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Public Policy Forum: “How Can We Reduce Gun Violence in Cleveland?”

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host the next installment of the Northeast Ohio Public Policy Forums series Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom.

The forum will be titled “How Can We Reduce Gun Violence in Cleveland?” and feature a non-political conversation that asks a judge, a suicide prevention expert and a physician for advice on how to reduce gun violence and gun deaths in Northeast Ohio.

Pete Krouse, public interest and advocacy reporter for cleveland.com, will moderate discussion among:

  • Lolita McDavid, medical director of child advocacy and protection at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital;
  • Joan Synenberg, judge for the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court; and
  • Jane Timmons-Mitchell, senior research associate at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education.

The event is co-sponsored by cleveland.com, The Plain Dealer, Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, League of Women Voters—Greater Cleveland and Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education. First Interstate Properties Ltd. is a corporate sponsor.

Register through the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program website.