[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] Fwd: Come Next week and Celebrate Black History Month with the Honorable, Peter Lawson Jones who is an attorney, business consultant, professional actor and elected Politician

[Carolyn Peters]

Reverend Dr. Carolyn Peters, National Federation Of The Blind, Ohio, affiliate, vice president, Ohio Communities Of Faith division, president, Miami Valley Chapter, Dayton, Ohio president. 1-937-657-5134,

Dr.carolyn.peters at gmail.com☺️👏🙏🤲

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> Date: February 22, 2023 at 9:24:28 PM EST
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> Subject: Come Next week and Celebrate Black History Month with the Honorable, Peter Lawson Jones who is an attorney, business consultant, professional actor and elected Politician
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> NOBBL, Mentoring and Outreach Working Group
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> And the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio, Cleveland Chapter
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> Sit down with the Honorable Peter Lawson Jones for a conversation on
> advocacy, public speaking and his acting career.
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> Peter Lawson Jones is an attorney, business consultant, professional actor
> and master of ceremonies, dramatist and former elected official.
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> From February 2002, through December 2010, Jones, a graduate of Harvard
> College (magna cum laude in Government) and Harvard Law School, was a member
> of the Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners, and its president for three
> of those years. He previously served two and one-half terms in the Ohio
> House of Representatives, where he was the ranking member of the House
> Finance and Appropriations Committee and second vice president of the Ohio
> Legislative Black Caucus.  Jones was formerly the Vice Mayor and a
> Councilman in the City of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
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> Jones, a member of SAG-AFTRA and Actor's Equity as well as an acting
> instructor, has appeared in well over twenty films (in theaters now, A Man
> Called Otto, White Boy Rick, Alex Cross, The Assassin's Code, Starve), on
> network television (NBC's Chicago Fire and ABC's Detroit 1-8-7), on stages
> throughout Northeast Ohio.  He received the 2016 Indie Gathering
> International Film Festival Best Ohio Supporting Actor Award for his work in
> How to Change the World. Jones's drama, The Family Line, has been
> successfully produced at Karamu House, Harvard University and Ohio
> University.  His second play, The Bloodless Jungle, has enjoyed two full
> productions at Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.  Land of Cleve,
> an arts and culture blog, ranked the second production as one of the best in
> Northeast Ohio in 2017.  The play has enjoyed staged readings at the Kennedy
> Center for the Performing Arts, the Dallas Convention Center, the National
> Black Theatre Festival, Duquesne University and in Harlem.  His most recent
> work, The Phoenix Society, enjoyed a successful premiere at Playwrights
> Local in Cleveland earlier this year.  The drama was commissioned by the
> Life Exchange Center, a Cleveland nonprofit that assists those in recovery
> from mental health and substance abuse challenges.  
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> Jones and his spouse Lisa are the proud parents of three children: Ryan
> Charles, Leah Danielle and Evan Cooke.
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> The Cleveland Chapter is quite fond of Peter and want to share  him with
> you!
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> So, all are invited, as he will talk to us about how to advocate in front of
> elected officials, the importance of articulating your message and how he
> catapult from a successful politician to a well-known actor.
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> Did I mention that  his father Charles was legally blind?
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> Join us on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 7:00 PM EST. for this exciting
> opportunity.
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> Thanks goes out to the Ohio Community of Faith Division for sharing their
> space.
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> Where: Ohio Zoom Hall
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> <https://zoom.us/j/4081850851> https://zoom.us/j/4081850851
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> Meeting ID: 408 185 0851
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