Union-Miles Park | Youth Education & Development
In 1997, Joyce Hood founded the K.N.OW.L.E.D.G.E., Youth Organization in Cleveland, Ohio in the Union Miles area. The organization works toward improving the community by rebuilding the bridge between adults and youth. K.N.O.W.L.E.D.G.E. works with resident leaders collaboratively to share their knowledge of leadership, other established groups to teach youth of the community financial economics, conflict resolution, peer mediation, nutrition, physical fitness, and education. Joyce has received numerous recognitions and awards for her passion and commitment to changing the lives of children in Cleveland including a Proclamation Award in 2007, from former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, and a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from former Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich, U.S. House of Representatives 10th District of Ohio.
