How Well is the Mainstream Media Covering the Israel-Gaza Conflict?
The events of October 7 shocked the world, and what has happened since is even more shocking. The conflict between Israel and Hamas is gradually expanding, and every day the risks of an even wider conflict increase.
The United States is deeply divided over the conflict, with a faction supporting Israel’s action, another supporting Hamas, and another supporting Israel’s self-defense as long as innocent Palestinians aren’t injured. The Biden administration is sending mixed messages, contributing to the escalation.
Joel Pollak has been covering the Israel-Hamas conflict for Breitbart from the beginning, and he has visited Israel several times since October 7. He’ll join EmpowerU to share his insights about the conflict, including its underlying causes, its expansion, the mainstream news coverage of the conflict, the trajectory the conflict seems to be taking, the Biden administration’s handling of the conflict, and what an effective solution will look like.
Hear the facts straight from the source as EmpowerU Podcast Host Jerry Thomas talks with Joel Pollak- one who has been to Israel multiple times since the conflict started.
Speaker Bio:
Joel Pollak- Senior Editor-at-Large for Breitbart News.
Joel Pollak is one of the most prolific writers at Breitbart News with his regular column, Blue State Blues, his on-the-ground reporting from Israel after the October 7 Hamas massacre of innocent civilians, and his fearless political reporting where he challenges the status quo.
Born April 25, 1977, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Joel Pollak immigrated as a young boy to the United States with his family. He grew up in Chicago, Illinois, becoming a US citizen in 1987. After graduating from Harvard University, Pollak returned to South Africa to earn a master’s degree in Jewish Studies at the University of Cape Town, and he later worked as a speechwriter for South African politician Tony Leon.
Before joining Breitbart News, Pollak ran unsuccessfully for Congress as a Tea Party Republican representing Illinois’ 9th district. He ran against incumbent Democrat Jan Schakowsky, who promoted the corrupt ShoreBank bailout while ignoring community banks in her own district.
Joel Pollak actually used to be what he described in an interview with Chicago Mag as a “raving Democrat,” but started moving to the right while at Harvard Law School, feeling that Democrats in Congress had no agenda other than bashing President Bush. He earned his law degree in 2008.
One of Pollak’s many books is, How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution, in which he discusses the reasons for Trump’s 2016 win, especially pointing to the fact that Trump defied the media. In 2020 he published Red November, in which he argued – presciently – that Joe Biden, despite posing as a moderate, was the most extreme leftwing presidential candidate in history. Later that same year Pollak published, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, in which detailed the distortions that made a Trump re-election difficult if not impossible – vote-by-mail, political violence, tech censorship, media bias, claims of voter fraud and more. His most recent book, Rhoda: ‘Comrade Kadalie, You Are Out of Order!’: A Biography is about his late mother-in-law, a South African antiapartheid activist who became a noted political columnist and Trump supporter.
In addition to serving as senior editor-at-large for Breitbart News, Pollak hosts the Breitbart News Sunday radio show on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125, 7 – 10 p.m. Eastern.
Joel’s wife, Julia, was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Joel and Julia met while she was working as an intern in the South African Parliament and Joel was working as a speechwriter for South African politician Tony Leon. Julia eventually graduated from Harvard with a degree in economics. She is also a 10-year veteran of the U.S. Navy Reserve. Joel and Julia live with their children in the Los Angeles area.
Learn about America’s greatest architect, and his greatest design.
Frank Lloyd Wright is considered to be one of the premier American architects of the 20th century. Fallingwater — located in southwestern Pennsylvania, built over a waterfall, and constructed using sandstone that was quarried near the building site — is considered to be Wright’s masterwork.
(Exterior of Fallingwater)
Edgar Kaufmann, Sr., owner of the Kaufmann Department Store in Pittsburgh, commissioned Wright to design Fallingwater, and construction was completed in 1938. At that time Wright’s career was considered to be over, and many viewed him as irrelevant.
Yet the completed structure was so celebrated that Wright, in his late 60s at the time, saw his career reignited, and he received hundreds of commissions until his death in 1959 at the age of 91. Fallingwater was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976, and a World Heritage Site in 2019.
We’ll learn from Michael Desmond, Professor of Architecture at Louisiana State University, the evolution of Wright’s overall approach to design, the thinking behind the design of Fallingwater, and the structure’s impact and legacy. Step outside your comfort zone and learn something new!
Join us as EmpowerU’s Podcast Host Michael Mercier interviews Michael Desmond on one of the greatest American Architects of the 20th century.
Speaker Bio:
Michael Desmond, professor of architecture at LSU, received a Bachelor of Architecture from Louisiana State University, a Master of Architecture and Urban Design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a PhD in history, theory, and criticism in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests focus on the role of architecture in society and include American architecture and urban history and cultural mythology and belief systems as frames for evaluation of architectural forms. His doctoral research explored the community-scale work of Frank Lloyd Wright in the context of Emersonian themes in American history and the modernist interest in subject/object perception. In line with that work, he published several chapters in Frank Lloyd Wright: The Living City, the catalog for the first significant traveling exhibition of Wright’s work in Europe. Desmond received a Campus Heritage Grant from the Getty Foundation in Los Angeles to conduct an inventory and analysis of the historic LSU campus. This effort produced an architectural history highlighting the roles of the Olmsted brothers and Theodore Link; a technical report documenting external building conditions; a large public exhibition that traveled the state throughout the university’s 150th anniversary in 2010; and the book, The Architecture of LSU, published by LSU Press in 2013. Desmond’s chapter, “The Architecture of Louisiana,” is included in The Pelican State, Wayne parent (ed.), published by LSU Press in the fall of 2014. As a practicing architect he was awarded a Gulf States Region Merit Honor Citation for Excellence in Design from the American Institute of Architects for the Bluebonnet Swamp Interpretive Center Education Building. He has an extensive record of taking LSU students on architectural tours of Europe.
Are we living Animal Farm & 1984 in 2024? Learn the similarities in this class.
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How Close are George Orwell’s Futuristic Books Compared to Modern Life?
George Orwell – the pen name of Eric Blair – was a committed democratic socialist and a critic of the British Empire’s colonialism and capitalism. He also was a fierce opponent of fascism. He was so committed, in fact, that he risked his life in the Spanish Civil War on the socialist side. But he soon became appalled at the totalitarian aspects of both the socialist side of that war and the USSR under Stalin.
His novels Animal Farm and 1984 were both written as harsh criticisms of Communist totalitarianism. Many aspects of government and corporate policies and practices in America today seem chillingly like those of Animal Farm and 1984.
Animal Farm is a fable that deals mostly with how socialists use propaganda that promises a better life to people in lower economic classes to overthrow their economic masters. Its small core of leaders then uses that power to better their own lives, leaving the fate of the masses unchanged. 1984 describes the bleak life in a totalitarian nation called Oceania. It describes technology that was just science fiction in 1949, when it was written, but that is common technology today.
In 1984, there is no privacy, there is no truth, there are no relationships – personal, business, etc. – that are not decided by the government. Resistance is futile and even potentially deadly. Terms like “Orwellian,” “Thought Crime,” and “Big Brother” all evolved from this book. This talk will discuss the many parallels between these two novels and life in America in 2024. For starters, think of all the places – both inside the home and outside – where your words can be heard, and your motions can be seen. Electronic devices of all types can do both. And think of all the places where your spoken and written words can be captured and sent to places unknown for further analysis. You may have “approved” this invasion of privacy in some 50-page agreement that you never read, but it is happening. It could be used for marketing OR something more sinister. Come and learn about Orwell’s writing tonight.
Speaker Bio:
Tom Hagedorn is a life-long learner who has been researching and talking about the many facets of western socialism and progressivism over the last five years. He has previously given talks at EmpowerU on Socialism in the U.S.: A Brief History, ESG: Introducing Our New World Government, American Education and Its Takeover by International Socialism, and Climate Calamity: Climate Change Exposed. Tom is a member of the EmpowerU Board.
Tom has been providing investment advice to individuals since 1983. He has been involved in various political, charitable, and community activities. He has a B.S. (cum laude) and an MBA from the University of Cincinnati and is a CPA and a CFP.
Learn about the techniques the military and media use in the battle over minds.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
How to Navigate the Psychological Warfare
In this episode of the EmpowerU Podcast we will explore the nature of modern propaganda and psychological operations (PSYOP) with SSG Andrew Matre, and special guest SFC Mike Currier. Andrew and Mike served in an Army field PSYOPS unit in the Middle East. They will share their experiences conducting PSYOPS and explain how our military uses these operations abroad and possibly at home.
Topics we’ll cover include the science and tools military PSYOP, and just how common or wild these operations really are. We’ll then delve into the world of PSYOP from the civilian perspective. They’ll share with us some tricks of the trade, and how to recognize propaganda and other malicious influence.
We hope you will tune in to quip yourself with the knowledge to recognize and navigate the war over minds.
EmpowerU Podcast Host Jerry Thomas talks with Andrew Matre and Mike Currier as they share their experiences from the military and what the public can learn from it.
Speaker Bios:
Andrew Matre graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in Intelligence & National Security. Serving in the US Army, he achieved a rank of Staff Sergeant and served on the ground in the Middle East, with a unit performing field PSYOPs.
After his tour in the military, he continued to work in the field as a government contractor. Today, Andrew is a successful marketer, and applies his skills in the business world.
Sergeant First Class Mike Currier served alongside Andrew in the US Army, also performing PSYOP missions in the Middle East. After completing his tour, he went on to become a government contractor as well.
The Jungle is roaring once again. Learn the history and the players that bring excitement to the game.
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Thursday, April 25, 2024
Learn A Piece of Cincinnati’s History with the Significance of the Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals shocked the NFL with their run to Super Bowl LVI in 2022, reigniting the team’s fan base. Sparked by the exciting play of Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase. Bengaldom roared the loudest since Boomer Esiason and the Ickey Shuffle rocked the Jungle. Return to the earliest days when football legend Paul Brown founded the Bengals after being fired from the Cleveland Browns and the grudge matches when the teams met.
Learn about quarterback phenom Greg Cook, whose career was tragically cut short.
Experience the thrill of three Super Bowl appearances and shiver through one of the coldest games in NFL history. Through the photos and stories of the timeline you will meet the most celebrated players to wear the stripes and the young stars of the dynamic 2021 team that took the league by storm. In The Cincinnati Bengals: An Illustrated Timeline, author Rick Pender guides fans young and old to the biggest games and greatest players that shaped the history of the Bengals franchise.
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Adam Koehler- Candidate for Hamilton County Board of Commissioners
In his upcoming talk, Adam will delve into critical topics that have shaped his career and his vision for Hamilton County. He will discuss the importance of responsible governance, economic development, and innovation. Specifically, he will discuss the significance of fostering diverse revenue streams, encouraging entrepreneurial growth, and engaging in civic participation. Drawing from his experiences in technology, real estate, and digital design, Adam will highlight how these principles can drive positive change in our communities.
Speaker Bios:
Rick Pender is a veteran freelance writer and former public relations, marketing, and fundraising professional. He writes theater reviews for CityBeat (and formerly was its arts and entertainment editor); he has written several books about Cincinnati, including 100 Things To Do in Cincinnati Before You Die (now in its 3rd edition) and Oldest Cincinnati, as well as an extensive reference book, The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, about the legendary musical theater composer.
He is also a tour guide who shows off Cincinnati’s arts, culture and history to out-of-town visitors. In the past he worked for public radio stations WGUC and WNKU; he also served provided weekly interviews for WVXU’s Around Cincinnati. A veteran communications and public relations professional, Rick spent nearly a decade as the executive vice president of Dan Pinger Public Relations. He also oversaw fundraising for Cincinnati Opera and Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio. Since 2016 he has served on the executive committee of the Friends of Music Hall. He is originally from Chardon, Ohio, in Geauga County, east of Cleveland. He earned his B.A. in English from Oberlin College and his M.A. and Ph.D. in English literature from Case Western Reserve University. He lives in downtown Cincinnati.
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Adam Koehler, a current candidate for Hamilton County Commissioner, is a multifaceted professional with over two decades of diverse entrepreneurial experience spanning various industries. As a licensed REALTOR® and a serial entrepreneur, he has left an indelible mark in sectors such as technology, real estate, and digital design.
Adam’s entrepreneurial journey includes ownership of Reversed Out, an innovative digital agency known for its collaborations with Fortune 500 clients and pioneering the integration of AI-driven solutions like ChatGPT to enhance efficiency and productivity.
Furthermore, Adam is renowned as the co-founder of dotloop, a groundbreaking platform that revolutionized real estate transactions, ultimately achieving a remarkable $108 million exit to Zillow Group in 2015. Building on his success, he ventured into the world of real estate by acquiring an underperforming 20,000-square-foot building in Covington, Kentucky, and transforming it into a thriving coworking space known as CovWorx.
As a sought-after speaker, Adam shares his expertise in entrepreneurship, economic development, and innovation. He is dedicated to advocating for responsible governance and entrepreneurial growth in the Greater Cincinnati region. Adam’s engaging presentations often touch on diverse revenue streams, economic development, and the significance of civic engagement. His passion for design, marketing, and leadership shines through in his speaking engagements and his commitment to creating value and facilitating transformation.
African-Americans in cities throughout the United States are being asked to stand aside while the officials they elected to protect their interest ignore them and bring large numbers of illegal migrants into their communities, and then provide these foreign nationals with free food, housing, education, healthcare, phones, and, sometimes, pre-paid debit cards. These elected officials in some cases are taking crucial resources from these underserved communities and using them to support the migrants.
Why are so many billions of dollars suddenly available to supply basic necessities for non-citizens, but not for Americans? Who is making the decisions that are allowing this outrage to continue? And what can be done to address the problem?
In this episode of the EmpowerU America Podcast we will hear firsthand from black residents in Chicago and New York City about how this crisis is impacting them, and how they feel about it. We will also hear from community leaders Pastor David L. Lowery, Jr., in Chicago, and Conservative Party candidate and BLEXIT leader Dion Powell in the Bronx. We’ll close the episode with former immigration judge Matt O’Brien — currently at the Immigration Reform Law Institute — who will explain immigration law, the asylum process, and which aspects of this migrant crisis are in compliance, or in violation, of the law.
Speaker Bio:
David L. Lowery, Jr., is co-pastor at Fernwood Community Outreach Church in Chicago, and an outreach pastor at Universal Baptist Church in Harvey, IL. He is the founder and president of the Living & Driving While Black Foundation, Inc., a national civil rights organization advocating against racial profiling. He is a past president of the Rock Island, Illinois chapter of the NAACP, and is a U.S. Navy veteran. He hosts “Let the Truth Be Told” on The Exceptional Conservative Network (TECNTV.com).
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Dion Powell is Executive Director of Governmental Affairs & Public Relations with Special Forces, LLC, a Political Campaign Training Company. He also serves as Bronx Conservative Party District Leader and Assistant State Director of BLEXIT’s New York Chapter. He previously worked as a Substitute Teacher and Teacher’s Assistant for NYC Public and Charter Schools, Assistant to the Community Liaison at the Latino Pastoral Action Center (LPAC) Sanctuary Church, and as the Assistant Director of the civic education non-profit Servicing Our Youth. He has contributed to the Bronx Branch NAACP, the New York State Young Democrats, and the Bronx Young Democrats. He holds a B.A. in Media/Communications: Film & Video from CUNY, and a Master’s in Public Administration from Metropolitan College of New York. He is currently working on his PhD in Human Services at Capella University.
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Mr. Matthew J. O’Brien is Director of Investigations at the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), and he has nearly 30 years of experience in immigration law and policy. Prior to joining IRLI, he was an Immigration Judge on the U.S. Immigration Court at Arlington, VA. From 2016-2020, he served as the director of research at the Federation for American Immigration Reform. From 2008-2016, he held a number of positions at the U.S. DHS, including Assistant Chief Counsel with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. From 1997-2003, he was an immigration attorney in private practice. From 1996-1997, he served as a District Adjudications Officer with the former Immigration and Naturalization Service. He holds a J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law, a M.A. in National Security Affairs from the Institute of World Politics (IWP), and a B.A. in French from the Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a doctoral candidate in IWP’s Statecraft and National Security Program.
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Adrian Wright is the current President of the Great Lakes Illinois Republican Women Club. She served as Committeewoman for Chicago’s 3rd Ward from 2015-2020, and as the Illinois Director of Black American Engagement and Outreach for the 2016 Trump/Pence Campaign. She volunteered for the 2017 Presidential Inauguration Committee, and was a delegate for Trump in 2020. She is a 2024 delegate for Trump representing the 7th Congressional District of Illinois.
What role besides housewife did the women of the Civil War era play?
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Come See History Come to Life with The Ladies Living History!
Now is the time for the feminine side of history! The Ladies Living History Society is a group of women dedicated to authentically presenting the history of women through living history portrayals. Tonight’s presentation will be a Fashion Show representing clothing styles from the 1800’s through the 1860’s, from the inside out, layer to layer! They will be relating snippets from the history of those times as they show off their homemade costumes.
We’ve heard about the lives of Civil War area soldiers and the founding of villages and towns in the Ohio River valley by early property owners, who were mostly men. Of course, the vast majority of these men had women behind them who were running the households, raising the children, growing the food, and of course supporting their husbands so that the men could make those accomplishments. The women have stories of their own that they would like to relate. Join us tonight and learn about the Civil War through the eyes of the women.
Speaker’s Bio:
Ladies Living History Society of Greater Cincinnati was founded in 1993. There were no civilian historical reenactment groups in Cincinnati. Living history groups were confined to men who wanted to reenact battles from the Civil War. When the wives of the 6th Ohio regiment attended historical reenactments of battles and other Civil War events, they started to wonder what an 1860s female group would look like. That’s when ‘The Society’ was born. The women research the food, clothes, and pastimes of the 1860s, as well as historical figures from the era. They meet monthly to learn and talk about their research together. One of the goals of the society is to educate the public that women served Cincinnati in many ways during the Civil War.
The Verdin Company--Carillons, bells, and clocks, ring, ring, and tick tock! Beautiful sounds and time pieces.
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Come Learn the History of Beautiful Clocks and Bells!
Since 1842, The Verdin Company has been an innovator and leader in making the finest bells, clocks, and carillons in the world. Founded by two immigrant brothers from France, the company continues today under the ownership of the sixth generation of the Verdin family.
In a field that requires highly specialized skills, the family uses its knowledge and expertise to teach the craft of clocks and bells to its employees, thus creating the top craftsmen in the industry. The Verdin Company’s pledge to customers, friends and employees is to produce the finest bells and clocks that are seen, heard, and enjoyed throughout the world.
Follow along as we take an in depth look at the history of the family as they traveled from France to the Cincinnati region and set down roots creating a small business that they never knew would grow to these proportions.
We will also look into the different products that are currently available (just what exactly is a carillon and how do you pronounce that word??), notable installations across the globe, and see inside the factory walls where all of our products are produced right here in Cincinnati.
Speaker Bio:
Erika Broenner is the Sales Administrative Assistant for The Verdin Company, as well as the Assistant to the CEO, Bob Verdin III. In addition, she is the resident historian on staff as she has the unique perspective of being married to a direct descendant of the original founder but not down the line that took over the business. Now in her second decade of working there, she enjoys new projects as they come along and learning not only about all of the ways things were done in the past but also how the business continues to grow into the future. An avid amateur genealogist and book lover, she enjoys local history tours, traveling and spending time with family as they cheer on their favorite local sports teams.
What are the Ramfications of Our Current Border Situation?
Former Border Patrol Chief Gives an Update on the Southern Border Situation
It wasn’t until sanctuary cities began buckling under the weight of the thousands of illegal immigrants flooding their streets that Democrats began to acknowledge the crisis at our southern border. NYC Mayor Eric Adams was one of the first Democrat critics of Biden’s border policy — he visited the border, met with Mexican officials, and called on the Biden Administration to address the problem.
Now the border is shaping up to be a major 2024 campaign issue. Democrats put forth a so-called border security bill that did nothing to secure the border; instead, it codified into law a daily quota of 5,000 asylum seekers, or, 1.8 million per year. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has put together a detailed implementation plan to deport the millions of asylum seekers who have entered the U.S. in the past 3 years.
Chris T. Clem, a 27-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol, will join EmpowerU to discuss the current state of the southern U.S. border. Topics we’ll address include the Biden Administration’s policies that are facilitating the border problem, DHS Director Mayorkas’ contribution to the problem, how the flood of migrants is impacting communities around the country, the risk we may experience acts of terror resulting from lax vetting procedures, the politicization of the crisis, and Trump’s deportation plan.
Join us for this podcast as EmpowerU Host Jerry Thomas interviews Former Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem. Hear first-hand how our nation is handling our southern border.
Speaker Bio:
Chris T. Clem is the former Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol in Yuma, AZ. Chief Clem retired on December 31, 2022, after serving more than 27 1/2 years with the U.S Border Patrol. Chief Clem served in multiple locations throughout his career and in key leadership positions across the southern border and in Washington, D.C. Known for his matter of fact and honest approach, Chief Clem has been on the frontline in the border crisis in both El Paso, Texas and most recently Yuma, Arizona. Chief Clem has not only been a leader and innovator on border security issues, but he has also led several mental health and resiliency efforts for his employees. Chief Clem has been a member of the Senior Executive Service since 2018 until his retirement.
Chief Clem has a B.S and M.S. from Sam Houston State University and is certified from the Harvard Kennedy School for Senior Managers in Government.
AI mimics man and man deceives! Is AI learning to be like man?
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Required Reading: Check out our New 4/23 Class–Migrant Crisis in New York and Chicago–This is an Important Class
Dave Hatter asks the question, “Is AI our ‘friend’ or is it our ‘enemy’?
Join one of EmpowerU’s favorite instructors, Dave Hatter, on this important, popular and timely topic. Dave keeps us educated on how to protect our security and privacy. Now he will help us to understand AI: Explore what AI is and how we got here. Dave will discuss the following:
AI Types and Applications: Gain insights into different types of AI, including ChatGPT, DALLE-E and voice cloning.
AI Security and Privacy: Address the crucial aspects of AI security and privacy concerns.
Using AI: Discover best practices for leveraging AI.
Live AI Demonstration: See how you can use AI.
If you keep constantly hearing the term AI, but are having trouble figuring it all out, tonight’s class is for you. Dave will leave time for your many questions.
Speaker Bio:
Accomplished, enthusiastic, award-winning technology leader with over 30 years of software development, cybersecurity, and project management experience. He is a lifelong learner earning industry certifications including CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCSP, CSSLP, Security+, Network+, MS Azure Fundamentals, PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PSM 1, PSD 1, and ITIL Foundation V3. He earned a BS in Information Systems from NKU and has written or contributed to 12 technology books, written more than 100 technology related articles and has been quoted in publications including The Wall Street
Journal, Money, MSNBC, Salon, Reader’s Digest, MSN, Business Insider, The Street, Yahoo!Money, The Ladders, Dice.com, InfoWorld, ComputerWorld, CIO, CSO, CIO Update, Search CIO, Digital Trends, Tech Beacon, CyberNews, Lifewire and GearBrain.
Dave is a regular on-air subject matter expert on WXIX (FOX19) and Local 12 (WKRC-TV). He can be heard every Friday morning at 6:30 AM on 55KRC’s “Tech Friday”, twice monthly on Simply Money on 55KRC, and seen every Monday on “Cyber Monday” on WTVG (13ABC) at 5:45 AM and “Tech Support” at 9 AM. He is a regular guest on several radio shows on 700WLW and City Talk on TBNK. He has appeared as an expert in more than 2,000 interviews in media outlets across the county including Bloomberg Financial, Fox News, CNN, NPR, LocalNewsLive, WKRC, WCPO, WLWT, WVXU, 840 WHAS, WSMN and Spectrum News 1. He has also served as a technology expert for the Kentucky Legislature and has testified about cybersecurity before the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Dave has delivered dozens of presentations for organizations including (ISC)2, ISACA, itSMF, ConnectWise, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce, Greater Cincinnati Better Business Bureau, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Cincinnati AMA, PMI Southwest Ohio, PMI Dayton/Miami Valley, PMI Central Ohio, The Circuit, and The Goering Center.
As an adjunct instructor at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College for nearly 20 years, Dave has educated over 1,000 students in a variety of software engineering and IT courses. He has also taught at the University of Cincinnati and Gateway Community and Technical College, and he is the author of the Infosec Institute NIST 800-171 and the Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional Learning Paths.
Dave is committed to community service and has served as Mayor of Fort Wright, Kentucky since 2015 after serving eight terms on City Council. He has also served on boards including the NKY Chamber of Commerce, the Cincinnati BBB, The Council of BBBs, PMI Southwest Ohio Chapter, NKU Alumni Council and Parish Kitchen. He is a member of Infragard, MS-ISAC, The NKU Business Informatics Advisory Council, The Cincinnati State Center for Innovative Technologies Advisory Committee, and the Gateway College of Information Technology Advisory Committee.
Dave is a graduate of Leadership Cincinnati, Leadership Kentucky, Leadership Northern Kentucky, and a member of the Cincinnati Business Courier’s “Forty Under 40”, Class of 2003. He was named the Kentucky League of Cities 2020 Elected Official of the Year, 2006 NKU College of Informatics Outstanding Alumnus, 1997 NKU Young Alumnus, a comSpark 2018 Rising Tech Star and he earned The Circuit’s 2021 Community Award.
Libertas Technologies, the custom software development company Dave founded in 2001, was honored with many awards, but he is especially proud of winning the Cincinnati Better Business Bureau’s Torch
Award for Marketplace Ethics in 2007. Libertas Technologies was acquired by Definity Partners in
October 2012. Dave is currently an employee owner and Director of Business Growth at Intrust IT.
A True Story of Survival, Courage, and a Daring Escape in the Face of Unthinkable Evil
Hear this Remarkable Story of a Holocaust Survivor
Kathe Mueller Slonim was 11-years-old when her father Adolf was sent to the Dachau concentration camp. When Adolf’s cousin, Max, learned of Adolf’s internment, he set out to rescue him. A former German government official, Max’s risky plan was to use his expired Third Reich papers to get through checkpoints he encountered en route to Dachau.
However, Max’s mission was doubly dangerous — he had previously changed his name and religion to hide his Jewish identity, and if this were discovered the consequences would be grave. Later in life, Kathe recounted this remarkable story in her memoir, Escape from Dachau. We’ll discuss Kathe’s memoir with her daughter, Susan Servais.
EmpowerU’s Podcast Host Michael Mercier will talk with Susan and guide us through this incredible story.
Speaker Bio:
In 2022, after the passing of her mom, Kathe Mueller Slonim, a Holocaust survivor, Susan Servais and her siblings decided to publish her mom’s memoir which was written by Kathe many years before. It was Kathe’s request that nothing be published until after her passing. Susan continues to do interviews with media outlets, universities, and scholars, and has enjoyed a successful career in the healthcare sector.
Meet Congressman Warren Davidson and Learn About This Important Topic
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Learning About Digital Currency–Join Us As We Take a Deep Dive…
Many people have said that Digital & Cryptocurrency means the end of piggy banks for children. What are the facts? Congressman Warren Davidson–Ohio District 8– is a member of the important House Financial Services Committee. He will explain the threat to liberty posed by programmable money including:
-Review of China’s social credit score system.
-Explanation of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and the Federal Reserve’s efforts to develop it.
-Examples of how CBDC could be used to control Americans.
-Efforts to prevent the development and implementation of programmable money in the U.S. House Financial Services Committee and in state legislatures.
-Explanation of permissionless, peer-to-peer cryptocurrencies, and the need for regulatory clarity.
-What can the average citizen do?
This is a GREAT opportunity to meet one of the leaders in Congress. Will the Government be mandating Digital Currency? What steps has the Biden administration already taken on Digital Currency? Congressman Davidson looks forward to answering your questions on these, and other, important issues.
Speaker Bio:
Warren Davidson was born and raised in Sidney, Ohio. He enlisted in the Army after high school and later earned an appointment to West Point. He served in the Old Guard, the 75th Ranger Regiment, and the 101st Airborne Division. After returning to civilian life, he helped grow his father’s small company with 20 employees to multiple companies with over 200 employees. Warren has been married to his wife, Lisa, for 27 years, and they have 2 adult children.
In 2016, Warren won a special election to fill the remainder of the term of outgoing US Representative John Boehner. He was re-elected in 2020 to his 3rd full term in Congress and serves on the House Financial Services Committee. He also serves on the United States Military Academy Board of Visitors, the House Warrior Caucus and House Army Caucus.
An Epidemic: 13.2% of Americans are using antidepressants monthly.
Decades ago Psychiatry moved from a therapy-focused approach to the treatment of depression to a pharmaceutical approach. With this new approach, antidepressants are used as the primary mode of treatment. Today, antidepressant use is widespread — a 2020 research study found that 13.2% of Americans were using antidepressants monthly.
Despite their widespread use, antidepressants are somewhat controversial. They produce some well-known side-effects, including weight gain, insomnia, and diminished sexual function.
A lesser-known side-effect is the withdrawal people experience when they taper off antidepressants under the guidance of their psychiatrist — what the psychiatric community calls “discontinuation syndrome”. There are also questions about the effectiveness of antidepressants, with some studies showing them to be no more effective than a placebo.
In this episode of EmpowerU, Psychologist Bruce E. Levine will discuss the problem of depression in America. He will discuss the characteristics of American society that are contributing to widespread depression, the shift from therapy to pharmaceutical treatment methods, the pharmaceutical industry’s involvement in this shift, the research on the effectiveness and side-effects of antidepressants, alternative approaches that Psychiatry could take to treat depression, and what cultural changes might also have a positive impact.
Listen in as EmpowerU Podcast’s Host Michael Mercier interviews Dr. Bruce E. Levine on what’s not really talked about where someone experiences clinical depression.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Bruce E. Levine writes and speaks widely on how society, culture, politics and psychology intersect. His most recent book is A Profession Without Reason: The Crisis of Contemporary Psychiatry―Untangled and Solved by Spinoza, Freethinking, and Radical Enlightenment (2022).
Dr. Levine’s previous books include Resisting Illegitimate Authority: A Thinking Person’s Guide to Being an Anti-Authoritarian―Strategies, Tools, and Models (2018); Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite (2011); Surviving America’s Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy (2007); and Commonsense Rebellion: Taking Back Your Life from Drugs, Shrinks, Corporations, and a World Gone Crazy (2003).
