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BRIDGES for a Just Community brings people together to achieve inclusion, equity and justice for all. As the region’s leading human relations organization, BRIDGES provides programming designed to meet community challenges related to diversity, inclusion and social justice.
BRIDGES is working to capture oral histories featuring the wisdom, insight, experience, perspective on life and outlook for the future of individuals from Greater Cincinnati who have worked to improve human relations in our community.
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The Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones has been a leader throughout his life in civil rights, both as an individual and on the bench as a Judge for the United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Jones talks with Nick Clooney about his life and work.
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Sister Jean Patrice Harrington has been a leader and visionary in Greater Cincinnati since she arrived in 1977 as the new president of the College of Mt. St. Joseph. She discusses her philosophy and life with lifelong Cincinnatian Nick Clooney.
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Marian Spencer, the first female president of the local chapter of the NAACP in 1981 and the first African American woman elected to the Cincinnati City Council in 1983, began her long civil rights career as a young teen. She discusses her life and work with the Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones.
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| Watch other CETconnect videos featuring Mrs. Spencer |
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Harris Weston, along with his wife Alice, have made substantial contributions to our community, particularly in the arts. In this interview with Jerome Teller, attorney and past president of the Jewish Federation, he talks about his life and his work.
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Neil Bortz, partner, Towne Properties Ltd., has been working throughout his life to make a difference in our community, both professionally and personally. He talks with Nick Clooney about the challenges our city faces, the progress the city has made, and what he sees for the future.
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Judge William A. McClain has held a number of judicial and legal positions, serving as Hamilton County Common Pleas Court judge, Municipal Court Judge, and as Cincinnati’s city solicitor from 1963 to 1972, the first African American in the nation to hold such a high municipal legal office. He discusses his life and his work wtih Judge John Andrew West.
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Bobbie Sterne was Cincinnati's first female mayor and a long-time member of Cincinnati City Council. Throughout her life and years in public service, Mrs. Sterne has fought for human rights for all people. She and Nick Clooney discuss her legacy in politics and civil rights.
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An interview with:
Judy Clabes |
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