Events/Meetings

Monday, January 4th, 2010, 7:00 PM.  Central Ohioans for Peace.  Business meeting:  Treasurer’s report, Nominating Committee report.  Location: Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.  Directions can be found at http://www.ColumbusMennonite.org/streetmap.htm 

Thursday, January 7^th, 2010, 7:30 PM.   Clintonville Area Commission (CAC) Meeting.  The public is encouraged to attend to learn about projects affecting the neighborhood.  Individuals, neighborhood groups and contractors working in conjunction with the City of Columbus often present status reports regarding ongoing infrastructure improvements and current issues or concerns.  Location: Whetstone Library multipurpose room.   More info online at  http://www.clintonvilleareacommission.org

Saturday, January 9, 2010, 10:00 AM.  Wild Ones Program.  Gardening with Ohio’s Native Plants.  Wild Ones member Marilyn Logue will talk about the history of using native plants in American landscaping and highlight some of Ohio's best native plants for the garden and wildlife. She will give advice about selecting, purchasing, and planting appropriate plants for three major habitats, including prairie/meadow, woodland, and wetland.  Location:  Innis House at Inniswood Metro Park, 940 S. Hempstead Rd. in Westerville.

Saturday, January 9, 2010, 1:00 PM.  Winter Watershed Walk.  Interpretive hike led by a Preservation Parks naturalist. Co-Sponsored by FLOW and Preservation Parks.  Location:  Deer Haven Preserve, 4183 Liberty Rd. south of Delaware.

Saturday, January 9^th, 2009, 6:00 PM - Midnight.  Second Saturday Salon.  Progressives meet to talk, network, socialize, with music, art, food and films. Location:  1021 E. Broad St., parking in rear. 614-253-2571.

Monday, January 11^th, 2010, 4:00 – 6:00 PM.  “Arab Women in the Contemporary Middle East:  Making Progress, Pacing Challenges.”  Wright State University is proud to announce the arrival of Dr. Musa Shteiwi, the 2010 Fulbright Visiting Specialist through the "Direct Access to the Muslim World Program," to Wright State University.  Dr. Shteiwi is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and now serves as a Professor of Sociology at the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan.  He has conducted research on gender issues in the Middle East, the activity of Islamic political movements, and democracy in the Middle East.  Hosted by the College of Liberal Arts, Wright State University.  Location:  Recital Hall, Creative Arts Center, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.  For further information about these events and Dr. Shteiwi's visit, contact: awad.halabi@wright.edu

Monday, January 11th, 2010, 7:00 PM.  Central Ohioans for Peace.  Program:  Dr. Peter Mansoor will discuss the evolution of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the prospects for these conflicts from this point forward.  What is the prognosis for a reasonably stable and united Iraq?   Will the troop surge in Afghanistan enable the United States to achieve its objectives of combating Al Qaeda and stabilizing Afghanistan?  Dr. Peter Mansoor, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired), is the General Raymond E. Mason, Jr. Chair in Military History at the Mershon Center, Ohio State University.  He assumed this position in September 2008 after a 26 year career in the U.S. Army that culminated in his service as the executive officer to General David Petraeus, the Commanding General of Multi-National Force-Iraq.  Col. Mansoor commanded the 1^st Brigade, 1^st Counterinsurgency Center in 2006, and served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff “Council of Colonels” that reexamined the strategy for the Iraq War.  Dr. Mansoor is the author of Baghdad at Sunrise:  A Brigade Commander’s War in Iraq, an account of his brigade’s operation and the difficulties of the U.S. war in Iraq during the crucial first year of the conflict.   Location: Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.  Directions can be found at http://www.ColumbusMennonite.org/streetmap.htm   More information at www.centralohioansforpeace.org

Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 12:00 Noon – 1:15 PM.  Human Trafficking:  In Ohio, In Our World.  Ambassador Mark Lagon, Executive Director and CEO, Polaris Project.  Location:  Athletic Club of Columbus, 136 East Broad St.  For more information on cost and to register, see Columbus Council on World Affairs.  

Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 4:00-6:00 PM.  “Looking At Ourselves Looking At Islam.”  2010 Piediscalzi Lecture Series, Sponsored by the Department of Religion.  Lecture by Dr. L. Carl Brown, Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs Emeritus at Princeton University with Dr. Musa Shteiwi, Wright State University Fulbright Visiting Specialist Serving as Respondent. Dr. Brown is a historian of the modern Near East and North Africa with special emphasis on the Arab world. A member of the Princeton faculty from 1966 to 1993 he was long director of the interdisciplinary Program in Near Eastern Studies. He is author of many books, including  /Religion and State: The Muslim Approach to Politics/ (2000), and editor of /Diplomacy in the Middle East: The International Relations of Regional and Outside Powers/ (2001).
Location:  Russ Engineering, room 144, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.  For further information about these events and Dr. Shteiwi's visit, contact: awad.halabi@wright.edu

Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 7:30 PM.  Sierra Club Program “Population Growth: Sex and the Single Planet” (Rated PG-13).  Bill Myers, MD, will speak on individual responsibility in a society and economy of sustainable stability.  Bill was a practicing family doctor in Circleville, OH for 35 years, serving for 3 years as Pickaway County Health Commissioner.  Location:  Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Room 100.  

Thursday, January 14^th, 2009, 7:00 PM.  SPAN Meeting.  Single Payer Action Network Chapter meeting.  Open to all.  Location:   Northwood Building, 2231 North High St. (at the corner of Northwood and High) in room 100 on the first floor.   There is visitor parking behind the building and you can take an elevator to first floor.  Room 100 is in the front of the building across from the clinic entrance.  For more information, please contact chammon@columbus.rr.com. 

Thursday, January 14, 2010 from 4-6 P.M. Viewing Documentary "CAN YOU HEAR ME?  ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN WOMEN FIGHT FOR PEACE.  Lilly Rivlin, Producer, Writer and Director; Debra Winger, Narrator.  Writer and director, Lilly Rivlin will be showing this film and answering questions after the film, joined by Dr. Musa Shteiwi, University of Jordan, 2010 Wright State University Visiting Fulbright Specialist.  Location:  Rike Hall Room, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.  For more information contact Dr. Carl Brun, 775-2751.

 

Saturday, January 16, 2010, 10:00-11:30 AM.  Composting!  Go brown in this very educational session on the merits, myths and methods of composting. Cost is $8. Visit www.dawesarb.org or phone 800.44.DAWES for information and to register.  Location:  Dawes Arboretum on Ohio Rt. 13, five miles south of Newark and 3 miles north of I-70, Exit 132.

Saturday, January 16, 2010, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.  12 Months of Green Living: Saving Money While Saving the Planet Workshop.  Eating, breathing and living green....If you're reading this you are probably already talking and attempting to walk a greener, more sustainable life.  Sometimes it takes more than just dreaming to take a bigger broader step into conservation. Spend a day with pioneers Annie & Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station, exploring Green at Home, Green at Work, Green Family, Personal Green and more! They will also share how living a life of conservation--a simple honest way of living each day-- takes planning and care.  Annie and Jay's new book, Green Technology, has just been released, and they'll be sharing some information from their book.  Location:   2929 N. High St.  Cost: Simply Living member - $49; non-member $59. Contact Missy at 447-0296 or missy@simplyliving.org to register. Pre-registration necessary.  In case of bad weather, the workshop will be held on 1/23.

Monday, January 18, 2010, Doors open 7:00 A.M.   Program begins 7:30 A.M.   Adjournment 10:00A.M. 25th Annual  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Breakfast.  Revitalize, Rejuvenate, Recommit.   Location:  The Greater Columbus Convention Center – Battellle Grand , 400 North High Street, Columbus , Ohio 43215.  For more information contact Bert Castle, Executive Director, Martin Luther King Breakfast Committee, Inc., Tel: (614) 252-0868, Fax: (614) 252-0074, mlkbreakfast@yahoo.com  

Monday, January 18th, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM.   “Many Faces, One Community:  Valuing Multiculturalism and Diversity.”  Interfaith Center for Peace.   Peace Schools have been an integral part of the Center since its founding in 1982.  Designed initially to help children envision a “Peaceable Future,” our Peace Schools have grown to include parents and adults in order to strengthen our impact on children and families.  This year we will explore how the many ways in which we are different from others in our community as well as the many things we have in common can help us build a more peaceful world.

