Event Calendar
Events for Saturday, April 5, 2014
The Gail Bash Memorial Symposium: Understanding BRCA 1 & 2
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
A symposium for individuals with BRCA 1 & 2 gene mutations & those who support them. Topics include a panel of physicians, nutrition and exercise guidelines, decision making, support for spouses,
how to talk to children about genetic cancer, self-care and sexuality and intimacy. Advance registration required; call Susan Marinac at 216-595-9546. Continental breakfast & lunch provided. Visit www.touchedbycancer.org to learn more.
The Gathering Place is a caring community that supports, educates and empowers individuals and families touched by cancer through programs and services provided free of charge.
Location:
Corporate College East
4400 Richmond Road
Warrensville Heights, OH
Click here for more information
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
A symposium for individuals with BRCA 1 & 2 gene mutations & those who support them. Topics include a panel of physicians, nutrition and exercise guidelines, decision making, support for spouses,
how to talk to children about genetic cancer, self-care and sexuality and intimacy. Advance registration required; call Susan Marinac at 216-595-9546. Continental breakfast & lunch provided. Visit www.touchedbycancer.org to learn more.
The Gathering Place is a caring community that supports, educates and empowers individuals and families touched by cancer through programs and services provided free of charge.
Location:
Corporate College East
4400 Richmond Road
Warrensville Heights, OH
Click here for more information
"Drone Teach-In": Free, technology-education event.
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
REFERENCE, OVERVIEW: See BASIC NEWS-RELEASE, below--after the "EXAMPLES" section.
Many Lakewood residents participate in West Shore church, the site of the 4/5 event. All of the information is being submitted by "Intercultural, Interfaith Initiative" (Lakewood) on behalf of Jean Kosmac (Lakewood). Please see "CONTACTS" list, at the end of the entire submission. --Intercultural, Interfaith Initiative, at (216) 246-6630 or (216) 256-1118. [24/7 messaging.]
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EXAMPLES OF 4/5/2014 PRESENTERS AND WORKSHOPS:
1. Veterans for Peace: "Drones for Dummies": Questions-and-answers, photos, and PowerPoint, regarding aerial vehicles.
2. American Friends Service Committee: United States Constitution and peace.
3. Cleveland Peace Action: Drones, federal budget, Homeland Security.
4. American Civil Liberties Union: Drones for "Search and Rescue," border-patrol, other Civic/National purposes.
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BASIC NEWS-RELEASE:
"Imagine Peace" task force, of Rocky River, will host a free, one-day, multimedia, public-education forum regarding drone-technology, as developed for national-and-international business, government, and the military. The event, entitled "Drone Teach-In," will be held on Saturday; April 5, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church ("West Shore" church), 20401 Hilliard Boulevard, a few blocks West of the I-90 Hilliard exit, in Rocky River. The forum-schedule includes a panel discussion, various morning-and-afternoon workshops, a nationally-known guest-authoress, table-displays regarding Social Action and Free Trade, and several national-tour "memorial quilts." A free, "light" lunch will be provided before the keynote-speaker's presentation. A celebrity-speaker reception ($20 per ticket) will be held after the education-event.
The public is invited to attend part or all of the event. Reservations and sponsorship-inquiries are to be e-mailed to kosmac.jean@gmail.com. Substantial parking and a major entrance are at the East Side of the Church, and all entrances are accessible to personal-care equipment. Further information is available online, at Facebook for "West Shore Imagine Peace" and for "CODEPINK."
The "Drone Quilts Project" includes several national-tour quilts of collective art, as memorials, regarding casualties of combat-drones. The quilts-display includes the following sites: Plymouth Church, 2860 Coventry Road, Shaker Heights, 3/17 through 3/28, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. West Shore church, 20401 Hilliard Boulevard, Rocky River, 3/30 through 4/6, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Lakewood Public Library, 15425 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, from 4/8 through 4/30. Monday through Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; and Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The displays are free and open to the public.
On Saturday, 3/8/2014, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., the "Imagine Peace" and "Social Action" task forces of West Shore church sponsored the documentary-film "Unmanned: America's Drone Wars"--followed by a discussion and refreshments. The event was free and open to the public.
The 3/8 event was part of the "West Shore Film Series," which addresses a wide variety of Community Service and Education issues. Film-events are held each month--on "second-Saturdays," year-round, at West Shore church. "Imagine Peace" and "Social Action" task forces meet each month, year-round, at West Shore church. Further information is available at (440) 333-2255.
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CONTACTS:
1. Event-contact: Jean Kosmac, at (216) 905-7771 and kosmac.jean@gmail.com, of "Imagine Peace" task force, of Rocky River.
2. 4/5/2014 keynote-speaker: Ms. Medea Benjamin ["meh-DEE-uh" Benjamin], Co-Founder of "CODEPINK." Authoress of new book, Drone Warfare. Legal-and-moral issues regarding military-use of drones.
3. Speaker-contact: Alli McCracken, CODEPINK Coordinator, at (860) 575-5692.
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Location:
West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Boulevard, Rocky River.
