Friday, May 14, 2021
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Friday, May 14, 2021
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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On March 16, a series of mass shootings occurred at three spas in Atlanta killing eight people, six of whom were Asian women. The 21-year suspect claims the murders were not racially motivated, however, the shootings stirred outrage and fear in the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, which had seen dramatic increases in racism and hate crimes since the...
Friday, December 11, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
Enrique Peñalosa has spent much of his career advocating for sustainable mobility and quality of life in cities. During his two terms as Mayor of Bogota, Peñalosa implemented a city model that promoted equity, respect for human dignity, and gave...
Thursday, December 10, 2020, 12:15 p.m.
Inside the Bricks: What's Next for Woodhill Homes?
Last month, ideastream premiered Inside the Bricks: Woodhill Homes, a podcast/radio series that features personal stories from residents of Woodhill Homes on the eve of the neighborhood’s planned redevelopment. Woodhill Homes, an 80-year-old public housing development on Cleveland's East Side,...
Science, Technology & Innovation
Wednesday, December 09, 2020, 4:00 p.m.
Connecting Cleveland: How Broadband Technologies Can Help Build a 21st Century City
Over the last few years, city mayors and leaders across the United States have been investing in technological solutions to address their residents’ most pressing needs, everything from public health and safety to smart mobility to expanded internet access. The need...
Monday, December 07, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Fair Share?: The Future of Public School Funding in Ohio
For nearly 25 years, Ohio lawmakers have been working on a plan to overhaul the way the state's public schools are funded. The work followed the 1997 Supreme Court of Ohio decision declaring the current model, which relies heavily on...
Friday, December 04, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
Advancing Racial Equity in Ohio's Schools
There is no institution more critical in the fight for racial equity than education. Yet, our education system remains subject to the very ailments that perpetuate structures of inequity and exclusion. For example, in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD),...
Wednesday, December 02, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Today, Ohio has 32 percent fewer newspapers than it did in 2004, making it harder for local readers to find out about their local city councilperson, what’s going on in their school district, or the latest updates on efforts to...
Friday, November 20, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
Democracy Unchained: A City Club Special
In September, we launched a new video series called Democracy Unchained. The series is part of the State of American Democracy Project aimed to help deepen and broaden the present conversation about democracy and connect it to effective action to...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
Youth Forum: Navigating Support Services in an Evolving Digital Environment
The shift to learning, working, and living in a digital environment has meant radical shifts in how the youth experience the world around them. For many of today's children and teens, physically going to school was the only means by which...
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