We need volunteers who can teach, assist teachers, and help with the overall program!  If you're interested in volunteering, please email me ASAP at audra@interfaithcenterforpeace.org. There will be one mandatory training in January. 

Are you interested in attending as an individual or do you have children you'd like to send? 

Children and adults are welcome; children must have completed kindergarten. 

Cost: $10 per person or $25 for families of 3 or more people

We will mix games, music, and fun for learning about our diverse community! 

Adults and children will be together for some activities; at other times they will be in separate classes. 

Breakfast and lunch will be available.  

Click here for the registration form!  

Location:  Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2070 Ridgecliff Road, Columbus

Tuesday, January 19^th, 2010, 6:00 PM.  Jobs with Justice Meeting.  Location:  27 Euclid Ave. off High Street (Old Firehouse #7) Close to the Short North near Kroger.  Click here for the Greater Columbus JwJ website

Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 7:00 PM.  City of Columbus Recycling.  Presentation to set the stage and multiple activities to generate discussion.  Recycling, once a luxury, is now a necessity - and Columbus is behind the times. Community leaders and stakeholders are meeting to brainstorm what a City of Columbus recycling program might look like. We need your help to generate these ideas.  Because this is a grassroots movement, it is about people, and the more we have the greater voice we have to our public servants.  These ideas will then be taken before City Council and the Mayor's office in multiple avenues.  The City is approaching us in February, and the January meeting will help us prepare.  Now is our opportunity to be heard about recycling.  King Ave Methodist Church, 299 King Ave., Entrance on the west side of the building and down into the basement.

Wednesday, January 20^th, 2009, 7:00 PM.  Pax Christi Columbus Meeting.  Guest speaker:  Katherine Murphy Mertzlufft, Counselor with Wellness Center, non-violence communications speaker.  Pax Christi Columbus invites all to join their local community of peacemakers in their efforts to bring peace to ourselves, our families, our community, and our world.  Location:  Columbus Catholic Worker House, 1614 Oakland Park Dr.  Contact:  grace.rees2@gmail.com

Wednesday, January 20^th, 2009, 7:00-9:00 PM.  Clintonville for Change.  Clintonville for Change serves as a grassroots base for the Franklin County Democratic Party.  Location:  Clintonville Community Resource Center, 14 W. Lakeview Ave.  For more information, contact:  clintonville4change@gmail.com

Thursday, January 21, 2010, 7:00 PM.  Democratic Socialists of Central Ohio Meeting.  Location:  Meeting location: Northwood High Building, 2231 North High Street (2 blocks north of Lane Avenue, Room 100 - Ample Parking in Back.  Open to the public.  For more information, contact: smorgen@juno.com

Friday, January 22, 2010, 7:00 PM.  Peace Time Benefit.  Folk Music & refreshments.  Donations at the door.  Location:  Proceeds to go to helping arrange bus transportation locally to Washington DC for national antiwar march and demonstrations.  Location:  Areopagitica Bookstore, 3510 North High Street Columbus 43214-4033.  For more information, or to volunteer, contact lithag@aol.com
 

Saturday, January 23, 2010, 10:00 AM – Noon.  Trees to Recognize in Winter.  Location:  Dawes Arboretum on Ohio Rt. 13, five miles south of Newark and 3 miles north of I-70, Exit 132. Crown, bark, buds, twigs, dead leaves, leftover fruits, and growth patterns—all provide clues to help unmask the identity of a dormant tree. Cost is $5. Visit www.dawesarb.org or phone 800.44.DAWES for information and to register.

Saturday, January 23, 2010, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.  Green Party of Ohio State Convention.  The day-long event will be in Room 100 of the Northwood Building, 2231 North High Street. There is ample parking behind the building and public transportation serves the area. http://www.universitydistrict.org/room100.php  Join us for grassroots democracy, camaraderie, political activism,  potluck lunch and an immediate opportunity to effect real change in Ohio.  More details will be forthcoming in this newsletter and at the Ohio Greens web site. Stay tuned!

