Meeting

This event will consist of two presentations: “The Science of Shale Gas: Fracking Induced Seismic Events (Earthquakes) in Eastern Ohio,” by Ray Beiersdorfer, PhD, Professor of Geology, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Youngstown State University (presenting via Skype); and “Land-Use, Resource Utilization in Ohio’s Utica Shale . . . Now and in the Future,” by Ted Auch, PhD, Great Lakes Program Coordinator for The FracTracker Alliance and Adjunct Faculty at Cleveland State University, (presenting live).

Professor Sami Schalk is an Assistant Professor of English at University at Albany, State University of New York; she specializes in gender studies, disability studies, African American literature, and contemporary literature. Her research focuses on the representation of disability in contemporary African American literature.

Sponsored by the OSU Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, 614-292-1021.

The Ashland Center for Nonviolence’s first conference aims to respond seriously to challenges, questions, and objections to nonviolence. Our keynote speaker, Robert Brimlow of St. John Fisher College and author of What About Hitler?, will consider the challenge about nonviolence in the face of injustice. Although the concept of nonviolence is often considered only in relation to political and international matters, we expect to also host presentations that consider the challenges to nonviolence in the nation, in communities, in families, and in personal relationships.

This month’s program: “Law Enforcement Against Prohibition”

Carlis McDerment, Jr. is deeply concerned about the effects of drugs on individuals and the effects and costs of drug prohibition on society.

An only child who grew up in the Columbus, Ohio area, he became interested in law enforcement through the 1970s cop shows of his youth. Although he added to his career talents before entering law enforcement, he has spent the last nine years as a Deputy Sheriff for the Fairfield County Ohio Sheriff’s Office, thus returning to his earliest interests.

Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.

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A roundtable discussion of legal issues surrounding immigration enforcement and the epidemic of mass incarceration featuring:

• Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow and a faculty member at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

• César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, Capital University and University of Denver

• Silky Shah, Co-Executive Director of Detention Watch Network

We start with an icebreaker topic for conversation and then move to an open discussion. Our agenda is always open but in general we discuss life and living beyond religious belief.

A statewide gathering of local chapters of the national Move to Amend organization that is calling for a U.S. Constitutional amendment to reverse several U.S. Supreme Court decisions during the past century and thereby to firmly establish that corporations are not people and that money is not free speech.

We will gather for coffee and tea beginning at 9am.

Contact: Sandy Bolzenius, sbolzenius72@hotmail.com or Michael Greenman, mgreenmanoh@gmail.com

The Accessible Transportation Advisory Committee (ATAC) advises the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) on matters pertaining to accessible transportation. Members include customers and people in the community who advocate for those with disabilities. ATAC meets monthly and twice a year with COTA leadership.

Contact: columbusatac@gmail.com

Today’s program will be a discussion on the causes of war. We will identify the reasons why nations and peoples resort to violence to solve a conflict. Julie Hart, Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace and Justice Studies at Ohio Dominican University, will provide an introduction with a presentation of the theoretical model she uses in a class on violent conflicts and the causes of war. We will continue the discussion by noting how the U.S. manages internal conflicts that in other nations result in violent conflicts.