Wednesday, March 08, 2023
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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Wednesday, March 08, 2023
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
In 2021, Black women were mayors of eight of the 100 U.S. cities with the largest populations. It was a record number. In a November 2021 New York Times article about the rise of Black women mayors, scholar and voting rights expert David Bositis said, “This is the age of Black women in politics. This has been culminating...
Wednesday, March 05, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Happy Dog Takes On Afrofuturism in Fashion, Film, and Community
Marvel's 2018 film Black Panther not only broke box office records, it also changed perceptions of Black superheroes and African culture. As the first film to feature a Black superhero, the film's director and writers wasted zero time taking up...
Tuesday, March 04, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
From Crisis to Opportunity: Strategies for Housing Affordability and Ending Homelessness
This forum is SOLD OUT! Please contact Stacy Roper at (216) 621-0082 to be added to the waitlist. ---- As the nation continues to grapple with rising homelessness and rising housing costs, the need to create and preserve more affordable homes has...
Friday, February 28, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Amplifying the Voices of Black Women, A Project Noir Update
What does accountability in healthcare, workplaces, and educational systems look like for Black Women? This is the question that Enlightened Solutions, a nonprofit social enterprise and social advocacy think tank asked in their 2024 follow-up report to Project Noir. The...
Friday, February 21, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Man of Steel: A Conversation with Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves
Cleveland-Cliffs is not just a local household name in Northeast Ohio manufacturing and economic development. It is North America's largest flat-rolled steel producer and the largest supplier of automotive-grade steel in the nation. Since 2014, Lourenco Goncalves has been Chairman,...
Friday, February 14, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
The fateful year 2020 brought dramatic challenges to American cities. The COVID-19 pandemic and the civil unrest caused by the killing of George Floyd led to a cascade of negative media stories about cities, often politically motivated. It seemed possible...
Thursday, February 13, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Your City Club is partnering up with Cleveland Play House on Thursday, February 13th during the run of the Pulitzer Prize winning Hamlet adaptation “Fat Ham” by James Ijames. After the performance's conclusion, Michael Barakiva, Artistic Director at Cleveland Play House;...
Science, Technology & Innovation
Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Phones in Schools: Balancing Learning, Safety, and Freedom
Tickets to this RESCHEDULED forum are currently SOLD OUT. We hope that you will still join the LIVE STREAM to tune into the conversation. This student-led forum, the first of the Spring semester, offers an opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Unpacking Recent Executive Orders on Immigration and Refugee Resettlement
Northeast Ohio businesses, organizations, and communities are already feeling the impacts of the Trump administration's executive orders on immigration. On January 20th, the Trump Administration halted refugee resettlement--stranding some refugees within hours of their scheduled travel to the US. And...
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