A practicing clinical psychologist often at odds with the mainstream of his profession, he is a regular contributor to CounterPunch, Truthout, Salon, AlterNet, Mad in America, Z Magazine, OpEdNews, and the Huffington Post. His articles and interviews have been published in the New York Times, Skeptic, Adbusters, The Ecologist, High Times, and numerous other magazines, and he has contributed chapters to The Military Industrial Complex at 50 (2011), Writing without Formula (2009), Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders: Depression (2009), and Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry (2007).
Dr. Levine is on the editorial advisory board of the journal Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, and he is on the medical and scientific advisory board of the National Center for Youth Law. He is also an editorial advisor for the Icarus Project/Freedom Center Harm Reduction Guide to Coming off Psychiatric Drugs. A longtime activist in the mental health treatment reform movement, he is a member of the International Society for Ethical Psychology & Psychiatry and MindFreedom. Dr. Levine has presented talks and workshops to diverse organizations throughout North America.
Bruce E. Levine was born in 1956, grew up in Rockaway in New York City, graduated from Queens College of the City University of New York, and received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Cincinnati. He currently lives in Cincinnati.
Hear from Zac Haines, a Miami University Board of Trustee, About DEI and Higher Education.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Enjoy insights from a University Board of Trustee member and partake in a robust discussion concerning higher education in Ohio. Areas of interest will include Enrollment trends, Affordability, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and an in-depth look at Senate Bill 83 — Ohio’s Historic Higher Education Reform Bill.
Learn about the wild world of College Athletics including the Transfer Portal, NIL (name, image, likeness), and the Alston decision. Zac Haines will share his personal thoughts and experiences and field your questions. Zac will be with us from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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Dr. Jed Hartings will provide an update on the successes and challenges of Cincinnati Classical Academy, the region’s first public (charter) classical school, now in its second year of operation. The school has achieved exceptional results in academic testing, enrollment growth, and student retention.
In doing so, however, it has also become the target of national attacks from anti-charter activists who object to teaching virtue and character in public schools. Despite resistance, classical charter education is building momentum throughout Ohio. Jed will join us from 7:05-7:25 pm.
Speaker Bios:
Zachary Haines is an entrepreneur who currently serves as the Owner and CEO of the DPA Buying Group. Under his leadership, the organization grew from approximately 67 distributors to more than 1,700 companies in the industrial, safety, and facility maintenance industries.
In 2018, at the age of 34, Mr. Haines was appointed by the Governor of Ohio to serve a nine-year term on Miami University’s Board of Trustees. Zac was recognized by the Cincinnati Business Courier as a Forty Under 40 recipient in 2016, and in 2020, he was recognized by Maverick Pac as a Future 40 Republican across the United States. On August 20, 2020, Zac was nominated by President Donald J. Trump to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
Among his other activities, Zac Haines is actively involved in the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), having at least ten ancestors who served or furnished material aid to the cause of liberty in the Revolutionary War. In this capacity, he chairs an annual patriotic essay contest for high school students, honors local R.O.T.C. cadets and midshipmen, and makes special appearances dressed as George Washington for elementary schools and civic organizations. Zac also serves as the national Historian and Archivist for the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and sits on its Foundation’s Board of Directors. Mr. Haines earned his B.S. from Miami University, located in Oxford, Ohio, where he met his wife Brittany. They have two young sons.
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Jed Hartings grew up on the West Side of Cincinnati and attended St. Xavier High School. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame and earned a doctorate in neuroscience from the University of Pittsburgh. He then served 8 years as a medical research officer in the U.S. Army at Walter Reed, separating from service at the rank of Major.
Jed returned home in 2008 to join the faculty at the University of Cincinnati, where he researches stroke and brain trauma as a tenured professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. He lives with his wife and daughters in Evendale. He enjoys running, motorcycles, classical music, politics, and reading, and hopes one day to sail the Great Lakes with his family.
Tired of Hearing About All the Problems With Our Military?
What is going on within our Military? Retired Colonel Rob Maness shares what our military is dealing with and what they are being taught.
Rob has led numerous combat flying operations and was also on duty in the Pentagon during the September 11, 2001 attack. Rob served on the Pentagon Joint Staff in nuclear operations, commanded a bomber squadron and a Wing before retiring from active duty in December 2011. Rob ran for US Senate in Louisiana as an America First candidate in 2014.
Be prepared to learn tonight as Rob explains what is really happening on the ground with our military now. EmpowerU podcast host Jerry Thomas brings us up-to-date on this important topic.
Speaker Bio:
Retired Colonel Rob Maness enlisted in the US Air Force in November 1978. Graduating from the US Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal School in 1980, he served in three assignments countering terrorist bomb makers before being selected for Officer and Flight training in 1985. Rob was involved in many combat flying operations and was also on duty in the Pentagon during the September 11, 2001 attack.
Rob currently owns and operates Iron Liberty Group LLC, the digital publishing company behind his website robmaness.com and his streaming tv show, The Rob Maness Show. Maness is also the chairman of GatorPAC, that supports constitutional conservative and veteran candidates. Colonel Maness is President of the Mississippi Chapter of Veterans For America First, a grassroots organization supporting America First Policies and communities around the state. Colonel Maness is a graduate of the University of Tampa, Cum Laude, and holds three Masters degrees from: Harvard University’s Kennedy School, the Air Command and Staff College, and the US College of Naval Warfare.
Hamilton County Communications Center 2377 Civic Center Drive Cincinnati, Ohio 45231
Saturday, March 16, 2024
This class has been cancelled due to the site being under construction, we apologize for any inconvenience and hope to reschedule.
Learn from this opportunity to hear about the workings of the Hamilton County 911 Emergency Communications Center from leaders, ask questions and get answers. You have been reading about the operations of the center in the past several months. Now, we will get a (quiet) tour of the actual communications center itself.
The Hamilton County Communications Center is located in Seven Hills behind the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Patrol Headquarters, the Hamilton County Communications Center provides emergency dispatch service for 105 Police, Fire, and EMS departments covering 42 political jurisdictions. To see the entire list of communities served by the Hamilton County Communications Center–Click Here. Our Communications Center staff consists of 60 Communications Officers, 9 Supervisors, and 8 administrative staff members. The staff at the communications centers attends numerous hours of training each year to maintain the highest level of industry accreditation, certification, and professional education.
Flowers - annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, oh dear what do I need?
White Oak Gardens 3579 Blue Rock Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45247
Thursday, March 14, 2024
This Class is Sold Out!!! — Sorry!
Get Ready For Spring With an EmpowerU Field Trip!
Spring will be creeping up on us soon. Time to start thinking and planning your garden for this year. Want to redesign, want the color choices that annuals bring, perennials that will come back year after year. Need some shrubs but don’t know what kind?
Tom Borgman will educate us on the native plants we can add to our landscapes that will add beauty and interest, attract birds and butterflies to our yards.
Tom will discuss how to create an attractive design along with some tips on easy ways to plant and maintain your landscape. Join us at White Oak Garden for a fun informational evening. Come a little early and browse the incredible store.
Speaker Bio:
Tom Borgman has more than 35 years of conservation related experience. Recently retired from Great Parks of Hamilton County, Tom served in several positions including Natural Resource Manager and Conservation & Parks Trainer.
As a gardener, landscaper, naturalist, and plant enthusiast, Tom has had a lifelong interest in connections between plants, wildlife, and people.
We’re Sorry, This Class is Sold Out!
Important: The Deadline to File Property Tax Appeals This Year is March 31, 2024
EmpowerU Virtual Zoom Class Login at: www.EmpowerUAmerica.org ,
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Chris Finney Email Address: chris@finneylawfirm.com
Chris Finney from Finney Law Firm LLC Explains What We Can Do About Our Property Taxes
Attorney Chris Finney reprises a popular EmpowerU seminar on reducing your property taxes. This could be like money in the bank! Property taxes finance our schools and fund numerous levies for public services and civic desires. As property owners, many people find property taxes a significant burden on the family budget.
This year many property owners have been hit with big increases on their property taxes and are looking for options to get their property taxes reduced. Specifically, we will be discussing reducing OHIO PROPERTY TAXES.
Chris Finney will take you step-by-step through the process of determining how to pay the lowest possible tax on your home or business. His tips will be worth your effort to attend this great session. The deadline for filing an appeal on your property tax is March 31—so get the facts at tonight’s virtual seminar.
Speaker Bio:
Mr. Finney is the owner of Finney Law Firm, LLC, where he concentrates on commercial transactional and litigation projects. In addition, Mr. Finney is a renowned public interest litigator, enjoying three 9-0 victories at the United States Supreme Court.
As a transactional attorney, Mr. Finney handles routine and complex real estate matters, and is a licensed Ohio title insurance agent. He has more than 30 years of experience in acquisition, disposition, leasing, and financing as well as issues relating to covenants and easements for real property. Mr. Finney is the sole owner of Ivy Pointe Title founded in 2013, which handles residential and commercial title insurance and closings. Its underwriters are First American Title Insurance and Fidelity Title Insurance. In all, Mr. Finney and his companies have handled more than 15,000 real estate closings in his career.
As a litigator, Mr. Finney has handled commercial disputes of many types, with a focus on real estate related matters and public interest law. These include construction disputes; contract disputes and matters of real estate title. In today’s increasingly complex world, the intersection of public regulation and private actions has become more intertwined. As such, there is a tremendous value to confronting governmental actions with public interest litigation. As a result, Mr. Finney has extensive experience in the public interest arena, from taxation to lobbying to public interest litigation. His notable public interest accomplishments are the same cases attached to the Finney Law Firm profile. He was counsel of record in each of those cases.
Adam Masters will discuss Americans for Prosperity’s prescriptions for addressing the economic ills of the Biden Administration.
What are the Repercussions of The Biden Administration’s Policies?
Adam Masters of Americans for Prosperity (AFP) will discuss the Biden Administration’s Economic policies, what AFP views as the flaws of those policies, and AFP’s prescription for correcting course. Topics covered include government spending, inflation, energy policy, and policies that empower workers.
What we will be talking about tonight is Bidenomics, which is Joe Biden’s idea to grow the economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down. The question about Bidenomics is whether it is really working and if so, what are the ramifications of this policy? What has been the impact of injecting trillions of dollars into our economy with the resulting inflation that has transpired?
EmpowerU host Jerry Thomas will lead us through tonight’s discussion of Joe Biden and the results from Bidenomics.
Speaker’s Bio:
Adam Masters is a Grassroots Trainer at Americans for Prosperity. A fifth generation Oklahoman, Adam has seen all types of grassroots efforts before joining the team. He began his political career traveling and on different campaigns and knocking on doors throughout college. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in Political Science, Adam went to work for former Mayor of Oklahoma City Mick Cornett’s gubernatorial campaign, doing everything from driving the candidate to events, knocking on doors, and making voter phone calls.
After the campaign, Adam helped with grassroots initiatives on various efforts in Texas & Virginia before returning to Oklahoma to work as a Legislative Assistant in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and ultimately mounting his own candidacy for State House.
Following the primary, Adam worked to help flip Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional district, working on behalf of Congresswoman Bice under the Congressional Leadership Fund. Adam comes to the team from a political research firm where he worked as Senior Research Manager, in charge of overseeing polling, market research, and advocacy efforts nationwide.
Also: Take 20: Replacement Property Tax Levies - HB344
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Hear from Retired FOP Officer Dan Hils on the Status and Concerns of the Cincinnati Police Department.
Dan Hils is concerned about the current status of keeping control of law and order. He will discuss what he sees to be the present trends in the ability of the police to achieve their ultimate duty: to keep citizens safe while protecting the Constitutional rights of those who threaten that safety. He will enlighten us about his experiences, both as president of the FOP and as a police officer.
Dan spent his career enforcing law and order. He recently retired from nearly 35 years of service with the Cincinnati Police Department and 8 years as president of the Fraternal Order of Police. During his FOP tenure, he proved himself to be an outspoken advocate for the approximately 1000 officers and 1,700 retired officers he represented. He proved himself to be a fighter on behalf of his ‘cops,’ advocating for them when they were treated unfairly, as well as in matters regarding their working conditions and the safeguards provided for them for their own safety.
In 2017, when he believed one of his officers was being unfairly treated by civil rights leaders and prosecutors, he, with approval of his FOP members, pulled the union out of negotiations to update the Collaborative Agreement. His adversary in the negotiations, civil rights attorney Al Gerhardstein, praised Dan, saying that Hils’ “own personal path has been all about demonstrating tremendous respect for the community.” Further, Gerhardstein said that Dan “knows how to talk to people when they aren’t being reasonable. He prevents violence. When he’s out on the street, he’s engaged as a police officer in a lot of exemplary ways.” Dan will be with us from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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Many bills written can be confusing to the public. Greg Lawon from Ohio Buckeye Institute will clarify HB344 which eliminates the authority of political subdivisions to levy replacement property tax levies, beginning with elections held on or after October 1, 2024.
Under current law, a subdivision may propose a replacement levy to extend the term of an existing levy. A replacement levy is imposed at the same original millage rate of the levy it is replacing. By contrast, subdivisions may also propose renewal levies, which extend the term of an existing levy at its current effective millage rate. Greg will be with us from 7:05-7:25 PM.
Speaker Bios:
Dan Hils was born and raised on the west side of Hamilton County, graduated from Elder High School in 1984 and entered the Army that year. His duty station was West Germany, where he served as a Military Police Officer. Shortly after his discharge from the Army, he entered the Cincinnati Police Academy, graduating in 1987. He was first stationed in District Four, and then moved to Districts Five and Three before being transferred to the Personal Crimes Unit as a detective. From there he was promoted to Specialist and then to Sergeant.
A year later, he was transferred to the K9 squad, which he loved. He spent nearly 15 years there. After banging heads with police administration, he found himself back on patrol in the very busy District Three dealing with the heroin epidemic. While working in District Three, he won election as the president of the Cincinnati FOP.
Since his retirement, he has continued police work as an auxiliary officer for Amberley Village, as well as running security for a couple of private schools. He also works with some great attorneys at Front Line Advisors, which provides legal advice and representation to law enforcement personnel. Front Line Advisors currently represents two FOPs: Middletown and Fairfield, as well as the Hamilton County corrections deputies.
In his personal life, Dan’s wife, Stephanie, is a retired police detective. He has a son, Alex, from his first marriage. He lost his daughter, Meghan, to congenital heart and lung issues when she was 18. Stephanie has two adult children, Hannah and Jacob.
Dan has described his philosophy about his life’s work as endeavoring not to be judgmental, to listen to every side of an issue, and then to see what he can do to solve the problem. In 2020, amid ongoing protests against police violence and calls for police reform, Dan Hils submitted a question to Cincinnati City Council: whether they were going to join the anti-police protestors or whether they would give the police benefit of the doubt. In describing his cops,’ Dan said that they “prove day in and day out that they believe lives matter because they risk themselves, they risk their lives. And I don’t like it when they are treated unfairly.”
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Greg R. Lawson is a Research Fellow at The Buckeye Institute.
In this role, Lawson works with all members of the Buckeye research team with a particular focus on local government and education issues. He is also Buckeye’s main liaison to the statehouse where he educates policymakers in both the legislative and executive branches on free-market solutions to Ohio’s challenges.
Prior to his position at Buckeye, Lawson served in the Ohio General Assembly as a Legislative Service Commission Fellow. He then went on to several government affairs roles focusing on numerous public policy topics, including Medicaid, school choice, transportation funding, and Ohio’s Building Code. He also has a background in PAC fundraising, grassroots organizing, and communications and served for five years on the boards of two Columbus-based charter schools.
Learn the 10 skills that are essential to your success in life.
EmpowerU Podcast www.EmpowerUAmerica.org ,
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Strive For Success in Your Life by Honing these 10 Skills!
Bill Gladwell has identified 10 skills that are essential to achieving success in life. In this discussion Bill will walk through each of these skills, explaining why each is critical to your success and how you can improve in each skill area.
We will delve into these topics:
1. Emotional Intelligence
2. Effective Communication
3. Resilience
4. Critical Thinking
5. Time Management
6. Empathy
7. Financial Literacy
8. Conflict Resolution
9. Self-care and Well-being
10. Mindfulness and Self-awareness
EmpowerU’ host Jerry Thomas will talk with Bill about this great motivational class and subject-matter to start out the New Year!
Speaker Bio:
With over three decades of experience, Bill Gladwell has established himself as a leading consultant, speaker, and author in the fields of hypnosis, influence, and persuasion. Empowering countless individuals to communicate effectively, ethically influence others, and achieve their goals.
Bill’s journey began as a high school student exploring hypnosis. After attending a Tony Robbins seminar and receiving certifications in Neuro-Linguistic Programming™ (NLP™) and hypnotherapy, Bill embarked on a mission to help others harness the power of hypnosis.
Bill has created over 2,000 hypnosis audio programs, developed ethical sales and persuasion techniques for the pharmaceutical industry, and now consults for individuals and corporations worldwide.
More history of Cincinnati revealed in Peter Bronson’s new book.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Peter Bronson Has Published a New Book on Cincinnati History
The author of regional bestsellers about organized crime in Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati has published a new book: The Man Who Saved Cincinnati, which includes:
The secret plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln in Cincinnati.
The Confederate attack to seize the city, loot and burn it or hold it for ransom.
The amazing youngest Union general who turned a defenseless, riot-torn city on the brink of surrender into a fortress in three days.
The first Black Brigade in the Union Army, formed in Cincinnati.
How the sixth largest city in the nation, the Queen City of the West, saved the Union.
Terror and panic from Morgan’s Raiders.
The wild Moon sisters, who smuggled morphine to the Confederates.
How the scapegoat of Shiloh became the “Savior of Cincinnati,” captured Billy the Kid, put down a bloody range war and wrote one of the greatest books in American literature, Ben-Hur.
Peter will be signing books before or after the event for $20. Come and get the chance to meet one of the area’s great journalists and authors at EmpowerU.Books.
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How would you like to send money to your favorite Catholic, Protestant, or private school instead of to the State of Ohio? Well, you may be able to do just that…even this year…if you have not yet filed your Ohio Individual Income Tax Return. The State of Ohio offers a Scholarship Donation Credit of as much as $750 on an individual return and $1,500 on a joint return for donations made directly to Scholarship Granting Organizations that have registered with the Attorney General’s Office.
Many local schools can benefit from your donation and effectively you can take this from the money that you would have paid to the State of Ohio for income taxes. You will learn all the relevant details in this short talk. The speaker will simply provide tax information but will not provide tax advice. You should discuss this with your own tax advisor.
Speaker Bios:
Peter Bronson, author of ‘Not In Our Town’, Forbidden Fruit, and several other books, was editorial page editor and columnist for The Cincinnati Enquirer for nearly 20 years. Under his leadership the Enquirer was judged Best Editorial Page in Ohio four years in a row.
Before coming to Cincinnati in 1992, he was editorial page editor and columnist at The Tucson Citizen in Tucson, Arizona. He started his news career in Michigan after graduating from Michigan State University in his hometown of East Lansing, Michigan. He has served on several non-profits, including Casa de los Niños home for abused children in Tucson; Northern Kentucky Children’s Home; Leadership Cincinnati; and Cincinnati Right to Life. He was a regular panelist / producer on the Channel 9 WCPO TV show Hotseat, and also on the weekly Tucson news show Arizona Illustrated.
He’s been a contributing editor and columnist at Cincy Magazine, and now is owner and publisher of Chilidog Press LLC, which offers publishing, writing, edition, and consulting. His 2005 book, Behind the Lines: The Untold Stories of the Cincinnati Riots, was a regional best-seller. He is co-author of Legacy of Courage: True Stories of Honor Flight Veterans, and Legacy of Courage II. Chilidog Press has published dozens of books, including Judge A: Irretrievably Broken, Dance When You Can and the national award-winning Submerged.
He is active as a group leader at Horizon Community Church. He enjoys working on old sports cars, playing golf and travel. He is the father of two, and lives with his wife, Kathy, in Milford.
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Tom Hagedorn has been providing investment advice to individuals for over four decades. He has been involved in various political, charitable, and community activities in southwest Ohio since 1976. Recently, he has been especially active in the fight to return our schools to their traditional role in American society, in service to parents and to their community values.
Love Alfred Hitchcock thrillers? Learn how Hitchcock crafted his suspenseful films from Hitchcock expert Joel Gunz.
We’ll discuss with Joel Gunz, award-winning filmmaker, the early life experiences that helped shape Hitchcock’s approach to filmmaking, including the World Wars. We’ll then discuss the various creative phases Hitchcock went through as his filmmaking evolved, and we’ll close by discussing how Hitchcock applied his approach to two of his most iconic films — North By Northwest (1959) and The Birds (1963).
Alfred Hitchcock was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and editor. His career spanned over six decades and he directed over 50 feature films which gathered over 46 Academy Award nominations. So many of Hitchcock’s movies are memorable including: Rope (1948), Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Trouble with Harry (1955), and Vertigo (1958). Many of Hitchcock’s best movies included the biggest star in Hollywood–Jimmie Stewart, Ingrid Bergman and Grace Kelly.
EmpowerU’s Michael Mercier will guide you through this discussion about film and about one of the art’s most memorable directors.
Speaker Bio:
Joel Gunz is an award-winning filmmaker and president of MacGuffin Media and HitchCon, bringing together movie lovers of all ages together for online movie nights, streaming educational films and to read The Hitchcockian Quarterly. Entering its fourth year, HitchCon has grown to become the world’s largest annual conference dedicated to the artistry of Alfred Hitchcock. Joel’s fascination with the Master of Cinema commenced at age 12 and never stopped, eventuating in hundreds of scholarly articles, chapters, and essays, earning him the online nickname Alfred Hitchcock Geek.
As a film essayist, Joel adds his personal history to his scholarship, blending the two with special effects that re-examine the duality of subject and object, the imaginal and the real. His latest such film, Spellbound by L’Amour Fou, won Best Short Documentary at the Medusa Film Festival. He is also producer and director of three essay film series: How to Watch Hitchcock (2018-19), Freak the Geek (2018-current) and Alfred Hitchcock, Master of the Surreal (2019-current). Joel and his partner, Christy La Guardia, live with their beagle, Charlie, in Olympia, Washington.
Epoch Times Trump Campaign Reporter Janice Hisle Discusses the 2024 Election
An Update on the Presidential Campaign from a Journalist’s Perspective
President Trump once again has dominated the 2024 presidential race, despite his being the target of multiple indictments and lawsuits, relentless mainstream media attacks, and the many millions in PAC money spent by his rivals.
Meanwhile, President Biden faces numerous challenges in his bid for a second term: escalating debt, inflation, and interest rates; concern that the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars are broadening into larger conflicts; an open border policy that finally has begun to impact the lives of voters in Democrat cities around the country; and, more recently, a long-supportive mainstream media that has begun to question his mental fitness for office.
Epoch Times reporter Janice Hisle returns to EmpowerU to give us a fascinating glimpse into her job covering the Trump presidential campaign during what is shaping up to be an historic election. We’ll learn what it’s like in this unprecedented, dynamic environment to travel from state to state to report on primaries, caucuses and Trump campaign events, how these momentous factors have been impacting the primaries, and what she’s hearing from voters regarding their views of the candidates.
Listen in tonight as EmpowerU Podcast Host Michael Mercier interviews Janice Hisle from The Epoch Times.
Speaker Bio:
Janice Hisle reports on former President Donald Trump’s campaign for the 2024 general election ballot and related issues. Before joining The Epoch Times, she worked for more than two decades as a reporter for newspapers in Ohio and authored several books. She is a graduate of Kent State University’s journalism program.
Dan Talks About the Invasion of Pearl Harbor and the December 7 Class
Join us for the 82nd Anniversary of the Japanese Attack at Pearl Harbor. The sudden surprise military attack of our U.S. naval base by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service comprised of warplanes, aircraft carriers, destroyers and midget submarines took place on a Sunday morning at 8 am on December 7, 1941.
Managing Board Member Dan Regenold will walk you through the moments of that day for the sailors, the soldiers, the pilots, the diplomats, and the politicians. Learn about the shock that the bombing produced in civilians and the confusion of US commanders. What happened between the Governments of the United States and Japan that could have caused this devastation that ended in the killing of 2,403 men.
Was the attack a repercussion of America’s military buildup in the Philippines, or the ceasing of oil exports to Japan in July 1941. Did President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s foreign policy team miss key signs which might have caused the largest foreign policy misstep in America’s history? Was Roosevelt’s refusal to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Konoe a factor? Learn about the role of General Douglas MacArthur who was named commander of U.S. Army Forces in the Far East! What was America’s response to the attack?
17 times we were warned about a possible invasion in the weeks leading up to Pearl Harbor. Did We Listen? Learn about the key players involved, Yamamoto, Hirohito, Tojo, FDR, Jimmy Doolittle, Harry Truman and countless other heroes.
We will watch the military strike unfold blow-by-blow and take place as a complete surprise. And we will also learn about the Japanese and American perspectives of this historical drama. Who in the Government was held accountable after-the-fact for what happened at Pearl Harbor? Tonight, hear the story of Pearl Harbor and the details and what really happened in a way you have never heard it before.
Veterans will be recognized at this event.
Speaker Bio:
Dan Regenold: Dan first became active in Government in 2003 when he became involved fighting Eminent Domain and helping stop it in Evendale and in Norwood, Ohio. In 2006, he was one of the founders of WeDemandAVote.com which successfully fought and stopped, by ballot initiative, a sales tax increase in Hamilton County, Ohio. Later WeDemand stopped Red Light Cameras in Hamilton County.
Regenold spoke at the CPAC Convention in 2008 to discuss major Grassroots initiative actions across the United States. In 2009, Dan was unsuccessful in his efforts to bring accountability to the Federal Government’s finances with a citizen lead initiative WeDemandABalancedBudget.com (the bill was introduced to the United States Congress). In 2010 Regenold was one of three leaders of the initiative to End Ohio’s Estate Tax which happened in 2011. The Tax Foundation called the repeal of Ohio Estate Tax one of the most important Tax accomplishments of 2011. In 2011 Regenold founded EmpowerUAmerica.org (starting it’s 25th semester in Fall 2022), a Free University offered in the Greater Cincinnati area with the goal of “empowering” citizens.
In 2014, Regenold was one of the leaders of the effort to separate Music Hall from a County Wide Sales Tax which helped the Museum Center renovation get passed by the voters of Hamilton County. Dan has recently concentrated his efforts on the mess of Public Education in Ohio and specifically on topics like School Choice and Critical Race Theory. Similarly, Dan helped led an EmpowerU initiative InGodWeTrustProject.com to teach students about the history of our National Motto.
Dan is a lover of Liberty and enjoys speaking to EmpowerU classes about subjects he is passionate about. Recently he has discussed: Milton Friedman, Saul Alinsky, D-Day, The Debt and Deficit,Public Education, Winston Churchill, President Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Sowell and Sam Adams at EmpowerU Classes. Regenold is founder and Chairman of FrameUSA.com, a Made-In-America picture frame manufacturing company in Springdale, Ohio.
Trains and train displays, something all ages male and female enjoy. You will learn things in this class about trains that you never knew.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
All Aboard the EmpowerU Train! – Come and Learn Something New About Trains!
Mark Fenbers has been fascinated by trains since he was 4!!…model trains, “backyard trains” (similar to the train at the Cincinnati Zoo), and the Cincinnati Dinner Train. His talk will weave the personal story of his life-long love affair with trains into a fascinating talk about trains, which have been both a life-long hobby and a business for him. He will talk about the intriguing worlds of model trains, backyard trains (mini railroads), and even the Cincinnati Dinner Train.
Mark built his first model train layout at 12. By 25 he had his own apartment, which included a layout in the living room. By 35 he had a layout in the basement of the home where he and his wife raised 5 boys. Over the next two decades he started selling model train sets online and joined three different model train clubs. He has been working part-time for the Cincinnati Dinner Train as a conductor, which he will also describe. And this passion all began for him as a 4-year-old watching trains operate at a small railyard at Glenway and Boudinot on the west side. Do you have an interest in trains for yourself, a child, a grandchild. Join us tonight and find out how to get “on-board!” Mark will be speaking 7:30-8:30pm.
Melvyn DeWitt will talk 7:10-7:30pm about his experience taking the Honor Flight to D.C., September 2023.Mel DeWitt is a veteran of the Cold War Era and the Vietnam war. Mel was a jet engine mechanic in the Air Force and an Air Fram Mechanic in the Ohio Air National Guard.
Mel Dewitt and his “Honor Flight Guardian” Keri Wittekind will speak on their adventure they recently shared on “Honor Flight Tristate”. Keri is an Army Veteran who served 7 years.
Speaker Bio:
Mark Fenbers never pursued his boyhood dream of becoming a train engineer. He was “derailed” by the sight of the devasting tornados that hit his beloved west side in 1974 and instead decided upon a career in Meteorology. He spent several years at WLW-TV and then moved on to the National Weather Service (NWS). A few years ago, after a 40-year career, he retired as a Senior Meteorologist with the NWS at Wilmington only to start a new career.
Mark now operates “Love on Rails”, where he custom designs and builds 1/8 scale mini railroads for backyards in the tri-state. Believe it or not, they can easily fit into the back yard of a ½ acre lot and can cost as little as $7,500 (or up to $35,000 or so with all the “bells and whistles” – pun intended). He has spoken about trains to a couple groups, including the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA). He also develops and sells circuit boards for model trains. It’s impossible to predict what project this former Meteorologist will take on next!
Bernie Moreno is conservative, an outsider, and not a politician.
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Thursday, November 16, 2023
This Class Has Been Cancelled. Bernie Moreno has informed us that he is unable to be at this class on November 16. We have cancelled the class–we apologize!
Bernie Moreno built one of the largest dealership groups in America from scratch, right here in Ohio. Now, he’s ready to go to Washington and fight. Bernie’s plan to create a growing middle class, and ensure the American Drean is accessible to anyone, regardless of their background. Bernie has lived the American Dream with his wife of 32 years, Bridget, by his side. Together they have four children and one grandchild. He believes in hard work, risk taking and helping the community. That’s the American Dream and that’s been Bernie Moreno’s life that he hopes to take to Washington D.C. as a Senator.
Bernie’s plan is to empower parents to make education choices, secure America’s borders and destroy the Mexican Drug Cartels, restore the integrity of our elections, massively and reduce anti-growth regulations. Bernie has also pledged to cut government spending, end inflation, counter the threat of Communist China, hold Big Tech accountable, break up big media, protect moms, protect families, protect life, ensure safe communities, restore American energy independence, allow free markets to work, term limits for members of Congress, restore American manufacturing, and defend our Constitutional rights, especially the Second Amendment.
