Learn how to be an effective nonviolent warrior through a program May 28-29 at the Peaslee Neighborhood Center. Activists often turn to nonviolent agitation when all other channels of social change seem blocked, but many don´t achieve the full value of the action because it´s not connected to a strategy or to a richer understanding of how nonviolent action works. George Lakey, director of Training for Change, seeks to rectify that. The $98 fee includes all meals. Scholarships are available but space is limited, so contact 513-579-8547 or info@ijpc-cincinnati.org as soon as possible to register. Find out more at www.trainingforchange.org . The program is presented by Training For Change and sponsored by Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center.
High Performance Schools
Enhance Safety, Preserve Rights
¨Ashcroft´ policing, through which the public sacrifices constitutional rights for safety, simply doesn´t work. So says David Harris, author of Good Cops: The Case for Preventative Policing.
He speaks at 7 p.m. May 18 at St. John´s Unitarian Universalist Church, 320 Resor Ave. The event is free and open to the public; area police chiefs were specifically invited. RSVP to contact@acluohio.org or 216-472-2200. Sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio ( Nonviolent Warrior Training
Learn how to be an effective nonviolent warrior through a program May 28-29 at the Peaslee Neighborhood Center. Activists often turn to nonviolent agitation when all other channels of social change seem blocked, but many don´t achieve the full value of the action because it´s not connected to a strategy or to a richer understanding of how nonviolent action works. George Lakey, director of Training for Change, seeks to rectify that. The $98 fee includes all meals. Scholarships are available but space is limited, so contact 513-579-8547 or info@ijpc-cincinnati.org as soon as possible to register. Find out more at www.trainingforchange.org . The program is presented by Training For Change and sponsored by Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center.
High Performance Schools
Enhance Safety, Preserve Rights
¨Ashcroft´ policing, through which the public sacrifices constitutional rights for safety, simply doesn´t work. So says David Harris, author of Good Cops: The Case for Preventative Policing. He speaks at 7 p.m. May 18 at St. John´s Unitarian Universalist Church, 320 Resor Ave. The event is free and open to the public; area police chiefs were specifically invited. RSVP to contact@acluohio.org or 216-472-2200. Sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio ( www.acluohio.org ).
Political Education, Mastication
The Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council has lined up U.S. Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del) to speak at this year´s COPE (Committee on Political Education) Dinner. The dinner, which starts at 6 p.m. June 18th at the Westin Hotel, costs $125 per person or $1,250 for a table. For more information, call 421-1846.
Beer and Justice
