BLM Cleveland

10/08/2026

🎬 Cleveland, join us TODAY for I’m Goin’ Home!

Black Lives Matter Cleveland is proud to be a Community Partner for I’m Goin’ Home at the 17th Chagrin Documentary Film Festival!

Storytelling creates space for reflection, connection, and conversations that matter. We invite our community to come together, experience the film, and support a festival bringing stories from around the world to our region.

📅 Today, Thursday, October 8, 2026
🕜 1:45 p.m.
📍 Chagrin History Center
🎟️ Use code BLM26 for $2 off each ticket!

Get your tickets:
https://cdff2026.eventive.org/Film_Guides/6a552ae3fab4dd15409e59b6

is officially underway! Through October 11, enjoy 75 films from 31 countries across 12 venues.

Bring a friend, share this announcement, and join BLM Cleveland at the movies!

10/08/2026

🎬 Cleveland, join us TODAY for I’m Goin’ Home!

Black Lives Matter Cleveland is proud to be a Community Partner for I’m Goin’ Home at the 17th Chagrin Documentary Film Festival!

Storytelling creates space for reflection, connection, and conversations that matter. We invite our community to come together, experience the film, and support a festival bringing stories from around the world to our region.

📅 Today, Thursday, October 8, 2026
🕜 1:45 p.m.
📍 Chagrin History Center
🎟️ Use code BLM26 for $2 off each ticket!

Get your tickets:
https://cdff2026.eventive.org/Film_Guides/6a552ae3fab4dd15409e59b6

is officially underway! Through October 11, enjoy 75 films from 31 countries across 12 venues.

Bring a friend, share this announcement, and join BLM Cleveland at the movies!

10/07/2026

Don't forget to get your ticket for the screening!!!!!

I’M GOIN’ HOME is a story that has never been told about an enslaved person’s journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad. It is also the story of the brave men and women who helped him make the dangerous 400-mile trip from Senator Henry Clay’s Ashland Estate in Lexington, Kentucky to Can...

10/07/2026

Housing advocates say Cleveland should sue over the condition of properties held by a Maryland-based investment firm.

10/07/2026

via Dr. FloWay, Ph.D - They were more than headlines.

Nolan Wells.
Stephon Clark.
Emmett Till.
Philando Castile.
Trayvon Martin.
Sonya Massey.
Ahmaud Arbery.
Breonna Taylor.
Sean Bell.
George Floyd.
Eric Garner.
Rekia Boyd.
Laquan McDonald.
Kendrick Johnson.
Michael Brown.
Sandra Bland.
Botham Jean.
Tamir Rice.

Each name carries a story—a life, a family, a community, and questions that have continued long after the headlines faded.

Some were killed by police. Others died in circumstances that sparked national controversy and demands for accountability. Their cases are different, but their names remain part of a larger conversation about race, policing, violence, justice, and whose lives receive protection.

We remember them not because they were perfect, but because their lives mattered.

We will continue to say their names.

We will continue to remember their families.

We will continue to ask questions.

We will not let their names disappear.

10/07/2026

The City of Cleveland will not reopen the selection process for the 2nd District commander position within the Cleveland Division of Police despite the Cleveland Community Police Commission's decision not to recommend the only candidate for the role, Interim Commander Timothy Maffo-Judd.

10/06/2026

I’M GOIN’ HOME is a story that has never been told about an enslaved person’s journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad. It is also the story of the brave men and women who helped him make the dangerous 400-mile trip from Senator Henry Clay’s Ashland Estate in Lexington, Kentucky to Can...

10/06/2026