The Moreno campaign offers a plan that promises much to the Citizens of Ohio. Tonight, you will get to meet Bernie Moreno and ask him important questions.
Speaker Bio:
Bernie Moreno is proof that the American Dream exists. He’s lived it. He came to America, legally, from South America. He began his career as an intern at General Motors in 1987. Less than 20 years later, Bernie was offered the opportunity to purchase the most underperforming Mercedes-Benz dealership in the country. Bernie sold everything he owned, borrowed the college tuition for his nieces & nephews from his sister, and his mother mortgaged her house.
Bernie purchased that dealership and in the first year, turned it around. Over 10 years, the Bernie Moreno Companies expanded to 15 buildings, 30 brands, four states, and hired nearly one thousand Ohioans. Then, Bernie Moreno sold most of his car dealerships in 2019. That year, he launched a technology start-up called Ownum, with the mission to digitize paper processes like car titles, in turn improving government efficiency.
Take 20: Brendan Murray on "Beneath the Maze"- Society often feels like a maze, why is that?
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Wait, who was Silence Dogood anyway?? With natural curiosity and the rare ability to creatively think through a problem and work on experiments to invent solutions to improve it, the life of Ben Franklin is worth study. We’ll explore the many facets of Benjamin Franklin – some familiar and some surprising!
From teenage runaway to printer and self-taught writer to loyalist of England finally to reluctant revolutionary and diplomat – expect to learn something new and to be inspired. Many of his inventions we are currently using today – ever notice lightning rods at the top of church towers, not to mention at the top of larger buildings? That is one example. Franklin was integral in the writing of our Constitution. You’ll learn all about it – come join in! Karen will discuss Ben Franklin from 7:30-8:30 PM.
(Above Image is a Glass Armonica, will be discussed)
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7:10-7:30 PM–Brendan Murray’s Podcast “Beneath The Maze” takes a deep dive that explores the truth behind our social and political environment. Meet Brendan and learn about his project. Brendan will discuss the forces that are creating the chaos and confusion in society, and more importantly how, and why? Who built this maze? In order to answer that question, we need to dig deep, and in doing so, we will answer some of the more difficult questions that even the biggest names have not brought to light.
In a world where everything is free, who works? What does a politician say in a perfect society? Who is more afraid of death, those who are religious or those who are not? These questions, and so many more, are critical to understanding how society works, and how the corrupt regime controls people in society, like pawns on the political chess board.
Speaker Bios:
Karen Cartier:Karen is an avid reader, writer, learner, wife, and mother of two. She has worked in IT as a technical writer for over 30 years and is currently working full-time in IT. Outside of her paying job, she serves as an officer in Toastmasters International as well as a volunteer Community Educator for the Alzheimer’s Association.
Brendan Murray- 34-year-old father of 4 young children – Studied engineering and worked in construction management for over 10 years. Started a political podcast called ‘Beneath The Maze’ in 2022. Writer and social media influencer. I commonly say that I am addicted to problem solving. In order to solve a problem, one must know the cause of it. Question everything!
Take 20: Ohio Election Integrity Network (OEIN)-Working to Ensure Free, Fair, Transparent and Honest Elections in Ohio.
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Civil War Soldier Brought to Life by Jeff McIntire
Jeff McIntire will be portraying the 79th Ohio Volunteer Infantry which was raised in Warren, Clinton, Clemont, and Hamilton counties. Focus will be on the Battle of Bentonville, the largest Civil War battle fought in North Carolina, March 19–21, 1865.
The Confederate defeat marked a serious weakening of one of its last surviving major armies but was a significant enough engagement that it convinced Union General Ulysses S. Grant to leave General William T. Sherman in North Carolina. Jeff will touch base on the rest of the war concentrating on the details of clothing, equipment, arms, and personal effects of the Ohio soldier in the American Civil War.
Jeff’s impersonations cover all sides of a controversy (white settlers vs. indigenous people, Union vs. Confederate soldiers), giving the common person’s perspective and way of life. He incorporates either authentic or reproduced artifacts into his talks. While giving an impersonation, he finds it best to speak from a third person viewpoint. He finds that in this way, he can convey more information as he isn’t constrained as to what he can or can’t say and has found it makes for a better conversation. Jeff’s presentation will take place from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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Ohio Election Integrity Network “OEIN” is a collaborative team of Election Integrity “EI” groups and volunteers throughout the State of Ohio. The mission of “OEIN” is to establish a trusted statewide infrastructure, comprising of a network of Ohio “EI” groups and County “EI” task forces, to ensure secure and legitimate election processes.
“OEIN” is currently working with over 30 Ohio counties, while constantly establishing new “EI” groups in counties throughout the state. In building statewide working groups and task forces, their goal is to improve the election process in the following areas.
* Legislation – Working closely with Ohio Legislators on Election Bills such as, HB458 passed in December 2022, plus current proposed legislation SB51 and SB71. “OEIN” is affiliated with the national Election Integrity Network “EIN’ which includes a 20 state coalition. Partnering with “Virginia Institute” (virginiainstitute.org), “The Heritage Foundation” (heritage.org), “America First Legal”(aflegal.org), “Whos Counting” (whoscounting.us), “EIN” has built an effective network covering all aspects of election matters.
“OEIN’ works closely with Ohio Freedom Action Network “OhioFAN” (ohiofan.com), which has been instrumental in promoting “OEIN”. Sandie Zimmerman and Eileen Watts will discuss the successful establishment of the Ohio Election Integrity Network and the progress that has been made building statewide working groups to make improvements to Ohio’s election integrity. Our election integrity program will take place from 7:10-7:30 PM.
Speaker Bios:
Jeff McIntire has studied wilderness survival and early Ohio white and native historic impressions from the early days of this country through the Civil War. He is a 1988 graduate of Clinton Massie High School and attended Mount Vernon Nazarene College. He became hooked on history when his parents took him to see the outdoor drama of Tecumseh when he was five years old. Throughout his life, he has studied wilderness survival and incorporates that knowledge into the early Ohio white and/or native historic impressions he presents at historic venues and in presentations to groups.
Jeff recently returned from a several days reenactment at Gettysburg and also recently participated as a Union soldier in the Sharon Woods military timeline event.
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Eileen Watts of Delaware County Republicans Central Committee and Women’s Club past President, Founder of Ohio United 4 America, part of the original Ohio Women for Trump and Alternate Delegate for Trump 2020. I was in the Salon Industry 1978-2004 and from 2004 on have been passionately engaged in Ohio’s politics on a local, statewide and National Campaign level as well as on issues concerning Education, Healthcare, Elections & Freedom!.
Sandie Zimmerman “OEIN” cabinet member – Citizen Journalist for “The Ohio Roundtable” – “OhioFAN” SW Regional Coordinator – “Westchester Tea Party” member – “John Birtch Society” member.Marketing degree & Artist in many mediums. An official watcher of the “24-7” 9 live feed cameras for the Arizona 2020 election 4-month Forensic Audit. Been involved in “Election Integrity” early 2021.
Learn the Challenges a Conservative Journalist Encounters in Today’s Media
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Breitbart’s Emma Jo Morris joins EmpowerU this evening. Learn how an unholy alliance among our nation’s Intelligence Community, Social Media, and the Establishment Press silenced Emma’s reporting and kept the American people from learning the truth about the Biden Crime Family.
In Emma’s talk, you’ll learn:
How Emma-Jo secured the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop
The hurdles she faced in getting her stories published.
What it was like for her when her work was published…how it felt to be smeared and ridiculed by the “mainstream media,” and censored by all of social media
How she endured, and what the move to Breitbart News did to turbo-charge her resolve.
What the victories large and small really mean:
Some of Emma’s ongoing investigations include New York Times Curated Distorted Hit Piece Targeting Hasidic Jews, Leading to Yeshiva Regulation, spending a day with a Biden migrant who arrived in New York City on a bus sent by Governor Abbot, comprised of mostly adult men, and private school teachers nationwide being trained by Black Panthers to implement race-essentialist and cultural Marxist curriculum.
Speaker Bio:
Emma Jo Morris- Morris earned acclaim for her “laptop from hell” scoops while working as deputy politics editor at the New York Post, reporting some of the most explosive stories about Biden family corruption prior to the 2020 election. The fallout from her work exposed the machine-like collaboration among Big Tech, the corporate media, the intelligence community, and the Democratic Party to blunt the impact of her stories, thus helping to ensure a Biden win.
She joined Breitbart News in 2021 as politics editor and testified before Congress in July 2023 about the censorship of her work, preventing the American people from learning the truth about the Biden crime family. She continues to chase stories of the Bidens’ misdeeds and coverups, discussing them recently on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News.
Her conservative voice, developed early on at the family dinner table in her native Quebec where her parents insisted on conversation — no TV, no phones – is augmented not only by lessons from her time at the Post, but also from Hannity on the Fox News Channel where she had previously worked as an associate producer. “They taught me that for conservatives in media, there is a different standard, because we’re surrounded by people waiting for us to slip up.”
Take 20 with Paul Daughterty, retired sports columnist for the Cincinnati Enquirer
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Learn How Editorial Decisions are Made at Large Newspapers Like the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Meet Kevin Aldridge, a long-time journalist, who is the Opinion Editor at the Cincinnati Enquirer. The Enquirer is part of the Gannett Newspaper chain which includes hundreds of brands.
Tonight, we’ll discuss with Kevin how opinion decisions are made at a major-city newspaper and how stories are covered. Is the Enquirer free to make its own editorial decisions or is it tied to the views of Gannett?
The goal of tonight’s session is to discuss an entire range of issues like; bias in the news, how we should look at the crime in the city amid other topics like education, race and equity and there will be plenty of time for your questions. Join us for a view at where journalism is at today. Kevin will be speaking from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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What an opportunity to meet Paul Daugherty, recently retired Enquirer sports columnist. Paul will be speaking from 7:10-7:30 PM. Early on, Paul Daugherty’s wife Kerry and him adopted three mantras intended to guide us along the uncertain path of raising a child with a disability. Little did they know that the three reminders would serve us well in all aspects of their lives. (Paul and his family are shown below).
Their three mantras are:
Seeing is active, empathetic and engaged. Looking is passive, superficial and judgmental. Take the time to See our daughter for who she is. Don’t look at her and judge who you think she must be.
Expect, Don’t Accept. Do not shy from demanding the basic human rights assigned every American. We expected Jilllian to get an appropriate education and fought the public schools for a decade to ensure she would. We didn’t accept that Jillian, because she was born with Down syndrome, would not attend college, get married, work full time and live as typical a life as possible. We expected all that for her and operated within those expectations. Jillian went four years to NKU, has been married eight years, works full time and lives completely independently in an apartment she shares with her husband.
Be The Moment. Having a child with a disability forced Kerry and me to slow down. We had no choice. What we discovered was, slow was better. Slow allowed us to see more fully, experience more deeply and act with greater contemplation. Be The Moment is a combination of Live in the Moment and Seize the Day.
Speaker Bios:
Kevin S. Aldridge, 46, is a Middletown, Ohio native and a veteran, award-winning journalist with nearly 25 years of experience in the news media. He currently works as the opinion and engagement editor for The Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati.com.
He is a 1992 graduate of Middletown High School and a 1996 graduate of Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio where he earned a B.A. in English.
In addition to working full-time as a journalist, Aldridge also is an adjunct professor of Journalism at Miami University’s regional campuses in Middletown and Hamilton, Ohio. He is also a board member of Beyond Civility an organization that addresses the challenge we face in trying to bridge the informational and ideological chasms that separate our leaders from each other and from their own diverse constituencies. Aldridge is also the senior pastor of Grace African Methodist Episcopal Church in Bellfontaine, OH. Aldridge is the co-owner of The Ohio Kings, a semi-professional basketball team located in Cincinnati, and the vice president of community partnerships for Kingdom Vision Outreach, a nonprofit that focuses on character development and mentorship through sports, education and motivational speaking.
In 2018, Aldridge was named one of the best three opinion writers in the state by the Associated Press and the Cincinnati Society of Professional Journalists named Aldridge as top opinion writer and best commentary. He was also part of the Pulitzer Prize winning team at The Enquirer In 2018 for the newspaper’s coverage of the heroin epidemic.
Aldridge formerly worked as an editor at the Dayton Daily News and the Journal-News of Butler County, two Ohio news publications formerly owned by Cox Media Group.
Aldridge is married to his beautiful wife of 13 years Marquetta Nichole. They live in West Chester, Ohio.
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Paul Daugherty- Recently retired Enquirer sports columnist, There since 1994, after six years at the deceased Cincinnati Post. Covered every major sporting event in America, as well as five Summer Olympics. Written five books, most notably An Uncomplicated Life, a memoir of raising a daughter born with Down syndrome. Currently writes The Morning Line blog, which can be found at substack.com.
Two kids, daughter Jillian, son Kelly. One dog (Crazy Chester) and one cat (Otis.)
His wonderful wife of 41 years, Kerry, somehow puts up with him.
This Class is being offered as a Virtual Class Only.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Academic Leftists Eliminating Faculty Members with Unacceptable Beliefs
On April 14, 2023, Dean Charles Rose of Ohio Northern University sent campus security officers and armed town police to a classroom in which tenured law professor Scott Douglas Gerber was teaching to escort him to the dean’s office, where Gerber was told he had to resign or be fired. The only reason provided for this action, despite multiple requests for specifics from Dr. Gerber, was Dr. Gerber’s alleged insufficient “collegiality,” which isn’t even listed in the ONU Faculty Handbook as adequate cause for terminating a tenured professor.
Dr. Gerber suspects the real reason is illegal retaliation for his whistleblowing about how Ohio Northern University’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives have led to illegal hiring and admissions practices. Dr. Gerber’s story has received national attention and is ongoing. Please consider a donations to his legal fund may be made at this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/professor-scott-d-gerber-legal-fund
Dr. Gerber also will talk about his new book to be released this fall by Cambridge University Press, ‘Law and Religion in Colonial America: The Dissenting Colonies’. In the book, Dr. Gerber argues that law – charters, statutes, judicial decisions, and traditions – mattered in colonial America, and laws about religion mattered a lot. The legal history of colonial America reveals that America has been devoted to the free exercise of religion since well before the First Amendment was ratified. Indeed, the two colonies originally most opposed to religious liberty for anyone who did not share their views, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, eventually became bastions of it. By focusing on law, Dr. Gerber offers new insights about each of the five English American colonies founded for religious reasons – Maryland, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Massachusetts – and challenges the conventional view that colonial America had a unified religious history. Dr. Gerber will be speaking from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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Former Ohio Senate Candidate Mark Pukita will join us on his goal to discuss “The 420K Project–Wake the People Up!” There has been much research done on what percent of a population needed for a civic movement to reach a tipping point. That number is 3.5%. In Ohio, with a population of about 12M people, 3.5% equates to 420,000 people.
The 2016 and 2020 elections started a movement in Ohio and America. They woke people up. Our goal is to build on this by using every tool available to reach the tipping point, to connect 3.5% of Ohioans, to unite 420,000 of us. We’ll talk about these tools, and how you can be involved, in the 420K/3.5% discussion! mark Pukita will join us from 7:10-7:30 PM.
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Speaker Bios:
Scott Douglas Gerber joined the ONU Law faculty in 2001. He is also a longtime member of the Ohio Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He has published ten books and more than 200 articles, book reviews, op-eds, and sundry pieces. He has made approximately 100 presentations, including at Harvard Law School, Princeton University, Stanford Law School, Columbia Law School, and the U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society. He is a four-time winner of the Fowler V. Harper Award for excellence in legal scholarship and a three-time recipient of the Daniel S. Guy Award for excellence in legal journalism. In 2022, he was awarded the inaugural Christopher Collier Prize from the Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society. He also recently won the Teaching Excellence Award and has been named one of the top law professors in Ohio.
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Mark Pukita (pronounced like the banana, Chiquita, with a “p”) was an “America First”, Constitutional-Constructionist, Small-Government, Conservative, Republican, Citizen-Candidate for the US Senate in 2022 from Ohio. He is a successful businessperson and tech entrepreneur.Mark was always an enthusiastic supporter of Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda, and still is.
Frustrated with the direction of the country and the horrific way President Trump was being treated, Mark decided he had to act and registered with the Federal Election Commission to primary Rob Portman, Ohio’s junior Senator, in October 2019. He is the only candidate who was willing to primary the incumbent, monied, establishment, Portman.Mark was focused on taking America back from career politicians, tech oligarchs, and the academic elite through his BIG-7 / DISRUPT Agenda.
Since getting shellacked in the primary election in May of 2022, Mark has vowed to help other Citizen-Candidates prevail across the US. He founded the Grassroots Freedom Initiative the morning after his primary loss to do just that. To join Mark is his journey to Take America Back, visit GFIOhio.com.
Join us for this special Saturday class!
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Learn More About Our Nation’s History of Liberty and the Important Bill of Rights!
Before the passage of the Lee Resolution, on July 2, 1776, the basis for the “Declaration of Independence”, the people of the American colonies considered themselves British subjects. They were aware of the progression of liberty throughout English history. This discussion will trade the history back to kings of the 8th century and progress through the five major documents from the 12th through the 17th century. It is a summary, of among other references “Not a Living Breathing Document: Reclaiming Our Constitution” by Krisanne Hall.
Covered will be documents addressing the following liberties contained in the Declaration and the Constituion:
–True meaning of the separation of church and state
–Limitations to the king’s ability to tax
–Establishment of taxation only through a “representative council.”
–Rights to “due process” and “speedy trial”
–Martial law cannot be imposed in times of peace
–Troops cannot be quartered without consent of residents.
–Prevention of infiltration of foreign laws.
–Right of citizens to possess “arms. …
Liberty is what our nation was founded on. It’s what people died for. What makes the United States different than other countries? John Hindery will discuss 5 major English documents and principles that impacted our Founders and found their way into the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. Where have we gone since our country was established?
Speaker Bio:
John Hindery- After being discharged from active duty in the US Marine Corps John worked his way through college as a machinist and toolmaker graduating Suma cum Laude from Xavier university.
John taught the history of the Western Hemisphere and, especially the founding of these United States including foundations and ratification of the US Constitution to over 4,000 individuals since 2010.
Hear about Elder scams, let the Prosecutor know what is important to you.
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Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers announced the creation of the Elder Justice Unit. As access to and reliance on technology grows, millions of seniors are abused and targeted by scammers looking to take advantage and exploit our most vulnerable. The Elder Justice Unit will help prevent the financial exploitation and abuse of seniors in Hamilton County by providing resources to law enforcement, banks, and community members.
The Elder Justice Unit will not only prosecute crimes against the elderly, but will also represent Hamilton County Jobs and Family Services as they aim to protect seniors and aid their families in navigating the probate court process through their Adult Protective Services division. The Prosecutor’s Office has also designated a helpline (946-SCAM) for individuals to contact if they have been scammed, are receiving calls or other electronic communications and think they might be scammed or think a member of their family has been a victim. If you believe you have information or would like to report a recent scam CALL 946-SCAM.
Melissa Powers will also be with us tonight to take questions and discuss the important issue of crime in Hamilton County. What about Bail requirements? How is Hamilton County doing compared with some of the other urban cities? Are the judges holding criminals accountable? Melissa will take your questions and bring you up-to-date information including her thoughts on the importance of providing justice and closure to victims of violent crimes and their families. Melissa Powers will be speaking from 7:05-8:00 PM.
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Managing Board Member of EmpowerU Dan Regenold will provide his yearly update about the Debt and Deficit of the United States Government tonight from 8:10-8:30 PM. The information provided is important and it is something we want you to be up-to-date on. Dan will discuss the Debt, Deficit, Inflation, and where are we at as a Country with key facts about economic factors like Debt to GDP. Dan’s first class on the Debt was in November 2015 when he compared the United States to what was going on in Greece. Uh Ohhh, we are a lot closer now. Join us–Dan will be speaking from 8:00-8:30 PM!
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Speaker Bio:
Melissa Powers began her legal career in 1991 working as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Hamilton County’s Juvenile, Municipal, and Common Pleas Courts. She also practiced in the Appellate Division, arguing cases to the 1st District Court of Appeals. Most notably, in 1997, she obtained the confession from Joseph Paul Franklin, a white-supremacist serial killer. This confession finally solved the 17-year-old double murder of two boys in Cincinnati.
In 1998, Melissa left the Prosecutor’s Office to begin her private litigation practice, where she specialized in criminal defense and civil litigation. In 2006, Governor Bob Taft appointed Melissa to serve on the Hamilton County Municipal Court. During her 10 years in the Municipal Court bench, she established the first Hamilton County Veterans Treatment Court that incorporated an innovative team approach and community collaboration to address the unique needs of justice-involved combat veterans. This highly successful treatment court was a model used throughout the State of Ohio as it concentrated on reducing recidivism by focusing on alcohol/drug addiction and Post Traumatic Stress therapy.
In 2016, Melissa was elected to serve on the Hamilton County Juvenile Court. There, she presided over custody, dependency, and delinquency cases; including hundreds of violent felonies committed by juvenile offenders. Melissa was the Juvenile Court Administrative Judge from 2020-2022. As Administrative Judge, Melissa was responsible for managing 300 employees and a $35 million budget. On January 24, 2023, Melissa was sworn in as Hamilton County Prosecutor to serve the unexpired term of former Prosecutor Joe Deters.
Melissa is a lifelong Cincinnatian, graduating from McAuley High School in 1979, the University of Cincinnati in 1984, and the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1991. She has served on numerous boards, including Cincinnati Works, Operations Legal Help Ohio, Cincinnati Fire Foundation, and the Tri-State Veterans Community Alliance. Melissa is married and is the proud mother of four children and grandmother of four grandchildren.
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Dan is a lover of Liberty and enjoys speaking to EmpowerU classes about subjects he is passionate about. Recently he has discussed: Milton Friedman, Saul Alinsky, D-Day, The Deficit, Public Education, Winston Churchill, President Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Sowell and Sam Adams at EmpowerU Classes. This semester Dan will be discussing Pearl Harbor on December 7, 2023 at EmpowerUAmerica.org. Regenold is founder and Chairman of FrameUSA.com, a Made-In-America picture frame manufacturing company in Springdale, Ohio. For Dan’s full biography–Click Here.
Learn more about Homesteading!
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Leah and Michelle Svensson, also known as the Resistance Chicks, are two sisters who share a passion for self-sufficiency and spreading the truth about current events. They operate a suburban farm and homestead in southern Ohio. They raise pigs and chickens and teach others how to live sustainably. The sisters have been active online since 2009. They started a DIY Youtube channel focusing on home remodeling, gardening, and canning. However, in January 2017, they pivoted to creating a news commentary program called Resistance Chicks.
They strive to provide relevant news with a healthy dose of humor to make the truth palatable. Above all, the Resistance Chicks stand for a righteous America, an America that reflects the values and sacrifices of our Founding Fathers. They have studied history extensively through home education, and public schools and seek to challenge the revisionist narratives taught in schools.
Leah and Michelle will also discuss homesteading. Inflation is on the rise, the stock market is shaky, and financial institutions have been imploding. If you are not prepared for what is coming down the line, you could be left out in the cold…literally. The “chicks” will also help you prepare yourself and your family so you don’t just survive but thrive whatever the gloabalists might throw our way. We will cover basic & advanced homesteading skills, what kinds of seeds you have on hand, how do you get started in gold and silver, water and food storage and much more.
The Resistence Chicks show concludes with the memorable phrase, “It’s not just a Conspiracy Theory if it’s the Truth,” a reminder that reality is often stranger than fiction.
Speakers Bio:
Leah and Michelle Svensson, also known as the Resistance Chicks, are two sisters who share a passion for self-sufficiency and spreading the truth about current events. They operate a suburban farm and homestead in southern Ohio. They raise pigs and chickens and teach others how to live sustainably.
The sisters have been active online since 2009. They started a DIY Youtube channel focusing on home remodeling, gardening, and canning. However, in January 2017, they pivoted to creating a news commentary program called Resistance Chicks.
Leah, who attended Bible college in Tulsa, OK, and has been involved in ministry since her teenage years, brings a unique perspective to the program. The sisters are committed to empowering people with the tools to stand up against tyranny from all directions, and their show has a global audience. They strive to provide relevant news with a healthy dose of humor to make the truth palatable. Above all, the Resistance Chicks stand for a righteous America, an America that reflects the values and sacrifices of our Founding Fathers.
The sisters believe spiritual weapons and tools are crucial to dismantling the Deep State and preserving America’s, Godly heritage. Leah and Michelle Svensson have become passionate advocates for truth and self-sufficiency, through their farm, online presence, and news commentary program. Their message resonates with people globally who seek a better future for themselves and their families.
Learn about Climate and CO2, learn what your government has in store for you.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
What Global Warming Is, What it is Not, and Why it May Ruin Our Economy
You may not know what ESG stands for, and you may have never heard of the UNEP or the IPCC, but they have big plans for you. Their schemes have been in the works since the late 1980s. Virtually a religion now, they and their partners have commitments from most major governments, huge corporations, and many nonprofits to eliminate the use of fossil fuels by the year 2050 and to make substantial progress towards that utopian goal by 2030, less than seven years from now. But the scientific and technical realities are that this goal is almost certainly unattainable. Yet the zealots march on. Some of them have headquarters right in the Queen City.
This class will take you on a whirlwind tour of the science (and the propaganda) behind the powerful drive to fight global warming. You will learn how climate and CO2 – which results from the burning of fossil fuels – have varied over the years – from prehistoric times up to today. You will arm yourselves with provable facts, learn about the many unknowns, and protect yourself from the propaganda masquerading as science that is seemingly everywhere today.
The dangers of this religion are quite real. Imagine a world without gasoline to operate your car, natural gas to heat your home in the winter or electricity to cool it in the summer, fossil fuel refining products that fertilize the crops that you eat, make the clothing that you wear and the ubiquitous plastic products that permeate every aspect of our lives. Do you want to wear wool, flannel, linen, and cotton all the time? And what would breakfast be like without bacon frying on the stove, or a cookout without a juicy steak or hamburger sizzling on a propane-fired grill?
Speaker Bio:
Tom Hagedorn- Tom earned a B.S. in Physical Geography (cum laude) in 1970 from UC. At UC and in graduate school he had 3 years’ experience helping conduct funded, cutting-edge research in air pollution, including co-authoring two papers in peer-reviewed journals and a paper presented at the Air Pollution Control Association’s annual meeting (1970). His primary professor for advanced coursework and his employer in the research projects was one of the world leaders in his field. He earned most of his credits in science and math, with a lot of classes devoted to climatology. He left the world of science for business, but in the past year he has read 14 books on climate change, totaling many thousands of pages, and has also studied reports of the UN and the World Economic Forum urging radical actions to address warming.
Tom has been providing investment advice to individuals for four decades and he still maintains a small practice. In the past, he has presented talks to EmpowerU on western socialism, the socialist influence on American Education, and ESG. When Tom is not involved in this research and teaching, he is involved in various political, charitable, and community activities.
This Class is being offered as a Virtual Class Only.
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Hone Your Situational Awareness with Personal Safety Expert, Terry Vaughn!
Learn body language and how to filter your surroundings from an expert. Have you ever wished for a superpower? D.I.R.T. Dangerous Individual Recognition Training® is the brainchild of Terry Vaughan, a former British Royal Marines Commando. This training is like a safety radar, helping you filter your surroundings and identify potential threats before they even target you. Tonight, you will learn body language and how to filter your surroundings from an expert.
What’s even better is that you can learn these techniques without being scared! Terry believes that if you know how to maximize your scanning abilities and understand what to look for and when, there’s no need to be stressed. Stress clouds our cognitive abilities, just like a foggy windshield makes it hard to see the road ahead. So, relax, know yourself, your strengths and weaknesses, and your enemy, and crack on!
Vaughan’s method not only teaches situational awareness and crucial body language signs that can be used to deter a threat. It also helps identify nonverbal cues displayed by an assailant before an attack. By mastering D.I.R.T., we equip ourselves with the true power of vigilance and deterrence and make situational awareness our superpower!
Speaker Bio:
Terry Vaughn- Meet Terry, a distinguished TEDx speaker, body language and personal safety expert, author, and a former British Royal Marines Commando. Terry’s expertise in decoding body language traces back to his childhood, growing up under the heel of a violent father prone to spontaneous bouts of violence. It wasn’t until his time in the military, where he attended training on Body Language and Human Behavior, that Terry discovered his natural talent for deciphering nonverbal cues.
After leaving the Commandos, Terry taught a variety of combatives, and at the same time, pursuing his passion for studying body language acquiring various certifications such as The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation, The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation Advanced, Statement Analysis, Facial Profiling, and Paul Ekman’s METT Micro Facial Expressions Training Tool, where he scored expert level during testing.
Today, Terry is highly regarded for his exceptional body language workshops, including D.I.R.T. Dangerous Individual Recognition Training®, Nonverbal Communication Across Generations, and Mastering Body Language for Leaders.
The knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm Terry brings to his keynotes and workshops are invaluable and are a must-attend for anyone seeking to improve their understanding of nonverbal communication. In addition, Vaughan is also a past competitor on season 4 of the History Channel’s TOP SHOT, a former television host for the BBC and GUNTV, and the author of the popular book, NOT WITH MY DAUGHTER! A Dad’s Guide to Screening Dates and Boyfriends.
This Class is being offered as an In Person Class Only.
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Thursday, October 12, 2023
Come See the Great Mentalist Bill Gladwell!
***** “Bill’s show is very unique. I spent the whole time either laughing or trying to figure out how Bill does what he does. It was quick paced and entertaining.”— Lacey
Bill Gladwell is a Critically Acclaimed Mentalist. See the unforgettable, interactive, and mesmerizing performance that consistently amazes and entertains audiences around the globe. Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind experience.
Join EmpowerU tonight and see firsthand the unforgettable experiences that Bill consistently delivers, showcasing his exceptional talent and the lasting impact he has on those fortunate to attend and witness his performance. His show is sub-titled Hypnosis for Humans and has consistently been the #1 Mentalistm Show in Wisconsin Dells and the #1 rated show in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and the #1 nightlife attraction on Hilton Head Island, SC.
