Speaker: Robert Rich, Director, Center for Inflation Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Inflation has multiple impacts on our lives and communities, and it has surged over the past year. The consumer price index, a broad-based measure of inflation, rose 6.8% last November, the largest increase since 1982. The current elevated readings serve as a … Continue reading The Pandemic and the Inflation Outlook

Speakers: Jessie Hill, Professor, CWRU Law School; Lisa Reisz, JD., Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP What are the fundamental rights of women? Can they exist alongside religious beliefs and the right to life, or not? The choice of whether to have children, when and with whom is central to gender equality and the ability to … Continue reading Government Mandated Pregnancy: Supreme Court or State’s Rights

Speakers: Chris Knestrick, Executive Director, Northeast Ohio Coalition of Homeless (NEOCH); Jean Kosmac, Street Outreach Worker; Angelo Anderson, an activist who has experienced homelessness. In Cuyahoga County, 6,000 people experience homelessness, according to Housing and Urban Development (HUD). What factors cause loss of homes and who helps people find shelter?