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An Introduction to Bitcoin
Harry Whiting Brown Scout House
34 Village Square
Glendale, OH 45246
(Building directly to right of Bob Ronker’s Running Spot)
Thursday, February 20, 2014 from 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Launched in 2009, Bitcoin is a rapidly evolving open source technology that is revolutionizing the world as we know it. Bitcoin is a digital, global, secure, decentralized payment network and a new kind of money designed for the internet and the 21st century. No signle entity controls Bitcoin.
Come learn about what Bitoin is, how it works, and how you can use it in commerce as both a consumer and business owner. Hear from Andy Schroder and Jerry Felix members of the Cincinnati Bitcoin Initiative, a collection of individuals interested in promoting, and adopting bitcoin in the Greater Cincinnati area. Be there for this cutting edge class, and learn.
Learn About Bitcoin the New Electronic Currency
What Every Student Needs to Know About Business, Free Markets and Capitalism — You’ve seen this book covered on the news….
Connections Church
7421 E. Galbraith Road, Cinti, OH 45243
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 7:00-8:30 PM
From the book, this course will cover how capitalism and free markets fund our schools, our government and our charities, while providing our jobs and opportunities. Youth, please join us and get an education on free enterprise and learn a dozen things every student and adult should know about America’s Economic System and how to get ahead, instead of being left behind.
Rob Hudson and 8th grader Lauren Hudson
How to Reduce Your Property Taxes
Anderson Library
7450 State Road, Cincinnati, OH 45230
Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 7:00-8:30 PM
Are you feeling like your house is not yours? Attorney Chris Finney tells us what you have to do NOW to lower your Property Taxes.
As many of you have seen on your real estate tax bills that just came out the valuation of your property may not be accurate. You only have 1 month to do this as all appeals need to be filed by March 31, 2013. Don’t miss out on the chance to have your home properly valued.
Attorney Chris Finney
Health and Fitness for the Modern World–Get in Shape for the Summer!
Cincinnati Fit Body Boot Camp
7923 Blue Ash Road, Cincinnati, OH 452236
Thursday, March 6, 7:00-8:30 PM
With all the different workout and diet systems available it can become very confusing to know what is healthy for you and what is not. This EmpowerU class will show you how to put together a simple, but effective workout that you can do anywhere. After taking you through a workout that will give you the best results we’ll show you how to supplement your exercise with an effective diet. A healthy diet starts with the basics , such as how to read a food label. We’ll get you to look past the surface, learn what you are putting in your body and be ready to Get in Shape for the Summer.
Trisha DeHall will work us through the nutritional aspects of this session. Trisha holds a Masters in Nutrition and is also a Master Certified Personal Trainer. Jeff Ackerman has been training people for 6 years and has received his Personal Training certificate from the American Council on Exercise. Jeff’s common sense approach will set your workout plan on a new path for 2014.
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Trisha DeHall and Jeff Ackerman from Cincinnati Fit Body Boot Camp
Ohio Innocence Project
Joy Community Church
5000 North Bend Road, Cincinnati, OH 45211
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 7:00-8:30 PM
Professor Godsey will discuss the Ohio Innocence Project (OIP) including known problems with our judicial system, success storis, and future plans. He will be joined by a man who was wrongfully convicted and later freed through OIP’s work.
Just last year more than 30 people were exonerated through OIP’s efforts. Don’t miss this interesting class today.
Professor Mark Godsey
An Introduction to Bitcoin
Covington Library
502 Scott Blvd.
Covington, KY 41011
Thursday, March 13, 2014 from 7:00-8:30 PM
Launched in 2009, Bitcoin is a rapidly evolving open source technology that is revolutionizing the world as we know it.Bitcoin is a digital, global, secure, decentralized payment network and a new kind of money designed for the internet and the 21st century.No signle entity controls Bitcoin.