***** “I encourage anyone and everyone to see Bill perform… you will be amazed and awed!!! Thank you, Bill, for such a wonderful and unforgettable evening.” — Susan
Bill has been an EmpowerU speaker before and he is known for his captivating keynotes where he combines entertainment with education. Bill has helped tens of thousands of humans communicate effectively, ethically influence others, and get what they want. Bill will be in on our area speaking at another event and has graciously agreed to join us for his GREAT show. We ask for a $10 donation for this event to help defer Bill’s travel expenses (thanks!). Tonight’s show will be FUN!
***** “I have seen countless shows, and never have I been so entertained. He had my attention from beginning to end. Bill Gladwell is a MUST-SEE!!!” — Mag
Speaker’s Bio:
Bill Gladwell- Hypnosis, Influence, and Persuasion Authority. With over three decades of experience, Bill Gladwell has established himself as a leading consultant, speaker, and author in the fields of hypnosis, influence, and persuasion. Empowering countless individuals to communicate effectively, ethically influence others, and achieve their goals. Bill’s expertise can transform your life and career.
“Think ‘How to Win Friends & Influence People’ but updated, hipper, and more effective.” (That’s a quote from a seminar attendee, so take it up with her, Dale Carnegie fans!) As a human interaction specialist, Bill provides valuable insights into group dynamics, making them more predictable and suggestible. Utilize these principles to influence others and hear “yes” more frequently, in less time.
Whether you aim to build strong relationships, boost confidence, improve sales, or enhance negotiation skills, Bill’s expertise can provide you with real-world strategies for success.
This Class is being offered as a Virtual Class Only.
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Learn the Challenges a Conservative Journalist Encounters in Today’s Media
Emma Jo Morris was planned to speak for this class but had unexpectedly unable to make it. Emma Jo has been rescheduled to November 8,2023. Alex Marlow, Breitbart’s Editor-in-Chief shared his experience at Breitbart and his newest book, “Breaking Biden”. He shares what other media outlets might not. Michael Mercier also joins to identify bias in the media and talks on the Media Accountability Project. Visit the mediaaccountabilityproject.org to learn about M.A.P.
Cleveland Abbe, a world leader in Meteorology and how the first weather forecasts were developed, and much more.
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The talk describes Cleveland Abbe’s legacy and how he became a world leader in the transition to modern Meteorology. The story will start with Abbe’s early years, and the challenges of his academic development, and how he became the second Director of the Cincinnati Observatory. (Cleveland Abbe shown in picture below).
Starting in Cincinnati with the first daily weather forecast published in the US in 1869, he soon left for Washington, where he acted as Chief Scientist at what would become the National Weather Service. In a remarkable career that spanned 46 years, he mentored generations of scientists responsible for modern meteorology.
The presentation will also focus on his work in Cincinnati, including how the first weather forecasts were developed, the agreement with the city to provide accurate time, charting the Observatory’s move to Mount Lookout and his contributions towards the development and implementation of international time zones. Brian Crosby, your instructor will speak about Cleveland Abbe from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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In November, Ohioans will decide whether to enshrine extreme anti-parent abortion measures into the Ohio Constitution. Rachel Citak, attorney and President of Cincinnati Right to Life, will join us to discuss the constitutional issues related to how this amendment will exclude parents, shield abusers, exploit victims of human trafficking, destroy health safety protections for women, and allow abortion through all 9 months. Rachel will speak to EmpowerU from 7:10-7:30 PM.
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Speaker Bios:
Brian Crosby has had a 40-year business career directing sales, customer service and organizational effectiveness in 3 separate industries – Chemical, Telecommunications and Grocery.
He developed his talents for observing, relating, and progressing while growing up; the family moved multiple times across the country. New physical and social environments required sharp assessment of how to relate and succeed. Combined with a very strong sense of curiosity, he became very comfortable with change and adaptation while guided by strong grounding principles.
That ongoing curiosity for how things worked and making headway translated into a career. Driving to root cause and solution development led him first to success leading business sales, sales training, and Customer Service operations in the Chemical Industry and then to corporate business process analytics & organizational design at Cincinnati Bell. Later work featured Executive liaison in retail methodology and facilities optimization at the Kroger Company, retiring in 2017.
He holds a BS in Biology/Chemistry and Master Black Belt Certification in Lean/Six Sigma, a quality philosophy and management tool for delivering products and services that perform at high standards. The methodology focuses on reduction of variability and the elimination of waste, leading to increased efficiency and returns on investment.
Brian is a past member of Xavier University’s Williams School of Business Executive Advisory Board. Currently a volunteer at the Cincinnati Observatory, his projects combine his lifelong interests in the history of science and astronomy.
Brian’s very active retirement hobbies include travel, reading, photography and sailing with grandchildren. He and Sue reside in Montgomery, Ohio and are very proud of their 4 children that have all flown away to build nests of their own!
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Rachel Citak- is an attorney and experienced black pro-life advocate. She has appeared as a guest on local and national news, including One America News Network (OANN) Live TV. In addition to serving as a frequent guest on 700WLW and 55KRC, she has authored multiple pro-life Op-Eds published and featured in the Daily Wire, Western Journal, and USA Today network publications— the Columbus Dispatch and the Cincinnati Enquirer. She serves as President of Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati in addition to serving on the Editorial Board for the Cincinnati Enquirer. She now owns and operates her own law firm RACHEL R. CITAK, ATTORNEY AT LAW LLC.
This Class is being offered as a Virtual Class Only.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Voices haunt the pages of every book. ‘War Against the Weak’ speaks for the never-born, for those whose questions have never been heard—for those who never existed. Only after the truth about Nazi extermination became known did the American eugenics movement fade. We are pleased to have Author, Historian and Human Rights Journalist Edwin Black return to EmpowerU.
Throughout the first six decades of the twentieth century, hundreds of thousands of Americans and untold numbers of others were not permitted to continue their families by reproducing. Selected because of their ancestry, national origin, race, or religion, they were forcibly sterilized, wrongly committed to mental institutions where they died in great numbers, prohibited from marrying, and sometimes even unmarried by state bureaucrats. In America, this battle to wipe out whole ethnic groups was fought not by armies with guns nor by hate sects at the margins. Rather, this pernicious, white-gloved war was prosecuted by esteemed professors, elite universities, wealthy industrialists, and government officials colluding in a racist, pseudoscientific movement called eugenics. The purpose: create a superior Nordic race. War Against the Weak is the gripping chronicle documenting how American corporate philanthropies launched a national campaign of ethnic cleansing in the United States, helped found and fund the Nazi eugenics of Hitler and Mengele — and then created the modern movement of “human genetics.” Some 60,000 Americans were sterilized under laws in 27 states.
Speaker Bio:
Edwin Black is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling international investigative author of 200 award-winning editions in 20 languages in 190 countries, as well as scores of newspaper and magazine articles in the leading publications of the United States, Europe and Israel. With more than 2.2 million books in print, his work focuses on human rights, genocide and hate, corporate criminality and corruption, governmental misconduct, academic fraud, philanthropy abuse, oil addiction, alternative energy and historical investigation. Editors have submitted Black’s work thirteen times for Pulitzer Prize nomination, and in recent years he has been the recipient of a series of top editorial awards. He has also contributed to a number of anthologies worldwide. He hosts the weekly Edwin Black Show. Black’s eleven award-winning bestselling books are IBM and the Holocaust (2001 and 2012), Financing the Flames (2013), British Petroleum and the Redline Agreement (2011), The Farhud (2010), Nazi Nexus (2009), The Plan (2008), Internal Combustion (2006), Banking on Baghdad (2004), War Against the Weak (2003 and 2012), The Transfer Agreement (1984 and 2009), and a 1999 novel, Format C:.
At this time, we are at maximum capacity. Thank you for your interest!
We have scheduled a tour of the historic Christian Waldschmidt Homestead Museum for Saturday, September 30th starting at 1:00. This past semester, we had Darlene West speak to us about the property and the house – now’s your chance to see it in person!
It’s in Camp Dennison. The address on Glendale Milford Rd., which incidentally is not the same street that I take constantly to get to I-75 and points east of Wyoming! It’s just outside Montgomery and Indian Hill, and not hard to find. The address for the Homestead Muesum is 7567 Glendale Milford Rd, Camp Dennison, OH 45111.
Christian Waldschmidt was a German immigrant and veteran of the Revolutionary War. As a result of his service, he got a land grant for a site near the Little Miami River, built a home, and started a community.
During the Civil War, the Waldschmidt Homestead and surrounding grounds were part of Camp Dennison, which was a mustering center used for recruiting and training troops. It also served as a hospital after the Battle of Shiloh.
Later on, it fell into disrepair. Eventually it was donated to the Ohio Daughters of the American Revolution, who have restored it and brought in a vast number of household items of the period, as well as locating some items that were originally in the house. Their collection is equal to any historic home you might visit on the east coast or in Europe. The DAR ladies lead the tours, and their wealth of knowledge is totally amazing!
The cost for the tour is $8.00 for adults, $6.00 for seniors, and $4.00 for students and is paid the day of the tour. This would be great to take your children or grandchildren to see!
We need to provide Darlene with a headcount 10 days before the 30th so she can make sure she had enough docents to keep the tours relatively small in number.
We thought it would be great if we could combine the tour with a dinner at the neighboring Schoolhouse Restaurant! This is an original schoolhouse built in 1864 that operated as party of the Hamilton County School District from 1870-1952. There are many school-related artifacts decorating this building as well dating from the years it operated. The Schoolhouse has a history of its own! It’s been a restaurant since the 1960’s, and serves a homestyle menu with fried chicken, fish, roast beef, fried steak, etc. served family style. If you’ve never been there, it’s a real treat!
We have reached the limit for sign-ups for those going to the restaurant. Thank you for your interest! Attendees will be responsible to pay for their own meal.
The Address for the Schoolhouse restaurant is 8031 Glendale Milford Rd, Camp Dennison, OH 45111.
This Class is being offered as a Virtual Class Only.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Hear the founder of Gays Against Groomers, Jaimee Michell, speak on the importance of finding your courage to fight to end the war on children being waged under the guise of LGBTQ+ acceptance.
In recent years there has been a push to sexualize, indoctrinate and medicalize our youth at the hands of the radical LGBTQ+ mob, as well as every major industry and institution in this nation. Not able to sit around anymore and let this continue in her name, Jaimee started the organization Gays Against Groomers to fight back against it from inside the community. She knew that the majority of gays and lesbians did not agree with what was happening, and that they needed a unified front to combat what was happening.
In this class, learn about the origin of Gays Against Groomers, the motivations behind this assault on children, and how to stop it. Jaimee will be speaking from 7:40-8:30 PM.
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Tom Brinkman will speak from 7:10-7:40 PM. He will discuss three issues that will be on the November ballot. These issues are the 1) Zoo Levy for Hamilton County voters, 2) The Library levy for Hamilton County voters and 3) the sale of the Cincinnati Railroad for Cincinnati voters.
Should these issues pass how will it impact the pocketbook of the voters and what benefits if any are promised with this request for an increase in tax dollars. Is Hamilton County spending their current revenues judiciously and what can be done to control costs.
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Speaker Bios:
Jaimee Michell is a name that has been making waves in the world of activism lately. As the founder and president of the nonprofit Gays Against Groomers, she and her organization have been fighting to end the sexualization, indoctrination and medicalization of children that is being done in the name of “LGBTQIA+”.
Prior to Gays Against Groomers, she was best known as her online persona, The Gay Who Strayed, where she accumulated over 250,000 followers. She has also worked in the conservative media and consulting space as a digital media designer for over 4 years.
Thomas E. Brinkman Jr. is 65 years old and lives in the Cincinnati neighborhood with his wife of 40 years, Cathy. Together they have raised six children and are enjoying their seven grandchildren, so far. Tom served 16 years in the Ohio General Assembly: (2001 to 2008) and (2015 to 2022) and is a veteran of 18 contested Republican primary and General elections. Tom is a co-founder of the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes and continues to fight unnecessary infringements upon our personal and financial freedom.
The Southern Border Mess is Coming to Ohio and a State Near You...
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Hear From Othal Brand, our Speaker from McAllen, Texas Trip
Othal Brand, businessman and lifelong resident of McAllen, Texas will be speaking at EmpowerU on what it is like to live on the border today and what it was like in the past. He will tell you how businesses and homeowners have been impacted by this migration of illegals coming into the United States. He has encountered the Cartel and carries a gun wherever he goes. There is drug trafficking, human smuggling, and crime. Many of it comes across the incomplete Border Wall shown below.
He will tell you what the government is doing to help with resources and safety, and what they are not doing. And, what about the American children in these border towns? Are they losing their education because teachers are trying to educate children of many different languages. How does Othal’s life as a child growing up in McAllen differ from his children and grandchildren’s today? Find out what life is like for the businesses and people that live their lives close to the Rio Grande.
It is said that every state is now a border state, but living in the Midwest we don’t routinely pull dead bodies out of the river, we don’t carry a gun when we go to work, and we don’t encounter the Cartel, etc. In Ohio it doesn’t feel like a border state, yet! We watch on television the illegals crossing into the United States, but when the television goes off and we are not impacted by this migration it makes it easy to dismiss as if this is happening somewhere other than the United States. This class is a follow up to EmpowerU’s visit to the Southern Border on June 26, 2023. (See Leigh Ann, George, Betty and Dan).
Othal will tell you that what is going on in Texas is coming to your town. This is your opportunity to hear directly from someone who is living this nightmare and be able to ask questions as to what exactly is coming. Othal will tell you “This is not America”. Joining us for tonight’s class will be our friends from American’s for Prosperity that helped make the trip to the border and Othal’s visit here possible.
Speaker Bio:
Businessman and elected official, Othal E Brand, Jr. has lived in McAllen, in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas for over 68 years. He graduated from Texas Christian University in 1976, and worked for the family business, Griffin & Brand and Trophy International for over 30 years. The companies were the largest grower and shipper of fruits and vegetables in the state of Texas and the largest grower of onions in the world during that time. His family had farming operations on property directly on the Rio Grande River, as well as in nine states in the United States, and in the countries of Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
Mr. Brand presently runs O.E. Investments, a communications company located in the Rio Grande Valley and San Antonio, Texas since 1982. He has also served in public office for 20 years, as an elected official for Hidalgo County Water Improvement District No. 3. He has served as President and General Manager for 18 years and still serves today. The District’s Headquarters is in McAllen, Texas, and its main facilities, including pump station, are located on the embankment of the Rio Grande River in Hidalgo, Texas.
Mr. Brand also serves as a board member of Valley Baptist Mission/Education Center in Harlingen, Texas. He has served on the board of trustees for 22 years of which 18 of those years as chairman. He has been a charter family member of Calvary Baptist Church in McAllen, Texas for 67 years.
This Class is Being Offered as an In Person Class Only.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Thursday, September 21, 2023
This Class is Sponsored by Douglas and Terry Robinson
EmpowerU’s Opening Night with Music, Friends and Potluck!
This Class is Live in the Studio Only!
From the soles of their iconic white socks to the tops of their famous Fedoras, The Sensational Soul Brothers give you and your audience a show they will remember for a long time to come. Performing the great R&B and Soul classics from the 1980 original Blues Brothers film, along with several songs from the Blues brothers 2000 movie, their 1978 concert tour and their appearances on Saturday Night Live. The Sensational Soul Brothers add their own original comedy bits while staying true to the great music of that era and we throw in a couple of surprises every show with lots of audience participation.
This class will be offered in-person only, please register below below–as seating is limited– and don’t miss this class! We encourage for you to attend the potluck before the show that starts at 6:00 PM. Please bring an appetizer or dessert to share. Also, feel free to bring adult beverages to the event and potluck if you choose to. EmpowerU will provide Sloppy Joes and Sides! Otherwise, the show starts at 7:00 PM and runs until 8:30 PM.
Speaker Bios:
For the last 10 years, Lonnie Freeman (Jake) and Malcolm Spence (Elwood) have been entertaining audiences throughout Ohio as The Sensational Soul Brothers.
Lonnie, in addition to recapturing the look and vocal stylings of John Belushi from The Blues Brothers, is an Elvis Tribute Artist both with a complete backing band or using pro backing tracks. Lonnie has been entertaining audiences as an ETA for the last 30 years throughout the USA.
Whether it is the 1960s or 1970’s Las Vegas days that he is performing, Lonnie has the looks, moves and voice to maintain a performance of remarkable authenticity. Lonnie is the whole “Elvis Package.” You can always count on him to be respectful of the legacy of Elvis!
A dedicated performer, Lonnie provides a very high-energy, interactive show that you and your audience will not soon forget. Lonnie will keep your audiences rockin’ and rollin’ all night long!
Malcolm has been recreating the performance of Dan Ackroyd as Elwood Blues right down to his harmonica solos and dance moves. Malcolm does a solo singer/songwriter act (The Eclectic Campfire). Malcolm’s Eclectic Campfire show makes him known as the man of 1000 songs. Whether you want soft background music for your event, or a full-out party sing-along evening Eclectic Campfire can deliver a grand-slam of entertainment.
Specializing providing music for Birthday/Anniversary Parties, Class Reunions, Banquets or just your backyard gathering, An Eclectic Campfire show material consists of Pop Rock and Country music from the 1950s-1980s (song list available on request), all done in a unique guaranteed-to-entertain style.
Hear from Naomi Wolf speaking at Hillsdale College discussing what was in the Pfizer Documents that were recently unclassified.
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Naomi Wolf Shares What is Stated in the Pfizer Documents at Hillsdale College – There’s More Going on Than You Think
Join EmpowerU to watch this shocking video of Naomi Wolf as she delves into and discloses what was written in the Pfizer documents. The modern pharmaceutical industry has in many ways proved itself a great benefit to mankind, making health- and life-saving drugs and vaccines widely available. But its reputation has come under attack in the wake of America’s opioid epidemic and the COVID pandemic. This fourth and final CCA of the 2022-23 academic year will consider the rise of Big Pharma, its role in the declining state of American health, and ideas for reform. (Credit to https://freedomlibrary.hillsdale.edu)
The Pfizer documents were published in 2022 after a federal judge in Texas ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make public the data it relied on to license Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, accelerating the schedule to get the data published. This makes it around 75 years faster than the FDA said it could take to complete a Freedom of Information Act request. There’s an estimate of 450,000 pages about the vaccine. The FDA proposed on publishing 500 pages a month and U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman Pittman ordered to have 55,000 pages published a month so the data would be completely public within around 8 months instead of 75 years. Read more about the FDA accelerate publishing the documents HERE.
This speech was given on March 6, 2023, during a Hillsdale College CCA seminar on “Big Pharma.” There seems to be more going on than vaccinating a virus that we are not made aware of.
“If you have to be persuaded, reminded, pressured, lied to, incentivized, forced, bullied, socially shamed, guilt-tripped, threatened, punished and criminalized … If all of this is considered necessary to gain your compliance – you can be absolutely certain that what is being promoted is not in your best interest” – Ian Watson
The video is around an hour long so we will have about 20-25 minutes for discussion afterwards. As always, popcorn is provided!
Orlando Sonza will talk about Issue 1. Special interest groups from the coasts are trying to buy an amendment to Ohio’s constitution. Before voting this November, you should know the truth about what this amendment would do to the founding documents of our state, as well as what it would do to your family and your relationship to your children.
Naomi Wolf has written multiple books, has also worked as a journalist and political consultant. Wolf attended Yale University, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in English literature in 1984. Wolf completed her Doctor of Philosophy degree in English literature in 2015 at Oxford.
Naomi is also the CEO of DailyClout, a media company with the mission to empower people by providing information and opinion from all viewpoints and perspectives to help people be well informed and not just get one side of an issue.
Orlando Sonza- Orlando is proud to be an Ohioan. A second generation Filipino American, Orlando was raised in New Jersey and attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. While there he met his wife, Jessica, a Mexican/Filipino American, fellow Academy classmate, and Cincinnati native.
Orlando graduated top ten in his class at West Point where he majored in political science and minored in systems engineering. Upon graduation, he and Jessica both commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army. Orlando served on active duty as an Infantry Officer and Finance Officer with the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia. After leaving active duty, Orlando and Jessica moved to Cincinnati to raise a family. While helping to raise their kids, Orlando obtained his master’s degree in taxation from the University of Cincinnati and his law degree from Georgetown Law. Orlando is an Ohio CPA with experience working in Big 4 Accounting as a senior tax accountant. While in law school, he was a legal intern at the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal & Tax Divisions. Orlando currently works at the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office.
Orlando and Jessica currently live in Springfield Township with their four children.
This Class is Perfect for Homeschoolers!
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Saturday, July 15, 2023
Let’s get the kids educated on the Constitution! Free Best Buy Gift Cards to the first 25 students to sign up!
This is your child’s, grandchild, or relative to attend a special Constitution Boot Camp just for them. Homeschoolers this class is perfect for you!
Join us for this one-day, seminar style, class that will give you a working knowledge of the US Constitution including its purpose, and true meaning. You will leave with an understanding of the founder’s intentions for our nation and the ways in which we are dangerously off-course. This course will help students to learn to recognize when political power is legitimate and when it is being usurped- and what can be done about it!
The first step to restoring our Constitutional Republic is teach the public to understand the Constitution and the limits it places on our federal government. Kids–up to college age–we want you to learn about your constitution. By attending each student will receive The Handbook for We the People, The Federalist Papers, Bastiat’s The Law and The Precinct Guide.
Free $25 Best Buy Gift Cards to the first 25 students (College age and Under) who sign up and complete the class. Let’s Educate the Kids! Space in this class is limited to 45. We will start out until July 8, just accepting reservations from kids. If the spaces in this class do not fill up we will open this class to the public.
Lunch will be provided.
Join us for this one-day, seminar style, class that will give you a working knowledge of the US Constitution including its purpose, and true meaning. You will leave with an understanding of the founder’s intentions for our nation and the ways in which we are dangerously off-course.
Learn to recognize when political power is legitimate and when it is being usurped- and what you can do about it! The first step to restoring our Constitutional Republic is for you to understand the Constitution and the limits it places on our federal government.
Students are free on scholarship and Building Blocks For Liberty asks for a $25 donation which includes lunch and books for the first family member if you are not a student. Additional family members sharing books can attend for a donation of only $5 each. Alumni welcome for $5 donation. Cash, Check or Credit Card payment accepted morning of the class.
Speaker Bios:
Jim Lewis: Marine, retired Sales Representative, co-founder of Building Blocks for Liberty, currently teaching American History, World History and the US Constitution for homeschoolers in the PEP program at the Mason location. Jim has been interested in history since childhood. During his down time, he continues to read books on history, types of governments and law.
John Hindery: Marine, retired Accountant, co-founder of Building Blocks for Liberty, currently teaching American History and the US Constitution for homeschoolers in the northern Kentucky area. John has been interested in history since 5th grade, worked on the Nixon and Goldwater Campaigns and continues to read books on the founders and presidents.
Rick Herron: Navy, IT Specialist, currently teaching the importance of Central Committee throughout the Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana region for over four decades. He co-founded the Platform Republicans educating conservatives in becoming precinct executives. Rick wrote and self-published a book entitled, “Actually Making a Difference” which explains how important the local level participation can determine local, county, state and national candidates.
Each man specializes in specific areas that compliments the BBFL mission. As part of the military, Jim, John and Rick took an oath to support and defend the US Constitution which led them to teaching. Our class focuses on the Founding Fathers wisdom, Natural Law, types of governments and much, much more. Each instructor recognized the need to teach what the Founding Fathers gave us so out of frustration US Constitution Boot Camp was born. We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and all volunteers. The donations received help us further focus on educating the younger generations through scholarships.
Dennis Quaid's Documentary-An alarming look into the potential of life without power.
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Join EmpowerU at the Movies! The Popcorn is on us!
A dynamic legion of energy, economic, national security, and infrastructure experts fearlessly expose our most critical global threat: the vulnerability of our nation’s power grids. Together they inform the public of imminent threats and the infinite horrors in store from prolonged power loss. Grid failure is a real and imminent threat, a devastatingly deadly occurrence leading to life-threatening shortages of heat, food, and water. If protective measures are not taken, we will experience catastrophic failures leaving citizens in states of starvation, death, destruction, and darkness for months.
The U.S. power grid is aging and already struggling to meet current demand. It faces a future with more people — people who drive more electric cars and heat homes with more electric furnaces. Our electric utility companies have not implemented sufficient precautions to protect our grid and are well aware of the dangers. Numerous readily available grid safety solutions exist. These viable innovations must be rapidly instituted to protect our grid against known threats and hazards. As the demand for grid protection expands, brilliant minds will undoubtedly develop even more innovative ideas to secure our grid and protect our power. Promising fortification concepts have been developed by wise executives and utility engineers who understand that strict guidelines and protection measures may (hopefully) become required by law. Consistent citizen pressure must continue to pass legislation requiring utility companies to implement existing protective protocols while encouraging them to forge further state-of-the-art safeguards. Our goal at ‘GDPU’ is to ensure the grid never goes down!
Producer/Director David Tice- CEO of Paul Revere Films LLC., Executive Producer and Financier of the major motion picture, Soul Surfer, released in 2011. In the last two years, Tice has completed production of the ‘electrifying’ award winning feature documentary about the vulnerability of our nation’s power grid, entitled Grid Down, Power Up. The documentary will serve as a springboard to initiate an organized social action movement to secure our nation’s power grid.
(Credit to GridDownPowerUp.com for Text and Images)
This Trip is Sponsored by Americans for Prosperity
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EmpowerU will be joining Americans for Prosperity Ohio to visit the border town in McAllen, Texas (near Brownsville) and report back on the conditions that we find. Every town in the United States is now a border town, and as we must accept the reality, for now, that many migrants will be coming to Ohio and staying in Ohio. It is important that we look at the border problem and try to understand it.
Tonight, in this live class, EmpowerU will report on the conditions that we have found at the Southern Border. We will explain our visit to the physical border, show you pictures and video we have taken, and introduce you to key leaders in the area. We will also discuss our visit with Catholic Charities we have met with to examine the humanitarian implications of not securing the border. We hope to present an individual family that has recently come across the border and discuss their story with you.
We will also be introducing you to other Ohioans that are on the trip and have them explain to you what they have seen, and their thoughts about the border situation. Our overriding mission with this trip is to make information more available to you to allow you to discuss the border with Ohio’s leaders, your family and friends.
Join us as EmpowerU visits the Southern Border with our friends from Americans for Prosperity Ohio.
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Hear From Igor Rud, a Ukraine Native, On the Russian Invasion in Ukraine
Hear what’s really going on in Ukraine and what our news is not telling us. Hear from Igor’s experience from hearing Ukrainian news and seeing the preliminary events firsthand.
Starting in 1991 with the Independence Declaration to the Revolution of Dignity to present day, Igor will describe the facts that led up to the invasion. Could the full-scale invasion have been prevented? Why did the Russian forces advance so quickly? How was the missile cruiser Moscow destroyed? How did Russia attempt to destroy Ukrainian infrastructure? These topics will be covered in this class.
Speaker Bio:
Igor Rud was born and raised in Ukraine and moved to the United States in 2016. He has a degree in Mathematics from Kharkiv State University and an advanced degree from Kharkiv State Academy of Municipal Economy. Igor has worked as a software engineer for over 20 years.
EmpowerU is pleased to partner with the Springdale Police Department to bring this class to the public.
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Officer Keenan Riordan will be giving an Active Shooter Presentation based on the Run, Hide, Fight model. The presentation will discuss ways to prevent, what to do, and an empowering mindset if such an event should occur in your presence.
Active shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearm(s) and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims. Most of these cases have occurred in locations where the shooter has been undeterred and unobstructed from carrying out their attack. The incident locations have often been described as soft targets with limited active security measures or armed personnel to provide protection for members of the public. In most instances, shooters have either taken their own lives, been shot by police, or surrendered when forced with a confrontation by law enforcement.
Everyone can help prevent and prepare for potential active shooter situations. This course provides guidance to individuals, so that they can prepare to respond to an active shooter situation.
This Class will NOT be recorded for playback, so please register!
Speaker Bio:
Officer Keenan Riordan is a 25-year veteran of the Springdale Police Department. He is a firearms instructor and spent 14 years as a member of a multi-jurisdictional SWAT team in Hamilton County. After working for years as a patrol officer and detective, Keenan now serves as the Community Service Officer in Springdale.
Daniel Regenold to Perform Neil Young Songs Starting at 6:15 PM
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We Encourage You To Attend This Class in Person–For Maximum Enjoyment! It will be LOUD, and Fun!
“Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music” – Neil Young
Neil Young is one of the most influential songwriters and guitarists of his generation, known for recording such favorites as ‘Old Man,’ ‘Harvest Moon’ and ‘Heart of Gold.’ Born in Canada in 1945, Neil Young arrived in the U.S. in the mid-1960s and co-founded the band Buffalo Springfield. He earned fame both as a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSN&Y) and as a solo artist, writing and recording such timeless songs as “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black),” “Rockin’ in the Free World” and “Heart of Gold”—a No. 1 hit.
Nicknamed the “Godfather of Grunge” for his undeniable influence on that genre. In the 1960’s Neil began making the rounds on the Canadian folk circuit, rubbing elbows with other up-and-coming Canadian musicians, including fellow folk singer Joni Mitchell and the rock band the Guess Who. In Los Angeles in 1966, Young ran into Stephen Stills and soon thereafter, Young, Stills, Palmer Ritchie Furay and Dewey Martin formed Buffalo Springfield. They debut self-titled album including the hit “For What It’s Worth” became a Top 10 hit. In 1968 a strain inside Buffalo Springfield led him to strike out on his own. Buffalo Springfield was shown in this picture in 1965:
In 1969 Young signed with Reprise Records 1969 and released his self-titled debut album to mixed reviews. But Young followed up just a few months later with Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, a signature album, on which drummer Ralph Molina, bass player Billy Talbot and guitarist Dan Whitten, collectively known as Crazy Horse, backed him up. With their raw sound serving as the counterpoint to Young’s distinctively melancholy and untrained voice on such tracks as “Cinnamon Girl” and “Down by the River,” the album climbed up the charts to No. 34, and eventually went gold.
Young joined the trio, which was renamed Crosby, Still, Nash & Young and they began to perform and record, playing the legendary Woodstock Festival in August 1969 (This was CSNY’s second performance ever—Young would not allow himself to be filmed for the movie). The band’s subsequent tour and album release, 1970’s Déjà Vu, catapulted them to fame—so much so that they were at times referred to as the “American Beatles.” However, Young’s relationship with his bandmates quickly became contentious, and he left the group to focus more exclusively on his solo work.
