Twenty five Northeast Ohio residents with big ideas on making life better here compete in a pitch competition to get seed money and some buzz about their projects. We'll hear from some of the finalists of the Accelerate 2017 Citizens Make Change competition and get details on their ideas on improving education, economic development and quality of life. Then, former Spelman College President Beverly Daniel Tatum joins us in studio to discuss the power of diversity.
- Jeremy Langham, Lakewood, Winner, Accelerate 2017, "Ironborne Brew Works"
- Jowan Smith, Cleveland, Finalist, Accelerate 2017, "Getting Our Babies to College 101"
- Ben Colas, Winner, Accelerate 2016, "Kinder Kits"
- Shayla Ivezzy, Cleveland, Finalist, Accelerate 2017, "Career Closet"
- Ava Alexander Thomas, Chesterland, Finalist, Accelerate 2017, "Memory Mat"
- Daniel Gray-Kontar, Cleveland, Finalist, Accelerate 2017, "Imagination for our Imagined Nation"
- Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D,. Race Scholar, Author, Former President of Spelman College
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鈥淧ower of Diversity鈥� lecture series
- 鈥淒ialogue on Diversity鈥� with Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D, and CWRU President Barbara Snyder
- FREE
- Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017,
- 4:30 p.m.
- Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building Auditorium
- 2103 Cornell Road
- Case Western Reserve University