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Science, Technology & Innovation
Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Phones in Schools: Balancing Learning, Safety, and Freedom
Tickets to this RESCHEDULED forum are currently SOLD OUT. We hope that you will still join the LIVE STREAM to tune into the conversation. This student-led forum, the first of the Spring semester, offers an opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue...
Thursday, February 13, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
A Special City Club Forum with Cleveland Play House
Your City Club is partnering up with Cleveland Play House on Thursday, February 13th during the run of the Pulitzer Prize winning Hamlet adaptation “Fat Ham” by James Ijames. After the performance's conclusion, Michael Barakiva, Artistic Director at Cleveland Play House;...
Friday, February 14, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
What is Needed to Promote a Viable & Sustainable Urban Resurgence
The fateful year 2020 brought dramatic challenges to American cities. The COVID-19 pandemic and the civil unrest caused by the killing of George Floyd led to a cascade of negative media stories about cities, often politically motivated. It seemed possible...
Friday, February 21, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Man of Steel: A Conversation with Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves
Cleveland-Cliffs is not just a local household name in Northeast Ohio manufacturing and economic development. It is North America's largest flat-rolled steel producer and the largest supplier of automotive-grade steel in the nation. Since 2014, Lourenco Goncalves has been Chairman,...
Friday, February 28, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Amplifying the Voices of Black Women, A Project Noir Update
What does accountability in healthcare, workplaces, and educational systems look like for Black Women? This is the question that Enlightened Solutions, a nonprofit social enterprise and social advocacy think tank asked in their 2024 follow-up report to Project Noir. The...
Tuesday, March 04, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
From Crisis to Opportunity: Strategies for Housing Affordability and Ending Homelessness
As the nation continues to grapple with rising homelessness and rising housing costs, the need to create and preserve more affordable homes has never been more acute. Yet, innovations are happening at the local level to spur safer, stronger communities....
Friday, March 07, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Proof of Performance: Assessing the First 50 Days of Trump 2.0
The early days of the second Trump administration brought a dizzying number of policy and practice changes to the federal government. Through executive orders, directives, proclamations by social media, emails to federal employees, and statements to the press, President Trump,...
Friday, March 14, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
2025 High School Debate Championship
For more than two decades, The City Club of Cleveland has hosted the annual High School Debate Championship. Every year, the top two area high school debaters square off in a classic "Lincoln-Douglas" style debate at a Friday forum. This allows...
Wednesday, April 09, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
A Conversation with Former NBC News Correspondent Pete Williams
Reflections on the State of Journalism, SCOTUS, and More
There are few others with as much experience covering the Supreme Court, Department of Justice, and Homeland Security than Pete Williams. He served as an NBC News Correspondent in Washington, DC for 29 years, and last year was named the...
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