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Thursday, February 27, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Shifting Mindsets: The Promise of a Two-Generation Approach
Two-generation approaches work with children and their parents simultaneously to harness a family's full potential for educational success and economic prosperity. It is fueled by advances in brain science and a recognition of the return on investment in early education...
Friday, February 28, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
The Twilight of Judicial Independence
Judicial independence, the ability of courts and judges to perform their duties free of influence or control by other branches of government or shifting popular opinion, has been a defining feature of the American Constitutional landscape for centuries. The architecture...
Friday, March 06, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
This forum is sold out. For questions or to be placed on a wait list, please contact Tiffany France at 216.350.5571. A city is comprised of both people and places. In Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help...
Monday, March 09, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
One Community Reads: An Evening with Eric Klinenberg
A collaboration among The City Club of Cleveland, ideastream, Playhouse Square, and all nine local public library systems, One Community Reads is designed to broaden and deepen our appreciation of reading and to cultivate dialogue based upon a shared reading...
Wednesday, March 11, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Youth Forum: Disparities in Youth Mental Healthcare
Inaccessibility to high quality mental healthcare services. Cultural stigma. Lack of resources. Lack of awareness. Inability to afford insurance. All of these issues and more have contributed to disparities in mental healthcare in the United States. Some of the biggest disparities...
Thursday, March 12, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Physician Leadership and the Urgency of the Moment in Medicine
Dr. Patrice Harris, a child psychiatrist from Atlanta, Ga. and the first African American woman to serve as president of the American Medical Association (AMA), will talk about the changing landscape of medicine, the economics of healthcare, and highlight ways...
Friday, March 13, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
2020 High School Debate Championship
This event is sold out. For questions or to be placed on a wait list, please contact Tiffany France at 216.350.5571. For more than two decades, The City Club of Cleveland has hosted the annual High School Debate Championship. While most...
Thursday, March 19, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
As our country becomes more divided, there is growing concern that the American Dream is slipping through the fingers of too many Americans. Congressman Ryan will outline his plans to fix a broken education system that is causing our children...
Friday, March 20, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Recently, Pakistan has played a larger role on the world stage. The election of Prime Minister Imran Khan in 2018 has ushered in a new era for the people of Pakistan and its complex relations with many global powers. While...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Over the last several years, the debate over free speech on college and university campuses has become the dominant issue facing higher education. Reports on the implementation of university speech codes and trigger warning policies, the establishment of free-speech zones...
Science, Technology & Innovation
Friday, March 27, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
A hot bed of technological innovation, the very term “Silicon Valley” was born out a need to describe the quickly growing tech industry out in California. Ask most people why the San Jose Metropolitan Area, which includes Silicon Valley, is only...
Wednesday, April 01, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Superpower: A New, Old Vision For A Cleaner, Cheaper Energy Future
The United States is in the midst of an energy transition. Given the potentially catastrophic consequences of climate change, there is increased urgency to abandon fossil fuels and embrace renewable energy resources. Such a transition requires substantial cost and new...
Friday, April 03, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy
The 24th United States census commenced on April 1, 2020. This once in a decade count of America's population determines how state and federal dollars are distributed, where businesses are established, where products are resources are allocated — how congressional...
Wednesday, April 08, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
U.S. Economic Outlook: 2020 and Beyond
Loretta J. Mester took office on June 1, 2014, as the 11th president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Dr. Mester began her career as an economist at the Philadelphia Fed in 1985, and has been...
Thursday, April 09, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Fifty years ago, on May 4, 1970, four unarmed college students were killed and nine wounded when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on Kent State University’s campus during a Vietnam War protest. It was a day that shocked the...
Friday, April 10, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
The Three B's: The Effect of Implicit Bias on Preschool Expulsion
In 2005, Yale researchers, led by Dr. Walter S. Gilliam, discovered that preschoolers were expelled at rates three times higher than their K-12 counterparts. In addition to being more likely to be expelled, expulsion rates mirrors that of incarceration in...
Friday, April 17, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Missing from History: Black Suffragists and the Right to Vote
This year, the United States commemorates the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Women and men of all races, ethnicities, and identities fought for—and against—women’s right to vote. The national movement that led to the women's right...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
"I am incredibly optimistic about our future. There’s a new energy, everywhere you go." — 2019 State of the County address. Armond Budish is currently serving in his second term as Cuyahoga County Executive. A member of the Democratic Party, he...
Friday, April 24, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
From 1975 to 1979, 1.7 to 2 million Cambodians, a quarter of the country’s population, died under the Khmer Rouge regime. One of seven children of a high-ranking governmental official, Loung Ung was only five when the soldiers stormed into...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Reimagining Pretrial Justice: The Bail Project and the Fight to End Cash Bail
As Americans, we are taught that the bedrock of our criminal legal system is the presumption of innocence, a fundamental right designed to protect us against wrongful conviction and incarceration. And yet, every day in courtrooms across the United States,...
Friday, May 01, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Your Vote, Your Voice, Our Democracy: The 19th Amendment at 100
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...
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