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Ago is a call.
This is how you
answer it.

Questions, ideas, or just want to talk before your first Town Hall? Reach out.

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attned a Townhall

Every parent or caregiver of a school-age child living in the City of Cleveland belongs here, no matter where your child goes to school. Sign up and we'll get you to the next Town Hall.

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The Cleveland Parent Congress is for parents and caregivers of children in preschool through 12th grade who live in Cleveland. Every neighborhood, every ZIP code, every kind of school: there's a seat at this table for you. And one for the parent next door. Every parent or caregiver you bring makes our voice stronger.

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Bring a neighbor

This works the same way it always has in this city: one person telling another person it's worth their Sunday, or their Tuesday evening. If organized parents built enough power to desegregate Cleveland's schools fifty years ago, a text to your neighbor is a start.

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01‍ ‍━ FAQ

Frequently asked questions

  • No. CPC is independent of any single school system, which is part of why it exists: Cleveland didn't have a parent space like that before now. Cleveland Parent Congress (CPC), a pilot parent-organizing initiative seeded and incubated by Future Ready Cleveland.

  • Every parent or caregiver of a school-age child living in the City of Cleveland, no matter where that child attends school.

  • Because it is one. Five Town Halls in year one. We'd rather be honest about being early than overpromise and lose your trust.

  • No. Our information on governance, budget, and ratings is unbiased and nonpartisan by design, whether your child is in a district, charter, private, parochial, or homeschool setting.

  • They're Twi words from West Africa. Ago means, roughly, I need your attention. Ame means we're listening. Together they're a call and response carried forward through generations of the diaspora.

  • A PTA is tied to one school. Cleveland Parent Congress is citywide, independent, and open to every Cleveland parent, regardless of where their child is enrolled.