Michael Mulberry pastors two small churches in Michigan, and he is an activist working with other Michiganders to shut down the Enbridge oil pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac, threatening Native Americans in Michigan and the environment of virtually all the Great Lakes. A federal district court recently decided that Michigan Governor Whitmer's … Continue reading FaCT Distinguished Speaker Event Saturday 1/24, 3 PM
Pride for All Ages is an intergenerational group that is open to all who identify as LGBTQ+. We meet the 4th Sunday of every month at 11:30 in the Baker Room. We gather as a group for support, for friendship, for event planning, and as a resource to the congregation. All LGBTQ+ people welcome! The … Continue reading Pride for All Ages meets January 25
Join Greater Cleveland Congregations (GCC) as we kick off 2026 and celebrate 15 years of organizing together! GCC’s founding leaders will reflect on how and why they came together to build an organization in Cleveland, the most powerful lessons from the journey, and their vision for GCC’s future in a challenging moment: Olivet Institutional Baptist … Continue reading Power in Progress: Celebrating 15 Years of GCC!
Speaker: Zach Schiller, Research Director, Ohio Policy Matters How Can/Should We Pay for What We Need? Ohioans’ frustration over rising property taxes is driving a wave of legislative and constitutional proposals—ranging from limiting local levies to eliminating property taxes altogether. With inflation pushing up property values, tax burdens increase even without new levies. But if … Continue reading Property Tax Debate in Ohio
Speaker: Joseph White, CWRU Political Science Professor and Director, Public Policy andGraduate Studies How Religion Shapes U.S. Politics Religious affiliation profoundly shapes American politics, influencing not only how people vote but also which policies they support. According to Pew Research, roughly 30% of Americans now identify as religiously unaffiliated—a group that includes atheists, agnostics, and … Continue reading Belief and the Ballot
Speaker: Dr. Po-Hao (Howard) Chen, MD, MBA, Vice Chair of Artificial Intelligence for the Diagnostics Institute and Medical Director for Enterprise Radiology Informatics at the Cleveland Clinic What We Gain, What We Risk It is said that AI won’t replace doctors, but doctors who use AI will replace doctorswho don’t. Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping modern medicine. … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Speaker(s): Dr. Martha Sajatovic, CADRC Core Leader of Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement; researcher, professor, psychiatry and neurology, CWRU Understanding Alzheimer’s and the Fight for a Cure In the United States, one in three Americans over the age of 80 is living with Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Nearly two-thirds of those affected are … Continue reading The Disease That Steals the Self
Moderator: TBD Community Conversation - Your Thoughts on Today’s Headlines Join us for this conversation, when you will be the speaker and every viewpoint matters. Grab a seat and jump into a friendly chat about what’s happening in the world – one headline and one neighborly voice at a time. In person in Fellowship Hallor … Continue reading Community Conversation