Come learn about what Bitoin is, how it works, and how you can use it in commerce as both a consumer and business owner.Hear from Andy Schroder and Jerry Felix members of the Cincinnati Bitcoin Initiative, a collection of individuals interested in promoting, and adopting bitcoin in the Greater Cincinnati area.Be there for this cutting edge class, and learn.
Learn About Bitcoin the New Electronic Currency
Human Trafficking on the International, National & State Level
The Farm
(239 Anderson Ferry Road
Cincinnati, OH 45238
Monday, March 147, 2014 from 7:00-8:30 PM
Optional Dinner Available (Best Fried Chicken) starting at 6:00 PM
This EmpowerU class will shine a spotlight on a most troubling subject and little known epidemic, Human Trafficking. Most would think trafficking is a third-world-country problem. If we think close to home at all, border states come to mind. This session will confirm that yes, this problem is right in our own community.
Join Melinda Haggerty of the Ohio Attorney General’s office and Congressman Steve Chabot who will give us insight into how this problem is impacting our communities. A preliminary report on this problem cited 13 YEARS OLD AS THE MOST COMMON AGE IN OHIO FOR YOUTH TO BECOME VICTIMS! Can you afford not to learn about what might be happening under your very eyes?
Congressman Steve Chabot and Ohio Attorney General’s Office’s Melinda Haggerty
What Every Student Needs to Know About Business, Free Markets and Capitalism — You’ve seen this book covered on the news….
Connections Church
7421 E. Galbraith Road
Cincinnati, OH 45243
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 7:00-8:30 PM
From the book, this course will cover how capitalism and free markets fund our schools, our government and our charities, while providing our jobs and opportunities. Youth, please join us and get an education on free enterprise and learn a dozen things every student and adult should know about America’s Economic System and how to get ahead, instead of being left behind.
Rob Hudson and 8th grader Lauren Hudson
Location To Be Announced
Thursday, March 20, 2014, 7:00-8:30 PM
Thirty kids in a classroom listening to a teacher five days a week with summers off to help with the crops? Sounds like the 19th century, but it’s not.That’s today. No wonder too many of our kids aren’t doing well in school.Fortunately, new school models are emerging which allow kids to learn at their own pace.And that’s just the beginning.After just three years, the KIPP Empower school in inner-city Los Angeles is the 10th highest- ranked public elementary school in the entire state of California.That’s not by accident.
Come join us on Thursday, March 20th, but fasten your seat belts.We’re looking at the future, and it’s exciting! Dan Peters is president of the Lovett & Ruth Peters Foundation in Cincinnati.The foundation focuses its efforts nationwide on creating great K-12 education options for parents and their kids.
Dan Peters
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Veterans Benefits, Obamacare & You
Paul Vail VFW Hall
3318 E. Sharon Road
Cincinnati, OH 45241
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 from 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Join us when Nathan Martin and other representatives from Concerned Veterans explain why you should care about the problems in the VA system and how it relates to Obamacare and you. Learn about Single payer healthcare and why this is the goal for the Government for all Americans. The VA is notoriusly slow and its service is sub-standard. See how this slow pay and service relates to what will happen with Obamacare and you.
This issue threatens to cripple not only our economic and national security, but also the spirit of opportunity and liberty veterans fought to defend. A don’t miss session!
Nathan Martin from Concerned Veterans for America
Cold cases fascinate us because of the endless possibilities. What if Alice Hochhausler hadn’t driven her daughter home from work while a strangler was running loose? What if Oda Apple’s wife hadn’t sent him to the corner drugstore? What if Linda Bricca hadn’t been so beautiful–and her husband not a workaholic? J.T. Townsend takes us on a sinister journey through thirteen cases, which took place in Cincinnati between 1904 and 1971. What do these cases have in common? Somebody literally got away with murder. Learn about the most interesting crime cases in Cincinnati’s history.
J.T. Townsend is a freelance writer and lifelong resident of Cincinnati. He is the former true crime historian for Snitch Magazine and his work has appeared in the Cincinati Enquirer, Cincinnati Magazine, Word Magazine, and Clews. He will be signing his book Queen City Gothic at the event. Enjoy the beautiful setting of The Rail House with their great food and drink. Join us–Limited Seating at this event!
