heather Hodges Mr. Thomas E. Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Jack, Jr. John Carroll University Gary R. Johnson and Brenda K. Ashley Henri Pell Junod, Jr. Catherine Kassouf Jim Kavalec Key Bank Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Wael Khoury Joe Klinehamer Michael A. Knall Bradley Knapp Mr. and Mrs. Bill Koeblitz Kathiann Kowalski Edward R. La Rue Lake Ridge Academy Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Lampert Abraham Lang Jeff and Jan Leitch Jon and Ginny Lindseth Allen Littman Lubrizol Alex Machaskee Deirdre M. Mageean, Ph.D. Kevin Malecek Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Mandel Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Edward G. Mansour Dr. Evelyn L. Maroon Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Mayfield High School Charles O. McCarthy and Emily S. Bolton
Neil W. McCarthy Linda McDonald, Ph.D. Lee J. Mersek Patricia Miller M. Elizabeth Monihan Gregory Moore, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Moore Deborah E. Morin, Ph.D. and Patrick J. Morin Donald W. Morrison* Mortar Net Solutions Daniel Moulthrop MPE Partners John P. Murphy Foundation Larry Murray Kevin Murrow August A. Napoli, Jr. The Nord Family Foundation Nordson Corporation Foundation TM and NA O’Donnell Foundation Susan Oelbracht Ohio Humanities Henry & Martha Ollendorff Fund Ambassador and Mrs. John D. Ong Pannonius Foundation Megan Patton Dr. and Mrs. Walter O’Brien Don Penn Stephen J. Petras, Jr. Colleen A. Petras Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Pogue Andrew Rajec John N. Rampe and Elinore Evans Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Sr. Leonard, Lillian, Faye, Albert B. and Audrey G. Ratner Donor Advised Fund at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Judith Wolfe and Robin Richmond Charitable Fund Linda F. Robertson, Ph.D.
George P. Rodrigue William L.S. Ross Rich H. Rund Saint Ignatius High School Saint Joseph Academy Mr. and Mrs. Rodolfo Salas Michael Salkind and Carol Gill Matthew Schmeelk Martin and Kristen Schulz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Seay Astri Seidenfeld Meredith Seikel Kearney Shanahan The John Sherwin Family Fund of the Cleveland Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Fareed Siddiq David Silk Brant Silvers Mr. and Mrs. Don Sinko St. Edward High School Stabilis Capital Management Carter and Deedra Strang J. Mark Sutherland Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Taylor Renold D. Thompson Jr. Jonathan Todd P. Kelly Tompkins UBS Financial Services University Hospitals The University of Akron Carina Van Vliet and Grant Goodrich Jeffrey VanWagner Monica and Sonny Verma Dr. Edward Weber Jeffrey Weidenthal Laurel Weinberg Mr. and Mrs. Dickson L. Whitney Jr. Margaret M. Wong & Associates Nizar Zein, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. David O. Zimmer Zonta Club of Hudson
O R G A N I Z AT I O N S T H AT H AV E S U P P O RT E D O U R P R O G R A M S A N D E X C H A N G E S 10,000 Small Businesses at Cuyahoga Community College 90.3 WCPN ideastream ACLU of Ohio AESPIRE Association of Anti-Money Laundering Specialists Auburn Career Center Baldwin Wallace University Beck Center for the Arts BioEnterprise Birthing Beautiful Communities Black River Watershed Project Breckenridge Village Building Hope in the City Burges and Burges Strategists Business Volunteers Unlimited Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Care Alliance Health Center Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University Begun Center for Violence Prevention & Research
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Case Western Reserve University Center for Civic Engagement & Learning (CCEL) Case Western Reserve University Gelfand STEM Center Case Western Reserve University LaunchNet Case Western Reserve University Lerner College of Medicine Case Western Reserve University Office of Education Abroad Case Western Reserve University School of Law Case Western Reserve University Social Justice Institute Catholic Charities Tapestry System of Care Center for Arts-Inspired Learning The Center for Community Solutions The Center For Health Affairs Center For Innovation In STEM Education Citizens League of Greater Cleveland