Monday, January 25^th, 2010, 7:00 PM.  Central Ohioans for Peace.  Program:  Ratifying The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) this Year.  Connie Gaddell Newton will talk about her work the Friends Committee on National Legislation to organize faith leaders in Ohio to support Senator Voinovich in voting for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test ban Treaty.  The treaty would ban nuclear testing and put a monitoring system into place to notify the international community of any testing via nuclear explosions worldwide.  Location: Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.  Directions can be found at http://www.ColumbusMennonite.org/streetmap.htm  More information at www.centralohioansforpeace.org

Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 7:30 PM.  Special Event Movie “In Transition 1.0: From Oil Dependence to Local Resilience.” This is the first detailed film about the Transition Initiative, a movement connecting communities around the world that are developing local responses to peak oil and climate change. It is a story of people setting about rebuilding their local economies and communities.  The movie shows a practical vision for creating a post-consumer society.  Sponsored by the Central Ohio Sierra Club, Simply Living, the Free Press and the Columbus International Film Festival.  The movie is free and open to the public.  Donations will be accepted.  Location:  Drexel East, 2254 E. Main St. in Bexley. 

Wednesday, January 27^th, 2010.  Join the Freedom of Choice Ohio Coalition in commemorating the 37th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade!  An Evening with Activist and Author Cristina Page. 
6:00 p.m. – Cash bar reception
6:30 p.m. – Dinner
7:30 p.m. – Program with author; book signing reception to follow
Cristina Page recently authored How the Pro-choice Movement Saved America: Freedom, Politics, and the War on Sex. She is a prominent reproductive rights activist consulting for several national pro-choice groups, including the National Institute for Reproductive Health. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor Ed Rendell, and the New Jersey and Washington state legislatures have adopted her pro-choice policy proposals.

Location:  Ohio State University Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Rd., 43210
Click here to view RSVP information for this event.

Tickets:

Dinner and Program/Q&A with author

$350 for a table of 10

$100 Friend of Roe

$35 General Admission

$25 Student/Low Income Admission

Program with author and book signing reception only

$15 General Admission

$5 Student Admission

The Freedom of Choice Ohio (FOCO) Coalition advocates for reproductive rights and provides education and information to its member organizations and to the public on policies related to protecting and preserving reproductive freedom. The ACLU of Ohio is a member of FOCO.

Saturday, January 30, 2010, 8:30 AM – Noon.  Grafting the Right Way.  The Arboretum’s propagator will instruct this hands–on class.  Rootstock and scion wood provided so you can take home your own grafted woody plant.  Cost is $40. Visit www.dawesarb.org or phone 800.44.DAWES for information and to register.  Location:  Dawes Arboretum on Ohio Rt. 13, five miles south of Newark and 3 miles north of I-70, Exit 132.

Sunday, January 31^st, 2010, 2:00-4:30 PM.  Peace Time Benefit.  Live music, great food & beverages from the cafe'.  Donations at the door.  Proceeds to go to helping arrange bus transportation locally to Washington DC for national antiwar march and demonstrations.   Location:  Espresso Yourself Music Cafe', 50 West Olentangy St., Powell, OH.  For more information, or to volunteer, contact lithag@aol.com

Tuesday February 2, 2010, 3:00 PM.  Viewing the documentary /Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think /followed by a Lecture by Dr. Musa Shteiwi discussing "Conducting Opinion Polls in Jordan: What Jordanians Have to Say." Followed by a farewell reception for Dr. Shteiwi. 
Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think/, a new documentary film from Unity Productions Foundation, explores the expertly gathered opinions of Muslims around the globe as revealed in the world’s first major opinion poll, conducted by Gallup, the preeminent polling organization.  For further information about these events and Dr. Shteiwi's visit, contact: awad.halabi@wright.edu Location:  TBA.  Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. 

Monday, February 8, 2010, 12:00 Noon – 1:15 PM. Thirst for Power:  The Global Nexus of Energy and Water.  Dr. Michael Webber.  Location:  Nationwide/Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center.  For more information on cost and to register, see Columbus Council on World Affairs.  

Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 7:30 PM.  Sierra Club Program “First-Hand Report from the Copenhagen Climate Conference.”  Melanie Braithwaite will speak about her experience as a representative of the Sierra Club at the UN Climate Change conference. Melanie met with delegates from non-governmental organizations and from the Obama administration.  She also attended the UN International Labor Organization’s Conference, “World of Work” and legal seminars at the University of Copenhagen dealing with Kyoto Treaty compliance and enforcement and exploring similar provisions for a new climate agreement.  Location: Northwood High Building, 2231 N. High St. Room 100.    

February 11th - May 1^st, 2010. International Peace Walk Towards a Nuclear Free Future. Y12 to the UN.  Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey & New York USA.  This is an opportunity for all people to come together in a non-violent, spiritually motivated action to end the nuclear industry and reclaim the future.   More information at http://footprintsforpeace.tripod.com/,  local contact woolson.2@osu.edu. 

Thursday, February 11, 2010, 6:00-9:00 PM.  Peace Time Benefit.   Happy Hour.  Live music. Cash bar. Donations at the door.  Proceeds to go to helping arrange bus transportation locally to Washington DC for national antiwar march and demonstrations.   Location:  Rumba Cafe',  2507 Summit St. @ Hudson, Columbus.  For more information or to volunteer, contact lithag@aol.com

Thursday, February 11, 2010, 7:00-9:00 PM. Ravines of the Olentangy.  A panel presentation.  Location:  Northwood High Building, 2231 N. High St. Co-Sponsored by FLOW and Friends of the Ravines.

Saturday/Sunday, February 13/14, 2010. Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Assn. Conference in Granville, OH KEYNOTE SPEAKER IS JOEL SALATIN! Featured in this summer's release, Food, Inc., and in Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, Salatin is one of the best-known farmers of the sustainable food movement. The conference features a trade show, 50 workshops, locally-sourced organic food, a Kids' Conference, child care, Sat. night film screening, and more! Cost is $130/$80 student/$17 child 6-12, discounts and day rates available.  Pre-Conference Event Fri., Feb. 12, 10 am–4 pm features training by Salatin, cost is $100. For info and to register visit www.oeffa.org or phone 614-421-2022.

Saturday, February 13, 2010, 10:00 AM. Wild Ones Program.   An Introduction to Soil and its Effects on Native Plants.  Dr. David Barker, Associate Professor in the Dept. of Horticulture and Crop Science at OSU will speak. He will also answer questions on soil issues for native plants.  Several types of soil samples will be provided but feel free to bring a sample of your own soil.  Location:  Innis House at Inniswood Metro Park, 940 S. Hempstead Rd. in Westerville. 

March 6, 2010, 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM.  Ohio Environmental Council Vernal Pool Workshop in Reynoldsburg.  Experience the lush world of vernal pools through a hands-on workshop!

This workshop series, hosted by the OEC and Ohio Vernal Pool Partnership will educate citizens, landowners, officials, and other environmentalists about the great benefit of collecting data from vernal pools. Other goals include developing vernal pool monitoring teams to document and collect data throughout Ohio.
Participants in the workshop will: learn the threats to protecting these important seasonal wetlands,  how and why to collect vernal pool data, enjoy a field trip to a vernal pool, accompanied by several experts, and learn how to spot salamanders and identify different frog calls. 

View the workshop agendas

Location:  Beech-Maple Lodge, Blacklick Woods Franklin County MetroPark    Directions  6975 E. Livingston Avenue, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
Limited to 60 participants. RSVP by March 1.

Cost:  $10 per workshop for OEC members; $15 for non-members, includes one-year OEC membership

Cost includes lunch and informational materials.

Registration

Three easy ways to register!

Online - Click here for our secure online process

Fax - Download this form and fax with credit card info to (614) 487-7510

Mail - Download this form and mail with check payable to:
Ohio Environmental Council
c/o Vernal Pool Workshops
1207 Grandview Avenue, Suite 201
Columbus, OH, 43212

For more information, Contact the OEC at (614) 487-7506 or EventRegistration@theOEC.org.

