<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Greetings, Ohio communities of faith division, we will have our business meeting next Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 5:45 PM to 6:15 PM. We will be celebrating Black History Month with the Cleveland Chapter. Period. With with the Honorable Peter Lawson, please see the attach the program will start at 7 PM on Ohio zerooom. See you there. Blessings,<br><br><div dir="ltr">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,<div><br></div><div>Dr.carolyn.peters@gmail.com☺️👏🙏🤲</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Suzanne Turner <smturner.234@gmail.com><br><b>Date:</b> February 22, 2023 at 9:24:28 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> smturner.234@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>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</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> NFB of Ohio Announcement List <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>This is a multipart message in MIME format.</span><br><span></span><br><span>------=_NextPart_000_0026_01D94703.B3A884E0</span><br><span>Content-Type: text/plain;</span><br><span> charset="us-ascii"</span><br><span>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>NOBBL, Mentoring and Outreach Working Group</span><br><span></span><br><span>And the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio, Cleveland Chapter</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Sit down with the Honorable Peter Lawson Jones for a conversation on</span><br><span>advocacy, public speaking and his acting career.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Peter Lawson Jones is an attorney, business consultant, professional actor</span><br><span>and master of ceremonies, dramatist and former elected official.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>From February 2002, through December 2010, Jones, a graduate of Harvard</span><br><span>College (magna cum laude in Government) and Harvard Law School, was a member</span><br><span>of the Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners, and its president for three</span><br><span>of those years. He previously served two and one-half terms in the Ohio</span><br><span>House of Representatives, where he was the ranking member of the House</span><br><span>Finance and Appropriations Committee and second vice president of the Ohio</span><br><span>Legislative Black Caucus. Jones was formerly the Vice Mayor and a</span><br><span>Councilman in the City of Shaker Heights, Ohio.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Jones, a member of SAG-AFTRA and Actor's Equity as well as an acting</span><br><span>instructor, has appeared in well over twenty films (in theaters now, A Man</span><br><span>Called Otto, White Boy Rick, Alex Cross, The Assassin's Code, Starve), on</span><br><span>network television (NBC's Chicago Fire and ABC's Detroit 1-8-7), on stages</span><br><span>throughout Northeast Ohio. He received the 2016 Indie Gathering</span><br><span>International Film Festival Best Ohio Supporting Actor Award for his work in</span><br><span>How to Change the World. Jones's drama, The Family Line, has been</span><br><span>successfully produced at Karamu House, Harvard University and Ohio</span><br><span>University. His second play, The Bloodless Jungle, has enjoyed two full</span><br><span>productions at Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Land of Cleve,</span><br><span>an arts and culture blog, ranked the second production as one of the best in</span><br><span>Northeast Ohio in 2017. The play has enjoyed staged readings at the Kennedy</span><br><span>Center for the Performing Arts, the Dallas Convention Center, the National</span><br><span>Black Theatre Festival, Duquesne University and in Harlem. His most recent</span><br><span>work, The Phoenix Society, enjoyed a successful premiere at Playwrights</span><br><span>Local in Cleveland earlier this year. The drama was commissioned by the</span><br><span>Life Exchange Center, a Cleveland nonprofit that assists those in recovery</span><br><span>from mental health and substance abuse challenges. </span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Jones and his spouse Lisa are the proud parents of three children: Ryan</span><br><span>Charles, Leah Danielle and Evan Cooke.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>The Cleveland Chapter is quite fond of Peter and want to share him with</span><br><span>you!</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>So, all are invited, as he will talk to us about how to advocate in front of</span><br><span>elected officials, the importance of articulating your message and how he</span><br><span>catapult from a successful politician to a well-known actor.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Did I mention that his father Charles was legally blind?</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Join us on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 7:00 PM EST. for this exciting</span><br><span>opportunity.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Thanks goes out to the Ohio Community of Faith Division for sharing their</span><br><span>space.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Where: Ohio Zoom Hall</span><br><span></span><br><span> <https://zoom.us/j/4081850851> https://zoom.us/j/4081850851</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Meeting ID: 408 185 0851</span><br><span></span><br><span>One tap mobile</span><br><span></span><br><span>+16468769923,,4081850851# US (New York)</span><br><span></span><br><span>+13017158592,,4081850851# US (Germantown)</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Dial by your location</span><br><span></span><br><span>+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)</span><br><span></span><br><span>+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)</span><br><span></span><br><span>+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)</span><br><span></span><br><span>+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)</span><br><span></span><br><span>+1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)</span><br><span></span><br><span>+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)</span><br><span></span><br><span>+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Meeting ID: 408 185 0851</span><br><span></span><br><span>Find your local number: <https://zoom.us/u/abUfeUkQWm></span><br><span>https://zoom.us/u/abUfeUkQWm</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Join by Skype for Business</span><br><span></span><br><span> <https://zoom.us/skype/4081850851> https://zoom.us/skype/4081850851</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>------=_NextPart_000_0026_01D94703.B3A884E0</span><br><span>Content-Type: text/html;</span><br><span> charset="us-ascii"</span><br><span>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable</span><br><span></span><br><span><html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" =</span><br><span>xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" =</span><br><span>xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:</span></div></blockquote></body></html>