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Join Us July 16-30 to Celebrate Common Ground’s Fifth Anniversary! Explore Events by Topic

Everyone wants a seat at the table. Now celebrating its 5th anniversary, Common Ground offers the ability to take a seat – or to set the table for others – and participate in community conversations designed to encourage and foster new connections. Common...

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post_type=='post'){ ?> ID); //print_r($p); if($p->post_type=='news_items'){ $file=get_post_meta($p->ID,'file_download',true); //echo $file; //print_r($file); if(!empty($file)){ if(empty($title)){ $att=get_post($file); $title=$att->post_content; } $file=wp_get_attachment_url($file); } $link=$file?$file:get_post_meta($p->ID,'link',true); //echo $link; $type=get_post_meta($p->ID,'media_type_nu',true); if($type=='press-releases'){ if(empty($link)){ $link=get_permalink($p->ID); } } } ?>

Building Common Ground: Stand Tall Academies’ Roscoe Morgan shares his host experience and why he loves to bring people together

By Bri Oldham, Cleveland Foundation Equity Communications and Engagement Fellow The last year has taught us so much. One of the biggest lessons learned is to do what makes you happy, because memories and moments can be fleeting. Roscoe Morgan of Stand Tall...

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ID); $main_cat = NULL; foreach($cats as $c){ if($c->category_parent == 0){ $main_cat = $c; break; } } if($p->post_type == 'post'){ if(!is_search()){ //echo ''; if(has_post_thumbnail()){ echo ''; //the_post_thumbnail('blog_mega'); echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $p->ID, 'donor_feature' ); echo ''; } /*else{ $feature_image=''; switch($main_cat->slug){ case 'arts-ideas': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; case 'grantmaking': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; default: break; } echo ''.$feature_image.''; } */ } }?>
post_type=='post'){ ?> ID); //print_r($p); if($p->post_type=='news_items'){ $file=get_post_meta($p->ID,'file_download',true); //echo $file; //print_r($file); if(!empty($file)){ if(empty($title)){ $att=get_post($file); $title=$att->post_content; } $file=wp_get_attachment_url($file); } $link=$file?$file:get_post_meta($p->ID,'link',true); //echo $link; $type=get_post_meta($p->ID,'media_type_nu',true); if($type=='press-releases'){ if(empty($link)){ $link=get_permalink($p->ID); } } } ?>

Building Common Ground: Michele Elba’s Common Ground conversations focus on education and inspire action

Common Ground, a celebration of community conversation, brings people across Northeast Ohio together each year to talk about topics that matter to them and their communities. With support from the Cleveland Foundation and our partners, people and organizations...

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ID); $main_cat = NULL; foreach($cats as $c){ if($c->category_parent == 0){ $main_cat = $c; break; } } if($p->post_type == 'post'){ if(!is_search()){ //echo ''; if(has_post_thumbnail()){ echo ''; //the_post_thumbnail('blog_mega'); echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $p->ID, 'donor_feature' ); echo ''; } /*else{ $feature_image=''; switch($main_cat->slug){ case 'arts-ideas': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; case 'grantmaking': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; default: break; } echo ''.$feature_image.''; } */ } }?>
post_type=='post'){ ?> ID); //print_r($p); if($p->post_type=='news_items'){ $file=get_post_meta($p->ID,'file_download',true); //echo $file; //print_r($file); if(!empty($file)){ if(empty($title)){ $att=get_post($file); $title=$att->post_content; } $file=wp_get_attachment_url($file); } $link=$file?$file:get_post_meta($p->ID,'link',true); //echo $link; $type=get_post_meta($p->ID,'media_type_nu',true); if($type=='press-releases'){ if(empty($link)){ $link=get_permalink($p->ID); } } } ?>

Our experience partnering with Common Ground: Restoration Ministries of Greater Cleveland, Inc.

A guest blog by Reverend Christine A. Smith, Senior Pastor of Restoration Ministries in Euclid, Ohio In 2017, our congregation (formerly Covenant Baptist Church; now, Restoration Ministries of Greater Cleveland, Inc.) prayed for greater opportunities to...

