Meeting

Friday, June 10, 8am-4pm, Hyatt Regency [Regency Ballroom], Pittsburgh International Airport, 1111 Airport Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A conference for healthcare providers and community members that will discuss unconventional gas development and related health effects. Join us to understand the interdisciplinary and multi-agency/sector roles in environmental health and how they are critical in protecting public health.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the conference, participants should be able to:

Thursday, May 12, 6-9pm, Scioto Reserve Country Club, 7383 Scioto Pkwy., Powell, OH 43065

Brian Clement, PhD, LN., will share his extensive clinical research as Director of Hippocrates Health Institute on how lifestyle choices, living foods and mindset can provide extraordinary health. Brian will focus on “Plant Based, Vibrant Living and Harnessing Life Force.”

Doors and vendors’ booths will open at 6pm; the keynote address will be at 7pm.

Contact: Holistic Health Careers, 614-299-9438

Wednesday, June 1, 7-8:30pm, Bexley Public Library, 2411 E. Main St.

Jewish Voice for Peace members are inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, equality, human rights, respect for international law, and a U.S. foreign policy based on these ideals.

Contact: centralohio@jvp.org

Saturday, May 21, 2-4:30pm, Shepard Branch Library, 790 N. Nelson Rd.

We advocate for alternative economic models that pose serious challenges to the capitalist system. Please join us as we explore how Fab Labs, commons-based transitions and empowered participatory governance can empower marginalized communities in central Ohio. This meeting is free and open to the public.

Contact: Michael Vinson, 614-843-8721

Thursday, May 19, 7-8:30pm, Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resources Center, 14 W. Lakeview Ave.

The Columbus Club represents the Communist Party USA (established 1919) in Central Ohio.

Contact: 614-325-1926

Thursday, May 19, 7pm, Maynard Ave. United Methodist Church, 2350 Indianola Ave.

Where are we headed in Palestine/Israel?

How can we support the struggle for justice?

This presentation by Dr. Jeff Halper will address these questions.

Jeff Halper is an American-Israeli anthropologist, a peace and human rights activist, co-founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, author and lecturer.

Tuesday, May 17, 9am-5pm, Ohio Statehouse Atrium

A one-day conference for legislators, regulators, healthcare providers and community members to learn about environmental and health impacts from unconventional shale drilling and what can be done to protect communities and Ohio’s economic and environmental future.

Sunday, May 15, 4-7pm, Broad Street United Methodist Church, 501 E. Broad St.

The Central Ohio Chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) invites you to this presentation and conversation with Rabbi Brant Rosen, a member of the JVP National Rabbinical Council and author of the book, Wrestling in the Daylight: A Rabbi’s Path to Palestinian Solidarity.

Saturday, May 14, 2-4pm, Wexner Center for the Arts [Film/Video Theater], 1871 N. High St.

What does it take to save a life in crisis halfway across the world?

“MSF On the Road: A Voice from the Field,” a special traveling speaker series, explores the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mission and discusses the challenges of bringing life-saving medical care to the most dangerous and remote areas of the globe.

Saturday, May 14, 11:30-2pm, 1550 Old Henderson Rd., Rm. 131

This month’s program: “Fixing an election system that polarizes our society”

Drew Spencer explains how Congress has become uncompetitive, polarized, and unfairly skewed because of the exclusive use of “winner-take-all” forms of voting; he then presents the solution in the form of fair representation voting (American forms of proportional representation), which also lessens the spoiler-effect.