Events

It has now been over a decade of Cuyahoga County government reform since voters replaced corruption scandals with an elected county executive and 11-member county council. And soon, voters will also decide on a new county executive after eight years of leadership under Armond Budish. The county government serves 1.2 million residents with a roughly...

What many have coined the "great resignation," human resource professionals see an era of great opportunity. Employers are now considering different life journeys and longer lifespans as key influencers in retention and workplace benefits programs--including benefits on health and wellness. They have viewed this era as a time to reimagine talent strategy and purpose around...

Since 1947, NBC's "Meet the Press" has provided its viewers with critical analysis on politics from the nation's top thinkers and incisive interviews with political leaders from across the political spectrum. Since 2014, Chuck Todd has hosted the show hailed as the longest-running show on American television. With just over one month before election day,...

Growing up can be hard enough. For LGBTQ+ youth, coming out adds to the pressures and challenges as they come of age. Studies have shown that LGBTQ+ youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide than their peers. But when those kids are given access to LGBTQ-affirming spaces, they reported lower rates...

Protecting our water resources through wastewater treatment and stormwater management has evolved over the last century with many systems in the nation over 100 years old. With the signing of President Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, drinking water issues in Jackson, Mississippi, and the dramatic loss of drinking water and sewer service during Hurricane...

A competitive labor market has given rise to a new era of worker power. There have been successful unionization efforts at corporate juggernauts like Amazon and Starbucks, and companies are reconsidering wage and benefits packages to attract talent. How can employers, worker advocates, policymakers, and philanthropists leverage this moment and bring about the systems change...

Leading up to the election on November 8, 2022, The City Club of Cleveland extended invitations to the Republican and Democratic Party candidates running for the United States Senate. Join us in person at the City Club to hear from the Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate, Congressman Tim Ryan. Tim Ryan is a lifelong Ohioan...

Doors open at 4:30pm with light refreshments. The event begins at 5:30pm. Tickets are FREE, but required. According to research, music is a crucial tool for navigating emotions and reducing stress. It also is a unifying and sometimes rallying force that bridges differences in identities, political ideologies, and cultural backgrounds. So, when a recent survey...

Cleveland's infant mortality rate is one of the worst in the nation, and according to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Black babies in Cuyahoga County are almost three times more likely to die before their first birthday than white babies. Despite some improvements in infant mortality generally, the infant mortality rate among Black babies...

Cleveland has always been a welcoming, gateway city. Immigrants and refugees are playing an increasingly critical role in every facet of Greater Cleveland’s economy. According to Global Cleveland, they are twice as likely as native-born to become entrepreneurs, and nearly one-fifth of immigrants age 27 years or older in the Cleveland metro area have a...

Out-of-School Time (OST) is largely defined as the hours before school (6am-8am) and after school (3pm-6pm), as well as the months over summer break. It's those intermittent times when a K-12 student isn't in school, but still requires care. That's where OST services step in. These programs provide safe and enriching environments during critical moments...

The special program for the 2022 City Club Annual Meeting will begin at 11:00 am with a brief overview of the City Club's last year of accomplishments, followed by lunch at 11:30am, and the City Club Friday Forum featuring Dave Isay at noon. If you know Dave Isay, you likely know of him as the...

What happens when residents are empowered to decide together how to spend public money in their own communities? This is the foundational premise of "participatory budgeting." It aims to deepen democracy, build stronger communities, and make public budgets more equitable and effective. The first participatory budgeting efforts began in 1989, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Today,...

It started with a phone call to Jackie Acho from Detective Christopher Gibbons with the Cleveland Division of Police. He said, "I think we have a problem with empathy, can you help us?" Jackie is the President of the Acho Group, a strategy and leadership consulting firm whose 2014 TEDx talk – A Good Day’s...