United Way of Greater Cleveland asked me to keynote its Signature Fall Event at Playhouse Square. My subject: the business plan for Cleveland, and the untold story of how we all succeed.

Every great American city has the same choice. It can manage poverty forever, or it can invest in the financial literacy, credit and ownership that move people into the middle class. Cleveland has the institutions to do the second one.

Source: United Way of Greater Cleveland, October 9, 2024.