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PEP Supports “Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World” for 48th CIFF

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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PEP Day Treatment Centers

The Transformative Power of Chess at PEP

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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Philosophy & Methodology

Keeping PEP’s DEIB Work Alive

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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Students from PEP's therapeutic dance program pose together
PEP Day Treatment Centers

Therapeutic Dance Program Centers on Positivity

Therapeutic Dance Program Centers on Positivity Thursday is LaMiah’s favorite day of the week. That’s the day that Dezi Marlow comes to PEP Chesnutt to lead a therapeutic dance program. Over the last several years, Marlow, an independent licensed therapist, and owner of D.A.N.C.E. Therapy LLC, has partnered with PEP to bring his dance program
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