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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Like Noah and his family, we have been United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland (UBF).

separated from the world we knew. Will it be

safe to come out after the rain has stopped and I see this spirit at work in all the activities of

the waters have begun to recede, or will it take the United Black Fund. It would be arrogant of

a bit longer? No one knows for sure. But like me to call it “intelligent design,” although the

Noah, we will be stepping into a different world. structures and actions of UBF are based on

thoughtful design. The successes of UBF are

Except one thing won’t be changed: the outgrowth of the intelligence of our board,

The perseverance of the human spirit. our partners, our grantees and the greater

community.

In the wisdom of creation—what some prefer to Continued on Page 3 UBF

call the intelligent design–our creator planted

in us spirit. The spirit sparks with our birth and

grows with us, nourished by each other and by

the rest of creation.

That spirit, with all its iterations–sharing, learn-

ing, teaching, helping–is alive and thriving in

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