Please Join the Social Justice Institute for an Evening of Music and Fellowship.
Saturday, October 25, 2025, 6:00 pm
CWRU Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom
On Saturday, October 25th at 6pm, the Social Justice Institute at Case Western Reserve University will host Social Justice in the Arts in the Tinkham Veale Center ballroom. We are excited to create a space of connection, education, and inspiration with an evening of artistic expressions.
Our event presents a powerful opportunity for us to dine and enjoy jazz by the band Freedom First featuring Keith LaMar and Albert Marquès. Keith is a brilliant intellectual and thought-leader who teaches high school and college students on a host of topics. He’s a painter, spoken word artist, and author. Keith is also an innocent man confined for the last thirty years and counting to death row at the Ohio State Penitentiary. More information about Keith can be found through his website, this podcast, his book Condemned, and this animated short film. The stakes could not be any higher.
Event is free and open to the public. Registration is now closed for this event.
We encourage attendees to make donations to Keith LaMar's legal fund which can be found here.
This event is co-sponsored by the CWRU Office of Government and Community Relations and the CWRU School of Law Social Justice Law Center.
Parking Logistics:
Please remember to leave extra time to find parking prior to the event, there are multiple events happening in University Circle this Saturday evening.
Metered parking is available along East Boulevard, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Euclid Ave, Bellflower Road, Juniper Road and Hazel Drive; metered parking is free on weekends. If street parking is unavailable, there may be paid garage or parking lot availability around the area. See information below:
Paid parking available at these locations:
-CWRU Lot 29 Campus Center Garage 11173 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106 (There is elevator or stairwell access up to the TVUC building from this garage)
-Cleveland Botanical Gardens 11030 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44016
-Church of the Covenant 11205 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106
-Uptown North Parking lot entrances at 1987 Ford Drive Cleveland, OH 44106 and off E 115th Street
-Lot 54 located at 1980 Ford Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106.
-Lot 63 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 (across Euclid from Severance). Unattended lots still require payment. Look for the payment QR code at the kiosk or surrounding signs.
