As the year draws to a close, we wanted to re-introduce you to a few of your neighbors who have overcome the odds. By sharing their inspiring stories, we may just motivate you to make a difference in 2023.
Over the past months, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know several Northeast Ohioans, who go about their daily lives quietly but have amazing stories and who leave an impact on others whose paths they cross.
LaVerne Clouden was just a first-grader when she was first mesmerized by the sounds made by a string orchestra. She declared out loud, “I want to play one of those instruments.” Her teacher looked at her and said: “You poor thing, black people don’t play those. Those are white people’s instruments.” After nearly a decade of teaching music in middle school, that same district supervisor came to her to ask: “Are you ready to make history?”Read more of the story here:
Her own struggle to find her dream wedding gown led Daley to start a custom-designed wedding dress shop to spare other brides the same angst. She said she wanted to create wedding dresses that women felt “fully reflected their personal style.”
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