Friday, November 03, 2017
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Ballroom A & B | Huntington Convention Center
300 Lakeside Avenue East Cleveland, Ohio 44113
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Friday, November 03, 2017
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Ballroom A & B | Huntington Convention Center
300 Lakeside Avenue East Cleveland, Ohio 44113
2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the election of Carl Stokes, the first African-American mayor of a major U.S. city. Shortly after the election and in an effort to initiate sweeping changes to improve the lives of Clevelanders, Mayor Stokes created Cleveland NOW! as his signature proposal to address the challenges of his time. Many of the challenges that motivated...
Friday, November 06, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
Election 2020 and the Road Ahead
The stakes of democracy are always high. Yet, the 2020 election carries a weight that American voters have not felt in decades. With 235,000 COVID deaths in eight months; an economic recession that parallels the Depression era; unnaturally powerful and...
Thursday, November 05, 2020, 4:00 p.m.
Building Skills for the Real World - A Panel Perspective
Our world is changing at an increasingly rapid pace as technology and artificial intelligence become more dominant in the workplace and the world. Most employers list soft skills as the most important things they look for in prospective team members....
Friday, October 30, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
Barnstorming Ohio: To Understand America
The old adage "as Ohio goes, so goes the nation" is repeated by political commentators and pundits during every election cycle. And for good reason: Ohio has accurately chosen the winner in 29 of the last 31 presidential elections, more...
Science, Technology & Innovation
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 5:30 p.m.
Disconnected: Technology, Kids, and the Rise of Stealth Parenting
As our lives are increasingly controlled and organized by smartphones and apps and our relationships maintained on social media, discussions about the impact of technology on our privacy, kids and families, race and gender roles, and democracy have taken on...
Monday, October 26, 2020, 6:00 p.m.
From Protests to Political Power
The 2020 Presidential election arrives at one of the most contentious racial moments in the last half century. A 2019 Public Religion Research Institute /Atlantic magazine poll found that a majority of Americans (83 percent) believe the country is divided...
Friday, October 23, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
This special Friday forum will begin at noon with a virtual presentation of the City Club's annual report. To watch the presentation, click here. In the past year, the topic of free speech and its practice has come under debate on...
Thursday, October 22, 2020, 8:00 p.m.
The first presidential debate, held in Cleveland on Tuesday, September 29, is in the history books. The second debate, originally scheduled for October 15 in Miami, was canceled after President Trump tested positive for COVID-19. The third and final debate will...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Another Way to Vote? Ranked Choice Voting and the Future of American Elections
Two of America’s most recent presidents won the election, but lost the popular vote. When over 50 percent of U.S. voters oppose a candidate − yet these candidates can still win public office − it is no surprise that the...
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