MANDEL SCHOOL
NEWS AND EVENTS

New Poverty Center report examines circumstances most likely to lead a property to foreclosure

Foreclosure rates in Northeast Ohio have grown exponentially in recent years and present unprecedented challenges for communities, governments and households. Subprime lending has also increased markedly as a proportion of all mortgage loans originated in the region during this period and is widely believed to have played an important role in the current foreclosure crisis.

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Town Hall Meeting on Ohio's Death Penalty System
Date: Tuesday, May 20
Time: 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 2121 Euclid Ave., Cleveland

Capital punishment in the United States is fraught with problems: botched executions, arbitrary and unfair administration, cruel and unusual punishment, ineffective mode of punishment.
Join in the conversation of the current state of the death penalty in Ohio. Topics of discussion will include:
Review of ABA Examination of Ohio's Death Penalty System
Applications for the Death Penalty in Ohio
Case Law Update
Trends in Capital Cases
For more information, and to make a reservation click here.
This event is free of charge. Two CLE credit hours are available.
Sponsored by Criminal Law Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and The University of Akron School of Law.

Date: 05.14.08, Wednesday
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Hyatt on Capitol Square, 75 E. State St., Columbus

Join hundreds of activists from across the state to talk with your elected officials about equal rights for ALL Ohioans regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.

We'll ask legislators to support the Equal Housing and Employment Act (EHEA), a piece of bipartisan legislation that was introduced in March 2008. The EHEA will prohibit discrimination against LGBT Ohioans in employment, housing and public accommodations.
Because appointments will be scheduled with your legislator, you must register to attend. Registration with lunch is $10.
Registration closes May 1, 2008, so click here or call (614) 224-0400 to reserve a spot now.

Stand up! Get active! Make some noise! Our website has all the tools you need to restore lost liberty.
Check it out at www.acluohio.org.

University Convocation, Veale Center, 9:30 a.m.
Speaker: Craid Newmark, founder of craigslist

Diploma Ceremony, Temple-Tifereth Israel, 1855 Ansel Road, Noon

Graduation Reception at MSASS immediately following the diploma ceremony

The ACLU of Ohio is hosting a discussion on the important role youth play in protecting civil liberties.

Date: Thursday, May 8
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Max Wohl Civil Liberties Center, 4506 Chester Ave., Cleveland

Join iconic symbol of youth activism Mary Beth Tinker and current youth activist Jonathan Lykes for a discussion of the importance of young people being involved.
Tinker fought for her rights to freedom of speech and expression in the precedent setting case Tinker v. Des Moines in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that students retained these rights while in school.
Lykes is a student at Shaw High School who helped found Youth Voices for Justice, a statewide action group that promotes student political activism. He is also the winner of the 2008 National ACLU Youth Activist Award.

This event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available.
To RSVP click on the button above or call (216) 472-2220.
For more information regarding this event and others, visit our website at www.acluohio.org.

Date:Sunday, May 4th
Time:7:30pm
Location:Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center

Feature: Married Life, dir. Ira Sachs, (2008).

Tagline: Do you know what really goes on in the mind of the person with whom you sleep?

Plot Outline: A 1940s-set drama where an adulterous man plots his wife's death instead of putting her through the humiliation of a divorce.

Join us for a lively film discussion of the film "Married Life." The film is currently now playing at the Cedar Lee in Cleveland. Please feel free to bring friends and colleagues: we welcome many approaches and viewpoints.

If you need more information please contact Debbie Morse at
dmorsecpc@sbcglobal.net or go to http://www.psychoanalysiscleveland.org/friends.htm

Discussants are Ingrid Geerken, PhD, Professor of English at Oberlin College and Psychotherapist and Jeffrey Pence, PhD, Professor & Director of Cinema Studies at Oberlin College

Opportunity for prospective students to chat with MSASS faculty and attend two presentations: Journey to MSASS and Financial Aid.

Date: Tuesday, 4.29.08
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Trinity Cathedral Commons
2330 Euclid Ave., Cleveland
Entrance to the program and free parking is accessible through the Prospect Street entrance of Trinity Commons.

Have you ever wondered what political issues matter most to the hip-hop generation?

Young people, do you want to learn how you can mobilize the hip-hop vote?

Join hip-hop scholars, voting experts, youth and city leaders for a conversation about hip-hop and politics.
Program panelists include:
Bakari Kitwana, the executive director of Rap Sessions and moderator of the discussion, is the author of The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture

Rosa Clemente is the Executive Director of REACH Hip-Hop and an organizer with the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement

Billy Wimsitt is the co-founder of the League of Pissed off Voters and author of Bomb the Suburbs and No More Prisons. Best known in hip-hop circles as Chicago graffitti writer, Upski he is also the co-editor of How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office.

M-1 also goes by the name Mutulu Olugbala. The last name he shares with his rhyme comrade comes from the Yoruba culture and means "for the love of people." M-1's political consciousness was sparked when he read Alex Haley's The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

Maya Rockeymoore is CEO of Global Policy Solutions and adjunct professor in the Women in Politics Institute at American University. She is the author of The Political Action Handbook: A How to Guide for the Hip-Hop Generation.

Carrie Davis, is the lobbyist and staff attorney for the ACLU of Ohio. Prior to her work with the ACLU she worked for the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education.
This event is free and open to the public.
Reservations are suggested and may be made by calling (216) 472-2200 or by clicking on the link above.
Stand up! Get active! Make some noise! Our website has all the tools you need to restore lost liberty.
Check it out at www.acluohio.org.

Dr. Yanof will give a free workshop on "Infertility - Alternative Ways to Parenting, Struggles and Delights"
Date: Saturday, April 26
Location: Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center's library, 2460 Fairmount Blvd., Suite 312
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Learning objectives:
(1) to have an exchange of ideas among professionals on the topic about the complexities of conception and the various ways to achieve it today.
(2) To explore the psychological complexities of using alternative ways of conception to achieve parenting.
(3) to explore the variety of meaning to children that being conceived
through alternative methods has & how children master the challenges.

CEU's are offered at the minimal cost stated above. Please RSVP to me for seating at the workshop by Thursday, April 24, 2008.

Judith Yanof, M.D., training and supervising analyst and child supervisor at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, will present her paper entitled, "The Shifting Sands of Gender: Thoughts about Gender in Psychoanalysis" is not for distribution.
Date: Friday, April 25
Time: 8:15 pm
Location: RB&C Amphitheater

Learning objectives:
(1) to gain a psychoanalytic understanding of gender.
(2) to learn multiple ideas about gender development in psychoanalysis.
(3) to learn how one works with gender psychoanalytically.

This meeting is free and open to the public. Cost for continuing education credits is $30.00 (2 credits) for persons who are neither Active, Affiliate nor Candidate members of the Center and $20.00 for Center members.

On Friday before the presentation there will be a dinner, in a private room, at Nighttown Restaurant at 12387 Cedar Road beginning at 6 p.m. with dinner served at 6:30 p.m. Please pre-register with Debbie Morse at 216-229-5959 with your dinner selection, any dietary restrictions, and if you're requesting CEU credits by Wednesday, April 23, 2008.

Dinner selections:
Chicken Marsala - boneless chicken breast sautéed with mushrooms in a
Marsala wine sauce, served with rice pilaf & fresh vegetable.

Veal Meatloaf - prepared with Grade A veal, served with Madeira mushroom
sauce, mashed potato & fresh vegetables.

Dublin Lawyer - lobster meat sautéed in mild cayenne butter with mushrooms,
scallions, Irish whiskey and cream, served with rice pilaf.

Dinner salad, dessert, and specified beverages are also included for a cost of $35.00 per person.

The Clothesline Project honors women survivors as well as victims of
intimate violence. Any woman who has experienced such violence, at any
time in her life, is encouraged to come forward and design a shirt.
Victim's families and friends are also invited to participate. It acts
as an educational tool for those who come to view the Clothesline; it
becomes a healing tool for anyone who makes a shirt - by hanging the
shirt on the line, survivors, friends and family can literally turn
their back on some of that pain of their experience and walk away;
finally it allows those who are still suffering in silence to
understand that they are not alone.

