Glenville | Youth and Families
Dane Vannatter is a professional jazz singer and is passionate about music education and performance as a means to connect communities. He is committed to helping improve the lives of Cleveland children by collaborating with Ward 9 City Councilman Kevin Conwell for a music education project for CMSD. Dane performs for the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center in their biennial event “Sing Out” and has committed to joining hands with other members of the leadership of the Cleveland community in fundraising to bring about greater awareness, compassion and healing for the disadvantaged and victimized of our community. Dane works for Legal Affairs at University Hospital and is a law student at CSU. His aspirations to become a lawyer are rooted in the desire to seek justice for his community and to elevate others to a place where society will consider them equal in all regards under the law. Dane is a certified yoga instructor and believes that yoga enhances compassion and empathy, which are foundational for social justice. Dane moved from Boston to Cleveland in 2016 with his husband Dr. Todd Barr and they reside in Glenville.
