Speakers: Kate Mozynski, Staff Attorney, Equality Ohio; Phyllis "Seven" Harris, Executive Director, LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland Most of us know people who are gay, lesbian or transgender, but many don’t understand what it means to be non-binary. An estimated 11% of LGBTQ adults in the US, approximately 1.2 million, identify as nonbinary, according … Continue reading Getting to Know Non-Binary People

Speakers: Sally Martin, Director, and Tim Kobie, Manager, Strategic Code Enforcement Initiatives, both of Cleveland Building and Housing Department; Ayonna Blue Donald, Vice President, Ohio Market, Enterprise Community Partners The cost of purchasing a home has skyrocketed, and rental costs have increased as well. It has become especially difficult to find affordable housing in marginalized … Continue reading Where Have All the (Affordable) Houses Gone?

Speakers: Donna Graham, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, MetroHealth Medical Center; Kinsey Jolliff, Principal, Health Policy & Payment Innovation, The MetroHealth System. Staffing shortages, rising expenses, supply chain issues and limited bed availability are major problems for the healthcare industry.  All this leads to funding challenges. How does it affect the average patient?

Speaker: Tom Sutton PhD, Director, Community Research Institute, Baldwin Wallace University Inflation, gas prices, guns violence abortion and democracy itself. All are on the ballot. The party that occupies the White House historically loses an average of 25 seats in the midterms. Gerrymandering is often the deciding factor. Will money and slogans determine the outcome? … Continue reading Midterm Elections: Meltdown, Referendum or Party Switching?

Speaker: Kristin Hall, Executive Director, Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District; Judy Huichun Zhang, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, CWRU Lake Erie is an asset of Ohio that is taken for granted. Gov. DeWine signed into law HB 175 that exempts from pollution regulations of all Ohio tributaries not protected by the Clean Water … Continue reading Water: You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ‘til It’s Gone