Cleveland Young Professional Senate - YPCLE: The Millennial Caucus

On Saturday, May 14, 2016, the Cleveland Young Professional Senate (@ClevelandYPS) held their fourth annual YPCLE: Young Professional Civic Leadership and Empowerment Conference at The City Club of Cleveland. This year, it was entitled YPCLE: The Millennial Caucus, and was part of the Greater Cleveland Caucus Series. This series is the result of a partnership between the Cleveland Young Professional Senate, the Cleveland Foundation (@CleveFoundation), The City Club of Cleveland (@TheCityClub), and others.

Here is the official description of the YPCLE: The Millennial Caucus:

I am so glad that I was able to attend this event, and pleased that some college students who I invited also attended. I look forward to learning how the ideas developed at the caucus will be become an action plan for our community.

My goal for this blog post is:

• to give those who did not attend information on what occurred

• to create a public repository for some of the information I gathered in relation to the event

• to remind us of the work yet to be done

Keynote Panel

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The YPCLE: The Millennial Caucus started with a panel discussion led by Cleveland Young Professional Senate president Emily Bacha (@EmilyBacha). I was very impressed by all the presenters:

• Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish (@ArmondBudish @CuyahogaCounty)
• Mayor Frank G. Jackson (@CityofCleveland)
• Cleveland Foundation CEO Ronn Richard (@CleveFoundation)

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After the panel discussion, I heard from others who attended that they were also very impressed. It is hard to convey in writing the positive atmosphere created by each of the speakers -- it generated a lot of excitement which hopefully will lead to further action by the attendees of the caucus.

We are fortunate that the City of Cleveland's TV 20 (@TV20Cleveland) shared the video of the panel discussion on YouTube:

Tweets & Retweets

What follows are the tweets that I shared before and during the first part of the YPCLE: The Millennial Caucus:

Featured Speakers

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The featured speakers, and the topics they presented, included:

• Evan Ishida of Thrive At Work (@eishida1 of @ThriveWorkTeam)
  - Jobs & Economy
  
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• Khrys Shefton of Famicos Foundation (@KhrysCLE of @FamicosF)
  - Housing & Neighborhoods
  
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• Jazmin Long of Global Cleveland (@JazminALong of @GlobalCleveland)
  - Population & Diversity
  
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The following tweets and retweets will give you a taste of what they presented:

Future Plans

I recommend you read the Takeaways from YPCLE: The Millennial Caucus blog post created by the Cleveland Foundation (@CleveFoundation). It states:

All the ideas and action items generated in these breakouts sessions were collected, and we’re excited to explore them in greater detail. Stay tuned – we’ll be sharing them here soon!

Yes, this meeting is not the end, but the beginning.

Be sure to following the activities of the Cleveland Young Professional Senate (@ClevelandYPS), the Cleveland Foundation (@CleveFoundation), and The City Club of Cleveland (@TheCityClub) to learn about the ideas developed at the YPCLE: The Millennial Caucus, and future action steps generated through all the Greater Cleveland Caucus Series events.

Here are additional tweets and retweets:

Photos

Here are my photos from the day:

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What Others Have to Say

I always want to include what others write about events I attend. Here are other blog posts and articles about the YPCLE: The Millennial Caucus. If you know of more, please let me know by adding a comment below or mentioning to me on Twitter: @sos_jr.

• YPCLE: The Millennial Caucus
  This Cleveland YPS - The Cleveland Young Professional Senate Facebook event includes details about the day. Plus, you can link to other Cleveland Young Professional Senate activities on Facebook.

• Cleveland Young Professional Senate takes seat at city’s decision-making table with plans to host joint caucus
  April 28, 2016, by Stephanie Davis on Cleveland Business Connects (CBC) magazine (@CBCmagazine)

• Takeaways from YPCLE: The Millennial Caucus
  May 17, 2016, by the Cleveland Foundation (@CleveFoundation)

• YPCLE: The Millennial Caucus
  Posted on May 19, 2016 by Cathy Bajic (@CathyBajic) on The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections blog (@CuyahogaBOE)
  NOTE: I am in the third photo on this post.

Information about all the Greater Cleveland Caucus activities can be found at: ClevelandFoundation.org/Caucus

Go to The Pulse
 

Another resource, The Pulse, presented by Cleveland Foundation in partnership with Crain's Cleveland Business (@CrainsCleveland), "uses extensive data to inform how we’re doing in different spheres of life, including education, housing, jobs, safety, health, transportation, population and the environment."

More Pulse coverage can be found on the Crain's website via the following links:

• Education
• Housing and neighborhoods
• Health
• Environment
• Jobs and economy
• Inclusion: Population and demographics
• Safety
• Community caucus: a yearlong conversation
• Transportation

Related Blog Posts

The YPCLE: The Millennial Caucus was an event that provided young leaders in Cleveland with an opportunity to give their input on key community issues. These issues were identified at the Saturday, March 12, 2016, inaugural Greater Cleveland Caucus: A Town Hall Meeting on Community Solutions event. Please learn more by reading my blog post:

• Blog Date: Monday, March 21, 2016 - Cleveland Caucus - Community Solutions

There are many more related blog posts, but instead of listing them all here, please use these links to view more about The City Club and the Cleveland Foundation.

You can also view all my blog posts at: sosAssociates.com/Blog