Now Pitching! Congratulations to Prof. Benay and Dr. Ken Schneck, executive director of the Buckeye Flame, Ohio’s only LGBTQ+ Newsroom, on the success of their pitch at Accelerate! They WON the Arts & Culture category!! Hosted by the Cleveland Leadership Center, Accelerate is an annual competition that funds innovative, non-profit driven initiatives at the intersection of public engagement and community-building. Drs. Benay and Schneck presented their proposal for Cleveland’s Concrete Quilt–a community-based public art and public health intervention centering the shockingly current HIV crisis in Northeast Ohio. https://www.cleveleads.org/clc-events/accelerate/event-night-hub/