| IngeNEWS: Cool Events for Cold Days
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Preview: February 48 Hour VMFIgnite! Impact Award Winner, 48 Hour Vitual Music Fest, is now in its 12th month! Since COVID shutdowns started, 48 Hour VMF has engaged the creative community by inviting musicians to gather each month Live on Facebook, performing and generating a huge economic boost to the community! By tuning in, you can interact with and support musicians, live painters, dancers, speakers, panelists and more, all in service to a different nonprofit each month. Plus! Catch our monthly Ingenuity Presents segments, offering fresh content, webinars, and check-ins with changemakers in our community!
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This month's partner is Citizens for a Safer Cleveland. They are a community coalition - led by Black Lives Matter Cleveland, the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, and Showing Up for Racial Justice NEO - that has come together to strengthen community oversight of police and increase resourcing for community-led violence intervention and restorative justice programs.
With the leadership of families who have lost a loved one to police, the coalition is launching a ballot initiative campaign to put a City of Cleveland charter amendment on the November 2021 ballot that would:
1) make the Community Police Commission, which is a community oversight commission created by the 2015 federal Consent Decree, permanent;
2) create a funding mechanism for the commission to provide grants to fund community-led violence intervention and restorative justice programs; and
3) increase the Commission's independence, authority, and resourcing, and overall strengthen its ability to serve as a vehicle for community voice and oversight.
All funds raised during the virtual festival will go towards the ballot initiative campaign.
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Get Involved with Unspoken!
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We are so proud of the amazing work that Ignite! Impact Award winner Chardonnay Graham of Touch CLE did with the Unspoken Impact Series! Now, Touch CLE is getting ready to start on their next series of Unspoken, which will be all about neighborhood pride!
Touch CLE is looking to interview people like YOU for the upcoming series! If you've got neighborhood pride to spare (especially if your neighborhood is on the east side of Cleveland), get in touch with Chardonnay! This series will focus on historical stories, neighborhood hidden gems, and anything that makes communities great. If you or someone you know is interested in being a guest on Unspoken, send an email to Touch CLE!
In addition to their regularly scheduled Unspoken series, Touch CLE is committed to being a regular part of 48 Hour Virtual Music Fest, and they're looking for interesting folks to go Live on Facebook with! If you're an author, political hopeful, artist with an upcoming show, philanthropist, or just an interesting person with lots going on, reach out!
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Ignite! Impact Award Spotlight: Ian Charnas
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We are proud to support long-time Ingenuity collaborator Ian Charnas with an Ignite! Impact Award for a new monthly initiative to scratch his creative itch. Each round, Ian brings a pop-culture icon or invention to life, documents the process on video, and then raffles the item for charity.
In his most recent video, Ian made an invisibility shield, and the auction for that shield raised over $1,700 for Share Our Strength. Stay tuned to catch his upcoming videos for a rocket sled and a DIY nuclear generator!
Ian is an engineer and makerspace co-founder who loves working on unusual projects: everything from musical tesla coils to computerized waterfalls. Subscribe to his YouTube channel, a mashup of the three things he loves most: science and engineering challenges, jokes and entertainment, and giving back through fundraisers and other public services.
In Ian's Own Words:
"I'm incredibly grateful to Ingenuity for being the fiscal agent (umbrella 501c3) which allows me to run these raffle fundraisers. Ingenuity's partnership removed a major obstacle, shaved weeks off the project timeline, and empowered me with the ability to focus on what I do best - making fun and unusual inventions to raise money for terrific organizations. Be on the lookout for a fundraiser built for Ingenuity in the near future!"
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| Hamilton Collaborative Spotlight:
Motogo by Skidmark Garage
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Our friends and partners at Skidmark Garage are holding a fundraiser for Motogo Cleveland! From February 22-27, they will be raising money to bring back shop class! This year, you can expect a virtual carburetor class with Steve Knoble of Knoble Moto, Dine-In or Take-Out food from Noble Beast Brewing all week long (with a percentage of proceeds benefitting shop class), and a free Live Streamed Concert by Lil' Stem and the Valve Keepers!
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Motogo’s mission is to teach kids to solve problems through motorcycles. They do that by bringing back shop class through partnerships with schools and community organizations. Motogo offers quarter-long and full-semester in-and-out-of-school STEM curriculums, and week-long summer camps for middle school and high school students.
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The next installment of Brite Winter's TwiBrite Zone is TOMORROW! This month's theme draws on the traditions surrounding school Homecomings - bonfires, pep rallies, the spreading of school spirit, and celebration of community. Get ready for an epic evening marrying music, art and dance!
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Enjoy performances from Apostle Jones Band, Gumbocle, and 10KMovement! This episode of #TwiBrite will also feature sketch content by Robust Energies and Aldous Mustache, with decorations by Himiko Gogo (Memorabilia Productions). PLUS we'll check in with students and friends from all over (including our partners at St. Martin dePorres) to hear their homecoming memories!
These events continue once monthly through April 2021.
2021 TwiBrite Zone Schedule:
Friday, February 19 at 7 p.m. (Homecoming)
Friday, March 12 at 7 p.m.
Friday, April 9 at 7 p.m.
Find more information on the Brite Winter website. Facebook users can RSVP here to get notifications and updates, but registration is not required.
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Executive Artistic Director
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Managing Director
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