With new art exhibits, performances, Black History Month programs, Women’s History Month events, concerts, sweet treats, and more, you can celebrate our community by supporting locally organized events.
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Dr. Kara Ayers knows the importance of empathy to change hearts, minds, and actions. From navigating a disability, finding community support, expanding her research and prolific career, lobbying policymakers, and raising her family, empathy underscores Dr. Ayers’ life. The summer sun poured into her brightly colored office at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital as we talked about why community connections change lives, what’s missing when we talk about disability, and how we can do better in caring for each other.
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Summer is finally here and with it the thrill of finding a new favorite shop. If you need gifts for friends, want to reconnect with family, or are eager to stock up your summer reading list, ensure you support your local businesses and fellow Cincinnatians. With the sun out, explore your city – and bring your sunscreen!
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Health Care Resources Plus, Inc. (HCRP) is a community-based healthcare company whose mission is to promote the health and safety of individuals, families, and communities through the provision of equitable health and medical services by positively impacting organizational policies that affect health. Everyone deserves access to quality health care. To that end, HCRP makes available diverse healthcare services that improve the quality of life and prevent unhealthy conditions. These services include nursing and medical services, education, training, occupational/worker, health care programming, and management.
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There is a special election in August for Ohio. In November, there will be a general election. State constitutional amendments, school board members, and other government positions are on the ballot.
However, Ohio’s voting laws have changed since the last election. You will need to show an unexpired photo ID to vote in person. We have compiled the information you need for both the special election and the general election.
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A nanobrewery and urban farm with an onsite Airbnb, Fibonacci Brewing Company in Mount Healthy uses local ingredients from nearby farms or grown onsite for a majority of their beers.
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Ready for the sunshine? We are, too! That’s why we assembled just a few of the many events happening around the city this summer. With Pride, Juneteenth, art shows, flea markets, live music, movies in the park, good food, and more, you can have some summer fun while supporting our community with these locally organized events.
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Soumya Jaiswal drives the fight for reproductive health care and abortion access on and off UC’s campus. Throughout our conversation, Soumya mentioned the tenets of the reproductive justice movement – centralizing the inherent right of bodily autonomy, addressing other issues that quell an individual’s rights, uplifting intersectionality, giving the power to govern back to the people, and emphasizing the strength of collective movement.
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Findlay Kitchen on Elm St. is alive with energy and smells. At its core, Findlay Kitchen is a co-working space for those whose business is really good food. In the early hours of the morning, sounds of timers beeping and phones answered with a “Yes, chef?” echo through the halls lined with kitchens – offices for food making. Assistants cart bread through the halls, and cookies bake in an oven nearby as I talked with Dora Cheng.
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Galia began as a hope to modernize mental healthcare for women. Girls and women have long been struggling under the weight of the world's expectations with far too few resources and support. We are here to elevate the impact on girls and women by strengthening their mental health.
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On a ridiculously windy February afternoon, I met Executive Director Karen Kahle at the Civic Garden Center (C.G.C.). Tucked away at the corner of William Howard Taft and Reading Road, the C.G.C., located inside the Hauck Botanic Gardens, is a plant lover's dream. Despite the cold, the property is full of life and activity as Karen and I sit down to chat about history, native plants, building community, ecology, and how we can all be better stewards of this place we call home.
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With each spring comes the growing flowers and the opportunity to grow our connection to our community. With the warming weather and daylight here to stay, we can foster our neighborhood roots by supporting local small businesses and encouraging others to shop small too.
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A few months ago, I had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Cincinnati wrestling champion and trailblazer Heather Owens at the Northern Wrestling Federation's Bonekrushers National Pro Wrestling Training Center.
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This month, we spoke with Ashley Glass of Black Women Cultivating Change about the journey of entrepreneurship.
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We celebrate Black stories all year. Women of Cincy’s staff gathered just a few snippets from interviews over the years that celebrate the unique perspectives, culture, mindsets, familial and community connections, and influences that arise from the Black experience. Celebrating Black stories is not just one action but instead is made up of many individual stories that coincide together. You can celebrate more Black stories with us here.
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Dr. Hou-mei 后楣 Sung 宋 knows the challenge of overseeing an East Asian collection in a Western art museum. The collection, housed in a wing of the Cincinnati Art Museum, consists of paintings on scrolls, pottery, statues, plates, knives, armor – and one very special mirror – that were gifts, donations, or are on loan. Throughout our time together on a cold February afternoon, Dr. Sung emphasized the importance of art education in breaking down cultural and language barriers.
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This month, we meet with Dr. Emma Scmidt, founder of Emma Schmidt and Associates, Sex + Relationship Therapy, to discuss her experiences as a small business owner and how she takes care of herself while managing a busy life as an entrepreneur.
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Each month, we will ask one or more UPLIFT entrepreneurs about their journeys, and we’ll discover a new business and a new journey of entrepreneurship.
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