In this episode of the Levin Podcast, discussants engage in an informative conversation on the complexities of Cleveland’s recently passed emergency community benefits ordinance and its implications for future contracts and developments in Cleveland. The podcast also explores national trends and the challenges and opportunities similar ordinances have seen in encouraging the more equitable allocation of resources for community and economic development initiatives. Host: Armond Budish, Mandel Public Service Executive in Residence, Levin College of Public Affairs and Education Guests: Dr. Joanna Ganning, Associate Dean for Faculty Research, Development, and Administration and Associate Professor of Economic Development, Levin College of Public Affairs and Education Blaine Griffin, Cleveland City Council President Baiju Shah, President and CEO, Greater Cleveland Partnership

Join Dr. Valerie Wright, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Criminology and Sociology, Levin College of Public Affairs and Education, Dr. Rachel Lovell, Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Levin College and Director of the Criminology Research Center, and Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, Mary Weston as they discuss Dr. Lovell’s new book Sexual Assault Kits and Reforming the Response to Rape as well as the Cuyahoga County Prosecutors Office lawfully “Owed” DNA initiative. 

Join Jeffrey M. Bowen, MNO, CFRE, College Lecturer in Organizational Leadership, Levin College of Public Affairs and Education as he speaks to Dr. David Howard, Senior Vice President, Research, Evaluation & Learning for Covenant House as they discuss performance management and best practices in using data to inform programs and strategies. Since 1972, Covenant House has opened its doors to over 1.5 million young people experiencing homelessness and trafficking, one youth at a time. The webinar will look at best practices in designing and implementing a cutting-edge, data-informed strategy to achieve meaningful, long-term outcomes.

Join Dr. Roland V. Anglin, Dean and Professor at the Levin College of  Public Affairs and Education, as he speaks with David Zechman. A  distinguished graduate of Cleveland State University, David started his  thirty-nine-year career in healthcare and subsequently held leadership  positions from supervisor to CEO in urban and rural Midwest hospitals.  In this session, Dean Anglin speaks with David about his recently  published book on leadership, “Driven by Compassion: 8 Values for  Successful Servant Leaders.” Together, they explore the real-life,  everyday challenges and successes of being a loving and compassionate  leader.

On Monday, October 10, nearly 1,000 high school students from 15 local  school districts gathered at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse to be trained  as Mental Health Ambassador to support peers within their schools.  In  this two part podcast, College of Education and Public faculty members  Frederick Hampton, PhD, Interim Chair, Department of Counseling,  Administration, Supervision and Adult Learning Dakota King-White, PhD  Associate Professor and School Counseling Program Coordinator, and  Marian Armstrong, School Counselor at Parma City School District will  discuss this important event and its goals in addressing the mental  health crisis in our community. Also appearing in this podcast is  special guest Brooke, a senior at Parma City High School who serves her  school as a mental health ambassador. Brook will discuss what it means  to be a mental health ambassador and how this experience has informed  her future.

Much attention has been given to a crisis in mental health for  adolescents and teens, particularly in the wake of the COVID -19  pandemic. Join College of Education and Public Affairs faculty members  Frederick Hampton, PhD, Interim Chair, Department of Counseling,  Administration, Supervision and Adult Learning, Dakota King-White, PhD  Associate Professor and School Counseling Program Coordinator, Dr.  Kathryn MacCluskie, PhD, Professor of Counselor Education, and Marian  Armstrong, School Counselor at Parma City School District as they  discuss the complexities of teen mental health and what is being done to  address the crisis.

Society is rapidly approaching a fifth stage of development that  includes emerging disruptive technologies, such as artificial  intelligence, multi-sensory transfer, augmented and virtual realities,  advanced robotics, and synthetic forms of life.   

In this episode we are joined by Dr. Nicholas Zingale of the School of  Urban Affairs and Dr. Sasa Drezgic from the Faculty of Economics and  Business at the University of Rijeka, Croatia to discuss implications  for how the role of technology will continue to shape our everyday  experiences as well as aspirational hopes for a better and more  prosperous, fair, and equitable future.

In this episode we meet Amanda Yurick, Associate Professor, Special Education at Cleveland State University. The Covid-19  Pandemic has impacted nearly every facet of our everyday lives. We have  seen and felt these effects within our healthcare systems, economy and  workforce, transportation sectors, mental  health needs and services, and certainly the field of education is  implicated as well. How we educate our children and youth saw some  dramatic shifts from in-person to remote structures, which left the  inequities that have always existed glaringly apparent  in the light that Covid shed on our uneven access to resources. At  Cleveland State we have help adapt the classroom for local students  through our CLC (Community Learning Center).