Want to know what is on our minds? Find blog posts written here, by the City Club staff, members, and partners. Every week you can find a new edition of #FreeSpeech in the News — a collection of related stories, commentary, and opinions on free speech in the 21st century that’s making the news. You’ll also find takes on current events, past forums, and issues surrounding Northeast Ohio. Read on for all things City Club.
Thursday, January 08, 2015
By now, we all know what happened in Paris on January 7th. Gunmen attacked the staff of the century old satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The gunmen apparently called out journalists by name before murdering them and then proclaimed, as they left the building "God is great... We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad. We have killed...
read onMonday, December 22, 2014
The Reverends Moss and Campbell brought both historic and fresh insights to the timely discussion of racial issues at the City Club on Dec. 12. Rev. Campbell proposed that in confrontation between the races, we ask whether the "other side" would consider alternative views and Rev. Moss reminded us there is a real economic cost...
Monday, December 22, 2014
Two elders of the American Civil Rights movement—Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. andRev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell—went before a sold-out Cleveland crowd to consider “the unfinished business of race,” a topic heightened by the November police killing of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old playing with a toy gun in a city park. Photo Credit: Donn Nottage...
Monday, December 08, 2014
“On average, 91 cents of every dollar that’s donated to the Red Cross goes directly to the services that we provide.” Gail McGovern, the American Red Cross’s CEO, spelled out this promise to donors in front of a City Club audience on June 20, 2014: Recently, this statistic has come under scrutiny from NPR...
Monday, December 01, 2014
The Club has done much in recent years to address what outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder referred to as America’s cowardice when it comes to discussing race. Just this summer, Ta-Nehisi Coates addressed the Club and its national audience on the subject of reparations. The just-published book, A Century of Free Speech at the...
Friday, November 21, 2014
Know somebody—a friend, a work colleague, a boss, a client?—who admires one of the extraordinary people whose forum address is highlighted in the City Club's handsomely produced new book written by Carol Poh? Wouldn't a copy, inscribed by you, make the perfect holiday gift? Featured speakers include: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, February 10, 1987 President Ronald...
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