Wean Foundation Board of Directors Meets at Amphitheater

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Raymond John Wean Foundation Board of Directors this week held its quarterly meting on the stage of the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre, in full view of the Wean Park it funded. Presentations and discussions centered around the foundation’s racial equity outcomes, which include funding viable solutions led by organizations whose leadership represents …

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Wean Foundation Welcomes Communications Officer

May 31, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – The Raymond John Wean Foundation announces the addition of Erika Parker to their team in the newly created position of Communications Officer. In her role, she will be responsible for sharing the stories of the Foundation and its grantees with the community. Parker comes to the Wean Foundation with …

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Representatives from several Akron area foundations and TNP employees look on as Christian Bennet-Mosley, healthy retail access coordinator from TNP, center, gives a tour of one of the community gardens. From left: John Garofalo, vice president of community investment, Akron Community Foundation; Bronlynn Thurman, GAR Foundation; Cristina Gonzalez-Alcala, Akron Community Foundation; Lydia Walls, AmeriCorps VISTA, TNP and Sevasti Tripoulas, community programs coordinator, TNP.

Wean Foundation hosts Akron Peers for Learning Visit

May 25, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – The Raymond John Wean Foundation hosted the Mahoning Valley Community Development Learning Visit on Wednesday, May 18 offering their Akron peers the opportunity to learn more about the strategic partnership between the Wean Foundation, Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership (TNP) and Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC). The Akron group included representatives …

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Wean Foundation Awards Neighborhood Success Grants

WARREN, Ohio – Neighborhood Success Grants, a program of The Raymond John Wean Foundation, awarded over $30,000 to eight resident-led organizations. Several of the groups are previous grant recipients, while three are first time grantees. “The foundation has supported our efforts to improve property standards and promote the interests of the residents in our service area …

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Resident-led groups get Wean grant funds

Neighborhood SUCCESS Grants, a program of The Raymond John Wean Foundation, awarded more than $30,000 to eight resident-led organizations in Mahoning County.https://aaa9587b79516bb6294f4d80e3780ea2.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html Several of the groups are previous grant recipients, while three are first-time grantees. “The foundation has supported our efforts to improve property standards and promote the interests of the residents in our service …

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Lester Scott II (L.) and Shauna Barry-Scott from Dare to Dream Children’s Foundation participate in an exercise during the grantee orientation at The Raymond John Wean Foundation on Thursday, April 28. Grants were awarded to eight grassroots groups in Warren and Youngstown through Neighborhood SUCCESS Grants, a program of the Wean Foundation.

Neighborhood SUCCESS Awards Grants, Returns to In-Person Event

May 13, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – Neighborhood SUCCESS Grants, a program of The Raymond John Wean Foundation, awarded over $30,000 to eight resident-led organizations. Several of the groups are previous grant recipients, while three are first time grantees.  “The Foundation has supported our efforts to improve property standards and promote the interests of the residents …

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MVMC to focus on inclusion

The Mahoning Valley Manufacturers Coalition is on the cusp of launching a series of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives for its members and community partners in a targeted multi-pronged approach. “Our focus is on increasing diversity focus with outreach activities in the community; increase diversity, equity and inclusion awareness among manufacturers; and increasing DEI …

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Community news

RACIAL EQUITY WORKSHOP: The Raymond John Wean Foundation will host the 2022 Racial Equity and Inclusion Workshop on Tuesday and Wednesday. Sponsored by the Wean Foundation, this two-day virtual training is hosted by ThirdSpace Action Lab and presented by the Racial Equity Institute.

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YSU Phi Kappa Phi marks 50th anniversary

From Sally Hotchkiss to Bege Bowers, John Loch to Lowell Satre, the list of past presidents of Youngstown State University’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi reads like a hall of fame of YSU notables across the years. This year, Chapter 143 marks its 50th anniversary. “For half a century, Chapter 143 has kept the tradition …

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