“With Crazy Horse, it’s all one big, growing, smoldering sound, and I’m part of it It’s like gliding, or some sort of natural surfing.”
Neil Young is one of the most prolific recorders of music in the History of Rock and Roll with over 40 albums recorded since 1969. Young was inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. In our session at EmpowerU you will learn about Young’s different groups that he’s played with. His complicated love-hate relationship with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The impact on Young of the death of Crazy Horse guitarist Dan Whitten. The inspiration behind such hits as “Old Man” and “A Man Needs a Maid”. His contributions to the Benefit for Farm Aid, his countless charitable efforts, and his ownership of Lionel Trains. And the straw that finally broke the back of CSNY, David Crosby’s comments about Neil’s marriage to actress Daryl Hannah in 2018.
Learn about Young’s incredible impact on Rock and Roll as we look as his music and listen to music—through video and discussion– in a way that you will enjoy. It’s going to be a loud night at EmpowerU –tell your music friends and don’t miss this one!
Come early around 6:15 pm and Daniel Regenold, the lead guitarist for the Vims will open up the night with a 45 minute set dedicated to Neil Young. We will be serving draft beer, soft drinks and water at the event and feel free to bring beverages of your choice.
Speaker Bio:
Dana W. Gore: Dana was born January 28, 1953 in Shreveport, LA. His father was in the military and we moved many times in the early years. They lived in Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, North Carolina, and then finally in 1962 they settled in Falls Church, VA. This is where music started to change his life forever.
Next door to him lived a boy who was much older than him, but despite the age difference they still became very good friends, initially through their love of sports. This is where it happened. He vividly remembers the boy’s record player in his living room and the day he pulled out this album with a huge wave on the front, with a surfer on his board. It was the Beach Boys “Surfin’ U.S.A”. The title cut opens the record, and that was it, he was hooked. Then he showed him a record by someone named Chuck Berry titled “Chuck Berry is on Top”, and played the song “Johnny B. Goode”. He couldn’t believe my ears. It was truly a magical moment.
The final piece of the puzzle fell in to place on February, 9, 1964 when the Beatles made their 1st appearance on Ed Sullivan. Like so many others, this was a defining moment for him. From that day on, until today 50+ years later, music was the one constant in his life. From elementary school through high school, college, marriage, children, grandchildren, and lifelong friends, music has been with him for the entire ride.
Starting with his 1st concert in the spring of 1969, with Led Zeppelin opening for The Who, and up until his last concert on May 6, 2017 in Tampa, FL when Joe Walsh opened for Tom Petty, he has been blessed. But of the hundreds of bands and concerts he has seen, none brought him back again and again more than Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Close behind, Neil Young who will be the focus of tonight’s class. Dana had a long career in the record business with Penguin Feather Records in Virginia and served for 29 years as the President of Posterservice, Inc, a sister company of Frame USA.
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Entertainment
Daniel Regenold, lead guitarist for the well-known Cincinnati Band The Vims, and local performer, will entertain and perform Neil Young songs from 6:15-7:00 PM. Come early and listen to Daniel’s 45 minute set and have a beer!
The Details Behind the Largest Seaborne Invasion in History!
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*Special 2 Hour Class- This class starts at 6:30pm* *Veterans, Children and Homeschoolers are Welcome*
79 Years ago, on this Day, June 6, 1944, the Normandy Landings began on the beaches of Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword. Operation code-name “Overlord” began on Tuesday, June 6, 1944 and it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. It became known as D-Day-the goal to liberate German-occupied France from Nazi control and lay the foundation for an Allied Victory on the Western Front throughout Europe.
The biggest names in history were all involved in this planning– Prime Minister Winston Churchill, General Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin of Russia, General Bernard Montgomery commander of British Forces, and Charles de Gaulle. Leading the German forces was Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, The Desert Fox and Gerd Von Rundstedt.. Commanding Rommel was Adolf Hitler leader of the Nazi Party. Hitler rose to power to become dictator of Germany, serving as Chancellor from 1933 and Führer from 1934. During his dictatorship from 1933 to 1945, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland in September 1939.
The amphibious landings on Normandy were preceded by extensive aerial and naval bombardment and an airborne assault-the landing of 24,000 US, British, and Canadian airborne troops shortly after midnight. Allied infantry and armoured divisions began landing on the coast of France at 06:30 am. Planning for the operation had begun in 1943.
This class at EmpowerU will be an explanation of the strategy of D-Day. How did this invasion happen? What was the plan? Who were the personalities? What equipment was used? Did everything go according to plan? How did the Allies deceive the Nazi’s to allow this great invasion to happen? How many men were lost? Be ready for how D-Day really happened, and the back-stories involved as we look at one of the most significant days in the History of the United States–D-Day!
Dan Regenold: Dan is a lover of Liberty and enjoys speaking to EmpowerU classes about subjects he is passionate about. Recently he has discussed: Milton Friedman, Saul Alinsky, Net Neutrality, D-Day, The Deficit, How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps, Public Education, Winston Churchill, President Theodore Roosevelt, and Thomas Sowell at EmpowerU Classes. Regenold is founder and Chairman of FrameUSA.com, a Made-In-America picture frame manufacturing company in Springdale, Ohio. To read Dan’s bio click here.
The human costs of the long conflict were harsh for all involved. 57,939 members of U.S. armed forces who died or are missing as a result of the war.
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Vietnam. Even in the present day, a half century after the end of American involvement, the word itself conjures up images in the public mind of horrific jungle warfare in a faraway land that cost tens of thousands of lives and shattered domestic tranquility. It is a word that rightfully revives heartbreak in mothers and fathers across the country.
So many sons were lost in a war that many Americans feel should never have been. But the conflict that dragged on for years was based on flawed theories, like monolithic communism, containment, and the domino theory, all while the government lied to the American people about what was really going on. It was, for good reason, the most unpopular war in US history.
Hear from Ryan Girdursky on 1776 Project-Pac
The 1776ProjectPAC.com is pushing back against this growing crisis in our public education system by campaigning on behalf of school board candidates that vow to overturn any teaching of the 1619 Project or critical race theory in their school districts. We will also support any type of education reform that promotes a patriotic vision of America and its history.
A new and troubling trend has emerged in our nation’s public school system. School districts in all 50 states have adopted critical race theory and parts of “The 1619 Project” as part of their curriculum. Critical race theory is a radical belief that pushes the idea that America is an inherently racist country and white Americans are stained with the original sin of racism for which they can never be cleansed. Their solution is to remake the U.S., abandoning our founding documents and capitalist system.
Supporters of critical race theory hold political power as being more important than facts. Oftentimes they will not engage with anyone who does not support critical race theory, because they believe that is “platforming” them, which gives their opponents’ arguments credibility. It is up to us to fight their agenda in every school board election where this theory is tolerated, promoted, and forced upon America’s children.
Speaker Bio:
Ryan Walters- Originally from Ellisville, Mississippi, the “capital” of the famous “Free State of Jones,” Ryan S. Walters is an independent historian who currently teaches American history at Collin College in North Texas.
He is the author of The Last Jeffersonian: Grover Cleveland and the Path to Restoring the Republic, Remember Mississippi: How Chris McDaniel Exposed the GOP Establishment and Started a Revolution, Grover Cleveland: The Last Jeffersonian President,Apollo 1: The Tragedy That Put Us on the Moon, and The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding.
He has appeared on CSPAN, Breitbart Radio, the Dennis Prager Show, the Tom Woods Show, the Mark Davis Show, the History Unplugged Podcast, and many others. He has written for Townhall.com, LewRockwell.com, AntiWar.com, Mises.org, Confederate Veteran magazine, Chronicles magazine, FEE.org, and the Abbeville Institute, and has spoken at a number of venues, including the Abbeville Institute Summer School and the Ludwig von Mises Institute.
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Ryan James Girdusky is a New York native. Since 2007, Ryan has worked in politics, starting out with New York City Councilwoman Helen Sears. He has worked on dozens of political campaigns including Michael Bloomberg for Mayor, Bob Turner for Congress, Liberty for All Super PAC, Bob Holden for City Council, and for the Logan Circle Group.
As a writer, Ryan’s work has been featured in nearly a dozen publications, and he has been a guest on many television and radio shows. He is the author of the upcoming book “They’re Not Listening: How the Elites Created the National Populist Revolution” Tonight Ryan will talk to us about his important work on 1776ProjectPac.com.
Nearly one in five Americans lives with a mental health condition.
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Mental Health is an incredibility important part of our overall health. Only until more recently, mental illnesses and mental health disorders were taboo topics. People were uncomfortable talking about these subjects or their mental health struggles. As a result, rumors and misunderstandings about mental illnesses ran wild.
The media has played no helping hand with exaggerated stories and extreme cases being showcased regularly. Although there has been progress, there are still several misconceptions about mental disorders that many people still believe.
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When it comes to gambling, everyone knows about Las Vegas and most know about Northern Kentucky. But did you know about an extremely popular supper club located in Branch Hill/Loveland Ohio that preceded both? This is the story of the Arrowhead Inn. While it was only in operation for a few years, it had a major impact on the characters who eventually built Las Vegas into the mecca of gambling in America. The Arrowhead Inn is now mostly forgotten, even by the people of Loveland. However, you can still find remnants of the old Inn where the Arrowhead Apartments now reside.
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Speaker Bio:
Richard Rutz is a psychiatric nurse practitioner who has worked in mental health for 25+ years. His career has taken him around the country working in a variety of rural and urban settings. His experiences have included working as a nurse, hospital administrator and nurse practitioner in hospital, residential, and outpatient care settings for all ages and a variety of diagnoses. He currently works as a nurse practitioner at NeuroPsych Center of Greater Cincinnati helping coordinate care for individuals and families with a holistic and collaborative approach with other providers.
Rich’s current focus is, but not limited to anxiety, depression, mood disorders, eating disorders and trauma. For the last 10 years, Rich has been precepting medical, nurse practitioner and physician assistant students for their psychiatric rotations.
Rich obtained his undergraduate nursing degree from Purdue University and his Master’s in Nursing from University of Kentucky. He also holds a Bachelor of Science from Ball State University. He is an active member of American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) and American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), having been previous North Carolina APNA Chapter President.
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Dan Peterson began his career at Procter & Gamble in sales retiring after 34 years in various executive capacities in both domestic and global roles. After retirement, he began his 2nd career, leading sales development and training for a handful of large, major companies. Dan finds passion in helping people improve their business skills. Additionally, he teaches sales classes as an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati as well as help coach the varsity sales team.
Dan is heavily involved in Loveland. He serves on the Historic Preservation and Planning Committee, is on the board of the Loveland Legacy Foundation, manages social media and performs historic story telling for the Loveland Historic Museum. He is married to Suzanne and recently celebrated their 40th anniversary. They have two children (Lauren and Steven) and one grandchild (Audrey). Dan loves to play tennis as a member of Harpers Tennis Club. Both Dan and Sue enjoy traveling and have visited all 50 states and 55 countries. He has an undergraduate degree in Marketing and an MBA from Christian Brothers University in Memphis Tennessee.
"It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." --Samuel Adams
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Thursday, April 20, 2023
This Class Has Been Sponsored by John and Becky Costello
Learn about the extraordinary time when our Country was founded. Thomas Jefferson asserted that “Samuel Adams was that Man” who was the leader of the Revolution. John Adams thought his cousin Sam was the most “sagacious” or shrewdest politician of all. Adams put together what could be said to be the greatest campaign of civil resistance in Civil History.
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff, and her new book “The Revolutionary Samuel Adams”, helps us walk through the life of Samuel Adams who supplied the moral backbone of the American Revolution. Adams helped package and amplify—almost like using social media– the Boston Massacre which was the beginning event that first shook the colonists. He helped mastermind the Boston Tea Party. You will learn how Adams, hid behind his many masks and stratagems and build consensus for a new Nation.
Also, get to know Adams and his incredible band of brothers. John Hancock, the President of the Second Continental Congress and first signer of the Declaration of Independence. Paul Revere, an American silversmith, engraver and Sons of Liberty Member.
What happened on famous ride of Paul Revere who rode to Lexington in 1975 to warn Samuel Adams that he was about to be arrested for treason? Much of the prelude to the revolution took place in the City of Boston and Massachusetts. Learn why Boston played such an important role. What about General George Washington, how did he figure into the growing discontent with the monarchy and Great Britain? What caused Washington to lead the fight?
Tonight, Dan will take you back to the founding of the Country, where you will learn about the true spirit of the Men who fought to liberate America. The tactics, their strength, and spirit and the one man that led the way, Samuel Adams.
Have a Sam Adams Beer with us tonight at the EmpowerU Studio–Join us as we celebrate the founding of our Nation! 
Speaker Bio:
Dan Regenold: Dan first became active in Government in 2003 when he became involved fighting Eminent Domain and helping stop it in Evendale and in Norwood, Ohio. In 2006, he was one of the founders of WeDemandAVote.com which successfully fought and stopped, by ballot initiative, a sales tax increase in Hamilton County, Ohio. Later WeDemand stopped Red Light Cameras in Hamilton County.
Regenold spoke at the CPAC Convention in 2008 to discuss major Grassroots initiative actions across the United States. In 2009, Dan was unsuccessful in his efforts to bring accountability to the Federal Government’s finances with a citizen lead initiative WeDemandABalancedBudget.com (the bill was introduced to the United States Congress). In 2010 Regenold was one of three leaders of the initiative to End Ohio’s Estate Tax which happened in 2011. The Tax Foundation called the repeal of Ohio Estate Tax one of the most important Tax accomplishments of 2011. In 2011 Regenold founded EmpowerUAmerica.org (starting it’s 25th semester in Fall 2022), a Free University offered in the Greater Cincinnati area with the goal of “empowering” citizens.
In 2014, Regenold was one of the leaders of the effort to separate Music Hall from a County Wide Sales Tax which helped the Museum Center renovation get passed by the voters of Hamilton County. Dan has recently concentrated his efforts on the mess of Public Education in Ohio and specifically on topics like School Choice and Critical Race Theory. Similarly, Dan helped led an EmpowerU initiative InGodWeTrustProject.com to teach students about the history of our National Motto.
Dan is a lover of Liberty and enjoys speaking to EmpowerU classes about subjects he is passionate about. Recently he has discussed: Milton Friedman, Saul Alinsky, Net Neutrality, D-Day, The Deficit, How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps, Public Education, Winston Churchill, President Theodore Roosevelt, and Thomas Sowell at EmpowerU Classes. Regenold is founder and Chairman of FrameUSA.com, a Made-In-America picture frame manufacturing company in Springdale, Ohio.
How the public presentation of the COVID-19 data was used to amplify fear and compliance..
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From the official start of the pandemic in Ohio, data has been cited heavily by the DeWine administration, local authorities and other institutions to justify a plethora of restrictions and mandates. The authorities used a series of metrics, particularly the colorful Ohio Public Health Advisory System (aka “The Map of Fear”), in order to influence the public’s perception of the severity of COVID in Ohio.
But what was the reality? How did the presentation of the data distort the public’s perceptions of risk and influence their willingness to submit to unheard of interventions in their daily lives? Most importantly, how can we look at the data presented to us with a critical eye in order to make the best decisions for ourselves and our families in the future.
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In 2020, after leaving state government working on the Ohio checkbook initiative, Lauren has led a project to hold government unions and teachers’ unions accountable as Ohio director of the Freedom Foundation. This work has involved illuminating the corruption in Ohio politics connected to government union money. As Larry Householder stands trial for the largest political bribery scheme in the Ohio House and conservative leaders were hoodwinked out of the speakers gavel in January of 2023, the nefarious manipulation and scheming by government unions has never been more obvious. While these discrete ties are unfortunate, Lauren feels it is imperative that Ohio stakeholders and parents know the truth about how and why their voice is being silenced at the Ohio house. Because of how loud government union money talks. After this presentation, she hopes you will have clarity and understanding about the reason that policy and legislative priorities that are important to the people of Ohio, get sidestepped in state government. Despite being promised differently during campaign season.
Kathryn Huwig attended Case Western Reserve University and Stanford University, double majoring in Planetary Geology and Evolutionary Biology. Her evolutionary biology degree focused mainly on different aspects of human evolution, including a graduate course focused solely on the epidemiology and evolution of human diseases. The degree was also heavily focused on the history and philosophy of science, or how we know what we know, how science succeeds and where it fails.
During the pandemic, she watched all of Gov. DeWine’s and ODH’s press conferences while dissecting the Ohio COVID data, showing how the data was being manipulated to create a false narrative of fear while teaching others how to analyze and understand their own local data, empowering them to approach their local institutions with confidence. She shared her common sense analyses in her Facebook groups, including Understanding Ohio COVID-19 Data (now censored) and Beyond the Data.
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Lauren Bowen: Ohio Director- Lauren is a lifelong Ohio resident and calls Cincinnati home. After earning a master’s degree in international politics from Wright State University in 2014, she led an innovative, first of its kind, digital government accountability and transparency project, called the Ohio Checkbook. Through that leadership experience, Lauren developed a fierce determination to undermine government corruption. She has since joined the Freedom Foundation as State Director to fight union tyranny and oppression. In her spare time Lauren enjoys collecting early American antiques and trying new restaurants with her husband.
The amazing story of one family’s escape from Germany in 1939.
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The ‘amazing story’ of Lisa Mac Vittie and her family’s plight to flee Europe in 1939. Lisa will recount her own personal journey taking you to Germany where it began, life for the family before Hitler’s reign against the Jewish people, life for the extended family that left and those who didn’t, and the barriers they faced escaping to China only to arrive just after the Sino-Japanese War. When the family embarked from the ship in China Lisa’s mother said to her father “what have we gotten ourselves in to”.
Living in China for ten years before immigrating to the United States was much like life in Europe when they fled except for the threat of being sent to a concentration camp. Her younger sister and brother were born in China, her sister Marion died at the age of 2 of diphtheria. See Lisa’s family below:
Lisa’s father was always optimistic about their future only to be murdered just before the family was close to making their final journey to the United States. How fortunate for America that Hitler missed Lisa and her family resulting in many descendants that can call the United States home. Lisa is now 90 years young and still going strong.
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Many of you have driven past an old stone building in Camp Dennison on the way to Milford. Ever wonder what it is and the history behind it? Come listen to the three-part history of the Christian Waldschmidt Homestead and be prepared to be enthralled. In 1794, Christian Waldschmidt, a veteran of the American Revolution, moved his family to a site on the Little Miami River and built a new community called New Germany.
In 1804, he built his home, which included a store. Waldschmidt was a businessman and encouraged new settlement, staffing a church and helping to find a school, and beginning industries vital to the survival of his new home, such as Ohio’s first paper mill, a cooperative distillery, woolen mill, sawmill, and a blacksmith shop.
During the Civil War, the house and surrounding grounds were part of Camp Dennison, used primarily as a general training center, recruiting depot, and hospital post, and named in honor of Governor William Dennison. The main house, now known as Waldschmidt House, served as the headquarters for General Joshua Bates.
Speaker’s Bio
Lisa Mac Vittie- Lisa was born Liselotte to Kurt and Elizabeth Isaack in Berlin, Germany, in 1932. In 1938, when Lisa was 6 years old Kristallnacht occurred sealing her parents’ decision to flee Germany. In the summer of 1939, Lisa, her parents, 7-year-old sister and 12-year-old brother readied to make their escape fleeing to China as it was the only open port in the world where they could go without questions being asked. In 1949, Lisa, her mother, sister and brother immigrated to the United States settling in New Jersey. In 1954, a 23-year-old Lisa became an American citizen, and shortly thereafter joined the United States Air Force as an academic instructor.
She met Herbert Mac Vittie, who was a technical instructor in the Air Force, and in November 1955 they were married. In March 1957 Lisa left the military due to being pregnant with their first child. They spent three years in Germany where there first two children were born, and then sent to Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, Michigan, where their 3rd and 4th children were born. While raising her children and working full time with the Civil Service she received her degree in accounting. Herbert retired from the military in 1974, and Lisa’s Civil Service job transferred her to Cincinnati in 1993 where she worked for the Corps of Engineers, retiring in 1998.
Lisa has always supported the Air Force as a civilian, been an active member of her eastern Cincinnati community, and has devoted her free time to serving the American Legion and speaking at elementary schools to children about the Holocaust. She is a member of the color guard with the American Legion and insists on carrying the POW/MIA flag when it is used.
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Darlene West has been involved with the Christian Waldschmidt Homestead for over 10 years serving as a trustee, docent, and special event coordinator. Having been a middle school teacher for longer than she cares to admit, transitioning to a docent/event coordinator was an easy process. She made a living talking to English students. Now she has the chance to talk about history to a much more eager audience. She is a 50+ year resident of the Cincinnati area, received her BS at the College of Mount Saint Joseph on the River and did her graduate work at Wright State university. She and Jim, her husband of 53 years, have three sons, and 10 grandchildren.
Ron Rothhass, Specialist in Plant Health Care and Tree Preservation Joins EmpowerU
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What provides many benefits to people and the communities they live in? How does weather and climate affect our trees and their care.Weather and climate are very complex, and it affects our trees and how we care for them, especially in hostile urban environments with the urban heat island effect and alien soil environments.
Ron Rothhaas, an ISA Board Certified Arborist who will join us tonight. He does not necessarily buy into a climate doomsday scenario, but changes are occurring in our climate whether or not it is cyclical. Ron Rothhaas is a frequent quest on In The Garden With Ron Wilson on 55 WKRC and IHeart Radio.
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Have you been considering homeschooling; wondering what it would take to be successful? You can do it! Hear from Thea Shoemake, EmpowerU’s Homeschooling Expert who has started a new initiative- Homeschool Ready or Not! The mission is to mitigate real and perceived barriers to entry for families considering the homeschool lifestyle and support them throughout the journey. Thea will speak from 7:10-7:30PM.
Ronald Rothhaas is an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist® and principal owner of Arbor Doctor LLC, specializing in plant health care, tree preservation, consulting, and landscaping. Ron is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a degree in Horticulture and Natural Resources Interpretation and Cincinnati State College with a degree in Ornamental Horticulture. He is a member of the International Society of Arboriculture and the Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky ISA Chapters.
Ron is a member of the American Society of Consulting Arborists and the Ohio Green Industry Association. He is the author of the OGIA Plant Health Care Newsletter. He has achieved the ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification and the ASCA Tree and Plant Appraisal Qualification.
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Thea Shoemake chose to settle and raise their family in Cincinnati over 20 years ago. In addition to her political involvement supporting unbridled liberty in education, Thea kept quite busy in her two favorite roles as homeschool mom and tutor in both home and traditional school environments. A recent empty-nester, Thea continues to tutor and frequently helps other families considering the challenging but extremely rewarding lifestyle of home-centered education. Thea is also the founder of the Podcast Everything is Political. This can be listened to on Apple, Spotify or Spreaker: https://www.everythingspolitical.org/podcasts. You can also get more up-do-date information at www.everythingspolitical.org. Her Homeschooling website is www.HomeschoolReadyorNot.com
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) visits EmpowerU
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This presentation focuses on MUFON cases and tools that were utilized in their review of UFO’s. (MUFON – Mutual UFO Network). A high percentage of programs presented on television, streaming podcasts, or in person presentations focus on the unknown. Whether the field of interest be UFOs, ghost hunting, or the search for cryptids, production centers on creating a product that attracts viewers. Media, meaning the production crew focuses more on entertainment than thorough investigations.
What becomes lost is all the work investigators and researchers do to identify 80-90% of identifiable cases. This presentation focuses on MUFON cases and tools that were utilized in their review. Tools represented include accessing metadata, importing data into Google Earth, accessing flight data, importing flight data into Google earth, and use of astronomy software to identify celestial and manmade objects. The point of the program is not to debunk all witness sightings, instead add more credibility to those that are classified as unknown.
Speaker Bio:
Tom Wertman: It is said we are all products of our environment. Growing up in the 60’s my environment included television shows such as The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and The Time Tunnel. Television led to books, then any movie no matter how bad. Most of this media was only fictional. Providing a grounding effect was the early NASA space programs culminating with the lunar landings. This environment produced an interest in space exploration, the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence, and additional dimensions.
Unfortunately, this interest had to be put aside to build a career, raise a family, and earn a bachelor’s degree in business and master’s in education. Now with the children grown up and pursuing their own careers it was time to return to the lifelong interest in the unknown. The first step was in 2008 by joining the Ohio based group the Cleveland Ufology Project (CUP). CUP is primarily a discussion group that provided an avenue to explore various fields associated with ufology. In 2018 as co-director a departure was necessitated to dedicate more time for private UFO research. CUP provided valuable networking contacts and through these a greater understanding of UFO case studies. The second step, also beginning in 2008, was becoming a certified field investigator for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). It’s one thing to read a book or watch a television show about UFO sightings. Quite another to conduct the actual investigation and try to determine what the witness observed and why. Who would have known that 15 years they would amass a total of 527 cases investigations in Ohio with one of the most interesting involving two fisherman who experienced over three and one-half hours of missing time. In addition to investigating Ohio cases an additional 239 investigations were conducted in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Puerto Rico as part of the Case Assistant Group.
If that was not enough, now as State Director new duties included conducting over 300 community outreach programs, being a featured guest on radio and television shows, participating in five documentaries, playing an alien in a short film, and hosting two streaming talk shows.
When art fought the law and the art won.
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Just Added to the Program: Dennis Barrie – The Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center from 1983-1992
Join us in-studio or virtually Tuesday, April 4th, at 7:00 pm to hear Dennis Barrie, former director of the Cincinnati Arts Center, and his defense attorney, H. Louis Sirkin, revisit Robert Mapplethorpe’s The Perfect Moment, the community’s reaction to the controversial photos, and the obscenity trial that engaged national figures and everyday Americans in conversations and spirited debate about obscenity versus art and the impact on community standards.
Why the Jury Verdict of Not Guilty was Correct. When the Mapplethorpe photos arrived by truck on March 28, 1990, Cincinnati had a widely held and mostly earned reputation as one of the most conservative cities in America. Hamilton County Sheriff Simon Leis Jr. was waiting for the photographs. In his mind, the photographs were smut, not art. A collection of challenging photographs and difficult questions about sex and sacrilege, art and obscenity, politics and polemics. (Simon Leis, Jr. shown below).
The art show, titled The Perfect Moment, opened on a chilly April morning in 1990, and among the first people through the door of the Contemporary Arts Center were nine members of a grand jury who viewed the 175 photographs and deemed seven of them to be not just offensive, but criminal. Eventually, the question of what free speech is and what is too much would be heard in a Municipal Court room After a week of explicit and evocative photographs and expert testimony, a jury went into its room for what was expected to be a long haul and a certain outcome. (Robert Maplethorpe shown below).
H. Louis Sirkin, the attorney representing the CAC and Barrie, said at the time of the decisions: “It’s so intellectually wrong, it’s incredible.” Sirkin continued: “All I can tell you is, if we get an acquittal, we’re absolutely brilliant.”
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Barbara Holwadel is a newly elected member of the Ohio Republican Party State Central Committee. She ran for election as a reform candidate. Barbara will give us an update of the state of the Ohio Republican Party which is a follow-up to the class EmpowerU featured on February 09, 2022 on possible Corruption in the Ohio Republican Party. Barbara will speak from 7:10-7:30 PM.
Speaker Bio:
H. Louis Sirkin is one of the nation’s preeminent First Amendment and criminal defense attorneys. Over more than 50 years of practice, Sirkin has consistently defended the free speech and constitutional rights of countless individuals and businesses, including adult entertainment establishments, museums, artists, activists, and ordinary citizens in all types of cases. Lou is both a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Criminal Lawyers.
Born in Cincinnati, Sirkin obtained both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Cincinnati. He entered private practice and quickly earned a reputation as an effective civil rights lawyer. He achieved national prominence in 1990 when he successfully defended the director of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati against obscenity charges for displaying the nude artwork of Robert Mapplethorpe. The controversy was later depicted in the Golden Globe-winning movie Dirty Pictures (2000). He has served as President of the First Amendment Lawyers Association and the Greater Cincinnati Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
Sirkin is a true believer and has distinguished himself as a compassionate mentor, a sought-after lecturer, and a tireless advocate. He has represented persons whose message was completely contrary to his own beliefs and has risked both his career and his physical safety to do so. He was once escorted out the rear door of the courthouse to avoid being assaulted by individuals who opposed his clients. But perhaps Sirkin’s most notable accomplishment was his 2002 victory before the United States Supreme Court in Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition.
In addition, he has defended on appeal numerous individuals on death row. In total, he has handled more than 125 appeals in civil and criminal cases.
Sirkin frequently lectures to students at the country’s top universities, participating in panels at Harvard University, New York University, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Michigan, and Northern Kentucky University, to name a few. He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati, where he taught habeas corpus law and a First Amendment seminar.
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Born and raised in Anderson Township. She is a graduate of Anderson High School then Wilmington College with a B.S. in Business. Believing the American dream is under siege from politicians of both parties, she got involved in the struggle to fight the ever-expanding size and scope of government.
Barbara was elected Precinct Executive and subsequently Ward Chair of the party (2010-2018) in Madeira and always made sure there were people working the polls on Election Day. She has been active in local groups such as the Ohio Battleground Alliance, and the Hamilton County Victory Centers.
She has run for State Central Committee and Madeira City Council and finally won a seat on the ORP State Central Committee August of 2022. Since taking her oath of office she has been devoting every day to doing something to strengthen the party. She serves as Secretary on the Platform Committee and is spearheading an effort accelerate its passage. Barbara is working to keep people informed through running her new website, BarbaraforOhio.com and social media.
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Dennis Barrie – Mr. Barrie was the museum Director for the Cincinnati Contempory Arts Museum from 1983-1992, during the Mapplethorpe trial. Dennis Barrie has an extensive career in planning, developing and managing both major and less traditional cultural destinations—museums, exhibits, visitor centers, and public spaces. He is an internationally distinguished museum director, cultural historian and an expert in popular culture. His expertise is in developing innovative projects that come from and respond to the unique circumstances of various cities and locations across the US.
His career includes eleven years with the Smithsonian Institution as Midwest Director of the Archives of American Art, where he interviewed and documented many of the great artists of the 20th Century.