Take Back the Night: Rally & March
Date: April 24th
Time:9:00 p.m.
Location: Thwing Center Atrium

Contact Katie Hanna for more information.
www.case.edu/provost/centerforwomen
www.case.edu/provost/sexualconduct

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Times:Rally at 5:30 PM, Keller Commons
March at 8:00 PM, Keller Commons
Speak out at 9:30PM, Lombardo Student Center Atrium
National Day of Silence at 11:00 PM, Lombardo Student Center
Location: John Carroll University

Questions??? Please email Ryan Knotts, Coordinator for Developmental
Programming or call 216.397.1973

Join Equality Ohio, Plexus and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron's Social Action Committee for:
"A Level Playing Field"
A Town Hall Meeting on Discrimination in the Workplace
Date: Wednesday, April 23rd
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron
3300 Morewood Rd
Akron, OH 44333
Cost: This event is free

Join Equality Ohio, Plexus and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron's Social Actioin Committee for a conversation about the real impact of discrimination against the LGBT Community in housing, public accommodations and employment. A panel of experts on local and state discrimination laws, as well as individuals who have suffered discrimination, will examine the impact on the LGBT Community and the economy of Ohio. Moderated by Prof. Susan Becker, Charles R. Emrick Jr.-Calfee Halter & Griswold Professor of Law, Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
Participants (subject to change):
• Drew Small, Ernst & Young & Plexus
• Chris Royer, Esq.
• Karen Vekasy
• Kim Welter, Equality Ohio .

Examining HIV Testing Policy and Implementation
Date: Wednesday, April 23rd
Time: 9am to 4:30pm
Location: 3210 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland

There are openings available for the workshop – Testing, Testing:
Examining HIV Testing Policy and Implementation - on Wednesday, April
23rd, 2008, from 9am to 4:30pm at 3210 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland.
This 1-Day workshop provided by the HIV/AIDS Prevention Capacity
Building Initiative (CBI) of the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland is designed to update clinic managers, health educators, social workers,and others who are interested in HIV testing implementation, including topics such as local HIV testing resources, partner notification, HIV testing policy in Ohio, and HIV testing integration into family planning.
Six CEU and/or RCH credits will be available for counselors, social
workers, marriage and family therapists, and chemical dependency
professionals.
The fee for the 1-Day Workshop is $35; we are generously supported by a grant from the HIV/AIDS Unit of the Cleveland Department of Public
Health. To reserve your spot, please mail or fax the attached registration form, or send an email with the following information:

* Full Name/Title
* Agency Name
* Mailing Address
* Daytime Phone

Write us an email or call (216) 621-0766 x254. Upon receipt of payment
you will receive a confirmation letter.

The Clothesline Project honors women survivors as well as victims of
intimate violence. Any woman who has experienced such violence, at any
time in her life, is encouraged to come forward and design a shirt.
Victim's families and friends are also invited to participate. It acts
as an educational tool for those who come to view the Clothesline; it
becomes a healing tool for anyone who makes a shirt - by hanging the
shirt on the line, survivors, friends and family can literally turn
their back on some of that pain of their experience and walk away;
finally it allows those who are still suffering in silence to
understand that they are not alone.

Supporting Survivors, presented by the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
Date: April 22nd
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Flora Stone Mather Center for Women, 309 Thwing Center

Contact Katie Hanna for more information.
www.case.edu/provost/centerforwomen
www.case.edu/provost/sexualconduct

Date: 4.22.08, Tuesday
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Parma South Branch, Cuyahoga County Public Library
7335 Ridge Rd., Parma

The ACLU of Ohio has launched a series of programs throughout Cuyahoga County focusing on threats to civil liberties since 9/11. The next talk will feature local national security expert Frank Kunstel.

In times of unprecedented surveillance, unconscionable torture and unchecked government secrecy, Kunstel will answer the question, “Can Americans really be safe AND free?”

The event is free and open to the public. Reservations suggested.
To RSVP, click the link above or call (216) 472-2220.

MetroHealth is pleased to announced its sponsorship of Cleveland Public Theatre's production of in the Continuum. The powerful In the Continuum -- a timely and often underexposed topic. Living worlds apart in South Central, LA and Zimbabwe, two young women experience a bizarre weekend of darkly comic, life altering revelations. With two actors playing dozens of roles, In the Continuum promises to engage audiences in its story of parallel denials and self-discoveries.

The performance will be followed by a question & answer session led by
Dr. Kalayjian, MetroHealth’s Director of Infectious Disease, and Earl
Pike, Executive Director of the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland.

In the Continuum
Date: April 22
Time: 4:00 PM
Place: MetroHealth Medical Center - 2500 MetroHealth Drive
Cost: FREE
RSVP: REQUIRED

The election and issues surrounding it. Political Literacy Discussion led by Dr. Marvin Rosenberg. 12:45-1:30pm in MSASS Room 112.

A Theater Event
Opens Saturday, April 12, 2008, through May 3.
Cleveland Public Theater, 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, 44102
Performance
The powerful In the Continuum explores the devastating problem of AIDS
among African and African-American women -- a timely and often
underexposed topic. Living worlds apart in South Central, LA and
Zimbabwe, two young women experience a bizarre weekend of darkly comic, life altering revelations. With two actors playing dozens of roles, In The Continuum promises to engage audiences in its story of parallel denials and self-discoveries.

In the Continuum is presented in part by The Richard J. Fasenmyer
Foundation in honor of the 25th Anniversary of the AIDS Taskforce of
Greater Cleveland. For more information, visit the CPT website.

Special Exhibit
CPT is proud to present the companion exhibition: "Giving Women Power
Over AIDS" in the CPT Bookstore.
The exhibit will be open 90 minutes before curtain and 60 minutes after each performance of In the Continuum, as well as select afternoons. Stay tuned for more detailed exhibit hours.
Created by The Global Campaign for Microbicides, an international
coalition working to accelerate access to new HIV prevention options.
Microbicides refers to a range of products that share one common
characteristic: the ability to prevent sexual transmission of HIV and
other sexually transmitted infections when applied topically. The
exhibit features an adaptation of "In Her Mother's Shoes" a photo essay that tells the story of Martha, one of 11 million AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa and also provides an overview of microbicide research and development and the global need for new prevention technologies.

Check out http://www.cptonline.org/ for details and tickets!

The first Take Back the Night march was held in Belgium in 1976 and has since spread across the world. The march demands that women have “the right to move freely in their communities at day and night without harassment and sexual assault.” The purpose of the march is to speak out against violence against women and raise community awareness as a preventative measure against future violence.

Kelly Addington & Rebecca Tieder present: “Let’s Talk About ‘IT!’”
Monday, April 21, 2008 at 7:00 PM
John Carroll University, Kulas Auditorium, Administration Building

Co-sponsored by Greek Life, the Program in Applied Ethics,
Developmental Programming, and the Take Back the Night Week Planning
Committee

The purpose of Service Days is to give students the opportunity to contribute to the local community at least one day a semester. Saturdays of Service include various service opportunities throughout the city.
Past events included tutoring young students, visiting senior centers, cleaning out a thrift store, and other projects. Transportation is provided to sites that are not in walking distance.
For more information check out:
http://studentaffairs.case.edu/civicengagement/service/servicedays.html

Case Western Reserve University Commencement will be May 18th.

"Computer Jeopardy: Internet Crimes Against Children"
Today's children and families face many dangers related to exploitation and assault made possible by the internet. Learn more about how the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center & SART respond to these crimes; best practices regarding internet safety; the explosive effect the internet has had on child pornography; how those responsible are held accountable; and innovative community programs to protect our children.
Attend for the whole day (9-3) or just for the special luncheon awards program (11:30-1) where dedication and commitment to serving survivors of sexual violence in our community is recognized by presenting awards to:
Richard A. Bell, Community Justice Chief, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office
Fred M. DeGrandis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals
Sex Crimes Unit, Division of Police, City of Cleveland
Presenters represent Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Ohio Attorney General's Office.

