December 2018 - Leadership Medina County

“PIT” Crew Helps with County-wide Homeless Count

Project is a Leadership Medina County Class of 2019 Initiative Each year in late January, counties nation-wide participate in a count of their citizens, both sheltered and unsheltered, experiencing homelessness. Known as the Point In Time, or “PIT”, count, the information is used to help the nation document progress towards ending homelessness, and help the…

December Leading Edge

If you’re having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online Welcome to the Leading Edge Newsletter! Congratulations to our 2018 Excellence in Leadership Awards Honorees Leadership Medina County hosted over two hundred people at The Blair Center in Westfield Center on December 5 to recognize sixteen nominees for their “Excellence in Leadership”…

Junior Leadership Examines Poverty in Medina County

I love standing in line at government agencies, said no one ever. This week, the Junior Leadership group got to mix it up with the Signature Class in the now legendary Poverty Simulation. Participants received new identities and worked together to survive a simulated month of poverty. They had to grapple with transportation and employment…

A Humbling Experience – Walking a mile in their shoes

Leadership Medina County spent Human Services Day walking a mile in the shoes of people living in poverty. The following are some comments from the day. I was a 10 year old during the poverty simulation and I watched how stressed out my “parents” were just trying to take care of everything. There wasn’t enough…

Finding your Voice

Leadership Medina County Emerging Leaders got to hear how RPM International came to be from Diana Riley, Manager of Community Affairs and Corporate Events for RPM, be inspired to find their passion from Seth Kujat, Vice President, Community Impact for United Way of Summit County, make an impression from Cathy Posner of Transitional Consulting and Coaching…

Class Notes: December 2018

’97 The Perfect Mead Wilkins, Catholic Charities of Cleveland, was selected as the winner of the 2018 Louis Stokes Community Service Award. This is the highest honor granted by the Alumni Association of the Mandel School for Applied Social Sciences to an alumnus who embodies the socially-minded characteristics of the late beloved and honorable Congressman…