The English-Speaking Union
Cleveland Branch
14703 Idlewood Drive
Newbury, Ohio 44065.
email: cleveland@esuus.org
ESU: COME FOR THE MISSION, STAY FOR THE FUN
The mission is to cultivate the English language as a connection between world cultures.
This ranges from teaching the language to students and to immigrants, to appreciating the written word, as well as public speaking and critical thinking through debate.
It offers a deeper dive in appreciation through performance, particularly focused on the plays of William Shakespeare.
Overall, English offers a bridge to people and cultures around the world.
Examples of Cleveland's activities can be found in the Branch Photo Gallery.
Branch Officers
William Kennedy President
Edward Harvey Treasurer
Carol Engler Program Chairperson
Paul Rampe Secretary
Dr. Michael Wells Outreach to Professionals
Linda Voloshen Spenser School Projects
Board of Directors
Your Role in ESU
Your help will make a difference! And you'll have fun and make friends! Ask any Officer or Board member to learn more about these opportunities. Help is needed in all these areas!
The ESU celebrates English as a shared language to foster global understanding and good will by providing educational and cultural opportunities for students, educators, and members.
The English-Speaking Union of the United States was created to fulfill a mission. It was formally organized in the United States in 1920 and arose from the conviction of its founder, Sir Evelyn Wrench and a group of like-minded American and British friends, that maintenance of the close personal and national ties forged during World War I was necessary for the preservation of peace. He imagined the ESU as an inclusive organization "founded in no narrow attitude of race pride, in no spirit of hostility to any people." Its educational mission would be carried out by a host of activities allowing for personal contact between peoples at every level.
The Cleveland Branch was founded in 1923 under President John A. Penton of the Penton Publishing Co. The Branch disbanded at the end of World War II, to be re-activated in 1960 under the presidency of Dr. Harlan Hamilton, Professor of English at Western Reserve University (now CWRU)
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