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ID); $main_cat = NULL; foreach($cats as $c){ if($c->category_parent == 0){ $main_cat = $c; break; } } if($p->post_type == 'post'){ if(!is_search()){ //echo ''; if(has_post_thumbnail()){ echo ''; //the_post_thumbnail('blog_mega'); echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $p->ID, 'donor_feature' ); echo ''; } /*else{ $feature_image=''; switch($main_cat->slug){ case 'arts-ideas': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; case 'grantmaking': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; default: break; } echo ''.$feature_image.''; } */ } }?>
post_type=='post'){ ?> ID); //print_r($p); if($p->post_type=='news_items'){ $file=get_post_meta($p->ID,'file_download',true); //echo $file; //print_r($file); if(!empty($file)){ if(empty($title)){ $att=get_post($file); $title=$att->post_content; } $file=wp_get_attachment_url($file); } $link=$file?$file:get_post_meta($p->ID,'link',true); //echo $link; $type=get_post_meta($p->ID,'media_type_nu',true); if($type=='press-releases'){ if(empty($link)){ $link=get_permalink($p->ID); } } } ?>

Be part of Common Ground 2021! Here’s How

By Bri Oldham, Cleveland Foundation Equity Communications and Engagement Fellow Are you ready for the supersized celebration of the fifth anniversary of Common Ground? If not, by the time you’re done reading this, you’ll be a #CG2021 semi-pro. Let’s go...

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ID); $main_cat = NULL; foreach($cats as $c){ if($c->category_parent == 0){ $main_cat = $c; break; } } if($p->post_type == 'post'){ if(!is_search()){ //echo ''; if(has_post_thumbnail()){ echo ''; //the_post_thumbnail('blog_mega'); echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $p->ID, 'donor_feature' ); echo ''; } /*else{ $feature_image=''; switch($main_cat->slug){ case 'arts-ideas': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; case 'grantmaking': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; default: break; } echo ''.$feature_image.''; } */ } }?>
post_type=='post'){ ?> ID); //print_r($p); if($p->post_type=='news_items'){ $file=get_post_meta($p->ID,'file_download',true); //echo $file; //print_r($file); if(!empty($file)){ if(empty($title)){ $att=get_post($file); $title=$att->post_content; } $file=wp_get_attachment_url($file); } $link=$file?$file:get_post_meta($p->ID,'link',true); //echo $link; $type=get_post_meta($p->ID,'media_type_nu',true); if($type=='press-releases'){ if(empty($link)){ $link=get_permalink($p->ID); } } } ?>

2020 Common Ground History

Everyone wants a seat at the table. Common Ground offers the ability to take a seat – or to set the table for others – and participate in community conversations designed to encourage and foster new connections. Common Ground challenges individuals...

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ID); $main_cat = NULL; foreach($cats as $c){ if($c->category_parent == 0){ $main_cat = $c; break; } } if($p->post_type == 'post'){ if(!is_search()){ //echo ''; if(has_post_thumbnail()){ echo ''; //the_post_thumbnail('blog_mega'); echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $p->ID, 'donor_feature' ); echo ''; } /*else{ $feature_image=''; switch($main_cat->slug){ case 'arts-ideas': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; case 'grantmaking': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; default: break; } echo ''.$feature_image.''; } */ } }?>
post_type=='post'){ ?> ID); //print_r($p); if($p->post_type=='news_items'){ $file=get_post_meta($p->ID,'file_download',true); //echo $file; //print_r($file); if(!empty($file)){ if(empty($title)){ $att=get_post($file); $title=$att->post_content; } $file=wp_get_attachment_url($file); } $link=$file?$file:get_post_meta($p->ID,'link',true); //echo $link; $type=get_post_meta($p->ID,'media_type_nu',true); if($type=='press-releases'){ if(empty($link)){ $link=get_permalink($p->ID); } } } ?>

2019 Common Ground History

Everyone wants a seat at the table. Common Ground offers the ability to take a seat – or to set the table for others – and participate in community conversations designed to encourage and foster new connections. Common Ground challenges individuals...

