Speakers: Brian Hoffman, Esq., Executive Director, Ohio Center for Strategic Immigration Litigation; Patrick Kearns, Executive Director, The Refugee Response Normally, 3,000 immigrants come to Cleveland annually.  In 2019 there were 12,000 pending immigration cases in Cleveland’s Immigration Court.  What will 2021 bring with deportation issues?  The US has 13 million undocumented immigrants, including over 700,000 … Continue reading Immigration, Refugees, DACA and the Future

Speakers: Mark Weber, Retired KSU Dean, Library Services, and Activist Leader of Jewish, Secular and Labor Organizations. Hatred of Jews, Muslims and any other group is wrong. How can we combat anti-Semitic stereotypes and messages that are clearly inaccurate? Is reasoned criticism of the Israeli government's policy to occupy the West Bank anti-Semitic? Let's discuss.

Speakers: Darcy Freedman, PhD, Professor, CWRU School of MedicineJulie Johnson, CEO, The Hunger Network. Food insecurity has increased since the pandemic, with an estimated 226,000 people hungry in Cuyahoga County in 2020. Food shortages and increases in food costs have made it difficult for the Cleveland Food Bank to supply distribution sites. Cleveland, with its … Continue reading Food Insecurity Challenges & Solutions

Speaker: Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD, Cardiologist, University Hospitals. In the 1930s, banks began drawing red lines around neighborhoods that were at higher risk for defaulting on mortgage and business loans. Recent studies by Dr. Sadeer Al-Kindi and others at University Hospitals have shown long-term impacts on healthcare such as cardiovascular disease strokes and cancer in these … Continue reading Impact of Redlining & Hospital Closures