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Thursday, March 19, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
This is the newly rescheduled date! All tickets from the original date in February will be transferred to the new date, Thursday, March 19th. For more information regarding ticketing/registration, contact Stacy Rogers at (216) 621-0082. ---- What if our loyalty is not...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
Healthcare Inequality and Access to Care
This is a youth-led forum, powered by student voices. Access to quality healthcare is not experienced equally across communities. Differences in policy, insurance coverage, education, and systemic barriers can shape who receives care, when they receive it, and the outcomes they...
Friday, August 15, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
A Collaborative Approach to Sexual Violence Prevention
In Cuyahoga County 1 in 10 children will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday; and victims of trafficking can be women or men, girls or boys. Right now, organizations in Northeast Ohio are doubling down to address sexual violence...
Friday, August 08, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Prioritizing Women: Investing in Maternal and Child Health
There is no simple solution or singular approach to gender equality in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. But Anita Zaidi, President of the Gender Equality Division at the Gates Foundation knows that when women and girls can prioritize their own...
Thursday, July 10, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Leading with Trust in AI to Transform Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence, or AI in healthcare, is experiencing a rise in new technologies and applications. Generative AI, more specifically, is a form of artificial intelligence that’s trained to find patterns in data and then generate new content. AI can enhance...
Friday, May 16, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Trigger Point: Protecting Medicaid Expansion & Healthcare Access in Ohio
Originally expanded in 2014 under the Kasich administration, Ohio is one of 41 states, including the District of Columbia, that has implemented Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. However, the addition of trigger language into the current state budget...
Thursday, January 30, 2025, 3:30 p.m.
INHERITANCE: Exploring the Underlying Causes of the Opioid Epidemic in America
The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that about one out of every eight kids in America grows up in homes with a substance use problem. And according to the CDC, Fentanyl was responsible for nearly 70% of drug overdose...
Thursday, December 12, 2024, 11:30 a.m.
The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal
Trauma surgeon and professor Dr. Brian H. Williams has seen it all: gunshot wounds, stabbings, and traumatic brain injuries. Dr. Williams is also an Air Force Academy graduate, a Harvard-trained physician, a former congressional health policy advisor, and a nationally...
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