WHEN:
Friday, April 18, 2008
9:00 am registration
9:30 am-3:00 pm program
WHERE:
The Forum Conference Center
1375 East 9th Street
Cleveland, OH 44113
COST/CEUs:
$15 - lunch program & materials only
$40 - includes lunch, materials & CEUs
To register email Dan Clark, danc@clevelandrcc.org or call 216-619-6194 ext. 104.

Eldred Theater presents Molieres' classic French comedy, Tartuffe, at 8 p.m., April 11-12 and April 17-19, with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m., April 13 and 20. This outrageous comedy attacks religious hypocrisy. Translated into English. General admission is $10, with discounted prices of $7 for adults over 60 and Case Western Reserve personnel, and $5 for students.

New Directions in Thinking about Gender, Science and Modernity
Presented by Dr. Sandra Harding
4:30-6:30
Mandel Center, Room 115

The familiar response to this question is that women already are modern in developed, industrialized societies; it is to be hoped that the rest of the world’s women, and their brothers, join them as rapidly as possible. Yet critics point out that modernity, its sciences and their philosophies, have invariably been defined against whatever counts as feminine and “primitive.” Are they right? If so, what is to be done?

Dr. Sandra Harding is the author or editor of fifteen books and special journal issues, including Sciences from Below: Gender, Imperialism, and Modernity (2008). Harding’s groundbreaking work in The Science Question in Feminism (1986) and Whose Science? Whose Knowledge? (1991) has made these books classics in the philosophy of science. Harding taught at the University of Delaware prior to joining the faculty at UCLA and is a philosopher of science. She directed the UCLA Center for the Study of Women for almost five years, and co-edited Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society, one of the most prestigious journals in Women’s Studies. Harding has lectured at over 200 universities and conferences around the world.

Co-sponsored by NSF-ACES, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Philosophy Department, and the Program in Women’s and Gender Studies, and College Scholars. Harding is coming to us via a grant from the national association of Phi Beta Kappa, which covers some of the expenses of the visit.

Hard Hatted Women: Come meet and learn from the Policy & Advocate Director of Hard Hatted Women, Kelly Kupcak. She will present information about the organization and their policy initiatives. Hard Hatted Women is dedicated to empowering women to achieve economic independence. HHW works to ensure equity for women through training, education, advocacy, and supportive services. This is a great organization to be familiar with especially if you are working with women in the Cleveland area. 12:45-1:45pm in MSASS Room 323.

On April 16 and 17, 2008, hundreds of scientists and scholars will come together for two days of collaboration, creativity, and innovation. From real-world applications to critical insights to creative and intellectual activities, Research ShowCASE highlights the full range of faculty, postdoctoral, and graduate research at Case.
Don't miss Research ShowCASE and your opportunity to view some of the most exciting and important research being done on our campus, in Ohio, and in the world.
Research ShowCASE is a free public exhibit and is held in Veale Convocation Center on the campus of Case Western Reserve University.
Research ShowCASE is made possible by a grant from the Ohio State Board of Regents, and the generosity of our sponsors.

May graduate post-test MAKE-UP SESSION will be held at 4pm in Room 223. Attendance is taken at this event, and these post-tests MUST BE COMPLETED prior to your graduation. The information from the tests is used in the aggregate to help MSASS complete self-evaluation of our master's program. You also have the opportunity to grade your post-test licensure exam before you leave, and this could yield useful information.
Contact Maureen Heffernan if you are unable to attend to create a plan for completion.

The election and issues surrounding it. Political Literacy Discussion led by Dr. Marvin Rosenberg. 12:45-1:30pm in MSASS Room 112.

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Case Western Reserve University, School of Law
Moot Courtroom (A59)
11075 East Blvd., Cleveland

Since 2003, the ACLU has litigated for the release of records relating to the treatment of prisoners held in U.S. detention centers in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantánamo Bay. The documentation obtained makes clear the connection between the policies adopted by senior officials and the abuse taking place on the ground.
Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU's National Security Project, will talk about the litigation, the documents and the Bush administration's controversial torture policies.
A graduate of Harvard Law School, Jaffer recently co-authored the book Administration of Torture. For more information about the ACLU’s efforts to end torture and restore the Constitution, click here.
Sponsored by Case Western Reserve University’s Institute for Global Security Law & Policy, the lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, click here or call (216) 368-3600.
"Event of Interest to ACLU Supporters" means you may like this event, but we are not responsible for the content.
Stand up! Get active! Make some noise! Our website has all the tools you need to restore lost liberty.
Check it out at www.acluohio.org.

Mandel School is pleased to offer a DVD produced by Professor Marvin Rosenberg for use in training social work students, medical care providers, hospice volunteers and others serving people in the end stages of life.

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Flowers, Farms, and Factories: Workers’ Voices from Colombia, Cambodia, & Costa Rica
Thursday April 10, 7-9pm
Pilgrim Congregational Church
2592 W. 14th (at Starkweather), Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood

The U.S. is the largest retail market in the world. The people who make the products we buy are routinely subjected to exploitation and abuse: physical, sexual, verbal, and emotional. The flowers we give our loved ones, the bananas and pineapples we eat, and the clothes we wear all come at a very human cost.

Join us for a panel discussion to hear personal stories of three courageous workers.
Learn the real costs of the things we buy. Learn how we can make conscious consumer decisions and support the dignity of workers.

Distinguished Lecture: National Trends in Foster Care and Adoption. Presentation by Dr. Penelope Maza. 2-4 p.m. in MSASS Room 320BC.

Dr. Wally Gingerich on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and a review of the empirical evidence regarding the effectiveness of this method.idence regarding the effectiveness of this method.
Time: 12:45pm
Location: MSASS Room 320BC

Award Winning MSASS International Study/Travel 3 Credit Hour Courses (Spring) for Undergrad & Grad students being planned for 2008 & 2009

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Faculty, staff, students and administrators are all invited to participate in an open conversation about race and gender as these topics become an increasing part of the national conversation concerning the presidential primary.
Share your reactions, questions, concerns, and knowledge as we discuss, among other things, Senator Obama's speech on Race, an analysis of sexism in the media coverage of Senator Clinton, and the opportunity for dialog that this presents.

Panelists from across the disciplines will be available to share their perspectives. Facilitated by Amanda Shaffer

DATE:Thursday, April 10th 2008

TIME: 11:30 - 1:00 pm

LOCATION: 1914 Lounge, Thwing Center

RSVP to amanda.shaffer@case.edu

Coffee and cookies served, so feel free to bring your lunch.

Co-sponsored by

The Office of Faculty Diversity www.case.edu/president/aaction/aaeeo.html

The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women www.case.edu/provost/centerforwomen/

Please join us!

Join us for the third lecture in popular Faculty Colloquium Series that showcases the many research projects being conducted by MSASS faculty. These one-hour lectures are held on selected Thursdays at lunch-time; 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. at MSASS in Room 320 B&C. There are no CEU’s for the faculty series.

DATE: Thursday, April 10, 2008
TIME: 12:45p.m. - 2p.m.
LOCATION: Room 320 B&C

Dr. Wally Gingerich on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and a review of the empirical evidence regarding the effectiveness of this method.

Time: 6:30pm, hors d'oeuvres; 8pm, performance
Location: Cleveland Public Theatre Campus

The AIDS Taskforce has a benefit coming up on Wednesday, April 9th , in conjunction with Cleveland Public Theatre. The event includes a reception, art installation, and tickets to a performance of "In the Continuum," a two-woman show that deals with the impact of HIV/AIDS on African and African American women.

Thanks to the generous gift of an anonymous donor, tickets can now be offered at $35 to a limited number of guests who cannot afford the full ticket price. To reserve your ticket to this special benefit performance of In the Continuum, please call Sarah Stankorb, 216-357-2223 or email sstankorb@atfgc.org.

We encourage students to take advantage of this generous opportunity!

Time: 5 – 6:30pm Evening Students (or those unable to attend during day hours)
Location: Peter B. Lewis Building, Room 202

04.09.08 | Wednesday | 9:00 a.m. - 4:40 p.m.
YWCA Columbus
65 South Fourth St.

Join pro-choice Ohioans to lobby for choice! Participants will learn about the Ohio Prevention First Act and other reproductive health legislation and join with others from their area to talk to their state legislators.

