Community Resources

The internet is a community like any other. Resources are available to assist you with a wide-range of issues and concerns. Below is a listing of local and national website that you might find useful.

ChurchOther Local AME Churches

St Steven AME Church
(419) 244-0402
812 City Park Ave
Toledo Ohio 43604

Arts and Entertainment

The Arts Commission - has a mission to develop and promote the visual, performing and literary arts in the Northwest Ohio community.

Black Expressions - is an online book store that features works predominantly by African Americans and other authors of color.

Juneteenth - is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.

UpTown - is an arts and entertainment district in the City of Toledo.

Business

Toledo Chamber of Commerce - a general information site for the City of Toledo and its businesses.

Toledo Links - showcases Toledo-owned businesses, Toledo community groups, and Toledo people and artists.

Faith and Religion

BeliefNet - is a tool to help people find, and walk, a spiritual path that will bring comfort, hope, clarity, strength, and happiness.

Cyber-Church - a resource that allows local churches to establish a presence on the web.

National Consortium of Black Women in Ministry - supports Black women in ministry both personally and professionally by cultivating communities of Black women in ministry across the United States and mobilizing them to impact issues affecting the well-being of Black women.

History

Ohio Historical Society - the African-American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920 is a digital collection brought together from a number of individual sources that include manuscript collections, newspaper articles, serials, photographs, and pamphlets.

Remarkable Ohio - (Article) Marker #29-48: Original Site of Toledo's Oldest Black Institution/Warren African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Sojourner's Truth - (Article) Local Churches Celebrate Significant Anniversaries.

News and Politics

Emerging Minds - is a Pan-African news and business magazine that is a distributes news to Africans in the United States, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Jamaica, and Britain.

Glass City Jungle - is a resource to share information and create discussion with a focus on Toledo and Lucas County.

Ideas for Toledo Public Schools - is all about citizen-powered ideas. You can comment, rate and even submit your own ideas to help Toledo Public Schools save money.

Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition - works to build a mass nonviolent movement for peace, social justice, and environmental responsibility.

Sojourner's Truth - a newspaper serving the African American community in Toledo, Ohio.

Toledo City Paper - alternative weekly newspaper with local news and events.

Toledo Journal - weekly newspaper for and about Toledo's African American community.

Toledo Speaks Out is a forum for residents of Toledo, Ohio and surrounding communities to voice their opinions on current events effecting their lives and their town.

Toledoans United for Social Action (TUSA) unites, organizes, and trains leaders from diverse congregations to build a powerful community voice.