first year cleveland Archives

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“Community-led Solutions for Promoting Positive Pregnancy and Infant Health Outcomes in Greater Cleveland: Normalizing Access and Utilization of Doulas within Health”

March 26, 2024

The Schubert Center for Child Studies at Case Western Reserve University will co-sponsor a lecture titled “Community-led Solutions...

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Mandel School’s Angela Newman-White discusses changes in Cuyahoga County infant mortality rates

July 26, 2023

Restore the help for Ohio’s most vulnerable cut from DeWine’s budget proposal: Angela Newman-White cleveland.com (subscription required): Angela Newman-White, executive...

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First Year Cleveland’s Angela Newman-White advocates for maternal and infant health

May 19, 2023

Mother’s Day is also about our shared responsibility to improve maternal and infant health – especially needed for...

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Toxic: A Black Woman’s Story film screening and panel discussion

April 12, 2023

First Year Cleveland and ideastream will host a film screening of the short film Toxic: A Black Woman’s...

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First Year Cleveland lunch and learn

April 8, 2023

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to learn more about First Year Cleveland, an...

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Mandel School’s Angela Newman-White to serve as executive director for First Year Cleveland

January 10, 2023

In 2015, community leaders established First Year Cleveland to help reduce infant mortality rates and eliminate racial inequities...

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Wave of Light

September 24, 2021

The Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Society, First Year Cleveland, the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services...

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First Year Cleveland announces new community-led Executive Committee

September 3, 2021

First Year Cleveland, a public-private partnership aimed at reducing infant mortality and eliminating racial inequities in infant health...

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Katrice Cain named First Year Cleveland’s interim executive director

July 23, 2021

Katrice Cain was recently named First Year Cleveland’s interim executive director. Since December 2018, Cain served as the...

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“400 Years of Inequity: A Call to Action”

October 16, 2019

Leading community organizations will convene an action summit in Cleveland to call out racism as a public health...

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