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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.

To get in touch, email forums@uucleveland.org.

Make Your Home More Comfortable, Eco-Friendly, Affordable

Join in person or via Zoom Speakers: Alberto Alas, AIA, LEED Architect, Alas Consulting; Martin Berry, Certified Energy Auditor, President, Berry Insulation The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is the ... Learn More

Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood (Zoom)

Part 1 of 2-Part Special Forum Event In a political moment in Ohio where adoption is often invoked as an abortion alternative, what can we learn from the experiences of ... Learn More

The Fifth Estate: 21st Century Watchdogs

Join in person or via Zoom Speakers: Mark Naymik, Managing Editor, News, Signal Cleveland digital newsletter; Phil Trexler, Editor-in-Chief, The Marshall Project-Cleveland. With financial constraints on print newspapers of the ... Learn More

Does the U.S. Supreme Court Have Credibility?

Join in person or via Zoom Speaker(s): Cassandra Burke Robertson, JD, MA, MPA, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Professional Ethics School of Law at Case Western University; Shih-Chun ... Learn More

ArtificiaI Intelligence: Stunning Advances, Vital Questions, Regulations

Speaker(s): Vipin Chaudhary, PhD, Chair, CWRU Computer and Data Sciences Department; Craig Nard, JD, CWRU Law Professor and Director, Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts Artificial Intelligence is ... Learn More

Politics, Policy & Economic Action

Speaker: Mark Sniderman, PhD, CWRU Weatherhead School of Management, former Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland The Federal Reserve raised interest rates 5 times in 2022. How much ... Learn More

Plastics Are in Us

Speaker(s): Randi Pokladnik, PhD, retired Research Chemist, Environmental Activist; Emily Obringer, Conservation Program Coordinator, Sierra Club In an attempt to move from carbon-based fuels, including Ohio-fracked natural gas and oil, ... Learn More

Medicare Privatization

Speaker: J.B. Silvers, PhD, CWRU Weatherhead School of Management and School of Medicine Medicare is being “privatized” via Medicare Advantage (MA), the corporate alternative to traditional Medicare. MA is publicly ... Learn More

Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Speaker: Alex Czayka, Chief Conservation Officer, Western Reserve Land Conservancy Natural lands that could fall prey to commercial developers can be conserved and restored for future generations with the assistance ... Learn More

Censorship

Speaker(s): Meryl Johnson, retired teacher and member, Ohio Board of Education, District 11; Felton Thomas, Executive Director & CEO, Cleveland Public Library; Owen Ganor, Student, Rocky River High School. Moderator: ... Learn More

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.

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