This week we're meeting a local business owner, Ruby, who owns Ruby's Kitchen in Toledo. Join us to hear how Ruby turned her dream of owning her own diner into a reality on this week's episode of The Rough Draft Diaries.

The Boys and Girls Club of Toledo was nominated to be on this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, but instead of heading back to Boys and Girls headquarters, I decided to chat with someone who had graduated from the program and was ready to look back on their time in Toledo. Meet Dr. Mieasha Hicks Barksdale.

Last week we visited a music lesson, this week we're visiting a band practice. The North Coast Concert Band practice in Fremont, Ohio.

The BeInstrumental Foundation is a nonprofit that provides educational opportunities, mentoring and financial resources for children to pursue their musical ambitions. The Rough Draft Diaries joined one of their lessons so now you can experience the sights and sounds of BeInstrumental.

This week, for Black History Month, we're talking about Moses Fleetwood Walker. Don't know who he is? Tune in to find out!

In the 1920s, "The Bright Young Things," or "Bright Young People," was a nickname given to young aristocrats or socialites in London. They were one of England's first celebrity cultures. But it's 2019, and I'm going to reuse the term to describe a different group of people. The young, intelligent, driven, creative individuals behind Midstory.Want to hear more from the Midstory team? Here's some extra interview content. Enjoy!

This week we're checking out the Big Fab Lab, a full-service makerspace providing a fully-equipped creative space for engineers, artists, students, inventors and businesses in Northwest Ohio. Check it out.

This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're doing something we've never done before. What are we doing you ask? Well, the Blue Horizon Flying Club was nominated to be on the program, and you'll just have to listen to find out the rest.

Connecting Kids to Meals is a nonprofit organization in northwest Ohio fighting childhood hunger through a summer and a school year meal program. We visit their distribution center which is also the place in which all the food is prepared. Come on tour with us on this week's RDD.

This week we're at the YWCA, talking to President and CEO Lisa McDuffie about Dialogue to Change, a program that focuses on organizing dialogue and action to combat racism within the northwest Ohio community.