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The City Club of Cleveland City of Cleveland City of Cleveland Community Relations Board City of Cleveland Department of Economic Development City of Cleveland Office of Equal Opportunity City of Independence City of Lakewood City of Parma City of Solon City of South Euclid Cleveland Botanical Garden Cleveland Chinese Chamber of Commerce Cleveland City Councilman Basheer Jones Cleveland City Councilman Kerry McCormack Cleveland City Councilwoman Jasmin Santana Cleveland Civic Tech & Open Data Collaborative
Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Division of Police Cleveland Foundation Cleveland Indians Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland Leadership Center Cleveland Metropolitan School District Cleveland Montessori School Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland Neighborhood Progress The Cleveland Orchestra Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance The Cleveland Plain Dealer Cleveland Play House Cleveland Public Library Cleveland Rape Crisis Center Cleveland State University Cleveland State University Marshall College of Law Cleveland Teachers Union
Cleveland Transformation Alliance Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Cleveland Whiskey Cleveland Women’s Journal Cleveland Young Professional Senate Cleveland.com Cohen Rosenthal & Kramer LLP Coleman Law LLC Collaborative to End Human Trafficking Community Partnership For Arts and Culture Compass Consulting Services Contemporary Youth Orchestra Cosmic Bobbins Foundation Cover2 Resources Cuyahoga Community College Cuyahoga County Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities Cuyahoga County Board of Health Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services
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DONORS & VOLUNTEERS P RO G RA M A N D E XC H A N G E S U P P O RT E R S , C O N T I N U E D Cuyahoga Democratic Women’s Caucus Cuyahoga County Department of Development Cuyahoga County Department of Public Safety and Justice Services Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court Cuyahoga County Inspector General’s Office Cuyahoga County Invest in Children Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center Cuyahoga County Mayors & City Managers Association Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office Cuyahoga County Office of Emergency Management Cuyahoga County Office of the Executive Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office Cuyahoga County Public Library Cuyahoga County Regional Human Trafficking Task Force Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department Cuyahoga River Restoration Dr. Greg D’Alessio, Associate Professor at Cleveland State University Day Ketterer Law The Dealership Dean Supply DigitalC Diligence Transportation Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio David Dix Dobama Theatre Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center Drink Local Drink Tap Eaton Corporation
ECDI Northern Ohio Effective Leadership Academy Esperanza, Inc. The Evergreen Cooperatives of Cleveland Everykey, Inc. Eye on Ohio Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cleveland Division Financial Integrity Institute at Case Western Reserve University Flashstarts The Foundation Center Foote Printing FrontLine Service Dr. Matthew Garrett, Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University Get Hep Swing Global Ambassadors Language Academy Global Center for Health Innovation Gordon Square Arts District Great Lakes Community Action Partnership The Great Lakes Group Great Lakes Science Center Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Greater Cleveland Sports Commission Greater Cleveland Volunteers The Greenhouse Tavern HandsOn Northeast Ohio Dr. Paul Haridakis Hathaway Brown Hattie Larlham Health-Tech Corridor Hemingway Development HOLA Ohio Robbin Hudson Hue Jackson Foundation Joe Hunter Ingenuity Cleveland Interreligious Council at Case Western Reserve University
John Carroll University Judson Manor JumpStart, Inc. Karamu House Kent State University Kent State University Center for Teaching and Learning Kent State University Higher Education Administration Program Kent State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication Kol Halev Dr. Nathan Kruse, Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University Lake County Board of Elections Lake Erie Ink LaunchHouse League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland Linking Employment, Abilities, and Potential (LEAP) Lorain County Commission Lorain County Community College Lorain County Drug Task Force MAGNET Magnificat High School Malley’s Chocolates Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage Mary Louise Madigan, Director of Communications for Cuyahoga County Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University MC2 STEM High School MedWish International MetroHealth Medical Center Michelle K. McGuire, Attorney at Law Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Mitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream The Music Settlement Muslim Student Association at Case Western Reserve University NAACP, Cleveland Branch
