Leaders complete the Community Remembrance Project

Leaders complete the Community Remembrance Project

Clevelander, Se’Mia Bray, stood in Montgomery, Alabama – far from home – holding a large mason jar filled with soil from West 98th street and Lorain avenue. She and a small group had traveled more than 800 miles to bring the soil to rest at a memorial for victims of racial violence. They were there to honor John Jordan, the only known lynching victim in Cuyahoga County. People gathered in a semi-circle in the lobby of the National Memorial for J…