Author J.T. Townsend
Has the NSA gone Rogue? Join Doc Thompson!
Voice of America Metro Park–Lake View room
7850 VOA Park Drive
West Chester, OH 45069
Tuesday, April 1, 2014, 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
All about the NSA. We will discuss the recent attempt by the White House to quell our growing concern about the over-reach of the NSA and its associated intelligence-gathering practices. How the NSA deflects criticism of their collection of activities. Learn about metadata and how it is used to assimilate information about the sender and recipient(s). Can this stuff really happen to the people? Is anything we do private and safe from government scrutiny?
Will shifting this NSA operation to a third party and raising the level of judicial approval do anything or will it just be business as usual? Join Doc Thompson, from the Blaze Radio Network, a conservative, freedom fighting, radio talk show host at what promises to be an ardent, highly-charged and informative EmpowerU.
Doc Thompson, Radio Host from The Blaze
Cigar Tasting!
House of Cigar
4010 Hauck Road
Cincinnati, OH 45241
Thursday, April 3, 2014 7:00-8:30 PM
An Evening with Jim LaBarbara, the Music Professor
Price Hill Chili
4920 Glenway Avenue
Cincinnati, OH45238
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 6:30-8:30 PM
Join Radio and Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame Inductee Jim LaBarbara at legendary Price Hill Chili.Learn about the making of some Great 50’s and 60’s music and the Stars who performed them.An evening with a true Living Legend.
Jim will be signing copies of his book The Music Professor.You listened to him for 40 years on Cincinnati Radio on WLW, WCKY, and WGRR.Don’t miss him at EmpowerU on March 11.
The Music Professor, Jim LaBarbara
Ohio Open Records & Ohio Open Meetings Act
Symmes Township Branch Library
11850 Enyart Road
Loveland, OH 45140
Thursday, April 10 from 7:00-8:30 PM
Attorney Curt Hartman teaches you how to get the information from governments you need. You must know this important Ohio law to let the sunshine in! If you need information from your Government(s), this class will tell you how to request the information, what information they are required to give you and when are they required to give you the information.
Find out why these two Ohio laws have been called “the Great Equalizer”. This is a foundational EmpowerU class–SIGN UP!
Attorney Curt Hartman
Courage Based Self Defense
Covington Library
502 Scott Blvd.
Covington, KY 41011
Thursday, March 13, 2014 from 7:00-8:30 PM
Courage Coaches Debbie and Mike Gardner are motivation speakers/authors who teach LOVE-based crime survival skills, drawing upon their personal mistakes and successes during their law enforcement careers. Their absolutely new approach to the timely subject of self-defense dares to emphasize “LESS is more, when less is RIGHT!”
The Gardner’s instill Courage, Rights and a proven effective “ONE Word Safety Plan” you’ll easily understand. We are asking for a $10 contribution to this session to defer expenses of the speakers.
Mike and Debbie Gardner
“The People’s Attorney” Maurice Thompson to speak on Four Important Ohio Topics
Lakota High School West Freshman Campus
5050 Tylersville Road
West Chester, OH 45069
Thursday, April 24, 2014, 7:00-8:30 PM
Maurice Thompson is “The People’s Attorney” He is the Executive Director of the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law in Columbus which is a non-profit, non-partisan legal center dedicated to protecting the constitutional rights of Ohioans from government abuse. 1851 litigates constitutional issues related to property rights, voting rights, regulation, taxation and search and seizures.
Maurice will “flash teach” us on four of the most important subjects impacting Ohioans now in (4) 15 minute sessions. You will learn about 1) The Ohio Supreme Court, 2) A possible Statewide Bond Issue which will be on the ballot, 3) a possible taxpayer bill of rights and a 4th Surprise Session. We will have plenty of time for questions in this important session on the good, the bad, and ugly of what needs to be changed in Ohio.
