Friday, May 05, 2017
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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Friday, May 05, 2017
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
President Dwight Eisenhower established the first Law Day in 1958 to mark the nation's commitment to the rule of law. In 1961, Congress issued a joint resolution designating May 1 as the official date for celebrating Law Day, which is subsequently codified (U.S. Code, Title 36, Section 113). Every president since then has issued a Law Day proclamation...
Thursday, December 09, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
Youth Forum: Missing, but Not Forgotten
Lauren Cho. Robert Lowery. Kylen Schulte. Crystal Turner. The discovery of the bodies of these missing people, among at least eight others who were found as authorities searched for Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie, has highlighted a disturbing question when it...
Friday, December 03, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
Three Years of Say Yes Cleveland
In January 2019, Say Yes Cleveland was launched as the fourth community-wide organization based on the Say Yes to Education model of tuition scholarships and support services for Cleveland students. With its 25-year commitment, Say Yes Cleveland was seen as...
Wednesday, December 01, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Happy Dog Takes on Project Noir
In early 2020, Cleveland was ranked last as a livable city for Black Women. In response, ChiChi Nkemere and Bethany Studenic, co-founders of Enlightened Solutions sought out listen to the voices of Black women in Cleveland. They received 450 survey...
Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
The Ripple that Became a Tidal Wave: HIV/AIDS Activism and the Transformative Power of Safety Nets
The remarkable conversion of HIV/AIDS from an inevitable death sentence to a manageable chronic illness is not only one of the most noteworthy medical achievements of the past forty years, but it is also a significant political and social achievement. Celeste...
Friday, November 19, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
Cuyahoga County is poised to build a new justice center--a construction project that is much more than just a new building. It's a unique opportunity to either create the conditions for criminal justice reform to truly take hold, or to...
Thursday, November 18, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
Youth Forum: Reimagining Education Post-COVID-19
The year 2020 sparked massive change in education as a result of the pandemic, equal parts highlighting innovative ways of teaching kids as well as the ways in which education has fallen short. Prior to this year, the way in...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
The World-Wide Reverberations of Jamaica’s 18th Century Slave Revolts
Novelist Marlon James and Historian Vincent Brown will crack open their ideas in a unique conversation centered on Jamaica. The island is a lynchpin in world history, and a wellspring of world culture. Both men won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award...
Friday, November 12, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
How Can We Collectively Work Towards a More Equitable Democracy?
We’ve all seen the headlines regarding voter turnout in Cleveland. In September 2021, Cleveland’s primary election saw voter turnout increase from 2017 numbers, but still ran below a 20% turnout. Voting turnout was also alarmingly low for the latest 2020...
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