This is why...

Being born and raised in Cleveland gave me a love hate relationship with the city. I grew up in inner city Cleveland on the east side. Having gone through poverty, homelessness, and lack of resources, I couldn’t see the positive I could get out of living here. After graduating college and returning home, I had to see a positive vision in the city I call home. After deciding to settle down in my hometown and begin my career here, I began to fall in love with my city and with my culture. I strive for a life where I am serving for the greater good of the people, and I decided to use my organization as a platform to give back, and what better place than Cleveland! Overtime I have done foundation building and now it’s time for some action. So I’ve started documenting footage for my documentary. I want to show the city, discover more of the city, and give back to the city. I wanted to capture significant places, not only in my life, but in the lives of others, as well as publicly significant places across Cleveland, whether good or bad, seeing a light and feeling the love, and capturing the beauty of everything that makes our city our city! Coming to peace with the little girl that was me growing up in Cleveland, having dreams, goals, and aspirations, and not feeling as if I had a chance to achieve them here because no one ever reached out to me, or my family and I were unaware, or not educated on available resources, or just frankly didn’t have the means, I want to be the difference that I wish I’d seen growing up and this is why I am doing what I am doing for my city, because i needed someone like me growing up and I am positioning myself to be that for the generations behind me. It is our job to reach back and give to those who come after us.

Enjoy the clip, as it's just a glimpse of what I have captured so far, I have a lot more in stock. Stay tuned and look forward to more! Also, if you can, please donate! We have some great things planned.

---Devon Gamble, Founder

(Edits my Devon Gamble *I do not own rights to any of the music*)

*Amos is where I lived at 16 when my mother passed away. It had been years since I had been there; I went to capture it and the house was gone.

Read About The SOL Documentary.

Wanting to make a change in the City of Cleveland, Speak Out Loud, Inc. began a journey to capture the essence of Cleveland. The goal is to capture the good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly of Cleveland, while addressing the necessary need of more resources from the big organizations and companies that thrive within our city and surrounding areas, to be poured back into the community, to help disadvantage community members. With programming designed to help more people become successful, SOL started documenting personal testimonies and input from a number of life long community members who have overcome the everyday barriers of success, and what resources were available, and what resources were needed.

Speak Out Loud is here to show you that we are here to help! Stay tuned for more!