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Justice For Aliza offers free self-defense class for women

July 18, 2013 Leave a Comment

AlizaThe Justice For Aliza campaign invites all women to attend a free self-defense class in honor of Aliza Sherman, the Beachwood woman who in March was stabbed to death in downtown Cleveland.

The class, which is intended to promote safety for all women by providing them with the tools to protect themselves will be held at noon on Sunday, July 28, in the Fairmount-Richmond Room at the Beachwood Community Center, 25325 Fairmount Blvd.

The class will be taught by martial arts master Gary Yano, an eighth-degree black belt who’s a state of Ohio Police defense certified instructor.

Participants are asked to wear their “Justice For Aliza” T-shirts. Those without a T-shirt are asked to arrive at 11:50 a.m. to obtain one.

For more information, email justiceforaliza@gmail.com or visit www.justiceforaliza.org.

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Rally for Aliza This Thursday Downtown

May 28, 2013 Leave a Comment

JusticeforAlizaToday we are announcing the next step in our JUSTICE FOR ALIZA awareness campaign! Please join us on Thursday May 30th at 12:00 P.M. for a RALLY to promote awareness of Aliza’s brutal murder and to ensure safety in downtown Cleveland. We will meet in front of the Cleveland Police Department, 1300 Ontario St, Cleveland, Ohio 44113.

Justice for Aliza previously held a rally April 9 downtown that to promote the $25,000 reward being offered through Crime Stoppers.

On May 12, the group held a balloon launch and community walk in Beachwood in her memory.

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More than 200 gather May 12 in Beachwood to keep up awareness of Aliza Sherman murder case

May 12, 2013 Leave a Comment

(Plain Dealer)

A gathering of about 250 people turned out Sunday, May 12, on what started out as a cool, cloudy, windy and wet afternoon to show support for slain nurse Aliza Sherman.
Those assembled met at Hilltop Elementary School, 24524 Hilltop Drive,  where they picked up T-shirts that featured Sherman’s image, and balloons, then walked on Penshurst Drive (Sherman’s former street), to the Cleveland Clinic’s Risman Building, 26900 Cedar Road.

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Community Walk and Balloon Launch – Justice for Aliza Sherman—Sunday, May 12

May 8, 2013 Leave a Comment

Aliza Sherman was a beloved mother, daughter, sister, friend, nurse and animal lover. Please join us in remembrance of her life and help us promote awareness and justice.

WHAT: Join us in a COMMUNITY WALK and BALLOON LAUNCH as part of the JUSTICE FOR ALIZA awareness campaign.

WHEN: Sunday, May 12th, 2013 at 3:00 P.M.

WHERE: Beachwood, Ohio (meet on Penshurst Drive)

For more information or to be a sponsor of this event, please e-mail justiceforaliza@gmail.com, send messages to the JUSTICE FOR ALIZA Facebook page or call 216-466-2826.

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Released Video of ‘person of interest’ in stabbing death of Aliza Sherman; Cleveland police ask for tips

April 22, 2013 2 Comments

(Video)

Cleveland police are asking for assistance to solve the March 24 case of the stabbing death of Aliza Sherman.  According to police: “The individual was seen on video in the area E. 13th & Hamilton after the crime occurred.”

Anyone with information pertaining to the identification and or whereabouts of this individual is asked to contact the Homicide Unit at 216-623-5464.  Anonymous information can be given to Crime Stoppers by calling 216.252.7463 or via text message: text TIP657 plus your message to Crimes (274637).

Video appears below:

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Friends of slain Beachwood nurse Aliza Sherman gather downtown to offer reward, keep alive her memory

April 14, 2013 Leave a Comment

newspaper(Sun News)

A crowd of about 80 of Aliza Sherman’s friends and family gathered near the site of the Beachwood woman’s murder to not only announce a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of her killer, but also to keep alive her memory.

Emotions ran high the morning of April 9 as those assembled remembered Sherman, 53, near the downtown Cleveland Erieview Tower parking garage off East 12th Street where an assailant stabbed her 11 times.

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Supporting the Sherman Family

April 8, 2013 Leave a Comment

(The Green Road Synagogue Office)

Tuesday, April 9th  at 11am there will be a community and city-wide  gathering to promote  awareness of the tragic passing of Aliza Sherman and the ongoing investigation to search for the perpetrator of this horrific crime. The gathering will be held at 11:00 am at East 12th Street by the Galleria (the location where she was killed) and people are asked to arrive there by 10:45.   Newscasters will be covering the event and therefore  greater attendance will create a greater impact.

 

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Reward grows in Aliza Sherman murder

April 7, 2013 Leave a Comment

(WKYC)

The reward has reached $25,000 for information on the murder of Aliza Sherman March 24 outside the Galleria at Erieview.

The Friends of Aliza Sherman have joined with Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County in an effort to catch the person or persons responsible for her brutal murder.

The Friends of Aliza Sherman, according to friend Mary Fuery, are offering up to $23,000 and Crime Stoppers is offering up to $2,000, for information leading to the arrest and conviction.

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