{"id":1108,"date":"2019-03-05T18:31:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T18:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2019-08-02T14:05:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T14:05:30","slug":"6-27-19-thea-bowman-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/?p=1108","title":{"rendered":"6\/27\/19 &#8211; Ella Thomas, Executive Director, Thea Bowman Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Thursday,&nbsp;&nbsp;June 27, 2019<\/h1>\n<p><em>Thea Bowman Center:&nbsp;&nbsp;Where Love Shows<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"227\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1299\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Ella-HH20190523_112951-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Ella Thomas has served since 2010 as the Executive Director of Thea Bowman Center, located in the Mt. Pleasant Community, bordering Shaker Heights.&nbsp; The Center was named for Sr. Thea Bowan, FSPA, Ph.D., a granddaughter of slaves, who believed working with others is an expression of love.&nbsp; Today, partnering with multiple community organizations, Thea Bowman Center provides health and wellness services, community education, and youth programs that serve 8,000 participants annually.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Thomas holds a Master of Social Science Administration degree from Case Western Reserve University and is a graduate of Leadership Cleveland&#8217;s Class of 1999.&nbsp; she has over 40 years of professional experience in administration, project management, organizational development and budget management.&nbsp; Here career span includes mental health, social welfare\/human services, health care, community engagement and education.&nbsp; She was recognized by Governors Celeste, Voinovich, Taft and the Ohio Department of Mental Health for her leadership in community mental health.&nbsp; She recently served on the Woodruff Foundation Board.&nbsp; She has served as a faculty field instructor for MSASS and Cleveland State School of Social Work, and is a member of the Visiting Committee for Case Western Reserve University&#8217;s Mandel School of Applied Social Science.<\/p>\n<p>Please Join us on Thursday, June 27 when Ms. Thomas shares Thea Bowman Center&#8217;s mission to promote the health and well-being of the people in the Mt. Pleasant Community.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0;float:left;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/?p=1108\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday,&nbsp;&nbsp;June 27, 2019 Thea Bowman Center:&nbsp;&nbsp;Where Love Shows Ella Thomas has served since 2010 as the Executive Director of Thea Bowman Center, located in the Mt. Pleasant Community, bordering Shaker Heights.&nbsp; The Center was named for Sr. Thea Bowan, FSPA, Ph.D., a granddaughter of slaves, who believed working with others is an expression of love.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1108"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1330,"href":"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions\/1330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}