Click here for more information
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
REFERENCE, OVERVIEW: See BASIC NEWS-RELEASE, below--after the "EXAMPLES" section.
Many Lakewood residents participate in West Shore church, the site of the 4/5 event. All of the information is being submitted by "Intercultural, Interfaith Initiative" (Lakewood) on behalf of Jean Kosmac (Lakewood). Please see "CONTACTS" list, at the end of the entire submission. --Intercultural, Interfaith Initiative, at (216) 246-6630 or (216) 256-1118. [24/7 messaging.]
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EXAMPLES OF 4/5/2014 PRESENTERS AND WORKSHOPS:
1. Veterans for Peace: "Drones for Dummies": Questions-and-answers, photos, and PowerPoint, regarding aerial vehicles.
2. American Friends Service Committee: United States Constitution and peace.
3. Cleveland Peace Action: Drones, federal budget, Homeland Security.
4. American Civil Liberties Union: Drones for "Search and Rescue," border-patrol, other Civic/National purposes.
* * *
BASIC NEWS-RELEASE:
"Imagine Peace" task force, of Rocky River, will host a free, one-day, multimedia, public-education forum regarding drone-technology, as developed for national-and-international business, government, and the military. The event, entitled "Drone Teach-In," will be held on Saturday; April 5, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church ("West Shore" church), 20401 Hilliard Boulevard, a few blocks West of the I-90 Hilliard exit, in Rocky River. The forum-schedule includes a panel discussion, various morning-and-afternoon workshops, a nationally-known guest-authoress, table-displays regarding Social Action and Free Trade, and several national-tour "memorial quilts." A free, "light" lunch will be provided before the keynote-speaker's presentation. A celebrity-speaker reception ($20 per ticket) will be held after the education-event.
The public is invited to attend part or all of the event. Reservations and sponsorship-inquiries are to be e-mailed to kosmac.jean@gmail.com. Substantial parking and a major entrance are at the East Side of the Church, and all entrances are accessible to personal-care equipment. Further information is available online, at Facebook for "West Shore Imagine Peace" and for "CODEPINK."
The "Drone Quilts Project" includes several national-tour quilts of collective art, as memorials, regarding casualties of combat-drones. The quilts-display includes the following sites: Plymouth Church, 2860 Coventry Road, Shaker Heights, 3/17 through 3/28, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. West Shore church, 20401 Hilliard Boulevard, Rocky River, 3/30 through 4/6, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Lakewood Public Library, 15425 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, from 4/8 through 4/30. Monday through Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; and Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The displays are free and open to the public.
On Saturday, 3/8/2014, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., the "Imagine Peace" and "Social Action" task forces of West Shore church sponsored the documentary-film "Unmanned: America's Drone Wars"--followed by a discussion and refreshments. The event was free and open to the public.
The 3/8 event was part of the "West Shore Film Series," which addresses a wide variety of Community Service and Education issues. Film-events are held each month--on "second-Saturdays," year-round, at West Shore church. "Imagine Peace" and "Social Action" task forces meet each month, year-round, at West Shore church. Further information is available at (440) 333-2255.
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CONTACTS:
1. Event-contact: Jean Kosmac, at (216) 905-7771 and kosmac.jean@gmail.com, of "Imagine Peace" task force, of Rocky River.
2. 4/5/2014 keynote-speaker: Ms. Medea Benjamin ["meh-DEE-uh" Benjamin], Co-Founder of "CODEPINK." Authoress of new book, Drone Warfare. Legal-and-moral issues regarding military-use of drones.
3. Speaker-contact: Alli McCracken, CODEPINK Coordinator, at (860) 575-5692.
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Location:
West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Boulevard, Rocky River.
Click here for more information
Keep Playing Cleveland Sports Equipment Drive
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Keep Playing Cleveland will be have a sports equipment drive at the Don Umerley Civic Center in Rocky River, Oh. Keep Playing Cleveland is collecting new and gently used sports and physical fitness equipment to be distributed to organizations in Greater Cleveland that serve at risk youth.
Location:
Don Umerley Civic Center – 21016 Hilliard Blvd Rocky River, Oh
Click here for more information
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Keep Playing Cleveland will be have a sports equipment drive at the Don Umerley Civic Center in Rocky River, Oh. Keep Playing Cleveland is collecting new and gently used sports and physical fitness equipment to be distributed to organizations in Greater Cleveland that serve at risk youth.
Location:
Don Umerley Civic Center – 21016 Hilliard Blvd Rocky River, Oh
Click here for more information
Drone Teach-In
12:00 PM
The Teach-In will offer information about drones from several presenters, including Medea Benjamin, author of Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control (informational document can be e-mailed).
Location:
West Shore Unitarian Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River OH 44116; times to be announced.
12:00 PM
The Teach-In will offer information about drones from several presenters, including Medea Benjamin, author of Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control (informational document can be e-mailed).
Location:
West Shore Unitarian Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River OH 44116; times to be announced.