Friday, June 08, 2018
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Missed a forum? Curious about that speaker your friends keep talking about? Have a favorite speaker whose message continually inspires you? You’re in luck – all of our past forums are here.
Friday, June 08, 2018
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
In late April, Business Insider ranked the top 40 U.S. metropolitan areas on economic strength. They used a number of metrics - unemployment rate and average weekly earnings, among others - and the Cleveland-Elyria metro area was ranked last, 40th out of 40. Such statistics are accurate, despite the economic wins that have been celebrated in recent years,...
Friday, May 16, 1969, 12:00 p.m.
American lawyer and sports administrator Bowie Kent Kuhn, recently elected the fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball, speaks about 'the state of the national pastime.' Kuhn addresses the City Club Forum on the topic of Major League rules and regulations,...
Friday, March 14, 1969, 12:00 p.m.
Harllel Jones, founder and prime minister of the group Afro Set, speaks on the topics of black nationalism and racism in Cleveland.The Afro Set was a product of the Cleveland NOW program, an initiative of Mayor Carl B. Stokes intented...
Friday, February 28, 1969, 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Benjamin Spock, Pediatrician, best-selling author of "Baby and Childcare" and activist in the anti-Vietnam War movement speaks on the topic of draft resistance & dissent in America.
Tuesday, July 02, 1968, 12:00 p.m.
The Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey, Vice President under Lyndon Johnson, speaks to the City Club as Candidate for Democratic Presidential Nomination. Humprey unveils a policy agenda for major US metropolitan centers, described by himself as "a Marshall Plan for the cities."
Friday, April 05, 1968, 12:00 p.m.
On The Mindless Menace of Violence
"Whenever any American's life is taken by another American unnecessarily - whether it is done in the name of the law or in the defiance of law, by one man or a gang, in cold blood or in passion, in...
Friday, March 29, 1968, 12:30 p.m.
Arnold Pinkney and John Wooten
Arnold Pinkney, Cleveland Board of Education member and Negro Industrial Economic Union (NIEU) member, and John Wooten, Cleveland Browns chief offensive guard and executive director of the NIEU, speak about the past, present, and future of the NIEU and its...
Saturday, November 04, 1967, 12:00 p.m.
Mayoral Debate: Seth C. Taft and Carl B. Stokes
Republican Seth C. Taft and Democrat Carl B. Stokes, 1967 Cleveland mayoral candidates, present their final campaign arguments to the City Club Forum just a week before the mayoral election.
Friday, September 29, 1967, 12:00 p.m.
Republican mayoral candidate and Vice President of the City Club, Seth C. Taft, addresses the audience at the City Club Forum on the topic of his campaign, including a proposed Cleveland city income tax.
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