John Sherman Lathram Iii Email & Phone Number

I am a community minded and energetic individual. My accomplishments include founding the Cleveland Avenue Anti-human Tracking Initiative. I co-founded the North Linden Area Community Watch, a block watch where none existed previously. I have worked with city leaders to establish a road of communication in the Linden area while serving as vice-chair of the North Linden Area Commission and as the liaison for Smart Columbus’ transportation initiative.I am also involved in the Columbus Art scene. I created art work for seven CMAX bus stops between Hudson Street and Oakland, along the Cleveland Avenue Corridor. In 2021 a small group of artists and educators got together and wrote a grant request for Linden Murals of Empowerment: Public Art for Racial Justice Lead PI: Guisela Latorre, College of Arts & SciencesCommunity Partners: John Lathram III and Andrea Russell, North Linden Area Commission; All People ArtsCo-Investigators: Njeri Kagotho and Rebecca Persons, College of Social Work; Karen Hutzel, University of North Texas Project description: This project aspires to capitalize on the power of community muralism to facilitate public dialogues and discussions about the preponderance of structural inequality and racism in Linden, a predominantly Black neighborhood in Columbus that suffers from the negative effects of institutionalized racism.COMMUNITY SERVICENorth Linden Area Commission, Chair, 2019-2021North Linden Area Commission, Vice Chair - Environmental Chair, Policies and Procedure ChairMayors Advisory Council for Linden Community Plan, member - North Linden Community Watch, Block Watch cofounder and social media director - North Linden Fall Festival, Cofounder and public safety security - communications and social media - Cleveland Avenue Anti Human Trafficking Initiative, Cofounder, committee member - Wayfinding Advisory Committee for Central Ohio Transit Authority, committee member - COTA/CMAX Project , Commissioned artist and stake holder