Forums That Matter - Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland

Coffee, Conversation & Community

Fall 2025 Forums

To attend the Forums in person, join us at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd. in Shaker Heights or live on Zoom.

The Community Forum Archive contains information and available recordings for Forums since January 1, 2020. All Forums since January 1, 2017 have been recorded and most are available on our YouTube page.

If you’d like to receive notices of future forums or want to make suggestions, email forums@uucleveland.org.

Power by Pen: 160+ Executive Orders

October 5, 2025

Speaker: Avidan Cover JD, Law Professor, CWRU; Director, Institute for Global Security Law and Policy Since its founding, the country has been divided on the question of Presidential power. Although ... Learn More

Tariffs: Who Should Decide? Who Pays?

October 19, 2025

Speaker: Jonathan Ernest, Assistant Professor of Economics, Weatherhead School of Management, CWRU Do current issues of national security and foreign competition merit tariffs? In 1962 and 1974, Congress delegated to ... Learn More

Does the Great Replacement Theory Underlie Current Policies?

November 2, 2025

Speaker: Marvin McMickle, Pastor Emeritus, Antioch Baptist Church of Cleveland; Professor Emeritus, Ashland Theological Seminary Adherents of the Great Replacement Theory—the belief that there is a deliberate effort to replace ... Learn More

Confronting Authoritarianism

November 16, 2025

Speaker: Cherie Strachan, PhD, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics History shows a familiar pattern: regimes weaken the press, universities and ... Learn More

Share this post:

Forums open to the community have been a distinctive part of UUCC’s tradition for many years.

During Forums That Matter, leading experts and leaders present current, thought-provoking forums on a wide variety of issues that affect us as individuals, the communities in which we live and the world beyond.

Attendees from both inside and outside the congregation exchange views and participate in stimulating question-and-answer sessions to create a stronger, more accountable, informed community.

The forums support the Unitarian Universalists’ fourth principle, “free and responsible search for truth and meaning.” They encourage personal reflection, social action and individual and collective growth for all who attend.

On the first and third Sunday mornings during fall and winter, the forums are held both virtually and in person at the Shaker Heights location. They break new ground in the continuing search for truth and importance of serving others.