AKRON, Ohio, April 23 -- Akron Community Foundation issued the following news release: The Women's Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation announced $203,000 in grants - the largest amount awarded in a single year in the fund's history - to 34 nonprofit organizations serving women and girls. This latest round of grants brings the fund's cumulative grantmaking total to nearly $2.3 million. Fund leaders announced the grants on Thursday, April 18, during the fund's "For Women, Forever" Annual  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 24 -- The Cleveland Museum of Art issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Come for the music, stay for the party! City Stages, the Cleveland Museum of Art's (CMA) FREE summer concert series, is back in the best of global music on Wednesdays, July 10, 17, and 31, 2024. This year, three acts from three different countries are bringing amazing beats to Transformer Station in Ohio City's Hingetown neighborhood for unforgettable evenings. "Here are the musical g  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following Weekly State Fights Report on April 22, 2024: * * * TOPLINE TAKEAWAYS: * 28 states are currently in session as of April 19 * 15 states have ended session as of April 19 * So far, HRC is tracking about 815+ bills: - 205+ pro-equality - 435+ anti-LGBTQ+ - Eighteen anti-LGBTQ+ bills have passed into law: Alabama: SB 129, Alabama: SB 48, Idaho: HB 668, Idaho: HB 421, Idaho: HB 538, Iowa: SF 2095, Kentucky: HB 174, Ohio: H  more