The Ohio Prevention First Act focuses on prevention of unintended pregnancies through comprehensive sex education for teens, including abstinence and affordable, accessible birth control.

It’s more important than ever for our elected officials to hear from pro-choice constituents. Because appointments will be scheduled with your legislator, you must register to attend.

Registration is $10 before April 1 ($15 after) or $5 for students. To register, click here or call (614) 221-2594.

Stand up! Get active! Make some noise! Our website has all the tools you need to restore lost liberty.

Check it out at www.acluohio.org.

Building on the success of Youth Summit 2007, my colleagues and I are in the process of planning Mayor Frank G. Jackson's Youth Summit 2008, "Conduct, Character & Courage". Last year, with only five weeks to plan, more than 1,000 young people between the ages of 12 – 17 joined Mayor Jackson at the Convention Center to share thoughts and ideas on effective conduct, character and courage to keep them motivated to succeed, healthy, and safe. Presently, I am recruiting persons that specialize in working with young people to serve as Youth Summit Facilitators. Your names were selected because of your demonstrated dedication and commitment to working with and depositing into the lives of our young people...our future. Listed below you will find the logistical information. Please let me know if you are interested and available by Friday, April 4th.
What: Mayor Frank G. Jackson's Youth Summit 2008
Theme: Conduct Character & Courage
When: Saturday, June 7th
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where: Cleveland Convention Center

The election and issues surrounding it. Political Literacy Discussion led by Dr. Marvin Rosenberg. 12:45-1:30pm in MSASS Room 112.

Mandel Scholars presentation to MSASS Community. Monica Bricker-Thompson will present “A Look at Our Infinite Identity,” while Jennifer Kennedy will present “Aging Out of Foster care: The Need for a Smoother Transition.” 12:45-1:45 p.m. in MSASS Room 320BC. Light refreshments will be provided.

Time: 11:30 – 1:00, Staff and Students
Location: Ford Auditorium

Time: 3:30 – 5:00 Faculty, Staff and Students – President Barbara Snyder attending
Location: Ford Auditorium

DATE: Friday, April 4
TIME: 6:30 p.m. discussion; 7:30 p.m. performance
LOCATION: Ohio Theater, Playhouse Square Center, 1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
The Great Lakes Theater Festival’s production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible revisits the Salem witch-hunts of 1692. False accusations transform into mass hysteria, shaking the foundations of the community. Written as an allegory for the fear of communism, The Crucible has obvious parallels to today’s war on terror.
ACLU Night at GLTF includes discounted tickets for ACLU members for the April 4 performance and a special pre-performance discussion, led by local political science professor, Charles Hersch.

Discount tickets are available for $30.00. Contact the Great Lakes Theater Festival at 216-241-5490, ext. 301. Ask for the “ACLU Night” discount tickets. *All ticket sales are handled through Great Lakes Theater. Please do not contact the ACLU of Ohio to purchase tickets.

Marjane Satrapi, graphic novelist and co-creator of the Academy Award-nominated animated film "Persepolis," will give a lecture at Case Western Reserve University's Amasa Stone Chapel, 19040 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, at 4:30 p.m. ON FRIDAY, APRIL 4. Her film with then be screened at 7:30 p.m. at the Institute's Cinemateque. The Cinemateque is at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Kristen Mikelbank & Michael Schramm, presented a poster and a demo of NEO CANDO, the web-based social and property indicators data system, at The Kelvin Smith Library GIS Symposium, titled,

"The NEO CANDO Database: How it can be Used to Help Understand the Surrounding Environment"

Additional Authors: Tsui Chan and Claudia Coulton

Abstract is available here.

Download PDF of Poster

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Interested in the Mandel Center's Certificate for Non-profit Management program? Learn more...
Thursday, April 3, 2008
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Mandel Center Building
Room 115
11402 Bellflower Road
Cleveland, OH 44106

Property transfer data through February 29, 2008 have been added to the parcel report in NEO CANDO.

NEO CANDO has transfer history back to January 1, 1976 for all parcels in Cuyahoga County.

DATE: Tuesday, April 1
TIME: 5 p.m.
LOCATION: MSASS Student Lounge

Allies will meet. Everyone is welcome!

You know you want a clinical career, but without experience, how?
Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center's psychodynamic psychotherapy grads
include numerous MSASS grads. Learn hands-on, gain a networking base,
earn 2 years' worth of CEUs.
Two 2007 MSASS grads have completed the program and are practicing
therapists already. Join Debra Fink and Colleen Coakley, M.S.S.A from the Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center on Tuesday, April 1st from 12:45-2:00 p.m. Room 320 A. This presentation counts for Professional Development hours. This event is sponsored by the Mandel Council and SLAM (Students Advocating for Mental Health). Questions? Contact Katie.Kurtz@case.edu

Although we are geared toward the academic calendar at the Mandel School, a new year on the Roman calendar provides a natural opportunity for reflection and renewal, and I wanted to take a few moments to share with you some news and thoughts about where we’ve been and where we’re headed.

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DATE: Monday, March 31
TIME: 1:30pm-3:30pm
LOCATION: Wolstein Auditorium
Women of the Medical School faculty. “Developing Your Negotiating Skills”

DATE: Friday, March 28, 2008
TIME: 7P.M.
LOCATION: Executive Caterers at Landerhaven, 6111 Landerhaven Drive in Mayfield Heights
SPONSORED BY: Office of Multicultural Affairs

The theme for this year's banquet is 'An Evening with Spike Lee'. Producer, director, actor. Spike Lee is no stranger to controversy for certain provocative elements in both his films and public statements, Lee often takes a critical look at race relations, political issues and urban crime and violence.

This yearly event not only celebrates the notable accomplishments of our school's underrepresented students but also serves as an opportunity to recognize and award several scholarships, including the Dr. Ronald E. McNair Scholarship. In addition to the presentation, the evening's event includes dinner, which begins at 7:00pm and music featuring a live jazz band.
Ticket prices for the Case and Cleveland communities are as follows:
· $60 (1/28 – 2/15)
· $70 (2/16 – 3/8)
· $80 (3/9 – 3/21)
· $100 (3/22 – 3/26)

For event specifics, tickets, or departmental journaling information, please contact me at dlr21@case.edu or 216-368-2904 at the Office of Multicultural Affairs.

DATE: Friday, March 28
TIME: 6-8pm
LOCATION: Room 320BC
Movie "Trade," which is a movie about human trafficking, will be shown by MSASS students as part of a class project. Everyone is welcome!

U.S. News & World Report released the rankings of Social Work Schools March 28th. MSASS is ranked #1 in Ohio and #10 out of 182 schools.

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David Ake presents “Marginalizing the Center: Historiography and Jazz Education” Music and Culture Lecture Series.
DATE: Thursday, March 27
TIME: 4:30pm
LOCATION:Harkness Chapel

DATE: Thursday, March 27
TIME: 3:30pm
LOCATION: East End Neighborhood House. Meet at CCEL, Thwing

DATE: Thursday, March 27
TIME: 12:45pm
LOCATION: MSASS Room 320BC
Dr. Lenore Kola on the work of the Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (SAMI CCOE) which is an MSASS partnership with the CWRU Department of Psychiatry and the School of Medicine.

Exhibit Dates: March 27 – May 19, 2008.

Zygote Press was founded in 1995 by Elizabeth Maugans (BFA ’89 KSU) and Joe Sroka, joined later by Bellamy Printz and Kelly Novak, to provide print facilities for artists interested in creating fine prints. Since its inception, Zygote Press has grown to offer many additional educational programs and exhibition opportunities in its expanded facilities.

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Join us again for the third lecture of popular Faculty Colloquium Series that showcases the many research projects being conducted by MSASS faculty. These one-hour lectures are held on selected Thursdays at lunch-time; 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. at MSASS in Room 320 B&C. There are no CEU’s for the faculty series.

DATE: Thursday, March 27
TIME: 12:45p.m.-2p.m.
LOCATION: Room 320B&C

Dr. Lenore Kola on the work of the Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (SAMI CCOE) which is an MSASS partnership with the CWRU Department of Psychiatry and the School of Medicine.

