Baston heads to Cleveland from New York's Rockland Community College. He'll succeed Tri-C president Alex Johnson, who is retiring at the end of June after nearly a decade at the institution.
Cleveland City Council created a coalition of government leaders and advocacy groups to dismantle systemic racism in the city when it declared racism a public health crisis two years ago. Since then, the coalition leadership says the group has met privately, monthly, shielded from public view.
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