2020
2020 Issues Forum
Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Cuyahoga County Public Library Levies
Thursday, October 01, 2020
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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2020
Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Cuyahoga County Public Library Levies
Thursday, October 01, 2020
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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The November ballot will contain two proposed levy measures: Issue 68, a 15-mill levy renewal with a 5-mill increase for Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD), and Issue 70, a permanent 1-mill tax increase to support the Cuyahoga County Public Library (CCPL).
The CMSD levy will cover operating expenses for 10 years. Supporters say that approval would help...
Friday, April 06, 2018, 4:00 p.m.
If you are a fan of all of beer’s magnificent qualities – the tastes, the aromas, the way it trickles down your throat on a hot summer day – then BREWMASTER is your chance to meet some of the men...
Thursday, April 05, 2018, 4:15 p.m.
It seems we often only hear about suicide after the deed has been completed. But what about those who attempt it and survive? What becomes of them? These questions piqued the interest of director Lisa Klein, who explores the topic...
Thursday, April 05, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
On the Mindless Menace of Violence: 50 Years Later
On April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Senator Robert F. Kennedy stood at The City Club of Cleveland's podium and delivered what is considered one of the most important speeches of the 20th century....
Tuesday, April 03, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
According to Freedom House, from 1973 to 2005, the number of democracies worldwide increased dramatically, however, over the past decade, the organization recorded a decline in global freedom. From India to Turkey, from Poland to Russia, we've seen democracy give...
Friday, March 30, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
The Madhouse Effect: Climate Change Denial in the Age of Trump
Scientists worldwide are in large agreement that global warming is occurring - and that human activity is the cause. Seventy percent of Americans agree, according to a 2016 poll from Yale University. Over the past several decades, efforts at the...
Friday, March 23, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
An Awakened Woman: From Child Bride to International Scholar
Growing up in rural Zimbabwe without electricity or running water, Tererai Trent was married at age 11, had three children by age 18 - all the while yearning for an education that seemed to be a dream hopelessly out of...
Monday, March 19, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
CCMV Views & Brews: Stalemate - DACA, the Dreamers, and the Future of Immigration Reform
In September 2017, the Trump administration announced that, in six months, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) would end unless Congress passed more comprehensive immigration legislation. On February 26, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it won't immediately take...
Friday, March 16, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
2018 High School Debate Championship
For more than two decades, The City Club of Cleveland has hosted the annual High School Debate Championship. While most high school students are watching basketball finals and preparing for spring break, these enterprising students prepare for the High School...
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