Visit Breakthrough Public Schools, recognized as the top-performing network of public charter schools in Cleveland. Breakthrough's mission is to develop a growing network of distinctive school options that prepare Cleveland area students for success in life. Visit a school and learn firsthand about Breakthrough Charter Schools' partnerships that are vital for the schools' excellent student outcomes. (Mobility note: This experience includes a tour of a school.)

In July 2021, the Cleveland baseball franchise announced that its new name would be the Cleveland Guardians. Visit Progressive Field, tour the facility, and learn about the stakeholders and process involved in sunsetting the name Cleveland Indians, and adopting a new name that would be a source of pride for the city and its baseball fans in Cleveland and beyond. (Mobility note: This experience will include walking in the stadium and may have extended periods standing up.)

Tour the world-class Cleveland Public library, one of the United States' top-ranked library systems, and hear from the founder of OverDrive, which paved the way for distributing digital content to libraries and schools around the globe. You will see a historic, state-of-the-art library facility in downtown Cleveland and learn about a meaningful public-private partnership between a library system and a company whose groundbreaking efforts made digital content, ebooks and audiobooks, accessible worldwide.

Go behind the scenes at Severance Music Center, the home of The Cleveland Orchestra, world-renowned orchestra, noted for its musical excellence and for its devotion and service to the community it calls home. Severance Music Center's two concert venues are The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall and Reinberger Chamber Hall. The Mandel Foundation recently made a record-breaking philanthropic gift that will support the Orchestra's endowment, bolstering the Orchestra’s financial foundation, and supporting a Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Opera and Humanities Festival. Other funds will go toward supporting and expanding the Orchestra’s programs and partnerships, which you will learn more about during the site visit, as well as enjoy a brief musical performance. 

Experience projects of Global Cleveland, which attracts, welcomes and connects to economic, social and educational opportunities in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. Global Cleveland collaborates with immigrants and helps them to become proud members of their communities. You will visit two sites: At Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy, you will hear about the PreK-12th grade English is a Learning Language School. There, you will meet the director of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Imigrants to discuss their programs and see their garden. At the end of your experience, you will visit the Cultural Gardens where several speakers will talk about Cleveland's immigrant and cultural history.  (Mobility note: This experience includes walking indoors and outdoors.)

Visit the office of the Kanfer family, whose Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah focuses on applying Jewish wisdom to universal human questions and whose business interests include GOJO Industries, maker of PURELL. Learn how they navigated the extraordinary challenges of the pandemic to meet public health needs on a whole new scale and about how collaboration, innovation, and the application of Jewish wisdom, shapes the multigenerational family and its work.

Tour an extraordinary facility and learn about an expansion project to add a full client service center. One in six people in Northeast Ohio struggle to put food on their table. You'll hear from organization and community leaders about food insecurity and learn about the Greater Cleveland Food Bank's work though hands-on experiences. The food bank collaborates with many human service agencies, including the Cleveland Chesed Center, and you'll connect with those who make these partnerships effective. (Mobility note: This experience includes touring a large food back facility.)

Tour a development project that is 75% complete. Via Sana is an innovative collaboration between one of the country’s largest housing developers and one of Cleveland’s most impactful healthcare providers. The NRP Group and MetroHealth are partnering to develop 72 units of mixed-income housing and a 5,000 square foot Economic Opportunity Center in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood of Cleveland. The development consists of 1, 2, and 3-bedroom units affordable to individuals and families from 30% to 80% of the area median income. The development will include an Economic Opportunity Center, occupied by MetroHealth to provide programs available to the entire neighborhood such as workforce training, financial literacy, and nutritional classes that address social determinants of health. (Mobility note: This experience includes a hardhat tour - walking through a construction site.)

Experience Karamu House, the oldest producing African American theatre in the nation. Karamu’s mission is to produce professional theatre, provide arts education, and present programs for all people while honoring the African American experience. 106 years ago, Russell and Rowena Jolliffe opened the Playhouse Settlement (now Karamu House) to offer a place for people of different races, religions and economic backgrounds to come together through the arts. 

An inspiring partnership between Case Western Reserve University and The Temple-Tifereth Israel, the Maltz Performing Arts Center is a historic synagogue revitalised as Case Western Reserve University's performance space. Hear the story of how the synagogue, the university, local government, and philanthropists found a way to turn one another's greatest challenge into a unique opportunity. And, tour the adjacent University Circle neighborhood to gain perspective to Ohio's most impressive square mile, home to world-renowned museums, prestigious universities, nationally recognized hospitals, eclectic restaurants, and beautiful parks. (Mobility note: This experience includes an outdoor walking tour.)

Take a tour through MidTown Cleveland to learn how the community benefits from the connectedness of its stakeholders, physically and socially. MidTown’s location, supportive business community, and unique programming, connect people with job opportunities, retain a diverse mix of businesses, and create inclusive pathways for growth. You will learn about the Mural Project, Children's Musesum, a food Incubator, a magnet school, theaters and more. The site visit will include a panel discussion with MidTown leaders who are working in partnership. (Mobility note: This experience includes a hop-on hop-off tour and some walking during stops.)

MidTown Cleveland

Go backstage at Playhouse Square, one of Northeast Ohio’s cultural gems and the largest performing arts center in the nation outside of New York. Learn about how Playhouse Square has become the steward of its vibrant downtown district and its leadership in its revitalization. In addition to being an arts institution and a neighborhood steward, Playhouse Square also serves an important role as an educator in their community and provides arts education opportunities to enrich the lives of students, teachers, families, and adults. (Mobility note: This experience includes a backstage theater tour.)

Experience a 7-story design and maker space at Sears think[box], which supports people in learning, refining, and utilizing skills to achieve their desired goals in innovation, entrepreneurship, and making. Part of Case Western Reserve University, think[box] opened in its current location in 2015 to bring together resources for venture creation and entrepreneurship under one roof. The institution's resources include prototyping and fabrication equipment, space to brainstorm, legal and business support to commercialize intellectual property, and guidance to create market-ready products with real-world impact. At think[box], students have launched startups that change the trajectory of their careers; researchers have forged new partnerships and proven ideas viable; industry partners have discovered space to find new inspiration, and community members have turned part-time tinkering into full-time doing. (Mobility note: This experience includes walking through a 7-story facility. Elevators are available.)

Rid-All Green partnership is growing food, creating jobs, and building healthy, green neighborhoods on an 18-acre campus in the Woodland Hills neighborhood. The Rid-All Green Partnership is the dream of three childhood friends and includes an urban farm, restaurant, green market, community education, and more. You will meet with two of Rid-All's co-founders and select community partners. Rid-All Green Partnership partners with retailers and other organizations to provide nutritious food, jobs, and arts and entertainment throughout the neighborhoods around their urban farm. This experience will include a vegetarian lunch from the Rid-All restaurant. Please contact jpro22@jpro.org with any questions about kashrut (kosher status). (Mobility note: This will be an active experience in a large urban farm.)

Tour the impressive Van Aken District. The Van Aken District is a mixed-use development in downtown Shaker Heights. Explore the district by learning about how entrepreneurs collaborated to create a vibrant, urban hub offering the best mix of retail, restaurants and entertainment - all coming together in the name of community, craftsmanship and supporting the local economy. Then, hear about the history of Shaker Heights, one of the first planned communities in the United States with a solid foundation of careful planning, consistent and proactive leadership, and residents who are deeply committed to the prosperity of the community. (Mobility note: This experience includes a walking tour.)