WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2025 TOLEDO, OHIO—The Toledo Chapter of the NAACP, at its general membership meeting last night, announced it was creating a ‘Trump Watch’ to keep a local tally of the damage the Trump Administration is doing to the Toledo community, especially to local Black people and people of color.

Darlene Sweeney-Newbern, Toledo chapter president, told the more than 20 people in attendance, “The struggle is real, and the struggle is getting worse. If you are woke you understand we are under fire.” Her opening remarks were greeted with applause and declarations of support. “I’m going to start something, I’m going to call it ‘Trump Watch.’ ”

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WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2025–Back by popular demand, the free Getting Your Affairs in Order workshop will be held again this year from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 5, at the McMaster Center at the Main Branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, downtown at 325 N. Michigan St., Toledo.

To attend you must register by April 1 at https://events.toledolibrary.org/event/12945072 .

The workshop will provide a free lunch.

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MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 — Bishop James Robert Alan Culp, emeritus pastor of First Church of God in Toledo, will be inducted into the Lucas County Wall of Friends at 11 a.m. tomorrow by the Lucas County Board of Commissioners in their meeting room off the lobby on the first floor of One Government Center in downtown Toledo.

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Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025– Toledo Community Coalition member Erika White will be sworn in today as House District 41 Representative in the Ohio House of Representatives. The ceremony, which is open to the public, is at 11:30 a.m. at Communications Workers of America Local 4319 headquarters, 705 Lime City Road, in Rossford, Ohio, where she has been president.

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Thursday, May 30, 2024–The Area Office on Aging and the Toledo Lucas County Public Library are sponsoring a free program from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 22, focused on the importance of wills, powers of attorney, transfer of assets, trusts, and final arrangement instructions. This information session is sponsored, in part, by the Toledo Community Coalition. RVVP for the program by June 18 at https://events.toledolibrary.org/event/9726537.

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FRIDAY, May 3, 2024–The YWCA of Northwest Ohio will sponsor the 2024 Stand Against Racism conference on May 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at One Seagate in downtown Toledo.

Titled, “Until Justice Just Is: Building Bridges To Equity,” the keynote speaker will be Anthony Ray Hinton, who was released from prison in 2015 after spending 30 years on death row after being wrongly convicted of murder.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2024–This year’s YWCA Racial Justice Challenge will focus on Bodily Autonomy, Women’s Financial Empowerment/Caregiving, Gun Violence, and Transportation.

To register go to:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhsidLIfwaBLwF66IV1Nj3sOvkUIB1EdOtsblkMNRdG4RPYQ/viewform

The Racial Justice Challenge is the action component for the Until Justice Just Is campaign, which is designed to raise awareness of systemic racism and how each of us can take action to advance justice.

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MONDAY, February 19, 2024–The YWCA of Northwest Ohio will hold its Community Advocacy Partners meeting at 1 p.m. today at the Y’s headquarters on Jefferson Avenue in downtown Toledo.

This month’s CAP meeting will focus on the Fair Districts Petition to end political gerrymandering, with information about how to get involved, goals and deadlines, petition pick up ands drop off contacts and locations, and ideas for collecting signatures.

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FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024–Bishop Robert A. Culp, senior advisor, counselor, and retired pastor of Toledo’s First Church of God, will headline Martin Luther King Jr. Day events at a special day-long program at the Toledo Museum of Art on Monday, January 15. Reverend Culp will discuss his trek to the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, his meeting with Dr. King, and his journey as a civil rights advocate. Reverend Culp will speak at noon at TMA’s Little Theater.

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MONDAY, October 23, 2023–The MultiFaith Council of Northwest Ohio will hold a Peace Gathering at 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 24, at the First Unitarian Church of Toledo, 3205 Glendale Ave.

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FRIDAY, October 20, 2023–The YWCA of Northwest Ohio’s next Lunch + Learn online program, held from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, October 27, will focus on domestic-violence survivors.

Titled SEEKING SAFETY & JUSTICE: The Experiences of Marginalized Survivors, the program will be presented by Rachael Gardner, the YWCA’s Victims Services Director.

The link to register for the program is:

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nBU6Ea4QQ-ewLJrui1VXlA.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2023–The Ohio Unity Coalition will hold a National Voter Registration Day of Action on Tuesday, September 26 to help people confirm their voter registration or to register to vote.

The deadline to register to vote for the November 7, 2023 general election is October 10.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2023–This year’s Ohio Women’s Leadership Summit will be held in Toledo on Sept. 9 at the newly remodeled and expanded Glass City Center, the city’s downtown convention center.

The summit will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

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SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2023–As an organization committed to empowering individuals and advocating for social justice, The YWCA of Northwest Ohio believes that every voice deserves to be heard. With this in mind, we would like to emphasize the critical importance of registering to vote before the upcoming deadline of July 10th.

“Voting provides us with the opportunity to shape our communities, influence policies, and elect leaders who align with our values. By casting our ballots, we can actively participate in creating the change we wish to see in our local, state, and national governments,” said Lisa McDuffie, president of the YWCA.

Ms. McDuffie also pointed out how important it is for voters to educate themselves about Issue 1 on the special Aug. 8 ballot, a Republican-backed measure that if approved would allow a 40 percent minority to block any future constitutional amendments to the Ohio Constitution.

Issue 1 will ask voters to change current law so that amendments to the Ohio Constitution will be required to be approved by voters by a 60% supermajority of voters, rather than simple majority that has been Ohio law for over 100 years.