Thursday, March 27, 8:30am to Noon
(Held at same site) Held at United Way of Lake County
9285 Progress Parkway
Mentor, OH 44060 These workshops are free of charge, but you must register in advance and will be charged a $25 fee for a no-show or late cancellation.
You may register for one or more of the workshops.
Send registration to:
Madeline Gustin
Catholic Charities Community Services
8 North Street
Suite 455
Painesville, OH 44077
440/946-7264

DATE: Wednesday, March 26
TIME: 3:30pm-5:30pm
LOCATION: Judson Manor/
Judson Park, Meet at CCEL, Thwing

Wednesday, March 26th 3-6pm The LGBT Center
Youth activity & discussion, All 14-24 yrs Welcomed! FREE Chipolte Dinner Provided!

DATE: Wednesday, March 26
TIME: 12:45pm
LOCATION: MSASS Room 320BC

Wednesday, March 26th, 10-12pm at The LGBT Center.
CEU approved workshop for counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, on "Working with Bisexual Clients",

You are invited to take part in an advocacy training for comprehensive sex education and on behalf of teens, sponsored by Faith Matters Cleveland. Faith Matters is a faith-based initiative designed to increase the number of congregations involved in helping teens make healthy choices around sex. Faith Matters Coordinator, Rev. Tony Minor, will lead the training.
• Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
• Time: 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; lunch will be provided
• Location: First United Methodist Church, 3001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
Open to: Pastors, lay members, and faith-based service workers
• To attend: RSVP by calling Namita at 216-961-8804, ex. 1206.
• Background: The City of Cleveland recently reported that new infections of HIV, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia have been increasing in alarming rates among young people between the ages of 10 and 24. Clearly, there is an urgent need for people of faith to stand up on behalf of our young people to make sure that they receive the services that they need and deserve.
• Purpose of the training: To motivate faith leaders to advocate for comprehensive sex education, and provide strategies for advocating within churches, denominations, with the general public and their elected officials.
• Content: Participants will discuss:
o the merits of comprehensive sex education and compare models that have been effective in helping teens
o how to position and frame abstinence based approach within the context of comprehensive sex education.
• Results:
o Participants will develop an advocacy workplan to begin advocating for more effective services for our youth in their communities and with elected officials.
o Participants will be invited to advocate in support of the Ohio Prevention First Act on Lobby Day, April 9th.
• Preparation: All participants are asked to complete the attached Advocacy Questionnaire so we can help you develop an Advocacy Work plan.
• Questions? Contact Rev. Minor at 216-640-6075 or rev_minor@yahoo.com .

DATE: Tuesday, March 25
TIME; 7-9pm
LOCATION: Thwing Center, Spartan Room
Beyond Binaries: Identities and the Sexuality Spectrum

Bisexual Advocate Robyn Ochs will present.

DATE: Tuesday, March 25
TIME: 6pm
LOCATION: Corner Alley
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland will sponsor a Bowl-a-thon.

DATE: Tuesday, March 25
TIME: 12:45pm
LOCATION: MSASS Room 320A

Representatives from the India trip will be presenting information about various Indian social policies. Drinks and cookies will be provided. Sponsored by LINK and is eligible for professional development.

DATE: Tuesday, March 25
TIME: 12:45pm
LOCATION: MSASS Room 320BC
Zoe Breen Wood and the Field Education Dept. will hold an open forum for students to attend to discuss their feelings about the field education program.

DATE: Monday, March 24
TIME: 5:30pm- 8:30pm
LOCATION: Meet at CCEL, Thwing

DATE: Thursday, March 20
TIME: 6-8pm
LOCATION: MSASS Building
Sponsored by: The Mandel Council
Vagina Monologues' Movie clips and discussion following.

DATE: Thursday, March 20
TIME: 4:15pm- 5:00pm.
LOCATION: Clark Hall, Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Rd.
Presenter: Eileen Anderson-Fye

Amalia Ortiz, Poet, Director, Actor, Activist.
DATE: Thursday, March 20
TIME: 4pm
LOCATION: Spartan Room, Thwing. 4pm
Performance: Ford Auditorium, Allen Memorial Medical Library

DATE: Thursday, March 20
TIME: 3:15pm-6pm
LOCATION: East End Neighborhood House. Meet at CCEL, Thwing

DATE: Thursday, March 20
TIME: 12:30pm-2pm
LOCATION: Flora Stone Mather Center for Women

Evening of storytelling about fun, fearless women. Coffee and Desserts.
DATE: Wednesday, March 19
TIME: 7:00pm
LOCATION: Arabica

DATE: Wednesday, March 19
TIME: 3:30pm-5:30pm
LOCATION: Judson Manor/Judson Park.
Meet at CCEL, Thwing

DATE: Wednesday, March 19
TIME: 8:30am to Noon
LOCATION: United Way of Lake County
9285 Progress Parkway
Mentor, OH 44060

These workshops are free of charge, but you must register in advance andwill be charged a $25 fee for a no-show or late cancellation. You may register for one or more of the workshops.
Send registration to:
Madeline Gustin
Catholic Charities Commun ity Services
8 North Street
Suite 455
Painesville, OH 44077
440/946-7264

Steps Towards Advancing in Resettlement Skills.
DATE: Tuesday, March 18
TIME: 3pm – 6pm
LOCATION: Meet at CCEL, Thwing

Volunteer with Case SERVES! at the Cleveland Foodbank.
Date: Monday, March 17
Time: 5:30pm- 8:30pm
Location: Meet at CCEL, Thwing

DATE: Tuesday, March 18, 2008
TIME: 5:30pm
LOCATION: Severance Hall

Was the poet Lord Byron right when he said "we of the craft are all crazy"? Is the creativity found in the visual and language arts rooted in psychological suffering? Best-selling author and psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison will explore "Creativity and Madness" in her talk as Case Western Reserve University's eminent speaker for its Fourth Annual Distinguished Lecture Series. The free public lecture will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, in Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue.
"Kay Jamison is plainly among the few who have a profound understanding of the relationship that exists between art and madness," said William Styron, the late award-winning author of Sophie’s Choice who struggled with depression throughout his life. Jamison is among a group of cognitive scientists who examine the role that mental disorders have on the creative processes.
Jamison has made the best-seller lists with An Unquiet Mind (1995). In her memoir, she went public with her personal and professional struggles to conquer the extreme mood swings of manic-depression and offers hopes to those with the illness and their families. She writes about how she learned to manage her moods, after numerous setbacks and a suicide attempt, to gain a normal life with a combination of medication and psychotherapy. Her biography of illness chronicles her mastery of college, graduate school and tenure-track career as a psychiatrist at the University of California, Los Angeles. The book was on the New York Times best-sellers’ list for more than five months and garnered Book of the Year honors from The Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer .
While at UCLA, Jamison was instrumental in establishing the UCLA Affective Disorders Clinic. Her work has been recognized with such accolades as one of five individuals showcased in the PBS–TV series Great Minds of Medicine and TIME’s "Hero of Medicine."
Now a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University and an honorary professor of English at St. Andrews in Scotland, Jamison has continued to enlighten the public on issues related to mental disorders in other ground-breaking books: Exuberance: the Passion for Life (exuberance, the fuel of creativity), Night Falls Fast (suicide) and Touched with Fire (manic-depression). She has also coauthored a medical text on manic-depression that has been chosen in 1990 as "Most Outstanding Book in Biomedical Sciences" by the American Association of Publishers.
Tickets are not needed. Because of the popularity of this series, online registration is encouraged.

Property transfer data through January 31, 2008 have been added to the parcel report in NEO CANDO.

NEO CANDO has transfer history back to January 1, 1976 for all parcels in Cuyahoga County.

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Public assistance data for January 2008 have been added to the Social and Economic Data report.

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Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Time: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Location: Corporate College West
25425 Center Ridge Road
Westlake, OH
Contact: Kara Patterson
(216) 752-3000
kpatterson@diversitycenterneo.org

Description:
The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio presents Workshop B, Communicating Across Cultures: Interpreters, Illiteracy and Beyond.

Beverage service and light snacks will be provided.

