Glenville | Community Organizing
Lavita Ewing has volunteered in various community venues. As an education advocate, she strongly believed children had the best learning environment when there was an effective team effort between the school and the parent teacher organization (PTO). To meet that need she served as PTO president for numerous schools and as President of the Shaker Heights PTO Council. She has served on the boards of the Shaker Meals on Wheels Program, Shaker Youth Center, Shaker Schools Foundation and Shaker Historical Society. Since 2011, Lavita has been involved with the Association of African American Cultural Gardens (AAGC) and is the current development chair. By building community engagement, through business support, and chairing the major fundraising benefit, “A Night for the African American Cultural Garden”, Phase One was completed. The Association’s goal is to dedicate the completion of the garden in 2020. A retired nurse, Lavita received her BSN Kent State University and MSN, Education focus, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
