Friday, September 22, 2017
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Friday, September 22, 2017
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown was shot by police officer Darren Wilson in the northern St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Within the next year, Eric Garner in New York, Tamir Rice in Cleveland, and Freddie Gray in Baltimore were all killed by police officers, each setting off protests surrounding police use of force in their respective cities.
These incidents caused...
Thursday, April 18, 2019, 12:00 p.m.
Online reservations are now closed. Please call 216.350.5571 for ticket availablity. "Making our communities more livable, safe, and enjoyable will attract people to our region, encourage businesses to open, and boost our residents' quality of life." - 2018 State of the...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 8:30 a.m.
CWRU Law Downtown: Protesting While Black
Louis C. Greenwood Lecture SeriesCWRU Law Downtown at the City Club Due to the institutional arrangements between criminal courts, law enforcement and mass media systems, an anti-Black ideology is an intrinsic component of news narratives. This fact is no better demonstrated...
Friday, April 12, 2019, 12:00 p.m.
Senate Bill 3: The Next Step in Criminal Justice Reform?
Last November, Ohio voters failed to pass Issue 1, a constitutional amendment that would reduce penalties for certain drug offenders, taking on Ohio's opioid epidemic and large prison population. However, the measure — and its defeat — did start a...
Monday, April 08, 2019, 7:00 p.m.
According to recent government data, Black infants in America are now more than twice as likely to die as white infants — 11.3 per 1,000 Black babies, compared with 4.9 per 1,000 white babies. This tragedy is linked to another...
Monday, April 08, 2019, 5:30 p.m.
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the...
Saturday, April 06, 2019, 11:10 a.m.
FilmForum: Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
At the height of the Gilded Age, a period of time plagued by corruption and unethical business practices, Joseph Pulitzer was a champion of the working people and immigrants. Being an immigrant from humble roots himself, he used the success...
Friday, April 05, 2019, 4:25 p.m.
The El Centro medical system covers 22,000 square miles of northern New Mexico, a largely rural and critically underserved area. While providing care regardless of condition or ability to pay, the system itself is at risk. Employees leave continuously, opting...
Friday, April 05, 2019, 12:00 p.m.
Start By Believing: Why Preventing Sexual Violence Starts With Listening to Survivors
From the rise of the #MeToo movement to allegations against high-profile celebrities, public officials, priests and powerful business executives, sexual violence has never been more prominent in our national headlines. In the midst of these news stories, an unprecedented volume...
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