Speaker(s): Richard Perloff, CSU Professor of Communication; Rachael Collyer, Organizer and Program Director, Ohio Student Association; Melekte Melaku, ACLU Cleveland Organizing Strategist How effective are protests in changing systemic racism? … Continue reading Frank Talk on the Protest Movement
Speakers: Jonathan Entin, David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, CWRU The November election is happening against a backdrop of unprecedented social, political, and … Continue reading A Contested Presidential Election? What’s at Stake?
Speaker: Brent Larkin, PD Columnist, and former PD Editor Democracy is based on the will of informed citizens. Truth and facts are the basis of journalism. Without public accountability, corruption … Continue reading Crisis in Journalism, Democracy, and the Facts
Speakers: Tom Sutton, Political Science Professor, Baldwin Wallace, and Director, Community Research Institute Ohio has 8 million registered voters. Turnout was 55% in 2018. What was it in 2020? What … Continue reading The 2020 Presidential Election: What Happened?
Speaker: Dr. Gregory Hall, MD Director, CSU Partnerships for Urban Health; Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine, and Former Chair, Ohio Commission of Minority Health. Covid-19 and other diseases disproportionately … Continue reading Racism, Health Care Inequities, and the Future
Speakers: Allan Georgia, Ph.D., Director of Religious Education, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland; Timothy Beal, Professor and Chair, CWRU Department of Religious Studies. QAnon conspiracies and right wing religious cults … Continue reading QAnon Conspiracies, Religion and Politics – What’s Coming?
Speakers: Erika Anthony, Executive Director, Ohio Transformation Fund; Crystal Bryant, Director, Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry The crisis of mass incarceration and racial inequality continues. Of Ohio’s 45,000 inmates, 45% … Continue reading Mass Incarceration, Judges, and Reentry: An Overview
Speaker(s): Daniel Flannery, CWRU Professor and Director, Begun Center for Violence Prevention; David Weiss, Mayor of Shaker Heights; Carole Ballard, Director, Education & Training, ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County; Jeffrey … Continue reading Community Safety Challenges, Oversight and Reforms
Speakers: Johnie Rose, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, CWRU School of Medicine and Director, UH Preventive Medicine Residency One out of every 17 people … Continue reading Living with COVID-19: What’s Next Medically?
Speakers: Jessie Hill, Professor, CWRU Law School; Catrina Otonoga, Preterm Manager, Policy and Partnerships Since the 1973 Roe v Wade Decision, abortions have grown increasingly restrictive. Between 2011 and 2019, … Continue reading Reproductive Freedom: Supreme Court or State’s Rights
Speakers: Tom Sutton, Political Science Professor, Baldwin Wallace and Director, Community Research Institute. Biden’s margin of victory was half what had been predicted in 2020. Less than 6% of survey … Continue reading Politics and Polling: What Went Wrong?
Speaker(s): Bob Rosenbaum, Advertising and Market Development, Heights Observer; Melissa Hirsch, Owner, Unbar Café, Shaker Heights; Katie Van Dyke, Director, CSU Ohio Small Business Development Center, Cleveland. Amazon’s profit last quarter: 5.2 … Continue reading Small Businesses: Chronicling the Effects of Covid-19
