IRTF News

The Ida B. Wells Foundation is pleased to join with the Baseball Heritage Museum and Neighborhood Connections to host a book signing for Mary E. Triece and the recent publication of her book entitled: Radical Advocate:  Ida B. Wells and the Road to Race and Gender Justice.  The Ida B. Wells Foundation, which started in 1998, is a mustard seed endeavor that has provided approximately $100,000 in small grants to grassroots projects for racial, economic, and social justice, nonviolence and youth work in Cuyahoga County.  Since 2022, some of the entities that have received IBWF grants are: LegalWorks, Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition, the Kentucky Garden, Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, Renovare, CAIR, and others.

Mary E. Triece, Ph.D. is a Professor in the School of Communication and the Director of The Women’s Studies Program.  Her teaching and research focus on rhetorical and feminist theories and criticisms, and social movement rhetorics.  Triece is the author of five books, several co-authored works, and numerous journal and peer-reviewed articles. Triece teaches classes on rhetoric and argumentation at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  

We’re proud to announce our 2025 Movement Builder Award honoree C Stonebraker Martinez!

As Co-Director of the IRTF - The InterReligious Task Force on Central America, C. has been a tireless force for human rights and collective liberation. From Cleveland to Colombia, their work uplifts those most impacted by state violence—including Afro-Indigenous communities, LGBTQ+ folks, workers, and people with disabilities.

Rooted in a legacy of solidarity, C. leads with courage and conviction—mobilizing our communities through popular education, mutual aid, and direct action.

C. reminds us that building movements means centering the people, standing in solidarity, and never backing down.

Join us in celebrating C. at Noche de Guayabera 2025! 

Get your tickets now at: ylncle.org/noche-2025

The Interfaith Action for Palestine (IAP) is bringing together a coalition of faith-rooted activist organizations for a critical intervention this summer: we’re coming together to counter Christians United for Israel (CUFI) — the largest “pro-Israel” organization in the United States — during their Annual Summit June 29-July 1, 2025 in National Harbor, Maryland, and Washington, DC. If you would like to participate, either in-person or online, please fill out this form.

Organized by Cleveland Peace Action

Rally and march to call out the US and apartheid Israel as partners in genocide, war crimes, and illegal invasions of sovereign countries. We demand an immediate cessation of hostilities by the US and apartheid Israel.

The Trump Administration has put the US and the world, in a dangerous position siding with the leading war criminal Israel.
The assault and declaration of war against Iran has only magnified the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as they endure severely escalated attacks by Israeli Occupation Forces both on the air and ground. We must add our voices and our bodies to the call for "Hands Off Iran!"and "End the Genocide in Palestine!" 

A new report by Public Citizen and the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) shows that, in fact, working people at home and abroad have suffered from “free trade” policies, which Trump claims to hate but has no intention of fixing.

Join congressional leaders, the report author, and activists from front-line communities for a timely discussion on how U.S. trade and immigration policies fuel displacement and drive labor exploitation, while corporations' profit and migrants pay the price.

The Cleveland NETWORK Advocates Team invites you to join us for a prayer walk to support our immigrant neighbors and oppose funding for detention and deportation in the Budget Reconciliation bill!

Please join us for an interfaith service at Trinity Cathedral to pray and witness our public support for migrant/refugee families whose human and civil rights are being violated by forcible deportation and incarceration without due process.

Please join the Rochester Committee on Latin America for this 90-minute webinar featuring a recent official Veterans for Peace delegation to Nicaragua. They will share their experience and the knowledge they gained. 

Register here: bit.ly/NicaJune22