Friday, January 24, 2014
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue | 2nd Floor Cleveland, OH 44114
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Friday, January 24, 2014
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue | 2nd Floor Cleveland, OH 44114
Dr. Noguera discusses what schools need in order to prepare young students for jobs and further education in the 21st century. He says, by looking at the data, it's easy to see that the schools serving the poorest kids are the ones failing, and with 22 percent of children in the U.S. coming from families at the poverty level, many...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020, 10:30 a.m.
Beyond Pride: The Intersection of LGBTQ+ and Black Civil Rights
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which bars discrimination based on sex, does encompass discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Coming after the Trump administration's effort to...
Friday, June 26, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
The World Health Assembly has designated 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife in celebration of the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale. This year-long recognition and celebration has taken on increased relevance as nurses and midwives are...
Friday, June 19, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
Black Journalists in a Time of Crisis
Erika D. Smith is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times writing about the diversity of people and places across California. Jamil Smith is a Senior Writer at Rolling Stone, where he covers national affairs and culture. In addition to...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 10:30 a.m.
Black Americans have spent centuries working to convince others of their humanity and right to live. And yet, these last few weeks have taken a particularly devastating toll on the Black community. Deaths from COVID-19, a disease that has disproportionately...
Friday, June 12, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
Reimagining Pretrial Justice: The Bail Project and the Fight to End Cash Bail
As Americans, we are taught that the bedrock of our criminal legal system is the presumption of innocence, a fundamental right designed to protect us against wrongful conviction and incarceration. And yet, every day in courtrooms across the United States,...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 10:30 a.m.
A Conversation with Councilman Basheer Jones
Councilman Basheer Jones was elected to represent Ward 7 in November 2017, becoming the city’s first Muslim council representative. He represents an area which includes the historic Hough district, as well as the St. Clair-Superior, Midtown, and AsiaTown neighborhoods. During his...
Friday, June 05, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
America's Crisis: Are We Finally Ready to Confront Racism?
At the end of May, when much of the country was starting to re-open after months of shutdown in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, the United States experienced a series of events that has the potential to...
Thursday, June 04, 2020, 10:30 a.m.
Racism and Public Health: Cleveland's Response
On Wednesday, June 3, Cleveland City Council passed a new piece of legislation to declare racism a public health crisis in the City of Cleveland. The legislation — sponsored by Councilmen Blaine Griffin, Basheer Jones, and Kerry McCormack —means that...
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