For eight years he served as Director of Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center (1983-1991), the second oldest museum of contemporary art in the United States. During his tenure at the Contemporary Arts Center, Dennis and the Center were involved in a landmark First Amendment case centering on the right of the museum to show the controversial work of Robert Mapplethope . Indicted for obscenity, Barrie was acquitted in a jury trial that captured the attention of the art world and the country at large.
As the opening Executive Director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland (1993-1996), Dennis led all aspects of the project from concept—construction, staff development, marketing, fundraising and most importantly, the conceptualization and development of the Rock Hall’s films and exhibits—through opening and dedication.
After leaving the Rock Hall, Barrie did museum and cultural consulting work for clients such as the International Museum of Cartoon Art, Walt Disney Company, Elvis Presley Estate and Site Santa Fe.
In 1998, Dr. Barrie became the president of the The Malrite Company, where he worked with CEO Milton Maltz to develop new and creative concepts for museum projects. The company’s major project was the development of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC, a major critical and popular success.
Leaving Malrite in 2005, Barrie founded Barrie Projects, a museum consultancy. Under the Barrie Projects banner, Dennis worked on the conceptualization of the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, NY, located on the site of Max Yasgur’s farm, home to the 1969 “Woodstock Festival.” Barrie Projects also provided developmental services for the Grammy Museum and the Museum of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, both in Los Angeles. Working with Arts and Exhibits International/AEG (Los Angeles), Barrie Projects was instrumental in putting together the Michael JacksonOfficial Exhibition which opened its world tour in London in October 2009.
In 2006, Dennis was hired as the Creative Director for The Mob Museum: National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, a $43 million project in downtown Las Vegas, designed to attract new audiences to the city core, housed in the historic federal courthouse where the Kefauver Hearings into organized crime were held. The Museum’s 2012 opening garnered rave reviews in The New York Times, USA Today and on the Today Show, among others.
In 2012, Dennis led a team of professionals hired to re-think the exhibits and marketing programs of the Pro-Football Hall of Fame. The result was a $23 million redesign of exhibits and facilities. In addition, Dennis co-developed the Hall of Fame’s 50th anniversary traveling exhibit entitled Gridiron Glory that has traveled to 17 NFL cities over the course of seven years.
Other recent projects include the development of a state- of- the- art exhibit for the NASA Glenn Visitors Center, the development of a feasibility study for the American Writers Museums and project management for the development of the National Psychology Museum.
In 2013, Dennis and his Barrie Projects team led the development of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum. The $91M museum is America’s first official museum designed to explore the history of our country’s participation in the modern games.
Dennis is currently serving as the Director of Experience Design for the Cleveland History Center of the Western Reserve Historical Society.
Is it possible Ohio could find itself in a situation similar to Arizona and the other battleground states in the news?
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Are Ohio elections really as ‘Secure and Accurate’ as Secretary of State Frank LaRose claims? Is it possible Ohio could find itself in a situation similar to Arizona and the other battleground states in the news with serious allegations of fraud that could affect the outcome of an election?
Do our elected government officials really have the best interests of Ohio citizens when they pass Election laws? Glen and Gail have researched Ohio election information at length, along with many other volunteer patriots across Ohio and are pleased to share our findings.
The reality is Ohio elections are neither Secure or Accurate, and YES, Ohio absolutely could find itself in a situation similar to Arizona. It appears many of our elected government officials DO NOT have the best interests of Ohio citizens in mind when passing Election laws. The ‘machines’ used in Ohio’s elections DO connect to the internet. There ARE phantom votes and dead people voting in Ohio.
It IS possible for illegal aliens to register AND vote in Ohio elections even with the passage of HR458 an ‘Election Integrity’ bill signed into law by Gov. Dewine in January 2023. More information regarding Election Integrity in Ohio can be found on the website ohio4truth.com.
Join us as we share the uncomfortable TRUTHS of Ohio Elections and learn how ordinary citizens can make a difference in the future of elections in Ohio.
Speaker Bios:
Gail Niederlehner- Gail has lived in the greater Cincinnati area her entire life, began her career in IT, then transitioned into many roles as she and her husband started and operated a small business for over 30 years. Following the 2020 election, Gail knew something was wrong with elections in our country and began researching. She discovered Ohio elections have not been secure and accurate for a long time and it is very possible recent events in Arizona elections could also happen in Ohio. She is volunteering alongside many other patriots across Ohio to inform and educate We The People of our corrupt elections and to bring much needed common sense reforms to Ohio’s election processes. She is instrumental in developing the website ohio4truth.com which provides a wealth of information regarding Election Integrity to the people that they might not otherwise see or hear on mainstream media.
Glenn Mehltretter is a Butler county resident since 1994 after graduating from ORU with a Film and TV production degree. His family owns a consulting company where he helps companies place the correct people into management roles based on the requisite organization structure. Glenn was a professional flatland freestyle bike rider in his youth and uses that balance learned to achieve skills in many industries. He flips houses (on house #7 now) sells commercial printing, owns a hand bindery business, and a production company for video and photography. He writes for magazines and corporations as well as does photography in extreme sports like paintball and BMX freestyle. He also runs multiple YouTube channels with multiple millions of views for his content. He started the “Trails of Doom” brand and has studied algorithms for years. When covid hit he had free time which was rare as he is typically so busy. So, he dug into the election integrity situation and what he discovered shocked him. After reading the forensic reports for the Tina Peter’s hard drives in Colorado as well as reading hundreds of affidavits from election officials all over the country. He also read the Maras affidavit which showed there were only 2 companies certified to approve the voting machines, but they lost their accreditation… He has put on the record all of this proof of election issues to the Butler County Board of Elections. As well as given, it all to the Butler County Sheriff. Education of the public is key so he has been vocal publicly as well as online and has proof of government officials shadow banning his comments about the election issues on Facebook.
**This Class has been Cancelled**
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
**This Class Has Been Cancelled**
Hear Roger Grein’s Story on Making a Difference
An inspiring story of a mother who didn’t accept her sons’ limitations due to his disability. Join us for a viewing of the inspiring documentary about the life and legacy of Roger Grein, a successful local businessman and philanthropist. “Roger Grein: An Empowering Philanthropy” details Roger’s extraordinary life of humility, service, and perseverance. We all have something to learn from Roger’s determination to thrive in the midst of adversity, disability, and loss, with the support of his community, sheer grit, and his faith.
The many twists and turns in Roger’s life led to a special calling: in 2008, Roger started Magnified Giving, an educational nonprofit that empowers over 5,000 young people to be philanthropists each year. Come to this class to watch an inspiring documentary, and then hear directly from Roger about why he’s devoted his “third act” of life to educating, inspiring, and engaging youth in philanthropy.
Speaker Bio:
Roger is a successful businessman, long-time philanthropist, internationally recognized softball coach, and founder of Magnified Giving. An entrepreneur since age seven, Roger made his first, significant philanthropic contribution as a young teenager and has been freely giving of his time, talent, and treasure for the past sixty years.
He founded Magnified Giving to engage young people in philanthropy, and since 2008, Magnified Giving has granted $1.2 million dollars to local nonprofits through the hands of over 35,000 youth. In 2022, Roger was honored with the Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service by the Rotary Club of Cincinnati. He also received Redwood’s 2022 Shining Bright Award, recognizing how he has overcome the barriers of Cerebral Palsy to be a role model to those in the community with distinct abilities.
Learn how highly intelligent elephants are with their complex emotions, feelings, compassion and self-awareness.
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Elephants represent strength and good fortune. They also symbolize health and happiness and are thought to promote spiritual wellbeing in our daily lives. Elephants are strong and nurturing, they are loyal to their family and are determined and protective.
In this class we will learn the basics on the different species; body structure, physiology, eating habits, environment, family structure, social behaviors, mating, reproduction, and rearing their young.
Elephants impact the environment; planting trees, digging wells, changing the world around them which is why they are called a “keystone species”. We will learn how they interact with humans, their current status, threats against them, and what we can do. The Cincinnati Zoo elephants project is to be completed in 2024.
Speaker Bio:
Mike Biere is a 1964 graduate of Aiken H.S., USMC 1966- 1968, Vietnam 1967 – 68 B.S. and M.S. in biological sciences. He worked as a conservation consultant and field biologist before switching to work as an IT technical consultant.
Retired in 2016; currently doing volunteer education and research projects at the Cincinnati Zoo. In 2023 he was offered a part-time position as an assistant elephant keeper at the zoo.
He teaches free guitar classes at Springdale Nazarene Church on Tuesday evenings. He has been a guitarist/vocalist since 1962 in various bands plus lots of solo work. 60’s music.
Take 20: Education Reform in Ohio with Troy McIntosh
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Learn About What the Ohio Freedom Action Network Can Do For Ohio!
Wondering what’s happening in America, and what you can do about it? Here’s what Tom Hach, Free Ohio Now says: · Axiom: If people don’t want to be free, they won’t be, because every generation includes those who want to rule over all the rest! · Corollary: If people DO want to be free, they have to earn it! But today there’s no place for us to invest our time, effort and money to earn our freedom.
The goals of the Barnstorming Tour are to help people understand what we are confronting as a nation by using three videos he developed as teaching tools, and to then encourage them to up their game as sovereign citizens by taking action by supporting one of three Ohio Freedom Action Working Groups below or other worthy causes.
Ohio Election Integrity Network: For free and fair elections
The Ohio Roundtable (roundtableohio.com): Media powered by citizen journalists.
Ohio School Board Constitutional Coalition: Support constitutionally minded school board members
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Hear from Troy McIntosh with Center for Christian Virtue, Ohio Christian Education Network. Troy is back to visit with us again with the latest Ohio News in education to include; Educational Choice, Status of the Backpack Bill, School Choice progress across the country, 3rd grade reading guarantee, and SB1 and school board reform. Also to be discussed is the Governor’s proposed takeover of the Ohio Board of Education.
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Speaker’s Bios:
Tom wears many hats including being the Executive Director of Free Ohio Now and the State Director of Ohio Freedom Action Network (OhioFAN). Through these positions, he has worked hard alongside many dedicated people to bring together like-minded leaders and individuals from across Ohio to facilitate communication and coordinated actions in the cause of perpetuating our God-given inalienable rights of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
After many years, Tom retired as an IT program manager, and he also retired from the Navy Reserve after a 21 year career, during which he served in Iraq from 2006 to 2007. Additionally, Tom is in his third term as a school board member.
He has a BS in Chemistry from Miami (Ohio) University, and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University. He lives in the Cleveland-area, and enjoys a good cigar once or twice a week!
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Troy McIntosh is Director of CCV’s Ohio Christian Education Network (OCEN). Troy comes to OCEN after serving 27 years in Christian education as a teacher, principal and, for the last eight years, as head of school at Worthington Christian School in Worthington, Ohio. Prior to his time in education, he worked in the Ohio House of Representatives in the Legislative Services Commission Fellowship program.
Troy’s time at Worthington Christian, he served the broader Christian school community as an Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) Regional Council Member and Accreditation Commission Member, accreditation team chairperson, and conference presenter. For the last 15 years, he has held various roles with the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA), including President of the Central District Athletic Board and Vice President of the OHSAA Board of Directors.
Troy is a graduate of Wheaton College (B.A. Economics) and The Ohio State University (M.Ed. Education) and is a Colson Fellow with the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He and his wife Julie live in Westerville, Ohio and have three grown daughters.
Learn about the stealth government working behind the scenes focusing on issues that only matter to them.
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Why all the craziness in today’s society? Have you been wondering why so many companies, organizations, and politicians do not seem to be operating in the interest of their most loyal customers or supporters these days? Why does Disney produce movies and shows that are so family-unfriendly to the average family? Why do utilities that burn coal and companies that produce fossil fuels promote how green they are?
Why does it seem like every car ad is for an electric vehicle? Why does the NFL plaster political slogans all over their fields and their players’ uniforms? And why does the Republican Party in Ohio seem so oblivious or resistant to the desires of its most reliable supporters on issues like Critical Race Theory and the Backpack Bill?
The uncomfortable truth is that a “stealth” government is at work behind the scenes, and it has been working on and implementing its plans for over 50 years. Now, this strange new “government” does not need to remove existing elected officials or boards of directors. It simply uses its vast amounts of money and its thousands of key influencers in the corporate, academic, media, and not-for-profit spheres to coordinate those of like mind and to intimidate the rest into acquiescence with their plans. Those who resist are removed from their positions. This strange “government” only focuses on issues that matter to them and they leave local government leaders alone to make normal, daily decisions.
The World Economic Forum (WEF), which meets in Davos, Switzerland and the UN coordinate this “government’s” operations, which are massive and span the industrialized world. This class will look at what these organizations reveal about their goals and their progress. It will also show that many of the major corporations and non-profits in the world have literally signed onto the programs of the WEF and the UN. And that explains why they act as they do.
The class will not deal in speculation. It will deal only in facts that have been obtained from the websites of the WEF, the UN, and about 10 other partners.
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Flock Cameras & Your Privacy
Did you ever wonder why there are cameras literally everywhere? What happens to your privacy? There are cameras being installed in various Cincinnati townships recording people entering and exiting the area. How does this impact our rights to privacy? Dan Unger will give a short presentation on Flock Surveillance cameras and why he thinks they are not in the best public interest. Dan will be speaking from 7:10-7:30 PM.
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Speaker’s Bios:
Tom Hagedorn has been studying American history for over 30 years. Some of his study has focused on education. Eight years ago, he published “Founding Zealots: How Evangelicals Created America’s First Public Schools, 1783-1865.” It tells how those first schools came about and what they were like. But it also describes in detail how this story has been ignored and distorted by the progressive historians who have a very different vision for American schools, society and government than did our Founders. Since he published his book, he has been focusing on the increasing role of socialism and socialists in American institutions, what some have called “the long march” of western Marxism through our institutions.
Tom has been providing investment advice to individuals for four decades. When he was not researching and writing Founding Zealots and studying history, he was involved in various political, charitable, and community activities. He remains active in all those things and in the fight to return the schools to a traditional role in American society, in service to their parents and to their parents’ values.
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Dan Unger was reelected in 2021 to a second term as a Colerain Township Trustee. He also served two elected terms on the Northwest local school district Board of Education and was a volunteer member serving 11 years on the Hamilton County tax levy review commission. He values liberty and freedom above all else and believes that if additional government spending would solve society’s problems, our problems would have been gone long ago.
Vivek Ramaswamy to Join EmpowerU Program and Speak at 6:40 PM! Special Start Time!
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*Update- Class Starts at 6:30* Vivek Ramaswamy joins Empower U to talk about the Presidential run 6:40- 7:00.
Maurice Thompson is the Executive Director of the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, a non-profit, non-partisan law firm dedicated to protecting the constitutional rights of Ohioans. Tonight, Maurice will join us to discuss a range of important topics starting off with a proposed Ohio Amendment for Property Tax Relief. How would this work? Who would it impact?
Also to be discussed is, requiring supermajorities to increase taxes of any kind, and a few other ideas that aren’t in the amendment. Our class will be almost a “Focus Group” class as Maurice is seeking input from EmpowerU on the changes being considered. Maurice will be speaking from 7:30-8:15 PM
Matt Mayer has a Florida/Texas vision for Ohio. Mike DeWine and John Husted were just re-elected and most likely their second term will mirror their first term which is why Matt is beginning now to explore if Ohioans will support his agenda. Matt will talk about his agenda in this class, how he will fight the big fights and paint with Ronald Reagan’s bold colors. His agenda can be found at www.ohiomatt.com as he’s putting it out there now so that we the people can hold our elected officials accountable for what they do and don’t do in the coming years.
Matt is a political outsider with an impressive bio and accomplishments however as an outsider he needs a lot of time to build grassroots support and funding to run and win a Republican primary. He has been in the trenches fighting the big policy battles his whole career at the highest levels, he’s raised billions of dollars and been part of top national races in the past, so he has experience and knows what he is doing. Do you want our children’s education to be the best in the country? Do you want to grow our economy, shrink spending and taxes? Register for this class to learn more about future possibilities for a better Ohio. Matt will be speaking from 7:00 -7:30 PM.
Speaker Bio:
Maurice Thompson is a constitutional rights lawyer, author, commentator, speaker, and founder and director of the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law. Maurice fights for liberty across Ohio in high-stakes constitutional rights cases and provides legal support for freedom-oriented ballot issues. He has defeated state and local governments and agencies to protect property rights, taxpayer rights, free speech, parental rights, entrepreneurs’ rights, privacy rights, freedom to contract, and healthcare freedom. Maurice specializes in the Ohio Constitution.
Maurice comes from a long line of Wood County, Ohio farmers. Since growing up in Northwest Ohio, he has lived in Oxford, Cleveland, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Columbus, running his own businesses and working in a diverse array of organizations including the National Taxpayers Union, the Sam Adams Foundation, and the Buckeye Institute. He moved back to Ohio to start the 1851 Center in 2008.
To read more about the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law–Click Here
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Matt A. Mayer is the President of Opportunity Ohio and weekly contributor on Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati radio. In his role, he develops strategic policy positions, advises policymakers on a wide range of issues, designs and evaluates public opinion surveys, creates educational videos and collateral material aimed at key constituencies, engages with all elements of the media, conducts fact-finding missions, and speaks to groups in America and Europe on a variety of topics. Mayer led a nine-state campaign to stop the expansion of Medicaid and has conducted strategic policy summits for top state and national groups. Opportunity Ohio’s targeted educational videos have received more than 18.4 million views on social media in the last seven years. Mayer accurately predicted BREXIT, the election of Donald Trump, the budget deficit in Ohio in 2017-2018, the enormous enrollment in Medicaid that surpassed government estimates, Ohio’s continued mediocre private sector job market, and the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris 2020 Democratic ticket.
Mayer has written and spoken extensively on the importance of competitive federalism in renewing the American promise. Previously, Mayer served as a monthly columnist for The Spectator USA and U.S. News & World Report, a Visiting Fellow for the American Enterprise Institute, and a Visiting Scholar for the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. where he wrote extensively on national security issues. You can follow him on Twitter (@ohiomatt) and all of his op-eds can be found on his Substack page, The Patriot Mind.
Mayer has worked in public policy and politics at both the state and federal levels. He was a senior official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security where he provided DHS leaders with policy and operational advice as the Counselor to the Deputy Secretary, including participating in crisis management activities following Hurricane Katrina. He also headed the $3.5 billion terrorism preparedness office charged with developing initiatives to transform America to meet the demands of a post-9/11 environment. Mayer engaged in bilateral counterterrorism exchanges with the United Kingdom and Israel, did briefings in The White House Situation Room and at NATO, and headed America’s largest full-scale national exercise focused on a pandemic virus attack (fifteen years before the COVID pandemic). For a complete bio and accomplishments please go to https://ohiomatt.com/about/
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Vivek Ramaswamy founded Roivant Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company, in 2014, after a career as a successful biotech investor. A 36-year-old first-generation American, he is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School. Vivek became a hedge fun partner in his 20’s, and grew up the child of immigrants in the small town of Evendale, Ohio. He now lives with his wife Apoorva and their son Karthik. Vivek took on the nation last year and published his book Woke, Inc. which takes you behind the scenes of corporate boardrooms. Vivek will share with us what has happened since the publication of Work, Inc and also share information about his new book which comes out in September 2022 called Nation of Victims.
Mr. Ramaswamy serves on the board of directors of the Philanthropy Roundtable and the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity. In his new book Woke, Inc. Vivek takes you behind the scenes into corporate boardrooms and five-star conferences, into Ivy League classrooms and secret nonprofits, to reveal the defining scam of our century. The book begins as a critique of stakeholder capitalism and ends with an exploration of what it means to be an American in 2021. Vivek is a graduate of St. X High School and has recently been turning heads on Tucker Carlson’s show and on the Opinion pages of the Wall St. Journal.
Cold War 2.0: The Renewed Rise of the "Middle Kingdom" and a Grand Strategic Failure of U.S. Policy. Is the U.S. and China in a new “Cold War”?
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Greg Lawson’s presentation tonight will describe the history of contemporary U.S.-China tensions as well as outline considerations for future strategy to deal with the challenges posed by these tensions. After over a century of falling behind the Western world after centuries of being the dominant power in Asia, China is now poised to reclaim its global position as the “Middle Kingdom,” a central power in the world unto which other nations are expected to pay appropriate respect.
This rise to a near peer status with the United States was greatly facilitated by the United States as unwise economic considerations took over from what were initially cold, strategic calculations that drove the Nixon opening to China over half a century ago. Now, in the wake of a “reserve Opium War” where illegal fentanyl largely originating in China floods the United States, the massive loss of billions in intellectual property rights, the lies about the initial spread of COVID-19, as well other major geopolitical issues, the U.S. and China seemed locked into a new Cold War that risks going hot over things like the status of Taiwan. Further, a technological competition is underway the likes of which have not been seen in a generation.
Together all of these factors make the issue of China one of the most significant global security challenges the U.S. has ever confronted since its own rise to global power status.”
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Remember early television? Karen Cartier will present points from the life and ministry of Fred Rogers. He taught children using “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood” how to cope with their own feelings in an honest, straightforward way, always truthful. He spoke to a child’s level of understanding how to distinguish fact from fiction and to know that feelings are mentionable and manageable. We all can take a page from his life’s ministry. Karen will join us from 7:10-7:30 PM.
Speaker’s Bios:
Greg R. Lawson is a Research Fellow at The Buckeye Institute. In this role, Lawson works with all members of the Buckeye research team with a particular focus on local government and education issues. He is also Buckeye’s main liaison to the statehouse where he educates policymakers in both the legislative and executive branches on free-market solutions to Ohio’s challenges.
Prior to his position at Buckeye, Lawson served in the Ohio General Assembly as a Legislative Service Commission Fellow. He then went on to several government affairs roles focusing on numerous public policy topics, including Medicaid, school choice, transportation funding, and Ohio’s Building Code. He also has a background in PAC fundraising, grassroots organizing, and communications and served for five years on the boards of two Columbus-based charter schools.
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Karen Cartier: Karen is an avid reader, writer, learner, wife, and mother of two. She has worked in IT as a technical writer for over 30 years and is currently working full-time in IT. Outside of her paying job, she serves as an officer in Toastmasters International as well as a volunteer Community Educator for the Alzheimer’s Association.
“Less government in business and more business in government”. A campaign promise by President Harding in the 1920’s.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
The Harding Story: The story of President Harding, our 29th president, is not widely known. Harding has been relegated to a footnote of history, but he has a multi-faceted story which needs to be aired.
Warren G. Harding Presidential Sites Manager Sherry Hall will tell the fascinating story of his rise from humble beginnings to U.S. Senator and President. She will outline what he accomplished in his brief, 29-month presidency and what went wrong when his legacy took shape. An historian who specializes in the lives and times of Warren and Florence Harding, Hall is the author of the 2014 book, “Warren G. Harding and the Marion Daily Star: How Newspapering Shaped a President.”
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Current News on Ohio Politics
Tom Zawistowski will join EmpowerU to discuss the problem with the Republican Party for people who consider themselves Republicans and vote Republican. We will discuss recent issues affecting the Ohio Republican Party and the National Republican Party and how together they affect our ability to have a Representative Government that will help restore our Constitution, the Rule of Law and protect our Individual Freedom, Liberty and Prosperity. Tom will be joining us from 7:10-7:30 PM.
Speaker’s Bio:
Sherry Hall has been site manager of the Warren G. Harding Presidential Sites in Marion, Ohio since 2009. Prior to that, she managed the education programs for the site for nine years. She also authored a video script about the Hardings, designed education programs about the Harding era for schoolchildren and adults, and has written numerous newspapers and magazine articles. Hall is a former journalist, working as a reporter and editor at The (Canton) Repository, Canton, Ohio; The Marion Star in Marion, Ohio; and the Alliance Review in Alliance, Ohio. She is a graduate of Heidelberg University and a native of Marion. She and her husband, Kevin, have two grown children, Brett a history teacher in Marion, and Tricia, a geologist in Bangor, Maine.
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Tom Zawistowski- Tom, is the CEO and Founder, with his wife Nanette, of TRZ Communications, a 38 year old technology company based in Akron, Ohio. In 2009 he was one of the founders of the Portage County TEA Party, for which he became the Executive Director in 2010, a position he still holds.
In 2011, Tom was nominated by liberty leaders around the state to head a group of volunteers that was challenged with the task of putting on the first ever state convention for liberty minded citizens. His “We the People” Convention which was held at the Columbus Convention Center during the 4th of July weekend of 2011 was attended by over 1,000 Patriots.
He has been recognized as one of the top liberty group leaders in the nation for his efforts to defend the legal right of Liberty groups across the nation and he produces the popular We The People Convention Podcast which is Posted Every Friday at wethepeopleconvention.org.
Free speech, is it about to become history? Who’s censoring our speech? If you value free speech be sure and attend this class.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
We recently learned the U. S. Government has been censoring our speech; for example, the Twitter files revealed the FBI has been directing the news media and social media platforms to censor particular facts, narratives, and people. The government also has been intimidating us into self-censorship; for example, the DOJ has threatened to unjustly prosecute parents over their speech during school board meetings.
And the government has been trying to distort our concept of free speech; since the DHS’s Disinformation Governance Board was shuttered, we’ve received a torrent of propaganda designed to normalize the idea of restricting hate speech, hurtful speech, and disinformation. Taken together, these actions seem designed to prepare the public to accept laws that restrict our speech. Could this be why European Commission VP Vera Jourova claimed during a January 2023, Davos panel that America soon will pass laws criminalizing hate speech?
In this talk Mr. Mercier will cover the following: he’ll walk through the evidence that our free speech rights are under severe assault by our government; he’ll illustrate how a surprising number of Americans are passively accepting this notion of restricted speech; he’ll explain how this acceptance increases the risk of speech-restricting laws being passed; and he’ll make the case for why we must take individual responsibility for combating this assault, including educating others about the history, rationale, and need for absolute free speech.
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The Four Pillars of Ohio’s Business First Caucus
George Lang will be joining us from 7:10-7:30 PM.
In 2018, Senator Lang and several of his Senate and House colleagues created the Business First Caucus to help small businesses in Ohio thrive and become more successful. Since then, the Business First Caucus has grown to be the largest bi-partisan, bicameral legislative Caucus with a vast network of supporters including entrepreneurs and also public and private organizations throughout the state. Senator Lang will introduce the four pillars of Ohio’s Business First Caucus.
Tax Reform– We believe the key to a strong and prosperous economy is continuing to fight for lower tax rates and returning tax dollars to the Ohioans who earned them.
Regulatory Reform– One of our primary goals is to remove unnecessary restrictions on hardworking Ohioans, free small businesses from unneeded regulations, and make Ohio more attractive for both workers and businesses.
Smaller Government– Our focus is on reducing the interface government has in the daily life of workers and businesses and believe that government should only step in when it is necessary to ensure fair play.
Workforce Development– We believe that incentivizing workplace development, providing pathways for advancement and educating our future workers is necessary for facing the challenges of tomorrows economy.
“We believe supporting businesses should be at the forefront of policymaking. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, which is why we put businesses first”- Senator George Lang
Speaker’s Bios:
Michael Mercier is President of Screen Education, which provides research, training and consulting on the impact of information technology on human well-being. His research has examined the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical consequences of digital addiction, as well as its impact on academic performance and workplace productivity and safety. He has spoken to schools, corporate audiences, colleges and summer camps, as well as at numerous conferences. Mr. Mercier has presented his research to members of Congress, and to the legislative aids to numerous Senators. He holds a BA in Psychology from Vassar College, an MBA in Marketing from the University of Michigan, and an MS in MIS from the University of Cincinnati.
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Senator George Lang is currently serving his first term in the Ohio Senate representing the people of the 4th Senate District, which covers the majority of Butler County. He previously served two terms in the Ohio House of Representatives.
Senator Lang graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 1985 with a major in Communications and a double minor in Marketing and Speech. Since moving to West Chester in 1990, he has been an active member of the community, including more than two decades in public service. After serving seven years on the West Chester Board of Zoning Appeals, he ran for and won the election for township trustee in 2003, where he served until being appointed to the House.
Following eight years spent in various sales and managerial positions at Procter & Gamble, Senator Lang left to start his own business in the financial services industry and has started numerous businesses since. Today, more than 100 people are employed by businesses he helped to create.
Lang and his high school sweetheart, Debbie, have been married for 36 years. They have two daughters, Amy and Alicia, and live in West Chester.
135th General Assembly Committee Assignments: – Small Business and Economic Opportunity Committee (Chair) – Finance Committee – Government Oversight and Reform Committee – Insurance Committee
This class has been postponed**
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
This class has been postponed due to a health problem with the Speaker. The speaker is committed to teaching this class and we will try to reschedule it in early May or June. If you want to be put on a list to contact you when the class is rescheduled please sign up with the link at the bottom of this class.
Love is overwhelming. After a loved one’s death, a divorce, an injury or disease, or another major life change, recovery often seems daunting, if not impossible.
Life After Loss is the go-to resource book for anyone who has suffered a major loss. With great compassion and insight, Bob Deits provides essential wisdom and practical exercises for navigating the uncertain terrain of grief and recovery. (Bob is shown below with his wife Nancy Meise).
Now in its 6th edition this guide is fully updated with advice on catastrophic losses, and guidance on using technology to maintain support networks. After a destabilizing change, Life after Loss helps you to find positive ways to put together a life that is necessarily different, but meaningful.
Tonight is your night to hear from the expert about this very important topic and ask your individual questions about a loss you might be dealing with and get direction on how to move forward.
“A roadmap for those in grief.”—Lawrence J. Lincoln, M.D.
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Attorney Rachel Citak joined us in 2021 to discuss Cancel Culture and joins EmpowerU tonight to catch us up-to-date and let us know about her new podcast: Attorney at Law, Advocate at Heart! Hear from Rachel Citak from 7:10-7:20 PM.
Speaker Bio:
Robert Diets – For more than 40 years Bob has specialized in helping people cope with major loss experiences including death, divorce, relocation, traumatic injury, sexual abuse as children and job loss.
Bob’s book, Life After Loss, has become a classic in the field of loss and grief. It is highly respected by professionals and deeply appreciated by those who have experienced a major loss. Bob is also the co-author of the children’s book, When Your Grandma Forgets, with, Maryann Makekau. The book helps children and adults understand more and cope better when a loved one has Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Earl Grollman describes the book as, “One of the classics in the field of crisis intervention.”
