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Welcome toClevelandCouncilOfBlackNurses The Cleveland of Black Nurses Inc CCBN was chartered as a chapter of the National Black Nurses Association in 1972 and was incorporated as a notforprofit organization in the State of Ohio in 1981. Its members believe that the provision and enjoyment of optimal health is the birthright of every American. Although major health interest groups and governmental agencies believe this and act upon it Black Americans along with other minority groups in our society are by design or neglect excluded from the means to achieve access to the health care that is available to the mainstream of America. As Black nurses we have established a national organization to investigate define and determine what the health care needs of Black Americans are and to implement change to make available to Black Americans and other minorities health care commensurate to that of the larger society.