Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb to be Featured Panelist at PEP Rally PEP is pleased to announce that Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb will join us at the 2024 PEP Rally for Kids on May 14 as the featured panelist. This year the annual fundraiser focuses on community building and why it matters for young people. Mayor
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PEP Supports “Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World” for 48th CIFF Positive Education Program is proud to serve as a community partner for the 48th annual Cleveland International Film Festival, supporting the short film “Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World.” The film features a teenage girl with autism who, with her family’s love
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The Transformative Power of Chess at PEP If you know nothing else about John Saade, you know that he is a chess fanatic. Saade, a teacher-counselor at PEP Phoenix, credits chess with saving his life. It was his love for the game, he says, that got him through a difficult period of his youth. He
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Keeping PEP’s DEIB Work Alive A MESSAGE FROM HABEEBAH R. GRIMES, CEO “Give light and people will find the way.” ~Ella Baker Recognizing Black History Month As we recognize Black History Month at PEP, we celebrate the ingenuity, courageousness, and perseverance of Black people whose stories are too often unknown but whose impact is significant
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