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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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 .

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.

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

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.

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