Table of Contents

Publishers’ Letter 4

Arts/Culture 6

Museum Center publishes biography of Ruthven 6

FOURTHWALL: Youth filmmaking studio is breaking out | By Julie Coppens 8

Cover story 10

A PODIUM FOR CHANGE: 3 local conductors widen understanding of race, culture to choral music | By David Lyman

Profile 12

GIVE FIRST: Kent Wellington packs faith, family and fun into every day | By By Shauna Steigerwald

Gifts/Grants 14

GCF, Black Giving Circle partner on $100K in grants 14

Castellinis make $2M donation to Christ Hospital 15

$1.5M grant for Mental Health First Aid training 15

P&G’s $1M gift to grow minority businesses in region 15

In the News 16

Names in the News 17

Nominations open for Philanthropy Day awards 17

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Snapshots 20

Greater Cincinnati Heart Ball raises $1.5 million for AHA 20

The Carnegie home to 14th Art of Food dinner 22

MS Dinner of Champions honors supporters 24

Craig Young wins Cincinnati Jefferson Award 25

Conference helps area nonprofit leaders ‘secure the future’ 27

Chamber inducts 2020 class of Great Living Cincinnatians 28

Art enthusiasts celebrate ADC Fine Art’s new gallery 29

Price Hill Will celebrates Mardi Gras 30DePaul Cristo Rey salutes Corporex, Bill Butler 30

Cincinnati Art Museum celebrates women artists 31Redwood honors creators of talk show 33

Volunteers from Midland pitch in to paint Serenity Hall 34

Brighton Recovery Center supporters party like it’s 1980 35

Red & Black Blast raises over $130,000 for UC’s ATS 36

Clermont Chamber salutes business excellence 38

‘Bead Bash’ celebrates Behringer-Crawford exhibit 38

On the cover: Steve Milloy, Jillian Harrison-Jones and Jason Alexander Holmes. Photo by Tina Gutierrez, with thanks to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center