Maurice Thompson
Union Conservatives
American Legion Hall Hugh Watson Post
1100 Winton Road
Cincinnati, OH 45218
Saturday, April 26, 2014 10:00 AM-Noon
Terry Bowman is pro-union dedicated to bringing union leadership back to the middle to represent all workers.He believes you cannot serve the interests of members by making enemies with politicians.Understand the idea that “Forced Solidarity” is no solidarity at all.Only through complete voluntary unionism will there be real solidarity.
Find out why after 13 years of being dissatisfied with union politics and associated propaganda, UAW member Terry Bowman decided in 2010 to start organizing union members that disagree with political activities of their union officials.Find out what you need to know and how to get involved.
Union Conservative Terry Bowman
Legalization of Marijuana in Ohio
Westwood Towne Hall
3017 Harrison Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45211
Tuesday April 29, 2014 from 7:00-8:30 PM
Learn why Marijuana might be re-legalized from the President of Ohio NORML. This session will cover the historic, medical, industrial and social use of Cannabis also known as Hemp or Marijuana. We’ll discover Marijuana’s use for medical purposes.
NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) goal is to legalize Marijuana for personal, industrial and medical use. The world is changing in front of our very eyes with the State of Colorado being on the forefront of legalization. Will Ohio be next–the answer might surprise you!
Rob Ryan, Leader of Ohio Chapter of NORML and three-time Cancel Surrivor
The History of the Holocaust and the Story of a “Child Star”
Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education
8401 Montgomery Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236
Thursday, May 1, 2014 from 7:00-8:30 PM
Dr. Henry Fenichel, Holocaust survivor and Professor Emeritus of physics at the University of Cincinnati, will recount his story as a preschooler forced by Nazis to wear a yellow star signifying his religion. Fenichel who did not speak openly about his experiences until the early 1990’s is now sharing his life story. What prompted him to break his silence on his past was the opening of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C.
Do not miss the chance to hear Dr. Fenichel’s incredible story and learn about the Holocaust by visiting Cincinnati’s incredible Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education. Join us on May 1.
Dr. Henry Fenichel, Professor Emeritus of physics at the University of Cincinnati
Courage Based Self Defense
Washington Heights Baptist Church
5650 Far Hills Avenue
Dayton, OH 45429
Saturday, May 3, 2014 from 10:00 AM-12:00 Noon
Courage Coaches Debbie and Mike Gardner are motivation speakers/authors who teach LOVE-based crime survival skills, drawing upon their personal mistakes and successes during their law enforcement careers. Their absolutely new approach to the timely subject of self-defense dares to emphasize “LESS is more, when less is RIGHT!”
The Gardner’s instill Courage, Rights and a proven effective “ONE Word Safety Plan” you’ll easily understand. We are asking for a $10 contribution to this session to defer expenses of the speakers.
Mike and Debbie Gardner
Cincinnati’s #1 Conservative Brian Thomas to Speak on How Our Individual Rights are Being Eroded.
Don’t Miss!
Glendale Lyceum Outdoor Pavillion
(Pavillion located behind Building–park on side of building)
865 Congress Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45246
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 6:00-8:00 PM–Talk starts at 6:30 PM–Join us for Cookout!
You’ve heard him on the radio every morning on 55KRC and probably asked yourself the same question we do…..How can this guy have so much common sense? Join Brian Thomas for our season ending EmpowerU Session where he will discuss Our Individual Rights and How they are being eroded–one by one by precious one….
We will be having a fun Cookout to end our Spring semester. Join us at 6:00 pm and please bring a covered dish, an appetizer, a dessert or drinks to share with others. EmpowerU will be providing the burgers, bratts and metts. If you are running late just bring yourself! You can also bring your own beer or wine to this outdoor event also. There will be picnic table seating available or feel free to bring your stadium or lawn chairs as we’ll be outside.. Hope for warm weather! There might be a surprise guest or two to make the evening even more special.
Brian Thomas