Brown and DeWine debate for U.S. Senate Seat

CLEVELAND: U.S. Congressman Sherrod Brown and U.S. Senator Mike DeWine will debate for Ohio’s U.S. Senate seat at noon on October 27, 2006, to The City Club of Cleveland. The Friday Forum will be held at the Renaissance Hotel Ballroom, 24 Public Square, Cleveland.
 

Sherrod Brown

“The City Club is very proud to host a debate between Congressman Brown and Senator DeWine, one of the most watched and closest Senate races in the nation,” said Jim Foster, executive director of The City Club of Cleveland. “We are pleased to bring the democratic values of open debate and direct questions from voters.”

This Forum is sponsored by Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine Health System and PDM Healthcare, organizer of PDM MedExpo & BioLink 2006.
 

The Forum, which is sold out, will be broadcast live on WKYC-TV3, 104.9 WCPN-FM, and 90.3 WCPN-FM. The Forum will be delayed broadcast on WVIZ-TV at 11:00 p.m. on Friday and 10:00 a.m. on Sunday.
 

Sister Mary Sujita at the City Club

Sister Mary Sujita Kallupurakkathu, superior general of the Sisters of Notre Dame (SND), will speak about signs of hope in working with the poor at noon on Thursday, October 26, 2006, at The City Club of Cleveland.

One of the most highly placed women at the Vatican, Sister Sujita was born in Kerala, India. She belongs to the SND congregation’s Our Lady of the Assumption Province, which is centered in Patna, Bihar, India.

Mike DeWine

Following studies in the area of social work and of mass communications, Sister Sujita spent more than ten years working among the poor and promoting the cause of women in India. For seven years she worked on behalf of the Indian government in an official capacity for the rights of women and for their promotion in society.

Sister Sujita was state project officer for empowerment of women in the State of Bihar for eight years, a member of the Indian National Executive Committee of Literacy Mission, participant in the United Nations Programs for Women, a representative to the Beijing Conference for Women, a woman observer at the Bishops’ Synod in October 2001, and a member of the Executive Committee for International Union of Superiors General from 2000 to 2004.

Tickets for this City Club Special Program are $15 for members and $25 for non-members. Lunch is included. Reservations are required at least 24 hours in advance of the event. They can be purchased by calling The City Club at 216.621.0082 or visiting the website at www.cityclub.org.