Starting a Business as a Black Female Entrepreneur: #TheNext400 Digital Roundtable

Starting a Business? 19News’ Chris Tanaka joins Angela Flowers, Co-Owner of Making a Difference Consulting, and Alannah Harper, Creator PRESS’D Nails, for a conversation about their paths as Black female entrepreneurs and what you can learn from them. Thursday, January 27 at 7:30pm on YouTube and Facebook Live Angela Flowers: MSSA, LISW-S, Co-Owner, Making a Difference Consulting, LLC Alannah Harper: Creator PRESS’D…

Fighting poverty in northeast Ohio #TheNext400

The Next 400 Digital Roundtable with WOIO 19 returns with special guests to discuss the need for giving and its impact on minority neighborhoods. #TheNext400 Panelists: John Corlett – President and Executive Director of The Center for Community Solutions.  Dr. Sadie Winlock – Chief Equity, Education and Engagement Officer at Cleveland Public Library. Twyla Turner – Director of Inclusion and Leadership Education…

Fighting Back Against Breast Cancer #TheNext400

Moderator: Chris Tanaka, Channel 19 News Panel: Kamesha Miles, Community Program Manager of the Susan G. Komen AAHEIPamela Combs – CNP, Cleveland Clinic Thursday, October 21 | 7:30PMYouTube and Facebook Live Recommended Reading These recommended reads are in partnership with Cleveland 19’s The Next 400 series More Recommended Reading

#TheNext400 Digital Roundtable: Hough Uprising Then and Now

The Next 400 Digital Roundtable with WOIO 19 returns to discuss the anniversary of the Hough Uprising 55 years ago and a look at the revitalization of the neighborhood. Moderator: Chris Tanaka, Channel 19 News Mansfield Frazier, Journalist and business owner. Don Freeman, Author and activist Thursday, July 22 | 7:30PMYouTube and Facebook Live Recommended Reading These recommended reads are…

#TheNext400 Digital Roundtable: Intersection of African American and LGBTQ+ Identity

Cleveland Public Library and WOIO are hosting a Next 400 Roundtable discussion about lived experiences at the intersections of the African American and LGBTQ+ Identity. Moderator: Chris Tanaka, Channel 19 News Jasmine Burnett: National organizer, writer and strategist Avery Ware: Writer, educator, and speaker. Cleveland Branch NAACP Thursday, June 10 | 7:30PMYouTube and Facebook Live Recommended Reading These recommended reads…

#TheNext400 Digital Roundtable: Racism as a Public Health Crisis

It’s been a year since the death of George Floyd. We join WOIO 19 to look back at the year to see if significant changes have been made to policies and practices impacting communities of color.  Moderator: Chris Tanaka, Channel 19 News Daniel Gray-Kontar, Poet, teacher, and education activist Danielle Sydnor, We Win Strategies Group, CEO, President Cleveland Branch NAACP…