Funding generously provided by:  Clifford and Mary Ozias Conservation and Forestry, Benua Foundation of Field of Interest, and the Harry E. and Corinne Babbert Funds of The Columbus Foundation

March 16-20, 2010.  Civil Rights Historic Heritage Tour.  MLK Civil Rights Heritage Tour 2010.  The Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission in collaboration with The City of Columbus Community Relations Commission, the Asheville, Durham and Raleigh MLK Committees, N.C., Martin Luther King Resource Center and Creative Interchange Consulting of Charlotte, Ohio Civil Rights Commission and King Arts Complex are pleased to sponsor a bus trip to retrace the steps of Dr. King and other civil rights heroes. The tour will be traveling to Cincinnati, Ohio; Atlanta, Georgia; Selma, Tuskegee, Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama; and to Memphis, Tennessee to retrace the steps of Dr. King and other civil rights heroes. The whole purpose of the tour reinforces that more of us should better understand, appreciate and acknowledge how all of this relates to the present and future.

Interested individuals and groups are asked to contact: Bobbi Bell, Executive Secretary, Ohio Equal Opportunity Division, 30 East Broad Street, 18th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215, (614) 466-8380.
Columbus Community Relations Commission, Napoleon Bell, 1111 East Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43205, (614) 645-1993.   Citizens from any state or location may take the tour. Those who confirm first

will be guaranteed seats.  Only 50 seats available.

http://community.ci.columbus.oh.us/MLK-2010-tour.pdf

Friday, March 19^th, 2010.  National Day of Action and Outreach in D.C. and Saturday, March 20^th, 2009, National March on Washington D.C.  People from all over the country are organizing to converge on Washington, D.C., to demand the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and Iraq.  On Saturday, March 20, 2010, there will be a massive National March & Rally in D.C. A day of action and outreach in Washington, D.C., will take place on Friday, March 19, preceding the Saturday march.  The initiators of the March 20 National March on Washington (preceded by the March 19 Day of Action and Outreach in D.C.) include: the ANSWER Coalition; Muslim American Society Freedom; National Council of Arab Americans; Cynthia McKinney; Malik Rahim, co-founder of Common Ground Collective; Ramsey Clark; Cindy Sheehan; Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK; Deborah Sweet, Director, World Can’t Wait; Mike Ferner, President, Veterans for Peace; Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition; Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild; Ron Kovic, author of “Born on the 4th of July”; Juan Jose Gutierrez, Director, Latino Movement USA; Col. Ann Wright (ret.); March Forward!; Partnership for Civil Justice; Palestinian American Women Association; Alliance for a Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines; Alliance for Global Justice; Claudia de la Cruz, Pastor, Iglesia San Romero de Las Americas-UCC; Phil Portluck, Social Justice Ministry, Covenant Baptist Church, D.C.; Michael Berg; Blase & Theresa Bonpane, Office of the Americas; Coalition for Peace and Democracy in Honduras; Comite Pro-Democracia en Mexico; Frente Unido de los Pueblos Americanos; Comites de Base FMLN, Los Angeles; Free Palestine Alliance; GABRIELA Network; Justice for Filipino American Veterans; KmB Pro-People Youth; Students Fight Back; Jim Lafferty, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild - LA Chapter; LEF Foundation; National Coalition to Free the Angola 3; Community Futures Collective; Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival; Companeros del Barrio; Barrio Unido for Full and Unconditional Amnesty.
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Monday, March 22nd, 2009, 7:00 PM.  SPAN Meeting.  Single Payer Action Network Chapter meeting.  Open to all.  Location:   Northwood Building, 2231 North High St. (at the corner of Northwood and High) in room 100 on the first floor.   There is visitor parking behind the building and you can take an elevator to first floor.  Room 100 is in the front of the building across from the clinic entrance.  For more information, please contact chammon@columbus.rr.com. 

Saturday, April 17^th, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.  SPAN Ohio 7^th Annual State Conference.  Location:  The Ramada Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, 4900 Sinclair Road, Columbus, Ohio 43229.  Contact:  vseawell@cmrjb.org for more information.