Northeast Ohio Alliance for Hope

Our Mission

NOAH is Northeast Ohio's Alliance for Hope. We are a broad-based, non-profit organization that provides hope for Northeastern Ohio residents by empowering them to use community organizing to improve the quality of their lives. NOAH serves as and advocacy group for individual citizens and an umbrella organization for other no-profits in the area. As a group of diverse organizations we work together to create systemic changes to inequitable practices in our local and regional communities. We empower citizens to impact local legislature and other decisions being made in the communities so that those decisions reflect their values and concerns. There is no other place in Northeast Ohio where diverse organizations and congregations collaborate towards a common interest. We work with sister organizations in Youngstown and Cincinnati to address statewide issues through the Ohio Organizing Collaborative. NOAH is affiliated with the National Training and Information Center (NTIC), an organizing institute that provides training and coordination on an international scale. Our strength lies in our ability to bring together diverse urban and suburban congregations to work to end systemic causes of poverty in our region and live out our values of social justice.

Some of our recent accomplishments include:

Hosted signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between East Cleveland City Council and the Cuyahoga County Land Bank to maximize the amount of resources available to address Abandoned and Vacant properties in East Cleveland.
Established a round the table discussion where East Cleveland residents voices can be heard, thereby impacting key decisions the effect their community.
Spearheaded and framed the Vacant and Abandoned Housing issue that became a campaign issue in East Cleveland Mayoral race.
Held a public meeting that boasted over 250 East Cleveland residents in attendance.
Met with Senator Sherrod Brown's staff to discuss important policy changes.
Held an Information Session with Congresswoman Marcia Fudge's office for community staffer's.
Held a Mayoral candidates forum empowering residents to address Mayoral canidates directly regarding community concerns.

NOAH's work has impacted over 25,000 lives in the past year alone. We are now more determined than ever to double that number by this time next year. However, we cannot do this alone. NOAH is a non-profit organization that depends upon the collaboration and generosity of its members to thrive. Your Donation Can Make a Difference: Volunteers and sponsors are needed to help us continue our work. All finacial donations are tax deductible and will go towards community action efforts we have planned for next year. Please help foster Hope in your community by supporting NOAH. For more information please contact Trevelle Harp, NOAH's Executive Director at 216-834-2324.