Wednesday, March 18, 2015
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Cleveland, Ohio
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Cleveland, Ohio
Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, will deliver an address on the importance of middle class economics.
The President’s remarks will be streamed live at www.whitehouse.gov/live.
Tuesday, October 03, 2017, 6:30 p.m.
Happy Dog Takes on the World: What Can the U.S. Learn from Healthcare Models Around the World?
Compared to other rich democracies, the U.S. spends much more of its national wealth on healthcare, has among the lowest life expectancy statistics, and is the only nation with large portions of its citizens uninsured. Yet, crafting major legislation to...
Friday, September 29, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
LinkedIn and the Future of Work
Seventy nine percent of Americans who have looked for work in the last two years utilized online resources. Looming large is LinkedIn which consists of nearly 500 million registered users in 200 countries and territories. There are many issues facing our...
Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
In November 2016, the city of Cleveland voted overwhelmingly to renew the 15-mill levy that funded the first four years of The Cleveland Plan. The last five State of the Schools addresses have focused on the progress the Cleveland Metropolitan...
Tuesday, September 26, 2017, 5:00 p.m.
Dinner + Dialogue: Innovation in Urban Education
The future of urban public education is the subject of much debate at the federal, state, and local levels. As the economic divide between the rich and poor continues to deepen, the ability to guarantee quality education of many low-income...
Monday, September 25, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
Youth Forum: Affirmative Action and Unintended Discrimination
On March 6, 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925 with a provision that required government contractors to “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race,...
Friday, September 22, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
They Can't Kill Us All: Law Enforcement, Race, and Justice
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...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 4:30 p.m.
Is this Land My Land?: Diversifying America's Parks
African-Americans represent 13 percent of the national population, but only represent seven percent of visitors to the National Park Service. The reasons for this disconnect are varied: for many, the outdoors evokes lynchings, trauma, and flight from slavery and discrimination....
Tuesday, September 19, 2017, 4:00 p.m.
Anatomy of Justice: The Mystery of Plea Agreements
The Sixth Amendment guarantees that “in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury.” And yet, in today's criminal justice system, very few cases go to trial. Instead, most cases...
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