Want to know what is on our minds? Find blog posts written here, by the City Club staff, members, and partners. You'll find takes on current events, past forums, and issues surrounding Northeast Ohio. Read on for all things City Club.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
When the delegates, conventioneers and media come to Cleveland in July, it’s not going to be all politics all the time. Local and visiting artists are a part of the picture, too, some because they want to be a part of the action, some because they want to lift their voice along with so many...
read onTuesday, May 24, 2016
In conjunction with the annual State of the Great Lakes forum on June 10th, The City Club of Cleveland will host the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s Great Lakes Symposium. The City Club’s lunch presentation, Ninth Coast Guard District: Ensuring the Safety, Security and Stewardship of Our National Treasure, will feature a conversation with Rear Admiral...
Monday, May 23, 2016
The City Club of Cleveland is now accepting applications for our 2016-2017 Youth Forum Council! To apply, please fill out the application found here and email it to fwalker@cityclub.org. Questions can be directed to Fay Walker at fwalker@cityclub.org or (216) 621-0082. For a taste of what our Youth Forum Council is all about, look no...
Friday, May 20, 2016
Jails and prisons have become de facto psychiatric “hospitals” (institutions) which warehouse the seriously mentally ill. We know that 20 percent of inmates in jails and 15 percent of inmates in state prisons have a serious mental illness (356,000), more than 10 times the number of those that remain at state psychiatric hospitals. Seventy percent...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
“Mansplaining.” The “Woman Card.” Recently, the traditional media and social media universes are abuzz with conversations about what it means to be a woman in the 21st century. Issues pertaining to gender in the workplace are some of the most hotly contested. And it’s not surprising. Women comprise nearly half of the U.S. labor force...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Dr. Edin appeared at the City Club as part of our Resilient Families series, sponsored by the William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Foundation and Saint Luke's Foundation, in partnership with Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio, Inc. Other speakers in this series have included Marian Wright Edelman, Judy Langford, and Angela Patton. Thanks...
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