He has been a frequent speaker and Conference Leader on a wide variety of subjects related to the many aspects of loss and grief recovery. He has done training sessions for hospice workers, nurses, Stephen Ministry programs, grief support group leaders, military chaplains and others. He has appeared on nationally syndicated radio and television programs and was the keynote speaker at the World Burn Congress. Bob has been a pastor in the United Methodist Church for 54 years.
Bob was married to June Deits for 64 years before her death in 2016 after a 12 year battle with Alzheimer’s. In 2018 he was married to Nancy Anne Meise, a retired RN and Senior Advocate. Nancy is also a widowed person. She helps Bob lead Grief Support groups and works with him at Gold Canyon United Methodist Church in Arizona.
Bob is a graduate of California State College, Los Angeles with a Bachelor’s Degree in psychology. He holds a Master of Theology degree from the Claremont California School of Theology in pastoral counseling and psychology. He has three children, ten grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren!
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EmpowerU guest Rachel R. Citak Ohio-licensed attorney and owner of her own legal practice, RACHEL R. CITAK, ATTORNEY AT LAW LLC. Her firm services clients across Ohio in multiple practice areas. Additionally, her conservative advocacy and public relations work has included appearing on Ohio news stations and testifying at the Ohio Statehouse. In addition to publishing op-ed articles as a member of the Cincinnati Enquirer Board of Contributors, she has also authored op-eds in the Western Journal and Columbus Dispatch—with a feature by Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire. Prior to opening her firm, she specialized in Criminal Law with a focus on prosecution in law school while clerking for the Ohio Attorney General and Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office.
Rachel has extensive experience working in Columbus as both a registered lobbyist and in-house counsel. She currently serves as a board member for Cincinnati Right to Life and Stand With Cops. As passionate firearms enthusiasts, Rachel and her husband Rob are active members of the second amendment community in addition to serving as advisory attorneys for the USCCA network. When she’s not servicing her clients, you can find her participating in equestrian sport, hanging out with her German Shepherd and Cavalier Spaniel, or shooting her Glock 42 on their outdoor range at home.
Special EmpowerU Holiday Zoom Class!
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Kirsten Hill, an outgoing member of the State Board of Education will join us at the beginning of our class from 7:10-7:45. Kirsten, will discuss Senate Bill 178 which is currently being considered that would put the Ohio Department of Education under a cabinet-level official in the governor’s office and rename the agency the Department of Education and Workforce–DEW. A cabinet official, chosen by the Governor, would oversee the department, a task currently held by the state school board. The department would have two divisions: one for primary and secondary education and one for workforce training.
Currently, the 19-member state school board, made up of 11 elected members and eight members appointed by the governor, would continue to exist, but it would be stripped of most of its duties. It would oversee educator licensing, and possibly discipline and select the superintendent of public instruction. who would be an advisor to the DEW leader in the governor’s office.
According to Governor DeWine, “I think what the public expects is accountability. And it’s hard to have accountability under our current system with joint control.” The Education Committee’s committee chair, Sen. Andrew Brenner, a Delaware County Republican, said the new department would likely begin in 2025. Brenner said he’s frustrated with the Ohio State Board of Education because it is not holding the Education Department accountable. The state board has been beset with infighting and Ohio hasn’t had a permanent superintendent of public instruction for nearly 15 months*.
What do you think of the Governor and Ohio Senate’s Direction for Ohio Education? What will happen if the Governor’s office transitions to a Democrat–will any progress be totally flipped or changed? Kirsten will give us her analysis and also give a few suggested bullet points for more effective change. Kirsten Hill will be with us from 7:10-7:45.
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From 7:45-8:30 PM Brendan Shea will join us. Brendan is also a State Board of Education member. He will give us his thoughts about the Governor’s proposed change but mostly he will be with us to discuss Title IX and the Federal Impact of our Government on Ohio Schools. Brendan Shea recently introduced a four-page resolution State Board of Education that opposes the Biden Administration’s expansion to Title IX. Title IX is a federal law that has banned discrimination based on sex in school since 1972. On June 23, the U.S. Board of Education proposed an expansion to Title IX to include protection for students who face discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Shea’s resolution would stop transgender students from using the bathroom and locker room of the gender they identify with. It would also stop them from being allowed to try out the sports teams that reflect their gender identity. Shea said the U.S. Department of Education’s changes would “require sports teams to be based on gender identity rather than biological sex, forcing biological women and girls to compete on an unfair basis against biological males for athletic opportunities and scholarships.”
Critics of Shea’s resolution say that the state could lose federal education funds if they are found in violation of Title IX. The Board of Education has heard testimony from a large number of people about this subject and sent the resolution to an Executive Committee for consideration. The resolution is due for a vote at this month’s meeting.
Hear from Brendan about Title IX in Ohio from 7:45-8:30 PM. Learn from him about the coercion taking place by the Federal Government on our local schools and what might happen to Ohio students if we don’t take a stand now. There will be time for your questions.
*Some information taken from Cleveland.com
Speaker’s Bios:
Kirsten Hill- Kirsten is an elected member of the Ohio Board of Education since January 2019. She is chairman of Totally Engaged Americans, a community group of conservatives, in Lorain County. It was founded in 2009 and meets monthly. She also helps lead Free Ohio Now, which was founded in 2020 in reaction to government tyranny and Ohio Freedom Action Network founded in late 2021 to support local group leaders.
Kirsten and her husband, Andy, operated her family’s year-round farm market in Lorain County for 25 years. She also ran a seasonal farm-tour business, hosting families and preschool through elementary classes for many years. She has two children, a software developer and a physician. Prior to being a small business owner, she worked as a certified public accountant in Cleveland and in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Kirsten was on the Amherst Schools Education Foundation board for 20 years and on the Amherst Township Board of Zoning Appeals for 15 years, most of them as chairman. Kirsten has a degree in accounting and a master’s degree in business administration.
Brendan Shea- Brendan was elected to the State Board of Education by the people of the 10th District in November 2020. The 10th District includes Adams, Brown, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Gallia, Greene, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Pike, Ross, Scioto and the western portions of Pickaway and Vinton counties.
Hailing from a large family of educators, Brendan believes deeply in the life-changing power of education. He believes education should focus on the good, the true and the beautiful and that children must learn to think critically and develop wisdom and virtue, allowing them to achieve their God-given potential and to become engaged citizens and productive members of society.
As the father of five young children, Brendan knows firsthand the unique challenges families face in raising and educating their children today. He believes parents are the first and primary educators of their children, and he will be a strong voice for both parents and children on the Board.
We Regret that This Class Has Been Cancelled due to family Illness.
Madi's House 2360 Kipling Rd. Cincinnati, Ohio 45239
Thursday, November 17, 2022
We regret that This Class Has Been Cancelled due to family illness. We hope to reschedule in Spring 2023
We will start the evening touring Madi’s House which was founded in 2020 by Steve and Julie Raleigh in honor of their daughter Madison who died by suicide on January 17,2019, after battling mental illness. For nearly a half million people in our area, when struggling with addiction and mental illness, the current system is broken.
Money is spent on short-term crisis recovery but very little is spent to prevent relapse, or in transitioning back into everyday life. There is a vicious cycle of illness, treatment, and relapse with no long-term solution, especially when transitioning back into everyday life. Madi’s House fills an unmet need by providing a welcoming, non-judgmental, upbeat, and enjoyable place to simply hang out! Madi’s House breaks that cycle, and is the only one of its kind in the region. Julie Raleigh will give us a tour of Madi’s House and talk about the challenges and successes.
At 7:45, we will meet and hear from Steve Raleigh on meteorology. Meteorology is the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including both weather and climate. Beyond weather forecasting, meteorology is concerned with long-term trends in climate and weather, and their potential impact on human populations. An important area of meteorological research these days is climate change and the effects it may cause.
Steve Raleigh will share his 38 years of being a meteorologist, and his experience covering tornados, tropical systems, broadcasting live from a cruise ship steaming into San Francisco Bay, broadcasting live from inside a plane with the nation’s leading stunt pilot, and broadcasting weather from the top of the Golden Gate Bridge. Let’s hope Mother Nature doesn’t come calling on November 17.
Speaker’s Bio:
Before coming to WCPO 9 in 2005, Steve spent nearly 20 years at KRON-TV in San Francisco as their Chief Meteorologist. He pioneered the country’s first instant weather information access, the California Weather Network. While there, he represented the United States at the World Weather Conference in Barcelona, Spain. He also broadcasted live from the White House lawn during a Presidential Conference on Climate Change. He’s become somewhat of a hurricane hound broadcasting live from the scene of over a dozen tropical systems. Steve is in his 38th year in meteorology covering everything from tornado outbreaks to major snow events, and still brings his my “comfortable” air mattress frequently using it during severe weather seasons.
In 2020, Steve and wife Julie founded Madi’s House in honor of their daughter Madison, who died by suicide on January 17, 2019, after battling mental illness and addiction for many years. The Raleigh Family including Madi’s three siblings assists any and all who are struggling with addiction and mental health issues to find true happiness and recovery through Madi’s House. With Madi’s House, they hope anyone struggling will find relief in order to avoid the same fate Madi faced. Madi’s House is a free, non-residential community center for young adults who struggle with addiction or mental illness. It is a safe place to hang out providing fun, recreational activities and emotional support to foster ongoing wellness.
"Not in Our Town" -- New book to be discussed.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Thursday, November 17, 2022
(Note: Madi’s House event originally planned for tonight has been cancelled due to family illness. It has been replaced with the following season ending event)
Join EmpowerU tonight for our SEASON ENDING EVENT–the end of our 24th Semester!
Happy Hour * Appetizers * Sandwiches * Peter Bronson * Guitarist Daniel Regenold * Fun!
From 6:00-7:00 PM we will host a happy hour event with the following DETAILS:
–Beer, Wine and Sandwiches to be provided,
–Please bring an Appetizer or Dessert
–We’ll have some GREAT entertainment–Guitarist Daniel Regenold to Entertain
–Let’s have fun–maybe bring a friend or neighbor
Peter Bronson’s Class will start at 7:15 PM-8:15 PM–Get your signed copy of the book! We are very glad to have Peter back to talk with us and entertain!
How did Cincinnati stay “Ivory clean” while the Mob ran an empire of gambling, prostitution, drugs, corruption and murder right across the river in Newport? The answer is in Peter Bronson’s new book, Not in Our Town, a sequel to his regional best-seller, Forbidden Fruit: Sin City’s Underworld and the Supper Club Inferno.
Not in Our Town is an amazing, untold story of the gritty and dangerous battle against organized crime. As the Mafia moved in, the Queen City fought police corruption, sex scandals and epic battles against underworld smut king Larry Flynt, making national headlines with its crusade for decency.
Career newsman Peter Bronson did extensive research into FBI files, national archives, court testimony and interviews to find out about…
The underworld network in Ohio cities
Mafia bosses who lived in Cincinnati
The silent partners in Larry Flynt’s empire of porn
Police corruption and stag parties with hookers
How the media was played by the porn Mob
A plot to blow up the U.S. Supreme Court
A CIA spy linked to the JFK assassination who worked for Larry Flynt
The “Wizard of Odds,” Charlie Keating, Si Leis, Jerry Springer, the Mapplethorpe meltdown and more…
“Most people today would not understand what it was like in the 1970s. You had to be there, to live through it, to describe it. This book is an entertaining history, informative and well written.” – Former Cincinnati Police Vice Detective Jimmy Simon
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Speaker Bio
Peter Bronson, author of ‘Not In Our Town’, Forbidden Fruit, and several other books, was editorial page editor and columnist for The Cincinnati Enquirer for nearly 20 years. Under his leadership the Enquirer was judged Best Editorial Page in Ohio four years in a row.
Before coming to Cincinnati in 1992, he was editorial page editor and columnist at The Tucson Citizen in Tucson, Arizona. He started his news career in Michigan after graduating from Michigan State University in his hometown of East Lansing, Michigan. He has served on several non-profits, including Casa de los Niños home for abused children in Tucson; Northern Kentucky Children’s Home; Leadership Cincinnati; and Cincinnati Right to Life. He was a regular panelist / producer on the Channel 9 WCPO TV show Hotseat, and also on the weekly Tucson news show Arizona Illustrated.
He’s been a contributing editor and columnist at Cincy Magazine, and now is owner and publisher of Chilidog Press LLC, which offers publishing, writing, edition and consulting. His 2005 book, Behind the Lines: The Untold Stories of the Cincinnati Riots, was a regional best-seller. He is co-author of Legacy of Courage: True Stories of Honor Flight Veterans, and Legacy of Courage II. Chilidog Press has published dozens of books, including Judge A: Irretrievably Broken, Dance When You Can and the national award-winning Submerged.
He is active as a group leader at Horizon Community Church. He enjoys working on old sports cars, playing golf and travel. He is the father of two, and lives with his wife, Kathy, in Milford.
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Entertainment
Daniel Regenold, lead guitarist for the well-known Cincinnati Band The Vims, and local performer, will entertain us tonight with Acoustic Guitar Music to help us close out our 24th semester at EmpowerU. Daniel will play a one hour set starting at 6:00 PM.
This season-ending event is always a fun place to meet new friends and enjoy. See you then!
This is your opportunity to learn everything you have ever wanted to know about the US Secret Service past and present.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Jim Meyers, a previous US Marine Corps Officer and Vietnam combat veteran, will reflect on his time served as a Special Agent with the US Secret Service during the Nixon and Ford Presidencies. He will educate us on the beginning of the US Secret Service, the post-civil war monetary challenge posed to President Lincoln’s surviving union, the Cincinnati connection (“Greenbacks” and Chase), and the consequent need and spawning of key Federal Law Enforcement Agencies from its own ranks.
In addition, he will cite how the agency’s little-known crime-fighting capabilities have expanded- as technologies have advanced over time and economic risks have been brought to bear on US citizenry by new cybercriminals. These new criminal activities, impact the US economy well beyond the statutes dealing with counterfeiting, forgery of government securities, and personal protection- for which the USSS has been known. And, these new global criminal activities have led to the creation of sophisticated cyber-forensics and interagency task forces to reach the perpetrators.
In addition, the protective intelligence mandate for which the US Secret Service is known globally, has been expanded to include the coordination of local, state and federal law enforcement and intelligence services to oversee the security of selected special events, such as our Cincinnati’s “Flying Pig Race,” “The World Series” of major league baseball, and National Football League’s “The Super Bowl.”
Jim will give his personal reflection on his own time served in Special Agent training, the field office, foreign dignitary protection assignments, and presidential protection serving at The White House, Key Biscayne, and San Clemente. Come prepared to ask Jim questions about things you have always wanted to know about the Secret Service. Jim Meyers presentation will go from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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From 7:05-7:30 PM –Jeff Capell will join us to talk about phone scammers. Telephone scams have grown rapidly and it seems like they’re only getting worse. These scams cost Americans billions of dollars per year, but government efforts to combat them are mostly ineffective. At this class we will learn about the scam industry, the most common types of scams, and how to protect yourself and others. We will conclude by learning how you can fight back against the scammers.
This will take us into the world of scambaiting – where ordinary folks waste valuable time of scammers to prevent them from victimizing others, while learning more about their operations and using that knowledge to inform others. Scambaiters have been quite effective at costing scammers money, and you can find numerous viral videos of the hilarious moments their interactions have created. Join us for a fun and informative presentation where we’ll learn about the scamming world and the tactics used by scambaiters to fight back
Speaker’s Bio:
Jim Meyers:Jim Meyers graduated from Gettysburg College in 1964 and began his military service in the US Marine Corps shortly thereafter. Upon graduation frothe Marine Corps Officer Candidate School in 1966, Jim received small leadership training at The Basic School, Quantico, Virginia, followed by additional training at Camp LeJeune, NC. He was deployed to the Republic of South Vietnam in 1967 and assignd to the 2d Batallion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division.
Jim is a combat Vietnam Veteran participating in numerous tactical patrols and operations, including Operations Tuscaloosa, Independence, Union I and II, Dixie, Essex, and the battle for Hue (“Hway”) City. In addition to his expert marksmansp badges, service and campaign ribbons, he is also the recipient of several combat personal and unit awards, such as the Navy Achivement Medal with Combat “V,” Two Presidential Unit Citations, Combat Action Ribbon, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm. His unit’s action, as well as his 13 month combat tour of duty has been memorialized in author Lucia Viti’s book: Dr. Tom’s War: A Daughter’s Journey, published in 2010.
In 1968, after his combat tour of duty, Captain Meyers was selected as the Aide-de-Camp for Major General Mike Ryan, Deputy for Education, US Marine Corps, Marine Corps Base Quantico. Following his release from active duty, Mr. Meyers entered federal law enforcement and was commissioned as a Special Agent with the US Secret Service in Washington, DC, serving with the Nixon and Ford Presidencies.
Entering civilian life, Jim served a 25 year industrial career and credits his rapid rise to leadership positions to the training he received in the Marine Corps. He has actively led, at the executive level, several companies known for developing bioactive implantable products to reconstruct damaged human bodies. He holds 4 patents in the field of implantable medical devices and retired from that industry in 2004. He has served as a member on Boards of Directors in industry, venture capital, church and charities. Jim is a Christian and served four years as a Supply Pastor in the United Methodist Church in Gainesville, Florida.
Jim Meyers now resides in Blue Ash, Ohio, with his wife of 45 years, Susan Rose- with whom he is raising the “last in the ranks” of their six children. He has served on the Board of Fellows of Gettysburg College, and stays active in the Association of Former Agents of the US Secret Service, the Marine Corps League Detachment 968 in Deerfield, and is Past Commander of Northeast Post 630 of the American Legion in Blue Ash, Ohio. Jim was recognized as the 2018 Veteran-of-the-Year by the City of Blue Ash.
Jeff Capell is an experienced local activist who has taken both leading and supporting roles in efforts that have saved Hamilton County taxpayers over $1 billion. He is the Chairman and co-founder of No More Stadium Taxes, which works to prevent further stadium taxes and subsidies. Jeff was elected to Blue Ash City Council in 2017, defeating a 17-year incumbent, and was re-elected without opposition in 2021. He worked for 20 years as a professional economist until retiring at age 44 in 2020, shortly after which he became an active scambaiter.
“Ours may become the first civilization destroyed...by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children”—Thomas Sowell
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Thomas Sowell is one of the great social theorists of our age. In a career spanning more than a half century, few scholars have matched his range and accessibility. He has written more than forty-five books, covering topics from economic history and social inequality to political philosophy and race. In all his work, Sowell would strive to prove that “facts and evidence matter.”
(Thomas Sowell pictured with his friend Milton Friedman)
Sowell’s bold and unsentimental assaults on liberal orthodoxy have endeared him to so many but enraged most of his fellow intellectuals and civil-rights establishment and many in the media. As a result, critics with political correctness and wokeness have demeaned or ignored his important contributions.
“Racism is not dead, but it is on life support—kept alive by politicians, race hustlers, and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as racists.”
—Thomas Sowell
Tonight, you will learn about the life of the great economist Thomas Sowell, originally a Marxist, who became a student of Milton Friedman’s at the University of Chicago. Was Sowell’s teaching similar to Friedman’s or different? Sowell talked frequently about higher education that often meant the lowering of expectations for blacks and minorities. He challenged his students and rejected the idea that you help minority progress by holding them to lower standards.
Although 2/3 of his writing was on subjects other than race, he started weighing in on racial controversies out of frustration at the direction of public discussion. Sowell, when discussing universities passing over White and Asian students for students that fit a specific skin color, Sowell said:,
“What sort of grotesque situations have we talked ourselves into when a promised pre-med student is passed over in favor of a ‘high risk’ student?” — Thomas Sowell
Dan looks forward to discussing Thomas Sowell’s work through his own words and video and tonight his life will be presented in a way you may not know. Be prepared to examine your own thoughts and feelings on the important issues of our day. Dan will speak from 7:15-8:30 PM.
“If you believe in equal rights, then what do “women’s rights”, “gay rights”, etc. mean? Either they are redundant or they are violations of the principle of equal rights for all”–Thomas Sowell.
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At the start of the night meet Cherise Wilson a leader from the Black Republican Renaissance (BRR) Group for a few minutes. Their organization seeks to consult with politicians/candidates on how to successfully do outreach to urban, black communities. They also host content that challenges main stream media views on conservative/republican leaning people of different backgrounds.
After Cherise, Hear from Dawson Smith on the Forest Hills Board of Education Election.
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Dawson Smith will be presenting his personal observations and opinions on factors that contributed to the successful election of four (4) conservative and Republican Party endorsed candidates to the Forest Hills School District (FHSD) Board of Education (BOE). The FHSD includes Anderson Township, and Newtown Village.
Dawson attributes this achievement to good and hard working BOE candidates; a dedicated policy team; and superior ground game teams. All of whom worked synergistically to help educate a significant number of FHSD citizens, parents, and property tax paying voters to issues involving the outgoing and past BOE’s, and the top level FHSD administration. Dawson will speak from 6:55-7:15 PM.
Speaker Bio:
Dan Regenold: Dan first became active in Government in 2003 when he became involved fighting Eminent Domain and helping stop it in Evendale and in Norwood, Ohio. In 2006, he was one of the founders of WeDemandAVote.com which successfully fought and stopped, by ballot initiative, a sales tax increase in Hamilton County, Ohio. Later WeDemand stopped Red Light Cameras in Hamilton County.
Regenold spoke at the CPAC Convention in 2008 to discuss major Grassroots initiative actions across the United States. In 2009, Dan was unsuccessful in his efforts to bring accountability to the Federal Government’s finances with a citizen lead initiative WeDemandABalancedBudget.com. In 2010 Regenold was one of three leaders of the initiative to End Ohio’s Estate Tax which happened in 2011. The Tax Foundation called the repeal of Ohio Estate Tax one of the most important Tax accomplishments of 2011. In 2011 Regenold founded EmpowerUAmerica.org (starting it’s 24th semester in Fall 2022), a Free University offered in the Greater Cincinnati area with the goal of “empowering” citizens.
In 2014, Regenold was one of the leaders of the effort to separate Music Hall from a County Wide Sales Tax which helped the Museum Center renovation get passed by the voters of Hamilton County. Dan has recently concentrated his efforts on the mess of Public Education in Ohio and specifically on topics like School Choice and Critical Race Theory. Dan is a lover of Liberty and enjoys speaking to EmpowerU classes about subjects he is passionate about. Recently he has discussed: Milton Friedman, Saul Alinsky, Net Neutrality, D-Day, The Deficit, How to Destroy America in America, Public Education, Winston Churchill and President Theodore Roosevelt at EmpowerU Classes. Regenold is founder and Chairman of FrameUSA.com, a Made-In-America picture frame manufacturing company in Springdale, Ohio.
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Dawson Smith is a 32-year resident of Anderson Township. Each of his two sons went through FHSD elementary (Wilson), middle (Nagel), and high schools (Turpin). They continued their academic education and graduated from the University of Utah (’12), and the US Air Force Academy (’13) respectively. And presently have ongoing and successful business and military careers.
Dawson Smith is an Anderson Township Republican Party Precinct Executive and Ward Chairman. He is also a member of the Hamilton County Republican Party Executive Committee, and was a recent reform minded candidate for the Ohio Senate District 7 Republican Party State Central Committee (SCC).
Dawson’s main political work and focus is on “political operations”. Meaning the recruiting, training, assisting, and holding Precinct Executives accountable for executing the “ground game” tasks of helping Republican and conservative candidates get elected.
Dawson has attended Candidate and Campaign Management programs, conducted by the Ohio State Republican Party, and several Political Action Committee groups. He has also attended the regional US Constitution Boot Camp, and the on-line Hillsdale College courses on the US Constitution, and other subjects.
Prior to his retirement in 2016, Dawson earned and executed Senior Manager roles in a world-class high tech medical device company (presently Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies- Lakewood, CO). During his 40 years with the Company, he was a recognized individual contributor, and leader of talented engineering, operations, and marketing/sales colleagues and teams. Which helped the Company grow from zero sales in 1982, to approximately one billion dollars in annual worldwide sales, and industry leading market share, and profitability, by 2016.
Dawson also worked as an Industrial Engineer in the semiconductor industry (Motorola Semiconductor- Phoenix, AZ). and, during the Vietnam and Cold War eras (LTV Aerospace- Dallas, TX), and for the Top Secret US government contractor (Mason and Hanger- Amarillo, TX). Which managed the final assembly, and maintenance of the US arsenal of thermonuclear weapons.
Dawson is an active member of Horizon Community Church in Newtown; continues his 53 years of dedicated and continuous multi-sport triathlon fitness training; and self manages a portfolio of family investments.
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Cherise Wilson: A lover of freedom, a wife, mom, veteran homeschool parent (son graduated in 2022), community garden /food share organizer, VP of Black Republican Renaissance, Precinct Executive in Forest Park, volunteer/member of for Secular Pro Life movement, Conservative Agnostics/Atheists, Deaf Conservatives, active member of Ohio Battleground Alliance and Northeast Republican Women. Univ. of Cincinnati 1998 graduate.
Explosive, stunning, and shocking: The story of an American company and the Third Reich.
IBM and the Holocaust was first published in 2001 and again in 2012, yet there are many people who have not heard of the events, in this book. The discoveries came about from a visit to The Holocaust Museum in Washington DC. While Edwin and his parents (who survived Hitler’s reign) stood looking through a glass at an IBM machine, and not understanding the significance, he promised them he would find out why it was there.
It is the stunning story of IBM’s strategic alliance with Nazi Germany—beginning in 1933, in the first weeks that Hitler came to power, and continuing throughout World War II. As the Third Reich embarked upon its plan of conquest and genocide, IBM and its subsidiaries helped create enabling technologies, step-by-step, from the identification and cataloging programs of the 1930s to the selections of the 1940s. Only after Jews were identified—a massive and complex task that Hitler wanted done immediately—could they be targeted for efficient asset confiscation, ghettoization, deportation, enslaved labor, and, ultimately, annihilation. It was a cross-tabulation and organizational challenge so monumental, it called for a computer. Of course, in the 1930s no computer existed.
Black’s book is so enlightening because it paints a richly textured picture of how a man (Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM), and an entire company, can ignore all sense of morality while not once transgressing the lines of business ethics. The case is simple and stunning: that IBM facilitated the identification and roundup of millions of Jews during the 12 years of the Third Reich.
Speaker’s Bio:
Edwin Black is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling international investigative author of 200 award-winning editions in 20 languages in 190 countries, as well as scores of newspaper and magazine articles in the leading publications of the United States, Europe and Israel. With more than 2.2 million books in print, his work focuses on human rights, genocide and hate, corporate criminality and corruption, governmental misconduct, academic fraud, philanthropy abuse, oil addiction, alternative energy and historical investigation. Editors have submitted Black’s work thirteen times for Pulitzer Prize nomination, and in recent years he has been the recipient of a series of top editorial awards. He has also contributed to a number of anthologies worldwide. He hosts the weekly Edwin Black Show. Black’s eleven award-winning bestselling books are IBM and the Holocaust (2001 and 2012), Financing the Flames (2013), British Petroleum and the Redline Agreement (2011), The Farhud (2010), Nazi Nexus (2009), The Plan (2008), Internal Combustion (2006), Banking on Baghdad (2004), War Against the Weak (2003 and 2012), The Transfer Agreement (1984 and 2009), and a 1999 novel, Format C:.
Take 20: Orlando Sonza for State Senate (9th District)
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Leonard Franklin Slye, famously known as Roy Rogers and the man who would become known to the world as the “King of the Cowboys” was born to Andrew & Mattie (Womack) Slye in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1911.His family lived in a tenement building on 2nd Street in downtown Cincinnati. When he was just a year old, his family moved to Portsmouth, Ohio on a houseboat and Leonard spent his formative years in Portsmouth, Ohio. Leonard attended McDermott High School until his sophomore year when his family moved back to Cincinnati, where his father worked in a shoe factory.
He was an American cowboy actor and singer who glorified the cowboy era in Hollywood with his charming singing and action-packed acting. For many Americans and people throughout the world, he was the embodiment of the all-American hero. Rogers’ humble background and the financial adversities that he faced when he was young did not stop him from becoming a matinee sensation and an American legend; From 1939-1954, he made it to the Motion Picture Heralds’ Top Ten Money-Making Western Stars Poll and was listed in it for 15 years at a stretch. In the early 1970s, he sold the rights to his name to the Marriott corporation and they used his name, which represented his stature, popularity and fan following, to convert their Hot Shoppes locations to ‘Roy Rogers Restaurants’.
For his brilliant contribution to the Hollywood cinema and glorifying the cowboy era, Rogers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, second star for his singing and contribution to the radio and third star for his contribution to the television. But Roy Rogers was more than just a cowboy movie star, he was a father, a philanthropist and an overall good guy.
Tonight we will take a walk through the life of Roy Rogers. John will discuss Roy Rogers from 7:30-8:30 PM.
Don’t forget to wear your cowboy or cowgirl hat!
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Candidate for Ohio State Senate, 9th District, Orlando B. Sonza Jr., will speak at EmpowerU on why he’s running for state office, how he plans to win this race, and give you an update on his campaign. If you live or know someone who lives in the 9th district and hasn’t met Orlando, this is your chance. Orlando will speak from 7:10-7:30 PM.
Speaker’s Bios:
John O’Neill–In John’s 35 year professional career he has participated in and managed people and projects in the corporate as well as the consulting services industry. His professional background includes significant career experience in a broad spectrum of business disciplines including sales of technology resources, corporate and consulting services management, software development and personnel training.
Orlando Sonza is proud to be an Ohioan. A second generation Filipino American, Orlando was raised in New Jersey and attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. While there he met his wife, Jessica, a Mexican/Filipino American, fellow Academy classmate, and Cincinnati native.
Orlando graduated top ten in his class at West Point where he majored in political science and minored in systems engineering. Upon graduation, he and Jessica both commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army. Orlando served on active duty as an Infantry Officer and Finance Officer with the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
After leaving active duty, Orlando and Jessica moved to Cincinnati to raise a family. While helping to raise their kids, Orlando obtained his master’s degree in taxation from the University of Cincinnati and his law degree from Georgetown Law. Orlando is an Ohio CPA with experience working in Big 4 Accounting as a senior tax accountant. While in law school, he was a legal intern at the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal & Tax Divisions. Orlando currently works at the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office.
Orlando and Jessica currently live in Springfield Township with their four children.
The "Pandemic" has exposed the brokenness of our “Health Care System”.