Learn more about the details of Issue 1 on

 ohiovoterguide.org

TUESDAY, May 23, 2023–The YWCA of Northwest Ohio’s 2023 Stand Against Racism conference will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, May 25 in the Toledo-Lucas County Main Library’s McMaster Center. The public is invited to this free event, but registration is requested.

This year’s conference is titled, “Advancing Justice: Ensuring Equity for All,” with breakfast provided.

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SUNDAY, April 16, 2023–The YWCA Racial Justice Challenge begins tomorrow, July 17. The month-long program is an integral action component of the YWCA of Northwest Ohio’s annual racial justice campaign–Until Justice Just Is.

To register go to REGISTER NOW.

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TUESDAY, March 21, 2023–This month’s YWCA of Northwest Ohio’s Lunch & Learn Webinar will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, March 31 and will be titled, “Woman Leaders Serving Our Community,” as part of this year’s Women’s History Month. There will be a panel discussion on the challenges and inequities women face in leadership.

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MONDAY, JAN. 16, 2023–Bishop Robert A. Culp, founder of the Toledo Community Coalition, past president of the Toledo chapter of the NAACP, and long-time pastor of First Church of God in Toledo, was awarded this year’s Governor’s Humanitarian Award by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission for his “impressive leadership in carrying on Dr. King’s legacy,” a press release from the governor’s office stated.

“The Governor’s Humanitarian Award seeks to honor those quiet soldiers who promote the welfare of humanity and the elimination of pain and suffering through their own selfless service, often without recognition. Nominees posses a personal activism that has inspired unheralded long-term service to the community and stands as a model for others to emulate,” the statement continued.

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THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2022–Anyone concerned about the ongoing lead poisoning of Toledo’s children needs to attend a public hearing before Toledo City Council at 3 p.m. on Dec. 22. The hearing has been called to review yet another lead poisoning prevention law City Council is considering. The meeting will be held in City Council Chambers on the first floor of One Government Center, at Jackson and Erie streets downtown.

“We need to be down there in numbers to make sure City Council does not put this back in committee,” Juanita Greene, a member of the Toledo Lead Poisoning Prevention Coalition told the monthly meeting earlier this week of the Toledo Community Coalition at First Church of God. “Our children are being poisoned all over the city.”

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TUESDAY, Oct. 25, 2022–The YWCA of Northwest Ohio will lead a discussion at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28 at its monthly virtual Lunch & Learn webinar focusing on gun violence as it relates to domestic violence and the intersection of race. October is domestic violence awareness month.

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TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022–It’s time to register, rally, and get ready for this year’s general election on Nov. 8, with early voting beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Lucas County Early Vote Center, 3737 West Sylvania Ave., Suite 121, in Toledo.

There will be an information session and voter registration drive at 10 a.m. this Saturday, Oct. 8, at the early vote center sponsored by several pro-voting groups including the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. Ohio Rep. Paula Hicks-Hudson, a former Toledo mayor and city councilwoman, is leading the registration drive this Saturday and will be at the early vote center with other volunteers to help people to register to vote.

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By David Murray, TCC web editor

THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2022–With the City of Toledo inching closer to implementing a lead-safe law approved in 2020 and 2021 requiring most rental units in the city to be certified as lead free, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is hosting two public training sessions for residents and lead removal contractors.

The first program–“Understanding Lead”–will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the Main Branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, 325 North Michigan St., in downtown Toledo. This session is geared for people concerned about whether they are living in homes with lead and how lead can affect their health and the health and development of their children. Lead is toxic in any concentration and can lead to serious health problems, especially in small children. Many older homes contain lead-based paint that can flake and produce lead-contaminated dust that children ingest and inhale. Testing of children in Toledo has consistently shown that numerous children, predominantly minority children and children in the poorest neighborhoods of the city, have high levels of lead in their blood. Lead contamination at such a young age can lead to long-long health problems and development problems that can lead to learning difficulties in school and behavioral problems. When the public looks to reasons why youth crime is persistent in urban areas it is not unreasonable to point to lead poisoning in so many children in older areas of Toledo.

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SUNDAY, Oct. 2, 2022–Toledo’s First Church of God will celebrate its long-time pastor’s birthday on Sunday, Oct. 23 in the church’s fellowship hall at 12:30 following Sunday services. Bishop Robert A. Culp has led First Church of God for decades, and has been a pre-eminent spiritual leader in the City of Toledo since arriving in the city in 1961 as a 26-year-old preacher. Now entering his seventh decade of ministry in Toledo, Bishop Culp grew First Church of God into one of the largest African-American congregations in the area, and as a former head of the local NAACP, provided leadership far beyond the walls of his church.

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THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2022–The annual celebration of the collaboration of the Black Brown Unity Coalition and the Toledo Community Coalition will be held from from 5 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at Warren AME Church, 915 Collingwood Blvd., Toledo, with a candidates forum following the get-together from 6 to 8 p.m. at the church.

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Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022 –The YWCA of Northwest Ohio’s September Lunch and Learn Webinar will focus on the neighborhoods people live in and how location can affect the quality of your health care and health outcomes in life. This month’s webinar will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, September 30.

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The Toledo Community Coalition advocates for the urban poor of Toledo, especially its black and brown residents who are fighting not only for equality, but for equality of opportunity and access to the systems and institutions of power in this community.

For more information contact:
Juanita Greene
Phone: 419.255.0097
Email: toledocoalition2009@gmail.com