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Local journalism — if anything saves this country, it will be local journalism… Local government, local schools, local is where it’s all happening.
Rick Bohan, Akron resident
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“Our communities in Akron deserve a newsroom as vibrant and diverse as our city. We’re building this growing coalition to support local news in Akron because quality local journalism is vital to the future of our city and key to strengthening the social fabric that holds our community together.”
Christine Amer Mayer, president of GAR Foundation
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Akron Documenters are a team of residents representing almost every neighborhood. They are trained and paid to take notes at public meetings for you. Akron Documenters are generally going to meetings that are otherwise uncovered, playing a vital part in holding government officials accountable.
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{Documenters} matters because what goes in the marketplace impacts us all. The whole is always better when every part is considered. Dr. Martin L. King Jr. said: ‘We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.’”
Patricia Ann Reese, Akron Documenter and West Akron resident
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