WINCleveland Downton/Breakfast Monthly Meeting
Meeting begins promptly at 8:00am;
Meeting ends promptly at 9:30am.

Four women in Cleveland share a similar story, all used their existing community to recruit volunteers, donors and expand their board of directors to help grow their nonprofit organizations. However, CLE is a community segregated by race, religion and income and each woman faced challenges of networking and building diverse and inclusive organizations.   Join us for an interactive discussion as we brainstorm how we can network to uplift each other’s visions.    

Our objectives

1. Hear from the perspectives of four woman in CLE how race influences networking
2.  Discuss how Cleveland’s segregated geography adds to the challenges of building diverse communities
3. Brainstorm as a group how organizations such as WIN Cleveland could be part of solving some of the issues and building a more inclusive Cleveland. 

Members Free    Guests $10 

Please reserve your space today by registering online. You will receive the link for the Zoom meeting. Only those pre-registered for this event will be admitted to the meeting.  

Nikki (Charisse) Montgomery, MA, MEd, GPAC is the Executive Director of Madvocator Educational and Healthcare Advocacy Training. Ms. Montgomery’s professional background includes teaching, corporate training, and working with children and adults with disabilities. She is involved in many local, national and global initiatives to improve health and education, eliminate disparities, and increase family activation and engagement. 

Ebonie Randle Joiner started the Shalom & Tranquility Gardens in 2019. This community garden is located in the historic community of Brooklyn Center. It started as a bridge for typical and atypical families to meet. Then it became a bridge of hope, love, community, family and so much more.  Ebonie also has an active role in Mother 2 Mother, a support group for caregivers to individuals with special needs. Ebonie was at 2020 Metro West Community Champion and is currently a Community Ambassador for Ward 14. She also serves of the board of Feed the Soul.

Sarah Rintamaki is the founder and Executive Director of Connecting for Kids. She has an MBA from University of Chicago in Finance and Strategic Management. She was a management consultant for The Boston Consulting Group and a Product Manager for Progressive Insurance Company before becoming a stay-at-home mother of two adorable boys. She loves reading and is passionate about exercising, ice cream and outwitting her husband at board games.

Salina Miller, a recipient of the National Nurses Coalition’s Unsung Heroes Award, is a visionary, a trailblazer, a philanthropist and the

epitome of devotion. Her dedication to service elevated her to be featured in the blog Milestones for Autism

 Resource’s feature piece Concerns of an African-American Special Needs Mother. Salina’s passion for service emerged with the birth of her son Elijiah, who has multiple diagnoses, including autism, inspired her to create the service organization Mother 2 Mother in 2017.

Salina is a loving mother to sons Elijiah, age 16, Eric, age 20 and guardian of her granddaughter Ariel. She is happily married to her husband Robert of five years and enjoys reading, spending time with loved ones and traveling.

We're looking forward to connecting with you!