NLC graduate Emily Peck (Class 25) was recognized as "Senior Citizen of the Year" for Ward 9 at the City of Cleveland's 20th Annual Senior Day in May. Vera Moore of Class 1 of the Mt. Pleasant Community Zone Leadership Academy received the same honor for Ward 3.

NLC graduates Bernice Beaver (Class 3), Anita Kennedy (Class 3), Joyce Porozynski (Class 9) and Evangeline Hardaway (Class 11) serve on the Department of Aging's Advisory Council.

NLC graduate Minnie Scruggs (Class 16) was honored at the annual luncheon of the Phenomenal Foundation in May. Evette Jackson Clark (Class 8) is the executive director of the Phenomenal Foundation.

NLC graduate Barbara Anderson (Class 16) of Slavic Village was featured in a recent Plain Dealer article about the foreclosure crisis.

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NLC graduate Pamela Poindexter-Crews (Class 19) has been elected vice president of the Maple Heights Board of Education.

NLC graduate William Nix (Class 2) of Maple Heights is the newly elected president of Local 268 of the Amalgamated Transit Union.

NLC graduate Jerry Rugley (Class 19) of Central has been named development coordinator for the Union Miles Development Corporation.

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