Friday, November 11, 2016
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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Friday, November 11, 2016
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
When adoption processes and practices are ethical, parents and professionals are informed, and children are at the center, the extended family of adoption can be a model for a truly evolved definition of family. A lack of uniform laws, regulations and consistent standards, coupled with a lack of education, can leave everyone in the extended family of adoption unprepared and...
Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 12:00 p.m.
Developing Downtown Cleveland as Our Neighborhood
A recent report released by Downtown Cleveland Alliance and Greater Cleveland Partnership examined downtown residential growth and revealed significant population increases in the area. For example, the downtown core experienced robust growth of households from 2010 to 2020--a 36.0% increase...
Friday, June 16, 2023, 11:30 a.m.
An American Martyr in Persia: A Conversation with Reza Aslan
Reza Aslan is not just a creative writing professor at the University of California, Riverside. He is also an internationally renowned writer, scholar of religions, an Emmy- and Peabody-nominated producer, and the recipient of the prestigious James Joyce Award. In his...
Friday, June 09, 2023, 11:30 a.m.
I Have Something to Tell You (For Young Adults): In Conversation with Chasten Buttigieg
In the young adult adaptation of his 2020 memoir of the same name, Chasten Buttigieg details the challenges he faced as a closeted teenager growing up in Northern Michigan. As the youngest of three boys in a conservative Catholic family,...
Wednesday, June 07, 2023, 11:30 a.m.
The Next Two Years of K-12 Education Funding: Remarks from Dr. Howard Fleeter
In Ohio, public education constitutes the largest share of the state’s spending. As the legislature reviews Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed two-year budget ahead of the June 30 deadline, education funding will once again be up for debate. In the previous...
Tuesday, June 06, 2023, 11:30 a.m.
American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress
After covering police shootings of Black people across the country in his 2016 debut, “They Can’t Kill Us All,” in his second book, Wesley Lowery tackles the rise of white supremacy and its often violent consequences. Many in the nation cheered...
Friday, June 02, 2023, 11:30 a.m.
The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America
In the United States, 22 percent of Americans live in places that authorize medical aid in dying. But as more states consider–and pass–legislation that supports the practice, confusion and hurdles remain. In 2015, author and anthropologist Anita Hannig began researching...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023, 11:30 a.m.
Past, Present, and Future of Women’s Basketball in Cleveland
In recent years, Cleveland has welcomed several major sporting events, from the 2021 NFL draft to last year’s NBA All-Star game. In 2022 alone, the city hosted 10 national sporting events, which brought in $155.1 million to the local economy....
Saturday, May 20, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
Cleveland’s Cultural DNA and The American Dream: Past, Present, and Future
The American Dream remains an aspirational concept related to the promise of a country that embraces optimism for the future and the ability to shape it, as well as recognition of every person’s potential as a dignified and free human...
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