Friday, April 22, 2016
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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Friday, April 22, 2016
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Parents of teenage girls know that their daughters enjoy terrific strengths and face unique challenges as they move through adolescence. Though we often describe the teenage years as stressful, raising a teenage girl doesn't have to feel like a tangled mess. In fact, Lisa Damour says there is a predictable pattern to teenage development, an actual blueprint for how girls...
Friday, March 09, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
The Game of Loans: The Rhetoric and Reality of Student Loan Debt
In an era of rising tuition and student debt, many are beginning to question the value of college. While estimates indicate that the median gap in annual earnings between a high school and college graduate is $19,550, the Class of...
Thursday, March 08, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Behind the Degree: The High Cost of Higher Education
It can be argued that higher education is in a state of transition. Facing increased costs, decreased state funding, and changing student demographics, colleges and universities have increased tuition and fees for the last several years - and faced public...
Thursday, March 08, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
Youth Forum: Beyond the Wall: The State of Immigration Reform
In September 2017, the Trump administration announced that, in six months, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) would end unless Congress passed more comprehensive immigration legislation. Since Congress has failed to do so, the Trump Administration released a...
Tuesday, March 06, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
During the last decade, social opposition movements, revolts, and protests have swept across the globe. From Iran to Palestine and Ferguson to Venezuela, protestors have braved dire consequences to make their voices heard. Revolutionary grievances have included socio-economic concerns, demands...
Friday, March 02, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
CANCELED: The Three B's: The Effect of Implicit Bias on Preschool Expulsion
In 2005, Yale researchers, led by Dr. Walter S. Gilliam, discovered that preschoolers were expelled at rates three times higher than their K-12 counterparts. In addition to being more likely to be expelled, expulsion rates mirrors that of incarceration in...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Dinner + Dialogue: From Digital Divide to Digital Equality
As of 2017, 34 million Americans - mostly those who are poor, people of color, elderly, or rural residents - do not have access to fixed high-speed Internet. Northeast Ohio is not immune to this trend. In 2015, a report commissioned...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
Ohio 2018: Meet the Candidates
In 2018, Ohio will elect new statewide office holders. Leading up to the election, the City Club will be hosting conversations with candidates seeking statewide office. On January 17, 2018, Dennis Kucinich announced his candidacy for Governor of Ohio. Kucinich is a...
Monday, February 26, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
As part of the One Community Reads program, the City Club's book club lunch will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning Evicted: Poverty & Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. This book discusses economic exploitation, inequality, and housing - all issues...
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