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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...
Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 11:30 a.m.
Healthy Beginnings: Supporting Maternal and Infant Vitality
According to the Ohio Department of Health, the infant mortality rate not only serves as a key indicator of maternal and infant health but is also an important measure of the health status of a whole community. And this year at...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 11:30 a.m.
It has been roughly 40 years since the onset of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in our country, and thanks to extraordinary advances in antiretroviral therapy and support services, survivors are now living long, healthy lives. For this reason, more than half...
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 11:30 a.m.
Take Care of Them Like My Own: Faith, Fortitude, and a Surgeon's Fight for Health Justice
Dr. Ala Stanford knew she wanted to be a doctor by the time she was eight years old. But role models were few and far between in her working-class North Philly neighborhood. Her teachers were dismissive, and the realities of...
Friday, July 12, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
The Power of Cycling: A Journey of Healing and Community
UPDATE: This forum has reached capacity for online registration! Walk-ins are welcome, but based on availability. If you previously reserved a spot, but are no longer able to attend, please email Stacy Holmes at sholmes@cityclub.org so others may have the...
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