Slavic Village | Community Organizing
Odetta Fields’ passion is to turn Slavic Village into a music district. As the co-founder of the Community Yahoos, Odetta has been involved in numerous positive projects such as creating the Garden of Life, Trick or Treat on Fleet, The Bunny Hop, and Breakfast with Santa. She is part of the community steward program with Slavic Village Development Corporation. Odetta is also the Finance Director for the Sons and Daughters of the Polish Legion of American Vets, president of her block club and she is part of The Collective. Odetta was born and raised in Slavic Village and has spent most of her life there, aside from living in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood for eight years. She is a graduate of South High and attended Cleveland State University. Odetta enjoys spending time with her grandchildren in Youngstown in her spare time and she hopes to return to school to finish her business degree.
