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
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, 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, September 08, 1967, 12:30 p.m.
Mayor of Cleveland Candidate Forum
Frank P. Celeste, Former Mayor of Lakewood, participates in solo candidate forum for the 1967 Cleveland Mayoral Race. Other candidates appeared in subsequent Friday Forums. Photo: Cleveland Memory Project
Friday, March 10, 1967, 12:00 p.m.
Elmer G. Davis, member of the Ohio Sportsman and Firearms Council and the National Rifle Association, debates Carl B. Stokes, member of the Ohio House of Representatives 44th District, on the sale and issue of firearms.
Friday, September 16, 1966, 12:00 p.m.
Louis Stokes, attorney for the Cleveland Chapter of the NAACP; Baxter Hill, local chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); John Appling, a professional boxer and head of the Hough Young Adults Advisory Council; and Gerald A. Anderson, member...
Friday, May 13, 1966, 12:00 p.m.
Ralph Nader, political activist, author, attorney, and consumer advocate, discusses his new book, "Unsafe At Any Speed: The Designed in Dangers of the American Automobile." Nader's bestseller details his influential critique of the safety records of American automobile manufacturers. The...
Friday, May 10, 1963, 12:00 p.m.
The City Club Anvil Revue takes a relevant and irreverent look at the year past in 1963. The Anvil Revue traditionally poked fun at political bigwigs and stuffed shirts, evolving from a collection of musical-comedy skits into fully staged productions...
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