Fairfax/Central | Youth and Mentoring
Jerome Baker, after high school, attended Brotherhood Railroad Steamship Clerks Training School. After working in New York he returning to Cleveland and formed the grassroots community organization “Men of Central” whose main focus is to provide adult male positive role mentoring to youth in Central. Jerome spearheaded the mentoring program at Lonnie Burton and Central recreation centers, Marion Sterling library, Marion Sterling, and Carl & Louis Stokes Middle schools. He received his Bachelors Degree in Public Administration and is currently employed as a case manager at the YWCA of Greater Cleveland working with teens and young adults. Jerome is a founding member of H.O.P.E., assisting families of youth ages 8-21 who passed violently. He is an Ambassador for the Promise Central Initiative of Sisters of Charity Foundation and a Community Champion for the Northeast Ohio Medical University. Jerome was awarded Outstanding Volunteer by Community Solutions.
