A link in an email from Jocelyn:

Are you a university/college, business, or nonprofit? Based in Northeast Ohio — Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Youngstown and all points in between? Interested in expanding your student/customer base and doing something positive for economic development?

Consider making outreach to the Northeast Ohio Asian community a part of your plan.

We’ll show you how in three educational workshops sponsored by Asian Services in Action, Inc. and Margaret Wong and Associates:

* Education Workshop: October 12, 2007, 8am-11am
* Business Workshop: November 16, 2007, 8am-11am
* Nonprofit Workshop: December 13, 2007, 8am-11am
* Registration/Venue information for all workshops

Education Workshop: October 12, 2007, 8am-11am

Is your college or university facing declines in international student enrollment? Or do you just want to provide better service to international students, but don’t know where to begin? Learn how to make your higher institution more welcoming for Asian international students.

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An email from Barb at Northeast Shores:

Northeast Shores will be hosting our first Awards and Recognition Dinner
Thursday, November 8, 2007
6:00-9:00 pm
Cleveland FoodBank

Five North Collinwood residents will be recognized.
Ed Morrison will be the Keynote Speaker.

Ticket will be on sale starting the week of Oct. 8th.

An email from Mati:

Hi, George - this wasn’t in this week’s CC, so I’m hoping you can blog/calendar it.

Eight women tell powerful birth stories of choice and coercion, joy and regret, empowerment and disillusion.

The play is awesome and I’m proud to be embodying one of the real women whose story was selected from over a hundred interviewed by the playwright.

This single performance, one of 35 presented throughout the country and the world as part of the BOLD (Birth on Labor Day) initiative, is a benefit for the Ohio Midwives’ Alliance. As many of you know, the midwifery model of care offers better outcomes with fewer injuries and greater satisfaction for mothers at a lower cost than conventional obstetric care, yet American midwives still attend far fewer births than their European counterparts.

If you’d like to see more mother- and baby-friendly birth care in the United States - come be inspired to speak out for normal birth. There will be a talk-back session afterwards and I’d love to see you all there!

BIRTH…
a play by Karen Brody

gather your girlfriends, daughters and mothers to join you for the BOLD (Birth On Labor Day) experience!

Saturday, September 29th
7:00 pm
Lakewood Masonic Hall Ballroom
15300 Detroit Ave
Lakewood, OH 44107
www.lakewoodmasonic foundation.org/findus/ htm

“Birth on Labor Day is an exciting, uplifting, and empowering answer to our nation’s childbirth crisis.”

Christiane Northrup, MD, author of Mother-Daughter Wisdom, The Wisdom of Menopause and Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom

Tickets:
$12 - advance
$15 - at the door

http://www.birthonlaborday.com/

Got a limited number of comp tickets that Thomas gave me for BFD readers, so if you don’t have plans after work on Friday (or you feel like canceling then), drop me an email (use georgeATcoolcleveland.com) with you and your guest’s full name, company, and email address if you’d like to attend.

Via Karen:

This coming October 6th (Saturday), the first Cleveland Sketch Crawl will take place in Downtown!

The Sketch Crawl is a monthly event where sketchers of all skill levels meet Downtown and sketch a series of different locations throughout the city. The sketch crawl is a simple way to explore parts of the city you’ve never seen. and share your art with others.

The first Saturday of every month, from 10am - 12noon, the Cleveland Sketch Crawl will meet. The initial meeting place is the Downtown Cleveland Alliance’s storefront in the Old Arcade (420 Superior Avenue). From there, we will venture out to our sketching destination for that month. The only thing you need to bring is your pencils, sketch pad and a friend, if you like.

Cleveland Sketch Crawl: Welcome to Cleveland’s Sketch Crawl!