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PEP Center to be Renamed in Honor of 20th Century Black Clevelander

PEP Center to be Renamed in Honor of 20th Century Black Clevelander Positive Education Program owns and operates a building located at 9700 Lamont Avenue. Through research, we learned that this building, which was once known as Charles Orr Elementary School, sits on the land where civil rights legend Charles Waddell Chesnutt once lived. Charles
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PEP’s Olga Rosado Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

PEP’s Olga Rosado Receives Lifetime Achievement Award On Sept. 16, PEP Connections care coordinator Olga Rosado was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award during the Hispanic Heritage Month ceremony at Cleveland City Hall. Ms. Rosado, who is bilingual, joined PEP in December of 2021. Prior to that, she spent 30 years in public service roles within
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Kids Celebrate PEP’s 50th with Birthday Parties

During the 2021 – 2022 school year, Positive Education Program took several occasions to celebrate its 50th anniversary. To cap off the year, kids and staff from each Day Treatment Center and PEP Connections had the chance to celebrate together at special PEP birthday parties. Central Office staff, including PEP Early Childhood Plus and PEP
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PEP Phoenix Student Featured in Statewide News Story

PEP Phoenix Student Featured in Statewide News Story On Monday June 13, Spectrum News Channel 1 ran a story as part of its “Building Resilient Communities” series that featured a student from Positive Education Program. Omar El Sabe, a PEP Phoenix student in eighth grade who is in the process of transitioning back to his
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