This 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.

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The Threat of Christian Nationalism & Project 2025

The Threat of Christian Nationalism & Project 2025

Speaker: Rev. Marvin McMickle, Interim Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Cleveland in Shaker; Pastor Emeritus, Antioch Baptist Church, Cleveland A group of white Christian evangelicals called Dominionists or Christian ... Learn More

In the Most Important Election Ever: Will AI Choose Our President? 

Speakers: Anthony Perlatti, Director, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, in conversation with Youngjin Yoo, Professor (an AI authority), Department of Design & Innovation, Weatherhead School of Management. Toxic rhetoric, misinformation ... Learn More

Learning to Hate Democracy: The Rise of Right-Wing Organizations

In person or on Zoom Speaker: Matthew Lacombe, Alexander P. Lamis Associate Professor in U.S. Politics, CWRU. Right-wing, MAGA-friendly "think tanks" such as the Claremont Institute, the Heritage Foundation and ... Learn More

Living with Dementia: A True Story

Moderator: Alexandra Ritt, MSSA, LSW, Alzheimer's Association, Cleveland Chapter; Speakers to be introduced at Forum. Dementia affects more than 50 million people worldwide, with a new case of dementia occurring ... Learn More

Immigrants: Burden, Blessing, Duty?

Speakers: James Nichols, and Dana Beveridge, both Staff Attorneys, Migration and Refugee Services, Cleveland Catholic Charities. Major religions affirm a duty to the displaced. Our economy needs willing workers, and ... Learn More

Making End of Life Decisions: What are the Options in Ohio?

Speakers: Lisa Vigil Schattinger, MSN, RN, founder of Ohio End of Life Options (OELO); Ann Rowland, retired Assistant US Attorney, board member, OELO. Several states have statutes permitting Medical Aid ... Learn More

Why Is It So Expensive to Be Poor?

Speakers: Emily Campbell, President & CEO, Center for Community Solutions; Chris Knestrick, Executive Director, Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH). In the past 50 years there have been dramatic ... Learn More

Monopolies: Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft

Speakers: Jenny Hawkins, Associate Professor of Economics, Weatherhead School of Management, CWRU, in conversation with Anet Alon-Beck, Associate Professor, School of Law, CWRU. Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are the ... Learn More

Guns, Violence, Public Safety: What’s Happening Locally?

In person or on Zoom Speakers: Jarod Schlacht, Commander #6138, Cleveland Division of Police, First District; Rachel Lovell, Director, Criminology Research Center, CSU Black Americans are 10 times more likely ... Learn More

Fair Districting: How to Stop Gerrymandering

In person or on Zoom Speakers: Ohio State Sen. Nickie Antonio(D-23), Ohio Redistricting Commission Co-Chair and Senate Minority Leader; Annette Tucker Sutherland, Shaker Heights Chapter Chair, League of Women Voters ... Learn More

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