Keynote--Developing Cultural Competence and Effective Transcultural Communication

Speaker--Cora Munoz, RN, Ph.D.
Professor at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, Author of Transcultural Nursing

Interactive Breakout Topic-- Communicating Across Cultures: Using an Interpreter and Transcending Illiteracy

For information visit: www.diversitycenterneo.org

Date: Friday, March 7, 2008
Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm
Location: MSASS Building, Room 112

Managing My Career: Strategies for Beginning, Advancing, and Succeeding.
Discussion of strategies for choosing, entering, and moving up in one’s career.

Case SERVES! will volunteer at the East End Neighborhood House
Date: Thursday, March 6
Time: 3:15pm- 6pm.
Location: Meet at CCEL, Thwing

Meet with Dean Gilmore
The Dean will interact with students and answer questions.
Date: Thursday, March 6
Time: 12:45pm
Location: MSASS, Rm 112

Ma Vie en Rose (My life in pink)
Date: Friday, March 6
Time: 6-9pm
Location: MSASS 320ABC
This is a movie about transgender with panel of speakers after the film.

Date: Wednesday, March 5
Time: 7:30pm-9:00pm
Location: Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center, 2460 Fairmount Blvd, Suite 312, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106

Presenters: Ilga Svechs, Ph.D. and Jerry Floersch, Ph.D.

Learning Objectives:
1. History of including psychoanalytic concepts in social work; training
2. Existing situation at the present time of what is included;
3. Burgeoning ideas for graduate school curriculums, social work, and beyond including psychiatry, psychology, anthropology

David R. Roy presents “Getting Beyond Good vs. Evil:
A Buddhist Reflection on the New Holy War."
Date: Wednesday, March 5
Location: Clark Hall, Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Rd

Two new faculty positions are available at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.

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DATE: Tuesday, March 4
TIME: 5 p.m.
LOCATION: MSASS Student Lounge

Allies will meet. Everyone is welcome!

DATE: Tuesday, March 4
TIME: 12:45-1:50p.m.
LOCATION: MSASS Room 323
This past November MSASS hosted a presentation by licensing coordinators from the Ohio Counselor, Social Work, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board in Columbus to present information and answer your questions. Nancy Graf, MSASS Director of Continuing Education, arranged the event. Presenters Marcia Holleman and Jennifer Kreinbrink will be returning on March 4, 2008, for another presentation.
Everyone is welcome, but we particularly invite our May, 2008, and
August, 2008, graduates to attend.

Date: Tuesday, March 4
Time: 8:30am to Noon
Location: United Way of Lake County, 9285 Progress Parkway, Mentor, OH 44060
Sponsored by Lake County Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services Board with support from United Way of Lake County.
These workshops are free of charge, but you must register in advance and will be charged a $25 fee for a no-show or late cancellation. You may register for one or more of the workshops.
Send registration to:
Madeline Gustin
Catholic Charities Community Services
8 North Street
Suite 455
Painesville, OH 44077
440/946-7264

The Barack Obama campaign is in desperate need for volunteers to help
people drive to the voting polls Monday and Tuesday at all different
times. If people are interested, they can contact Ruth at 216 287-7161
(NOTE: This is by no means saying we endorse this candidate, but it is being offered so that students who are interested can be involved.)

Learn the legal ramifications of violence against women.
Discuss and debate the definition of violence against women.

Monday, March 3, 2008
8PM-10PM
Fribley Room 210 (The corner of Adelbert and Murray Hill)

Who Should Attend: All Women

Food and Beverages Will Be Provided

Sponsored by the YWCA of Cleveland Domestic Violence Outreach Program

Date: Monday, March 3, 2008
Time: 4:30pm-6:30pm
Location: MSASS Building

Career Information Fair
This event is a great opportunity for all! Not only do we encourage you to attend, but we also recommend you to download your resumes to the CareerLink eResume database at http://studentaffairs.case.edu/careers/partners/clstudent.aspx. Although the deadline has been extended to June 30 to download resumes to the site, it would be helpful to do so prior to the Career Fair because employers/organizations will have access to your resumes about a week before the event.

Here are some directions to help you navigate through the site and download:
Log into the system, click the "Document" tab at the top of the page, then click "Add New," and follow the instructions. When you have accessed the system, you will see a resume book entitled "MSASS Career Information Fair 2008." Although there are a number of MSASS related resume books in the options, please make sure to download a copy into that particular book for the fair.

If you have any questions, please contact Constance Lewis at constance.lewis@case.edu.

Case SERVES!
Volunteering at the Cleveland Foodbank,
Date: March 3
Time: 5:30pm- 8:30pm.
Location: Meet at CCEL, Thwing

Date: Sunday, March 2
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center, 2460 Fairmount Blvd., Suite 312

Description: "Juno" dir. Jason Reitman (2007).

Tagline:
A comedy about growing up... and the bumps along the way.

Plot Outline:
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

Christa Donner, Artist-in-residence SPACES World Artists program.
“Re (Re) Production” SPACES Gallery,
Date: March 1 through March 7
Location: Superior Viaduct Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, 44113

Co-Sponsored by FSM Center for Women
DATE: Friday, February 29 and Saturday, March 1
TIME: 8pm
LOCATION: AMASA STONE CHAPEL, Friday, February 29 and Saturday, March 1 at 8:00PM.
Get there early for crafts and activities! Seating is limited! The tickets will be $3 in advance and $5 at the door. Please join us before hand at Thwing and Nord during lunch hours for tickets, crafts and merchandise. All the proceeds will be donated to the YWCA: Domestic Violence Outreach Program and the V-day Campaign!

Stress Management
When: Friday, February 29, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m.
Where: Second Floor Conference Room, Veale Athletic Center
Contact: William Hale
Learn strategies for managing your stress through changing the way you think about things, scheduling your time, using your resources, and handling stress in your body. Brought to you by The Center for Collegiate Behavioral Health.

Date: Thursday, February 28, 2008
Time: 8:00 am to 3:00 pm
Location: 4524 E. 49th St., Cleveland, OH 44125
General Price: $30.00

Description:
To Fleet Managers, Decision-Makers, and All Interested Parties: The Earth Day Coalition and its partners are sponsoring a “hands-on” conference to learn about clean diesel solutions of all kinds, including particulate filters, fuel-saving components such as auxiliary power units, and possible funding opportunities for equipment. Come hear from the USEPA, the Ohio Dept of Development, the diesel component manufacturers, and others. Join us on Feb. 28, 2008, at the Leonard Krieger Canalway Center (MetroParks) on E. 49th, just one-half mile south of Harvard.

Register at www.earthdaycoalition.org

If you have questions, please contact: John McGovern, Earth Day Coalition, (216) 281-6468.

Presented by Knoch Corporation.
Date: Thursday, February 28, 2008
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Kent State Conference Center at the Stark Campus in North Canton
General Price: $125.00

Description:
Join the Canton area’s top executives in the healthcare, education, church, and manufacturing markets to learn how going green
can save your organization money. The Knoch Corporation will be
presenting a one-day seminar, Cost Benefits of LEED, by the nationally recognized, green speaker, Paul Shahriari. He will discuss the proven cost benefits of green construction.

This seminar will offer insight on construction and life-cycle costs by reviewing LEED certified project case studies and other available
research. It will also provide tools to evaluate the costs and benefits of LEED certification and strategies to maximize returns related to design and construction decisions.

E4S is proud to support Knoch Builders in this program initiative as a Gold Sponsor. Representatives from Knoch will be available at the January 22 E4S Network Event at Great Lakes Brewing Company to answer any and all questions.

To register, visit this link or type in www.knochcorp.com.

It has been 40 years since Martin Luther King began the Poor Peoples March to end poverty in the United States and conditions have only gotten worse. With the Democratic Party presidential debate in Cleveland on Tuesday, February 26, a wide range of organizations including the Northeast Ohio Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign, Organize! Ohio, ACORN, Cleveland Tenants Organization, and many more groups will be sponsoring a rally and march calling on the candidates to state their plans to end poverty in the United States. Candidates will be called upon to state how they will ensure everyone's right to housing, health care, food, education, communication and a living wage job.
The rally will be held on Tuesday, February 26 at 5:00 pm at Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Avenue and will be followed by a march to the Convocation Center where the debate will be held. All are urged to participate.
For more information contact Organize! Ohio at 216-431-6070.

Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Time: 12:45pm-2:00pm
Location: MSASS Building, Room 320 BC

Linking Yourself with Prospective Employers: What Are You Bringing to the Table?
Focus is on using Myers-Briggs Type Indicators (MBTI) and Learning Style inventories to create a “fit”

Date: Friday, February 22, 2008
Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Location: MSASS Building, Room 320AB

Exploring Career Options Within the Field of Social Work: An Alumni Perspective
MSASS alumni panel to address career options within the field (e.g., private practice, community development, academia, etc.)

DATE: Thursday, February 21
TIME: 11:30a.m.-1p.m.
LOCATION: Spartan Room, Thwing Student Center
The Black History Month Luncheon is an annual event that the FSM Center for Women hosts as a salute to the many important African American women who have contributed to US History, specifically in the battle for civil rights. Through this event, the Center hopes to illuminate the accomplishments of Black women for both appreciation and inspiration. The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women will once again welcome a performance by Women in History, a non-profit organization established to educate through dramatic monologues. This year we will meet Josephine Baker, a 20th century entertainer and civil rights activist. The performance will be accompanied by a free catered lunch,courtesy of the FSM Center for Women.

Funded by the Flora Stone Mather Alumnae Association
Co-Sponsored by:The Department of History, African American Society, the Daniel Hale Pre-Medical Society, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, & the Office of Multicultural Affairs.

Super Tuesday is February 5th, and the presidential nominees are thinning out. How could the front-runners impact civil liberties?
DATE: Thursday, 2.21.08
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Max Wohl Civil Liberties Center
4506 Chester Ave., Cleveland

Join the ACLU and a panel of scholars and civic activists, including Mayor Jane Campbell, to discuss the primary elections. The ACLU of Ohio is non-partisan, and the discussion will focus on civil liberties. This event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available. To RSVP click on the button above or call (216) 472-2220. For more information regarding this event and others visit our website at www.acluohio.org. Stand up! Get active! Make some noise! Our website has all the tools you need to restore lost liberty.Check it out at www.acluohio.org.

Join us for the second lecture of the popular Faculty Colloquium Series.

DATE: Thursday, February 21
TIME: 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m.
LOCATION: Room 320B&C

Dr. Jerry Mahoney on the results of a model demonstration project teaching parents to use Responsive Teaching strategies to promote the development and social emotional well-being of their adopted children.

Date: Thursday, February 21
Time: 7:30 AM-9:00 AM
Location: YWCA Women's Center
4019 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44103
Contact: YWCA Women's Center
216-881-6878
www.ywca.org//cleveland

Description:
You can expect to learn how to:
• Transition from managing yourself to managing a team
• Communicate effectively with your team to gain buy-in
• Position yourself as a professional rather than a friend
• Run an effective meeting

For cost and more information visit www.ywca.org/cleveland or call 216-881-6878 to register.

Heights Community Congress Presents:
The Perception vs. Reality
Dialogue Series on Race, Class & Diversity

DATE: Wednesday, Feb. 20th
TIME: 7-9 PM
LOCATION: Cleveland Hts. Community Center, 1 Monticello Blvd.

OK... "dummies"???... Well, maybe we're not all dummies, when it comes to hip hop culture, but we may all be able to gain some insight, as it relates to issues of race, class and diversity. Join us for a frank, honest and interactive public discussion.
Moderated by Dan Moulthrop, host 90.3 WCPN's Sound of Ideas

Featuring:
Patricia Anderson Ballard, CAUSE, Inc.

Ronnie Dunn, Assoc. Professor, CSU College of Urban Studies

Annmarie Grassi, Executive Dir., Open Doors, Inc.

Susan Oehler, Dir. of Education, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

This program is free and open to the public. For more information contact Heights Community Congress at
216-321-6775.

Date: Sunday, February 17, 2008
Time: 7:30 p.m. in the Center's Library
Location: Cleveland Analytic Center's Library

"Le Scaphandre et le papillon" (2007); "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," (2007) directed by Julian Schnabel.
Plot Synopsis:
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
Awards: Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 18 wins & 17 nominations more
" A film of enormous power ..."
Please feel free to bring friends and colleagues!

Date: Friday, February 15, 2008
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities
Clark Hall, Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road, Cleveland

Complete Description:
Denise Donahey, Director of Administration, College of Arts and Sciences
Achala Wali, Director of Grant Programs, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture

***Limited Seating***

A special series for faculty and graduate students.
Visitor parking: Severance Hall underground garage (entrance on East Blvd), metered lot corner of Euclid and Ford Road.

Date: Friday, February 15, 2008
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: 400 Nord Hall

Complete Description:
Professional Communications: Becoming the Exceptional Presenter

Sponsored by the Career Center. More details available at http://studentaffairs.case.edu/careers/events/8977.calx.

Date: Friday, February 15, 2008
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Complete Description:
Paul Gerhart, Professor of Marketing and Policy Studies at Case Western Reserve University, will discuss "Labor Agreements in the Auto Industry--and Elsewhere." More details at http://fridaylunch.case.edu/upcoming.html.

DATE: Thursday, February 14
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Second Floor Atrium, MSASS

Enjoy a brown bag lunch with Charles Jackson Pinkney who will be
discussing the techniques and influences used in his paintings. Drinks
and dessert will be provided.

Mr. Pinkney's paintings can be viewed on the first and second floors of the Mandel School. The exhibition of 30 paintings focuses on landscapes done inside the Cleveland Metroparks otherwise known as the "Emerald Necklace," and also includes still life and portraits. The exhibit runs from January 19 until March 20, 2008.

Also, don't miss Barbara Earley's exhibit on the third floor. Ms.
Earley, a self-taught Cleveland artist, uses shattered mirrors by
inserting a variety of recycled materials to create a rhythmic pattern
within its frame. Ms. Earley's work will be on display on the third
floor until March 14, 2008.

For more information and to suggest future exhibitions, please contact
June Hund and Kristen Kirchgesler at (216) 368-2302 or at
artonthewalls@case.edu.

DATE: Thursday, February 14, 2008
TIME: Noon to 1:30 pm
LOCATION: The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations (New Building), Room 115, 11402 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, Ohio

How Integrated are Stably Integrated Communities?

A consideration of the role of nonprofit organizations in fostering inter-ethnic interaction.

*PRESENTERS:* Paul F. Salipante, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Labor and
Human Resource Policy, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western
Reserve University, and Mark G. Chupp, Ph.D., MSW, Visiting Assistant
Professor, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western
Reserve University and Associate at the Center on Urban Poverty and
Community Development

The U.S. censuses of 1990 and 2000 revealed that a growing number of
U.S. communities are stably integrated. Among the first such American
communities were Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights. Analyzing the
ethnic composition of a youth organization in those communities, Paul
Salipante (WSOM/CWRU) and Judith Weisinger (New Mexico State University)found that the organization had succeeded in attracting a diverse membership roughly representative of those communities. However, at a more disaggregated level, many of the organization's units in Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights had less representative compositions, suggesting a lack of meaningful inter-ethnic interaction. The lack of diversity was especially marked at the level of adult volunteers. Longitudinal analysis further indicated a tipping point in adult volunteer engagement when minority youth membership approached 75 percent. Qualitative research in another geographic location indicated that members of the youth organization experienced difficulties increating successful interactions among members of differing ethnicities.

In contrast to stable integration, Mark Chupp (MSASS/CWRU) conducted
research in a Cleveland neighborhood undergoing dramatic transition in
racial makeup. Analyzing positive inter-ethnic relations in Slavic
Village, seven pathways emerged in which inter-ethnic trust forms. The study also identified building blocks that facilitate inter-ethnic trust and obstacles that hindered social capital formation across race.

In addition to providing additional information about their research,
the two presenters hope to engage participants in a discussion of the
roles that nonprofit organizations play, and could play, in fostering
meaningful inter-ethnic relationships.

