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Thursday, February 12, 2026, 7:00 p.m.
Flourish: The Art of Building Meaning, Joy, and Fulfillment
Daniel Coyle is the New York Times bestselling author of The Culture Code, The Talent Code, The Little Book of Talent, The Secret Race, Lance Armstrong’s War, and Hardball: A Season in the Projects. Coyle, who works as an advisor...
Friday, November 07, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Breaking Barriers, Building Futures in Entrepreneurship
Becoming a successful entrepreneur and maintaining success in a startup business has its own unique set of systemic and structural challenges. Many of those challenges start well before the hunt for investors and developers begins. Often, the toughest barriers can...
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
The North Coast Era: Lessons from Public Waterfront Leaders
This is the inaugural Kathryn J. Lincoln Forum, a new annual series presented in partnership with Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. For the last several years, LAND studio, in collaboration with the North Coast Waterfront Development Corporation (NCWDC), has attempted...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Youth Activism: How Students Can Create Change
This is a youth-led forum, powered by student voices. Throughout history, young people have driven America’s major social and political movements, and today is no different. From campus protests to debates over political expression, student activism remains a loud voice. Yet,...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 12:00 p.m.
Cleveland to Coastland: Connecting Our Waterfronts' Future
Cleveland is repositioning its future as a dual waterfront city. Take a deep dive (pun intended!) as we reflect on the past, present, and future visions to transform our downtown into “Coastland”. For over a year, the local chapters of the...
Friday, July 18, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Investing in Leadership to Build Vibrant, Engaged Communities
Right now, we are at a critical moment in our nation's political climate, where distrust and misunderstanding have driven the narrative of the public sector's role in solutions to our communities' critical and complex challenges. This includes issues like housing,...
Friday, May 30, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Community First: Leadership for the Greater Good
Over the past two decades, the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) has been steadily replacing and rebuilding virtually its entire stock of low income and affordable housing across Greater Cleveland. As CMHA's CEO since 2012, Jeffery Patterson has led an...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 11:00 a.m.
Assessing Information in the Social Media Era: How Gen Z Navigates the News
This student-led forum, the last in the 2024-2025 school year, offers an opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue about social media and political content. Social media has accelerated to become the most preferred news source for teenagers and young adults. Across...
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