NASA Glenn Research Center Near West Theatre North Ridgeville City Schools North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency Northeast Ohio Regional Fusion Center Notheast Ohio Council on Higher Education Nottingham Spirk Oberlin College Ohio Auditor of State Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Ohio Lottery Commission OpenNEO Peace in the Hood Platform and Zenith Company Playhouse Square PNC Bank Policy Matters Ohio Port of Cleveland Pro Design LLC The Rainey Institute Recovery Resources Refresh Collective Refugee Response Replay for Kids Residence Inn Cleveland Downtown Rid-All Green Partnership Dr. Linda Robertson Rock & Rock Hall of Fame Rust Belt Riders The Salvation Army Harbor Light Complex SBDC Export Assistance Network at Cleveland State University Sherwin-Williams Shiva Vishnu Temple Slavic Village Development Corporation Slovenian National Home Small Business Administration
Small Business Development Center at Cleveland State University Social Venture Partners Society of Professional Journalists Spaces & Co. Spire Institute Squire Patton Boggs St. Malachi Parish Studiothink Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP Team NEO Tenk West Bank Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy Thompson Hine LLP Attorneys at Law Tremendous Outlooks Tucker Ellis LLP Two Café and Boutique U.S. Attorney’s Office - Northern District of Ohio U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission University Hospitals Urban League of Greater Cleveland Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Walter Haverfield Law We Can Code IT Western Reserve Historical Society Western Reserve Land Conservancy Women in Networking Cleveland Women in Sports and Events YMCA Young Entrepreneur Institute Youth Challenge Youth Opportunities Unlimited Zashin & Rich Attorneys
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Maureen Dee Yhosila Deew Danielle Drake Sean and Naomi Duffy Diane Euchenhofer and Steve Rossa David and Irina Falberg Sally Farenholz Joe and Suzanne Ferrara Bill and Lori Forester Margeaux Gagliano Toni and Vic Gideon John and Kathy Giordano Chuck and Tara Glazer Carina Van Vliet and Grant Goodrich Richard and Mary Ann Greiner Andy and Lois Gross Marc Haire Rob and Abby Hall
Olga Hartley Todd Heckeler and Brittany O’Connor The Heintel Family Bernie Hiros Ambassador Heather Hodges Peter Hoffman Joseph Horevay and Renee Trivosonno-Horevay Barbara G. Howell Cherian and Marilu Jacob Jacob and Shyla John Fatima Karriem Laurel and Don Kest Anna and Kevin Klee Katarina Kurtz Debbie Lee James and Natalie Leek Suzanne LeSure Debbie Hahn and George Lupon
Ron and Catherine McCutcheon John McDonald and Valerie Rambin Marcia Moreno and Joseph Amschlinger Larry and Mary Murray Steve and Colleen Petras Marla N. Piccolomini Sarah Piller Thor Platter Rick and Elena Ray Becca Ritterspach Danielle Ross and Adam Wroblewski Michael Salkind and Carol Gill Cindy Schmidt Amy Moniot and Tom Schreiber Nancy Sephakis Caren and Sophie Shiloh The Siebert Family
Judy Silliman Robert Witbrah and Shalini Singh Yury and Tatyana Shulman Dianne and Bob Smith Dr. Janine Spears Rolf Sturm Carter and Deedra Strang Mike and Wendy Summers Linda and Stephen Tobin Andrea Villalon Susan and Keith Walters Binamra and Alisa Warshay Pam and Arnie Wetherill Dr. Lucene Wisniewski and Dr. Erick Kauffman Mark and Lucy Yasinsky Joe and Inge Younger David and Joanie Zimmer Jim and Susan Zubin
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2018 | 2019 ANNUAL R E P O R T
Global Connections. Local Impact.
KEY FIGURES IN THE PAST YEAR
ABOVE An international visitor group discussing approaches to addiction and the opioid crisis.
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Partner schools took part in CCWA’s educational programs during the year Students and educators engaged with the world at Model UN conferences
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Attendees contribued to the global conversation in our speaker series Visitors from 124 countries came through international exhanges