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Please bring a brown bag lunch. Beverages will be provided.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Maria Sharron at 216-368-0266
or mcs25@case.edu

Date: Thursday, February 14, 2008
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location: Guilford Parlor, Guilford Hall

Complete Description:
"Dance as a Weapon: Isamu Noguchi's History as Seen From Mexico 1936"
By Ellen Landau, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities
11:30am-lunch provided
12-1pm-lecture and discussion

Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Time: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.

Complete Description:
Join the International Women's Group every Wednesday for lunch in the International Student Services lounge (lower level of Sears). Contact katie.hanna@case.edu for more information.

Date: Tuesday, February 12
Time: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Location: Corporate College East
4400 Richmond Road, Warrensville Heights, OH
Contact: Kara Patterson
(216) 752-3000
kpatterson@diversitycenterneo.org

Description:
The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio presents Health Disparities, Culture and Compliance.

Beverage service and light snacks will be provided

Keynote--Understanding Health Disparities: Cultural Impact and Practical Strategies

Speaker--Charles Modlin M.D., F.A.C.S. Kidney Transplant Surgeon/Urologist, Director,Cleveland Clinic Minority Men?s Health Center/ Health Equity Institute

Interactive Breakout Topic-- Healthcare Compliance: What does it Look Like? How Can You Gain It?

www.diversitycenterneo.org

Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: 301 Wickenden Building

Sponsored by the Career Center. For more details, go to http://studentaffairs.case.edu/careers/events/8973.calx.

The University Plan Steering Committee has scheduled three open forums in February so that faculty, staff, students, and alumni can offer comments and questions about the emerging goals and priorities.

DATE/TIME/PRIMARY GROUP:
Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 3:30-5:00 p.m.Faculty
Thursday, February 14, 2008, 3:30-5:00 p.m.Staff
Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.Students
LOCATION: Ford Auditorium in the Allen Memorial Library Building, 11000 Euclid Avenue

Faculty, staff, and students who are unable to attend the forum set up for them may attend one of the others. Alumni are invited to attend any of the forums. Members of the Steering Committee will be present at the forums to hear the discussion.

Celebrating Stax Records - Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
LOCATION: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
(1 Key Plaza, Cleveland, OH 44114, Contact: 1-888-764-ROCK)
DATE: Monday, February 11, 2008
TIME: 7:00 pm
COST: FREE

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story traces the astonishing history of Stax, from a modest neighborhood hangout to a cultural and political empire.

Directed by the Grammy-nominated team of Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville and narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, the documentary features interviews with Isaac Hayes, Mavis Staples, Carla Thomas, Sam Moore, Booker T. Jones, Eddie Floyd, Jesse Jackson and label president Al Bell.

Also featured are rarely seen full-length performances by Otis Redding, Booker T. & the MGs and Isaac Hayes, plus outtakes of footage from the legendary 1972 Wattstax concert.

Included also is the first interview by Stax founder and co-owner Jim Stewart in 15 years, plus never-before-seen home movies and performances by Stax artists.

DATE: Monday February 11, 2008
TIME: 12:30p-4:00 PM
LOCATION: Judson ManorThe North East Ohio Society for Social Work Leaders in Healthcare
proudly presents a workshop to learn more about:
SOCIAL WORK CAREERS IN HEALTHCARE
"AT THE HEART OF IT ALL"

Registration 12:30-1:00
Light snack Served.
Panelists will discuss what the social work role is in these settings:
Acute Care Hospitals/Acute Rehabilitation
Subacute/Skilled Nursing Facilities/Long Term Care Facilities
Community Based Agencies
Home Health
Hospice
Retirement Communities

There will be the opportunity to ask specific questions about the various settings. Please bring any questions you may have about pursuing a social work career in healthcare.

DATE: Saturday, February 9
TIME: 12 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
LOCATION: THWING STUDENT CENTER
Check-in starts at 11:30 a.m. (Thwing Atrium)

Case Western Reserve University's Winter Leadership Conference is giving you an opportunity to be MADE. Based on the premise of the MTV hit show, Made, participants will have a chance to choose from a variety of workshops so they can be MADE into the leader they've always wanted to be. The conference will feature three break-out sessions where participants can personalize their conference experience toward their goals, and an etiquette dinner to make them feel polished and confident at any event.

The real question is: Do you wannabe MADE?

SPONSORS: Office of Student Activities & Leadership, Office of Greek Life

CO-SPONSORS: Student Leadership Journey Council, University Program Board, Interfraternity Congress, Panhellenic Council, Undergraduate Student Government, The Spot, The Rough Rider Room, Residence Hall Association

Information sessions, including a presentation, question and answer time, and one-on-one conversations with current students, faculty and alumni, to be held March 22nd and April 12, 10:00 a.m.

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Assistant Professor David Crampton, an expert on foster care with extensive experience examining Cuyahoga County's foster care system, is quoted in a column by the Plain Dealer's Phillip Morris.

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Paul Farmer, MD, founder of Partners in Health and world-renown
anthropologist-philanthropist will be speaking at Playhouse Square as part of the Town Hall Speaker series.
DATE: Thursday, February 7, 2008
TIME: 6 p.m.
LOCATION: PALACE THEATRE
http://www.townhallofcleveland.org

Description:
Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University. Co-Founder of Partners in Health. Advocate for and provider of free healthcare for the world's poor. Oversees healthcare projects in Haiti, Russia, Rwanda and Peru. Has published more than 200 articles, chapters and books. Supports a "preferential option for the poor".

To purchase tickets prior to day of show please call 216-241-1919.
Tickets sold at ticket office day of show only.

The Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development's NEO CANDO community data resource is an invaluable tool for community development professionals.

Read about how Rebecca Kodysh of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland uses NEO CANDO in
Demonstrating the need for community services.

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**EXPERIENCE THE ART OF NETWORKING AND LEARN ESSENTIAL
ETIQUETTE TECHNIQUES WITH ALUMNI! **
DATE: Wednesday, February 6
TIME: 6–7:30 p.m.
LOCATION: The Alumni House, 11310 Juniper(next to the Arabica Coffeehouse)
Sponsored by: STUDENT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION and the Career Center

Complimentary hors d’oeuvres.
Get ready for Career Networking, learn how to make GREAT first
impressions, and master social etiquette for all occasions.

*Register online at: http://ur-web.case.edu/awcevent/eventDetail.aspx?ID=593 to participate in this FREE special event.*

Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Research Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Urban Poverty & Community Development Rob Fischer, has been selected to write a commissioned paper for the upcoming White House Conference on Research Related to the Faith-Based and Community Initiative to be held in June 2008.

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"How Integrated are Stably Integrated Communities? A consideration of the role of nonprofit organizations in fostering inter-ethnic interaction." February 14, 2008, noon-1:30 pm.

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DATE: Tuesday, February 5
TIME: 12:45 p.m.
LOCATION: Room 320 A&B
Participants from the December trip to El Salvador will be presenting information about their experiences. Lunch will be provided and this will count for professional development hours.

The Case Western Reserve University, Department of Family Medicine, Center for Adolescent Health (CAH) is looking for volunteers to help administer the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) in local Cuyahoga County 7th and 8th grade Middle Schools. Volunteers will be needed from February through June. The time commitment is usually 1-2 hours but could be longer or shorter depending on size of school. All volunteers receive a $20 gift card from Target or Barnes & Noble (which can be redeemed at the CASE bookstore) for each time they volunteer. If you have never volunteered before, a short training covering issues of confidentiality and organization of the survey process is needed. Transportation assistance is available for those in need. This is a great networking opportunity for students and can be used for professional development hours or class volunteer requirement hours. Past volunteers have found employment because of the connections made through volunteering. Clothing attire is business casual. Over 70 schools will be approached for YRBS participation so the volunteer opportunities are plentiful. If you are interested please email Edward Hill at edward.hill@case.edu to be added to the list of interested volunteers. If you have any questions you can me also call at 216-368-6742. Thank You.

Thanks to all who attended Peter Freimark's program about what remains to be done in rural Mississippi, despite it being almost two
and one-half years after Hurricane Katrina. A truck will be leaving mid-February to take needed goods, and if you'd want to make a contribution, please bring any of the following to Sarah Andrew's office (ROOM 120B in STUDENT SER