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ID); $main_cat = NULL; foreach($cats as $c){ if($c->category_parent == 0){ $main_cat = $c; break; } } if($p->post_type == 'post'){ if(!is_search()){ //echo ''; if(has_post_thumbnail()){ echo ''; //the_post_thumbnail('blog_mega'); echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $p->ID, 'donor_feature' ); echo ''; } /*else{ $feature_image=''; switch($main_cat->slug){ case 'arts-ideas': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; case 'grantmaking': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; default: break; } echo ''.$feature_image.''; } */ } }?>
post_type=='post'){ ?> ID); //print_r($p); if($p->post_type=='news_items'){ $file=get_post_meta($p->ID,'file_download',true); //echo $file; //print_r($file); if(!empty($file)){ if(empty($title)){ $att=get_post($file); $title=$att->post_content; } $file=wp_get_attachment_url($file); } $link=$file?$file:get_post_meta($p->ID,'link',true); //echo $link; $type=get_post_meta($p->ID,'media_type_nu',true); if($type=='press-releases'){ if(empty($link)){ $link=get_permalink($p->ID); } } } ?>

2018 Common Ground History

Everyone wants a seat at the table. Common Ground offers the ability to take a seat – or to set the table for others – and participate in community conversations designed to encourage and foster new connections. Common Ground challenges individuals...

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ID); $main_cat = NULL; foreach($cats as $c){ if($c->category_parent == 0){ $main_cat = $c; break; } } if($p->post_type == 'post'){ if(!is_search()){ //echo ''; if(has_post_thumbnail()){ echo ''; //the_post_thumbnail('blog_mega'); echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $p->ID, 'donor_feature' ); echo ''; } /*else{ $feature_image=''; switch($main_cat->slug){ case 'arts-ideas': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; case 'grantmaking': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; default: break; } echo ''.$feature_image.''; } */ } }?>
post_type=='post'){ ?> ID); //print_r($p); if($p->post_type=='news_items'){ $file=get_post_meta($p->ID,'file_download',true); //echo $file; //print_r($file); if(!empty($file)){ if(empty($title)){ $att=get_post($file); $title=$att->post_content; } $file=wp_get_attachment_url($file); } $link=$file?$file:get_post_meta($p->ID,'link',true); //echo $link; $type=get_post_meta($p->ID,'media_type_nu',true); if($type=='press-releases'){ if(empty($link)){ $link=get_permalink($p->ID); } } } ?>

2017 Common Ground History

Everyone wants a seat at the table. Common Ground offers the ability to take a seat – or to set the table for others – and participate in community conversations designed to encourage and foster new connections. Common Ground challenges individuals...

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ID); $main_cat = NULL; foreach($cats as $c){ if($c->category_parent == 0){ $main_cat = $c; break; } } if($p->post_type == 'post'){ if(!is_search()){ //echo ''; if(has_post_thumbnail()){ echo ''; //the_post_thumbnail('blog_mega'); echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $p->ID, 'donor_feature' ); echo ''; } /*else{ $feature_image=''; switch($main_cat->slug){ case 'arts-ideas': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; case 'grantmaking': $feature_image='Thumbnail'; break; default: break; } echo ''.$feature_image.''; } */ } }?>
post_type=='post'){ ?> ID); //print_r($p); if($p->post_type=='news_items'){ $file=get_post_meta($p->ID,'file_download',true); //echo $file; //print_r($file); if(!empty($file)){ if(empty($title)){ $att=get_post($file); $title=$att->post_content; } $file=wp_get_attachment_url($file); } $link=$file?$file:get_post_meta($p->ID,'link',true); //echo $link; $type=get_post_meta($p->ID,'media_type_nu',true); if($type=='press-releases'){ if(empty($link)){ $link=get_permalink($p->ID); } } } ?>

Building Common Ground: Karen Murray leverages her life experiences to help her community 

By Briana Oldham, Cleveland Foundation Equity Communications and Engagement Fellow They say experience is life’s greatest teacher. For Karen Murray, an Adult Reference Associate at East Cleveland Public Library (ECPL), the theme of helping and learning...

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