Community Voices

LJ Huang on Shanghainese Food, Culture, and Community

June 1, 2021

OUR STORY Shortly after moving to Cleveland, LJ Huang began to search for homestyle Shanghainese food. “There were a lot of good Chinese restaurants, but I wanted my food-my comfort food.” LJ explained. It was 2010, and simultaneously, she found herself attending potlucks and community parties within the Chinese and AsiaTown community. She started to…

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Making Chocolate with Cleveland Chocolate Co.’s Rebecca Hess

May 7, 2021

OUR STORY Before that first cacao pod arrived, Rebecca worked as a chef in restaurants for more than fifteen years. Growing up on a blueberry farm and an avid baker herself, she had been around chocolate personally and professionally most her life. “As a chef, there isn’t a lot of space to dig into chocolate.…

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Conversation with Councilman Kerry McCormack

April 28, 2021

OUR STORY This spring, SCA’s Josh Rosen connected with Councilman Kerry McCormack, who represents Cleveland’s 3rd Ward.   A: I was 27 years old when I joined Cleveland City Council. For the first year or so, before people really knew me, I could tell when I was in meetings people would try to sideline me…

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