Artist, community builder and cultural entrepreneur Theaster Gates will visit Akron next week, speaking with community members and Akron Roundtable. He'll also present “A Cultural Revival,” a performance at the Akron Art Museum, with two members of the Black Monks of Mississippi. The performance is open to the public and will be hosted in the Bud and Susie Rogers Garden of … [Read more...]
Roundtable speaker: Water is ‘our most precious asset’ (Article and Video)
Since enrolling in his first Environmental Science class as a senior in college, Marty Kress has dedicated his life to working for the environment. But when his phone rang in early 2013, years after that collegiate experience, Kress couldn't have anticipated what the call would lead to. "At the back-end of my career, I got to go back to where I started, which is a luxury for … [Read more...]
Cleveland Browns owner visits Akron Roundtable (Video)
Cleveland Browns Owner Jimmy Haslam recently spoke to the Akron Roundtable at Quaker Station in downtown Akron. A native a Knoxville, Tenn., Haslam, in addition to his ownership of the Browns, serves as CEO of Pilot Flying J, a position he has held since 1994. Visit www.akronroundtable.org. … [Read more...]
Akron Roundtable speaker promotes positive mental health in college students (Article and Video)
Nonprofit exec uses brother’s suicide as driver for mental health awareness work -- Alison Malmon was a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania when her brother lost his battle with mental illness and took his own life. “The emotion that struck me the most was fear after he died, because Brian and I were really similar people,” Malmon said. “And my campus and his campus … [Read more...]
Local heroin abuse reaches dangerous levels (Article and Video)
Pharmaceutical drug use triggers resurgence in heroin abuse, says U.S. attorney -- The pharmaceutical industry has inadvertently kickstarted a disturbing heroin epidemic, said Steven Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, who adds that this epidemic has an especially stark local impact. “In 1997, for every man, woman and child in Ohio, there were seven … [Read more...]
