[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] Fwd: [Ohio-Talk] 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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Friendly reminder, please attend our Black history program Mark your calendars

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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> From: Steve Cook via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: February 23, 2023 at 6:22:11 AM EST
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> Subject: Re: [Ohio-Talk] 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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Suzanne Turner
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> Subject: [Ohio-Talk] 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
> 
> 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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> 
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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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> 
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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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