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Have you noticed how the (legal) Drug Culture permeates everything, everywhere in our society? We’re bombarded with pharmaceutical ads (did you know that ONLY the U.S. & New Zealand, among industrialized nations, even allow direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medication?); we pay more for drugs than any country in the world; as of Dec. 2021, “U.S. medical bills & indebtedness were responsible for 66.5% of all American personal insolvencies.” HOW DID WE GET HERE??
Dr. Debbi will present a discussion of our broken Sick Care System, over-regulated by the corrupt FDA (Fraud & Death Administration), misguided by the CDC (Center for Disease & Corruption) & dominated by Big Pharma. She’ll share some history of how this mess started: the Oiligarchy, spawning the Flexner report, commissioned by the Carnegie Foundation…& the insidious eradication of any & all alternative, complementary, eclectic medical schools—any training program that did not support the burgeoning science of pharmacology.
We’ll discuss the healthcare politics of legislation that allowed this transformation of American medicine, & horror stories of pioneers in natural healing who have been systematically squelched, suppressed, imprisoned—or worse, depriving untold numbers of Americans from receiving safe, effective, non-toxic healing remedies & even cures. All of which will demonstrate why it is so critical for us to stand up & speak out, to demand action by our legislators—to preserve our very bodily autonomy. A bibliography will be provided. Dr. Debbi will speak from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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Darbi Boddy, is an elected “conservative” member of the Lakota Board of Education. Darbi will discuss the baseless but unrelenting ridicule from the institutional establishments that continue to control education in our county and their attempts to discredit her. Darbi will speak from 7:10-7:30 PM.
Speaker’s Bio:
Dr. Debbi Silverman: Debbi Silverman, M.D., C.W.C., the “Recovering Allopath,” practiced conventional Adolescent Medicine & Family Practice (& later, Addiction Medicine) for over 30 years—but got over it! Passionate about wellness & disenchanted with Sick Care, this former New Yorker has embraced Functional/Complementary/Alternative Medicine & holistic/energy healing modalities, from hypnosis & cymatics to herbal & homeopathic. She has taught U.C. graduate & medical students, retirement communities, public & professional groups. Her signature MeduTainmentTM programs combining performing arts & wellness education have delighted audiences from Ohio to Florida for 25+ years. “Dr. Debbi’s Musical Medicine Show,” a parody of healthcare in Cincinnati & America, has been presented regionally & in the 2005 Cincinnati Fringe Festival of the Arts.
After getting embezzled in 2000, Dr. Debbi spent several years doing professional acting & singing, & became a Certified Wellness Coach. Back in Medicine, she worked at the Health Dept’s Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic, then treated chronic pain patients & addiction clients in Suboxone clinics—always searching for better, non-drug, holistic approaches. Most recently, she’s done some professional Medical Illustration, creates 3D found-art dioramas, & is rehearsing with her wonderful keyboard player, Mitch Liberman. She’s still convinced that music & laughter are the best medicines!
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Darbi Boddy- On November 3rd, 2021, Darbi Boddy was elected to the Lakota Board of Education. She is the wife of a Marine. They have been married for 17 years. Darbi has four children, three dogs, two cats, two guinea pigs and a snake. She grew up north of Dayton in a small farming town, where she was a multisport athlete, played the Oboe for 7 years, and was in her high school flag corp. Darbi went to a local college on a cross country scholarship.
Darbi had a unique childhood growing up in the Dayton area. Her parents became foster parents at her request which resulted in many foster children moving in and out of her home. When Darbi was 14, she met her adopted brother when he was just three days old. Darbi has always had a heart for special needs children, volunteered to assist with the special education gym class in high school, and had a job in college working for a paraplegic and with students with cerebral palsy.
Darbi is a wife, a mom, volunteer in the community and church, an accomplished bodybuilder, and has run three half marathons. Darbi has over 20 years of experience in business, with 17 years in retail management. Her volunteer work has taken her to Jamaica, Italy, Switzerland, and a Hopi reservation in Arizona. She has been involved in many non-profit organizations including Roots Family Collaborative, Family Outreach Inc., Reach Inc., the Salvation Army, Family Promise, National Parks Conservation, Red Cross and Kaboom.
As a member of the Lakota Board of Education, Darbi has distinguished herself as a bold and hardworking advocate for the conservative values that she based her campaign on. She serves on the Board’s Policy, Diversity, Facility and Safety Committees. Darbi’s community involvement includes Habitat for Humanity and Lakota Cares. The growing and unwavering support she garners from her unwillingness to cower in the face of the baseless but unrelenting ridicule from the institutional establishments that continue to control education in our county, is not just an inspiration to all in this battle, but is a clear indicator that a change is upon us.
Take 20: Betsy Sundermann Discusses the Importance of the Domestic Relations Judge
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Described by Alexander Hamilton as the “least dangerous branch”, the United States Supreme Court continues to play an important role in the American experiment. We hear about the important cases all the time, but often it is hard to understand them and determine their importance.
Join Joseph Ashbrook, President of the Cincinnati Lawyer’s Chapter of the Federalist Society as he discusses the five most important Supreme Court cases of all time from Marbury v. Madison to present. Joseph will speak from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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Betsy Sundermann will join us tonight to discuss Domestic relations cases which include divorce, separation, unmarried parent, and modification cases about child custody, parenting time, and child support. The judiciary enforces the law, under the Constitution, citizens must be confident of obtaining protection for their rights and freedoms. A judge always should act with dignity and perform his duties to the highest standards to uphold and maintain the integrity of his/her office. Judges play a significant role in the fabric of our society and are elected to their position by the people. It is important before an election to know the judges you will be voting for. Betsy will be speaking from 7:10-7:30 PM.
Speaker’s Bio:
Joseph Ashbrook: Joseph is President of the Cincinnati Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society. Founded in 1982, the Federalist Society promotes the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and it is the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be. Mr. Ashbrook was the editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review and currently practices at the law firm Ashbrook Byrne Kresge LLC, providing outside general counsel and litigation services for businesses and individuals.
Betsy Sundermann: Betsy has the resume and the experience to serve as Hamilton County’s next Domestic Relations Judge. She has served as a Hamilton County Prosecutor, Magistrate, and as a member of Cincinnati City Council. She has also practiced law privately, helping clients with mental health issues. She understands the importance of having strong families, and will utilize her experience as an attorney, prosecutor, magistrate, community leader, and mother to ensure that the Domestic Relations Court is the first step in strengthening our Hamilton County families. Strong families result in more opportunities and safer communities. Betsy is currently serving as a Magistrate in Hamilton County Probate Court. She resides in Cincinnati with her husband and two daughters.
Has the United States Military Gone Woke?
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Congressman Davidson will address developments in the military that are jeopardizing readiness, including: Covid-19 vaccine mandate for service members, use of taxpayer dollars to pay for gender reassignment surgery, lack of inspector general for tens of billions in taxpaper-funded assistance to Ukraine, lack of accountability for disastrous 2021 Afghanistan departure, and lack of oversight into DOD’s purchasing of Americans’ domestically, browsing history, and other data.
The Congressman looks forward to answering your questions on these, and other, important issues. Due to redistricting, Congressman Davidson is now the Congressman for several northern Hamilton County areas. This is your chance to meet your new representative. Congressman Davidson will speak from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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From 7:10 to 7:30, hear from Karen Cartier on Being The Best You Can Be! Socrates once said: “We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.” During this engaging presentation, we’ll begin by gauging our physical health, emotional health and spiritual health from a practical point of view. The main point of the exercise is to recognize that we can be our best in order to help and care for each other, not only focus on ourselves.
Speaker’s Bio:
Congressman Warren Davidson: Warren Davidson was born and raised in Sidney, Ohio. He enlisted in the Army after high school and later earned an appointment to West Point. He served in the Old Guard, the 75th Ranger Regiment, and the 101st Airborne Division. After returning to civilian life, he helped grow his father’s small company with 20 employees to multiple companies with over 200 employees. Warren has been married to his wife, Lisa, for 27 years, and they have 2 adult children.
In 2016, Warren won a special election to fill the remainder of the term of outgoing US Representative John Boehner. He was re-elected in 2020 to his 3rd full term in Congress, and serves on the House Financial Services Committee. He also serves on the United States Military Academy Board of Visitors, the House Warrior Caucus and House Army Caucus.
Karen Cartier: Karen is an avid reader, writer, learner, wife, and mother of two. She has worked in IT as a technical writer for over 30 years and is currently working full-time in IT. Outside of her paying job, she serves as an officer in Toastmasters International as well as a volunteer Community Educator for the Alzheimer’s Association.
Find out about the latest cyber-threats and what to do about them.
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Cyberattacks are rising in frequency and severity and it seems that no organization or individual is safe from cybercrime. In this seminar, we’ll bring you up to speed on the latest cybersecurity threats and what you can do to protect yourself, your family and your organization. Topics covered will include:
How we got here
Threats – Email / Phishing, Social Engineering, Malware, Misconfiguration, Internet of Things, and Deepfakes
Come prepared to hear from a real expert in the cybersecurity field. Dave is always ready to answer all of your questions too!
Speaker’s Bio:
Dave Hatter: “Doomsday” Dave Hatter is a technology leader with nearly 30 years of software development, cybersecurity and project management experience. He has earned numerous industry certifications and, holds a BS in Information Systems from NKU. Dave is especially good at bridging the gap between business and technology and has delivered more than 200 successful software solutions earning nearly 60 testimonial letters from his clients. Additionally, he has written or contributed to 12 technology books, written more than 100 technology related articles for publications and, been quoted in many publications.
Libertas Technologies, the software development company Dave founded in 2001, was honored with many awards, but he is especially proud of winning the Cincinnati Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics in 2007. Dave is now a Cyber Security Consultant at Intrust IT, where he works with clients to educate them about cyber security risks and to help them defend their assets.
Dave is a regular on-air contributor on WXIX (FOX19) and Local 12 (WKRC-TV) and he can be heard every Friday morning at 6:30 AM on 55KRC’s “Tech Friday” segment with host Brian Thomas. He was elected Mayor of Fort Wright, Kentucky in 2014 after serving eight terms on the Fort Wright City Council. Dave currently serves as the VP of Training and Certification for the PMI Southwest Ohio Chapter, and has also served on numerous other boards.
Take 20 with Jack Atherton who explains
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EmpowerU is excited to have Jay Ratliff join us to talk about any and everything pertaining to aviation. If you live in radio distance of WKRC and WLW in Cincinnati than no doubt you at some time have heard Jay. The ‘Pandemic” significantly changed the airline industry making flying less enjoyable, and less dependable. Jay will talk about how an airport in any region impacts the economics of that area, he will give travel tips that will save you money like when to buy your tickets, what to do if your flight is cancelled, etc.
Making sense of the summer of misery is no easy task, but Jay will tackle that issue as well. He has some crazy stories of happenings in the airport and on the plane that will have you laughing or scratching you’re head. For those online participants that may not know Jay be sure to mark your calendar to sign up, as Jay’s knowledge and advice is pertinent for everyone wherever you live. Jay Ratliff will speak from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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Jack Atherton joins us tonight to talk about Elite Capture. Elite capture is a term now being used by the Chinese to describe their infiltration of Washington, high-tech, universities and perhaps the most spectacular capture in history, that of the president of the United States for at least $31 million. However, the threat goes far beyond China to the one world mindset of elites in business, academia, media and the rest of America’s ruling class aiming to overturn the foundational idea of America: that of anti-authoritarianism, limited, decentralized government and, most important, individual rights.
In tonight’s segment we will begin by noting that liberal filmmakers have been warning of this future for at least forty years, from Blade Runner to more recent dystopian flicks like Spielberg’s Ready Player One. We will also cover a lot of ground, geographically and historically. and end by urging the audience to move forward and unite. Jack will speak from 7:10-7:30 PM.
Speakers’ Bios:
Jay Ratliff has served as the Aviation Analyst for iHeart Radio for 31 years and FOX News for the last 17 years following his management career with Northwest Airlines. After his position with Northwest Airlines was eliminated, he decided to take his part-time love of stock trading to full time and moved into a motel room to create his approach, living in the Travelodge motel at the Dayton Airport for ten years as he did so. During that time, he delivered newspapers from 4:00am until 7:30am, watched the stock market from 9:30am until 4:00pm and ended his day building GM car seats from 5:30pm until 2:30am. (Existing thru the week on 2-3 hours a sleep per night)
Several years later he launched the Day Trade Fun company as he started teaching people from around the world his approach to flipping stocks for quick profits and has been doing so for the last 12 years.
Jay is a Travel Weekly Magellan Award winner for his contributions to the Travel industry and in 2006 teamed up with Marlo Thomas on her best-selling book “Right Words at the Right Time.” His contribution was featured in Reader’s Digest in May of 2006, and he won their Editor’s Choice Award as more than 80 million people were reached.
Jay has also spent considerable time in prison…(pause for effect) as he worked with the Ohio Department of Corrections helping to create the EXODUS Program. The program was designed to help inmates transition from prison to the workforce and was implemented 30 days prior to the release date.
Jay has been married to his wife Sherry for 16 years and is a dual resident south of Dayton and in Savannah, GA. He has two daughters who serve as ICU nurses.
Jack Atherton- , former anchor at FOX19 and WLWT, and friend of EmpowerU will join us. After anchoring and reporting in San Antonio and Miami, Jack helped start The Ten O’Clock News on Cincinnati’s FOX19. During his 15 years there, it was among the highest-rated primetime newscasts in the country. Jack also contributed columns to Cincinnati Gentlemen magazine and taught a course on the history of electronic media at the University of Cincinnati. Jack has discussed the Media at EmpowerU sessions in the past.
The Education of a Free Man
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This talk is devoted to one of the greatest works in the History of American Politics, Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. This book is at once a damning indictment of American Slavery and an inspiring tribute to the power of the human soul.
No book seems to capture better the natural human longing for freedom, equality, and dignity. While our primary task will be to understand the character and purpose of this great work, we will also reflect on Douglass’s career through his other great works and speeches. Gregory McBrayer returns to EmpowerU for a second very important class and will start his presentation about 7:30 PM.
Speaker’s Bio:
Gregory A. McBrayer – An Assistant professor of political science and director of the core curriculum, joined Ashland University in 2017. He teaches courses in political philosophy and international relations. Prior to coming to Ashland, he was an assistant professor at Morehead State University, a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University, and a visiting assistant professor at Gettysburg College. He has published articles in Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy and Kentron: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Antique, as well as reviews in Interpretation, The Journal for Hellenic Studies, The American Journal of Islamic Social Science, and Political Science Quarterly. He is the author (with Mary Nichols and Denise Schaeffer) of Plato’s Euthydemus (Focus, 2011) and is the editor of Xenophon: The Shorter Writings (Cornell, forthcoming).
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Hamilton County Mental Health & Recovery Services Board has cancelled on attending EmpowerU’s Information Session Tonight. Erik Stewart, Executive Vice President cancelled his appearance and gave EmpowerU 24 hours notice. EmpowerU contacted Hamilton County two months ago (August 17) and has had constant email correspondence with their representative Jens Sutmoller since about this meeting. To read more about Hamilton County Ohio and where your money is being spent–Click Here. We appologize for an inconvenience this causes you. We had invited Hamilton County Jobs and Family Service to discuss their upcoming Mental Health Levy which is an approximate increase in the levy costs of 32%.
Join us for the virtual only class from Influence, and Persuasion Expert Bill Gladwell
Remember how easy it was for most of us to make friends in grade school? Not only were we less worried about being rejected, but we weren’t as particular about who we were hanging out with. And it was a huge advantage that we had opportunities to interact with other humans daily.
As adults, things have changed. Aside from the fear of rejection, making new friends takes time — making time can be difficult. So instead, we lament the fact that our circle of friends is shrinking. You’re not alone.
In addition to discussing How to Make Friends as an Adult, Bill will be discussing How to Communicate with Difficult Family Members.
Speaker’s Bio:
Bill Gladwell: For over 30 years, Bill has been a consultant, speaker, and writer focusing on hypnosis, influence, and persuasion. He has helped hundreds of thousands of humans communicate effectively, ethically influence others, and get what they want.
“Think ‘How to Win Friends & Influence People’ but updated, hipper, and more effective.”
(That’s a quote from a seminar attendee, so take it up with her, Dale Carnegie fans!)
Bill is an expert on how humans interact. For example, individuals in a group are influenced by one another’s behavior making them more predictable and suggestible. Bill teaches how to use this phenomenon to influence others. (Note: A group can be as small as just two humans, so what Bill teaches applies to any human interaction you have.)
To you, this may mean meeting new humans, developing solid relationships, increasing your confidence, and having more fun. Others may want to make more sales, improve their negotiation skills, and increase their income.
The heart warming story of Samuel, and the mother who fought for his life to have meaning.
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Do not miss this opportunity to hear a most amazing and heart rendering story from a mother who was determined to give her disabled son life, education, and opportunity. Never under estimate the power of a ‘Mama Bear’. Tera shares her journey that began when early testing showed her son, Samuel, had Downs Syndrome and her doctor advised her to terminate her pregnancy saying “if you do not you will be burdening your life, family and community.” Those were fighting words to Tera and she has proved to be a Champion in the Ring!
She believed “Her baby was a human being created by God and that made him worthy of life.” She not only had to fight the medical establishment but also the Teachers Union who thought it was a waste of time to give her son a good education. When she went to register Samuel for kindergarten she was told to just ‘put him where he would be comfortable, don’t stress him out by trying to teach him.’ When she pushed for him to attend his neighborhood school with his sisters, she was told to ‘just go home and let us do what we do.’ When she inquired about functional learning she was told ‘this is all you get, like it or not,’” Well, suffice to say, she did not like it! So instead of giving up she responded by working to pass legislation in Ohio for a special needs scholarship giving access to the programs that meet their children’s needs.
Tara also worked to start a new functional learning program at her local private school. All of this did not go unnoticed and the Proud Mama Bear relates what happened due to her efforts. President Trump invited her son to speak at the White House. Tera said “President Trump did not dismiss my son; he showed Samuel he valued him and was proud of what he accomplished. He gave Samuel an equal seat at the table”. This is an exceptional and inspirational personal pilgrimage which clearly shows you should never underestimate ‘The Power of One’. Tara will speak from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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Barb will explain the separation of powers between the three branches of government as set out in the Constitution, and how the recent actions of Congress and the President appear aimed at destroying the power of the Supreme Court. She will explain what codification is and how it works, and look into the legitimacy of executive orders.
Also to be discussed are recent actions of the Legislative and Executive branches to browbeat and dishonor the Supreme Court Justices in an attempt to override their independence in ruling on future governmental actions. She is concerned that the true purpose here is to ultimately delegitimize the Constitution itself. Barb will speak from 7:10-7:30 PM.
Speaker’s Bio:
Tera Myers: Tera has over 27 years of experience working with individuals with disabilities. She has advocated for choice in education at the state and federal levels for the past 18 years. Her son Samuel is one of the first recipients of Ohio’s Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship, which she helped get passed in 2011. Upon passage of the bill, she partnered with a local private school to start and direct a special needs program. In December 2019, she and Samuel spoke at the White House for a Roundtable discussion on Education Freedom with the President of the United States.
Tera was a 2020 Republican National Convention speaker highlighting her family’s story and her work for Education Freedom. She is currently an Advisor for Families of Individuals with Special Needs with the American Federation for Children, based out of Washington, D.C. Tera’s passion is to help ensure that all students have access to an education that best meets their individual learning needs. Tera is the wife of Lewis, and the mother of Samuel, Lynsey, and Maggie.
Barb Horwitz: Barb was a member of the Butler County, Ohio, legal community for many years, serving first as a paralegal in two general practice firms, then as the bailiff for retired Common Pleas Judge Michael J. Sage, and finally as an attorney in a firm where she specialized in insurance litigation and consumer bankruptcy. She has continued her practice of insurance law and consumer bankruptcy in a partnership with her son Jonathan Horwitz at offices presently in Centerville, Ohio.
She resided for many years in Springfield Township, where she served as a president of the View Place Civic Association. In addition, she has volunteered in several political campaigns. She and her husband Gary have now resided and raised their family in Wyoming for several years.
Confused about the legality of carrying a firearm? Get Your Questions Answered.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
It is one thing to relax in the relative safety of your home, with a shotgun in the corner, or a handgun on your nightstand. It is an altogether different proposition to carry a firearm openly or concealed, on your person or in your motor vehicle outside of your home.
Guns on the Go, what you should know, must know, and can’t afford to miss about carrying a firearm outside of your home in Ohio. After this seminar, you will have a clear understanding related to carrying a firearm outside of the home in the State of Ohio.
Speaker Bio:
Sean Maloney: Sean is a licensed Ohio attorney with a firearms legal practice emphasizing Gun Rights, who practices in all areas of firearm-related law in both State and Federal Courts, including 2nd Amendment rights, Criminal Defense related to Federal and State firearms charges, Federal and State restoration of gun rights, National Firearm Act issues, Federal Firearms License representation, State lawsuits to enforce violations of Ohio’s preemption laws, and federal background Form 4473 NICS appeals. Sean is a criminal and civil firearms consultant and has appeared as an expert witness in a variety of civil lawsuits related to firearms. Sean is also a national speaker on topics related to the 2nd Amendment, self-defense, lethal force, and concealed carry.
Sean is a National Continuing Legal Education Speaker, educating Attorneys on topics related to State Firearms Law, Lethal Force and the Law, Legal Ethics related to Firearms Practice, Federal Title I & II Firearms, Firearms Dealers Licensing Requirements, Concealed Carry, Open Carry, Constitutional Carry of Firearms, the requirement of Federal Form 4473, and The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
In addition, he is a former member of the NRA Board of Directors, a member of the NRA ILA Speakers Bureau, NRA-ILA Frontlines Coordinator, NRA Golden Eagle Benefactor Life Member, Founder and Chairman of the Butler County Friends of Youth Shooting Sports Committee, a multi-discipline Certified NRA Firearms Instructor, Glock Armorer, Leader and Legal Counsel for Buckeye Firearms Association, Legislative Director of Buckeye Firearms Association, Director of Faculty Administrator Safety Training Emergency Response, F.A.S.T.E.R., (arming school personnel) in Ohio. Sean is a recipient of the NRA Jay M. Littlefield Memorial, for exceptional activism, Sean is a member of the NRA-Institute for Legislative Action, Hall of Fame.
Sean is also co-founder and Defense Attorney for Second Call Defense (www.SecondCallDefense.org), a national organization that provides complete legal protection for armed self-defense, with thousands of members in all fifty states. Second Call Defense provides immediate criminal defense and civil suit protection for members forced to use lethal force in self-defense. Second Call Defense provides access to all of the legal and financial protection members need to deal with police properly and defend members rights.
Ohio’s Most Sensational--68 Year Old-- Murder Mystery
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Thursday, September 29, 2022
We apologize, there is no recording due to technical difficulties for this night’s class
(One Armed Man)
It was a crime that stunned the nation, shivered the suburbs, and spawned “The Fugitive” television series. The 1954 Cleveland slaying of beautiful Marilyn Sheppard endures as the most infamous cold case in American criminal history. Because this 60 year saga featured an enthralling cocktail of sex, sin, and murder, while spinning more plot twists and legal turns than any mystery novel could render.
Found guilty of killing his wife, Doctor Samuel Sheppard was released from prison ten years later when his conviction was overturned. “Dr. Sam” was acquitted at his second trial in 1966, only to die four years later a haunted, broken man. But fascination with the case did not die with him.
(Sam Sheppard)
Join Crime Historian JT Townsend, as the author of the newly released “Summer’s Almost Gone” puts the pieces of this complex psychological and forensic puzzle together and names Marilyn Sheppard’s killer…
Speaker’s Bio:
J.T. Townsend- Townsend is a freelance writer, armchair detective, and lifelong resident of Cincinnati. He is the author of the 2009 regional true crime best seller Queen City Gothic, and 2014’s Queen City Notorious. His work has appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati Magazine, Word Magazine, Crime Traveler and Clews. He has presented over 300 programs in the Cincinnati area as part of his True Crime Lecture Series, including Jack the Ripper, Lizzie Borden, the Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Lincoln Assassination.
Take 20: Americans For Prosperity on Healthcare
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There isn’t a day that you turn on the news that you don’t hear about crime whether it is in your own community or someone else’s. Hamilton County has been fortunate to have a Prosecuting Attorney with the experience of Joe Deters, who has always been tough on crime. At a time where it seems like all of the focus is on helping criminals, Prosecutor Deters has remained focused on protecting the rights of victims.
Prosecutor Deters will talk about Ohio Issue #1 that will be on the November ballot, explaining the importance of this issue for the safety of everyone in Ohio. He will cover the challenges law enforcement is facing today, and what needs to be done to change the direction of rising crime. Even if you don’t live in Hamilton County, this is an issue that affects people across the country – and Ohio has the opportunity to do something to stop it. Prosecutor Deters will be joining us from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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Personal or Public Option? Every year Americans list Health Care as an issue they are most concerned about. While many are satisfied with their own care, they believe the system needs repair. Learn about the alternative from Ezra Escudero of Americans for Prosperity, see what is different between the two, and become empowered to make an informed decision on this most critical and costly issue. Become familiar with the areas this option will address, and why they were chosen.
Areas to address – This is not an all-inclusive list but highlights a few areas of concern and visions on how to improve. Insurance at an affordable price; access to the latest lifesaving drugs and treatments; ability to choose your doctor; knowledge of cost of service before bill is rendered; right to try experimental drugs and treatments; and safety nets for the most vulnerable.
Visions of how to improve: Expand health-savings accounts; strengthen Health Reimbursement Accounts; promote telehealth, repeal certificate-of-needs law, allow nurses to deliver the care they are trained for and allow both doctors and nurses to practice across state lines, speed up FDA drug approvals, and remove barriers to diagnostic health.
Ezra will expand on the benefits of the “Personal Option” and discuss whom to contact to share your concerns and how to become involved in this most critical and timely issue. American’s for Prosperity will be joining us from 7:10-7:30 PM.
Speaker’s Bios:
Prosecutor Joe Deters began his legal career in 1982 working as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Hamilton County’s Juvenile, Municipal, and Common Pleas Courts. In 1988, after six years as an Assistant Prosecutor, Joe was elected as Clerk of Courts for Hamilton County. While in this position Joe honed his skills as the manager of a large office and gained the respect of other officeholders and the community.
In 1992, Joe returned to the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office after being appointed, and later that year, elected Prosecuting Attorney. Through his tireless efforts prosecuting tough cases, Joe garnered a reputation as a no-nonsense prosecutor of violent crime and became a key figure in making Hamilton County safer. Joe never lost sight of the victims in cases he prosecuted and he knew more needed to be done to help victims navigate the legal system. He created Hamilton County’s first ever Victim/Witness Advocate Program, giving victims of violent crime and their families the assistance they needed and deserved as they navigated the criminal justice system. Joe was subsequently re-elected in 1996 and continued to vigorously pursue his goal of making Hamilton County a safer place to live and work.
In 1999, Joe was sworn in as Ohio’s 44th Treasurer of State where he was responsible for collecting, managing and investing more than $11 billion in assets for the State of Ohio. In the fall of 2004, Joe returned to Hamilton County to once again run for Prosecuting Attorney. He was elected with nearly 60% of the vote. He was subsequently reelected in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020.
As Hamilton County’s longest serving Prosecuting Attorney (1992-1999 and 2005-present), Joe currently oversees and manages an office of more than 170 employees which includes assistant prosecuting attorneys and support staff in both our Criminal and Civil Divisions. The office prosecutes felony and misdemeanor crimes committed by adults and all offenses committed by juveniles. The office also serves as the legal counsel for all county officials, county agencies, and various county boards.
Joe is a lifelong Cincinnatian, graduating from St. Xavier High School in 1975, the University of Cincinnati in 1979, and the University Of Cincinnati College Of Law in 1982. In May 1997, Joe was awarded the University of Cincinnati Distinguished Alumnus. He is a member of the Cincinnati Bar Association, National District Attorney’s Association, the Ohio Prosecuting Attorney’s Association, and serves on the St. Joseph’s New Cemetery Board of Trustees. Previously, Joe served on the University Of Cincinnati Board Of Trustees, Ohio Organized Crime Commission, and the Southern Ohio Leukemia Foundation. Joe is married and the proud father of four children and two grandchildren.
Mr. Ezra C. Escudero is an Ohio native of Mexican heritage who has earned a reputation for successful leadership in technology, entrepreneurship, philanthropy and public policy. While at The Ohio State University in the 1990’s, Ezra was an active International Studies student and a member of Alpha Psi Lambda, Romophos & Sphinx honor societies, and the OSU Speech & Debate team. Since graduating in 1996, he has worked in the tech industry, published a bilingual Spanish-English newspaper, and served in state government during the Taft, Strickland, and Kasich administrations. Today, Ezra serves as Coalitions Director with Americans for Prosperity in Ohio, and resides with wife Beth in Gahanna, close to family and friends.
Take 20: Manfred Schnetzer's life in Germany During and After World War II
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Meet Christopher Smitherman who is a candidate for County Commissioner of Hamilton County. This very important position is responsible for the 816,684 people in Hamilton County and the City of Cincinnati. Christopher is well known as a three term past member of the City of Cincinnati Council where he was a fiscal conservative and fought for proper funding of police and fire. (Picture below Christopher with his family).
A former President of the NAACP, learn about what needs to happen in Hamilton County for us to make it great. You will also learn about important grassroots initiatives that Christoper has lead to improve our County. Christopher will be running as an independent in the election in November. He will be running against incumbent Democrat Commissioner Stephanie Dumas and Republican candidate Matt O’Neill.
This is your chance to meet Christopher and find out if he is your best choice for Hamilton County Commissioner. Christopher will be speaking from 7:30 PM to 7:45 PM.
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Hear from Manfred Schnetzer- the story of a boy who grows up in Germany during World War II and his eventual immigration to the United States. Manfred will speak from 7:15-7:40.
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Take 20, Part II–Bonus Speaker–Paul Jacob will join us from 8:15-8:30 PM. Americans for Citizen Voting works to constitutionally set voting as the exclusive right of U.S. citizens. In recent years, efforts to allow non-citizens to vote have succeeded in California, Maryland, Vermont and most notably last December in New York City.
This November, Ohio voters will see Issue 2, a constitutional amendment clarifying that only U.S. citizens are entitled to vote in all state and local elections in Ohio. In the last four years, Alabama, Colorado, Florida and North Dakota have passed such amendments with overwhelming margins. The ACV website is here: https://onlycitizens.vote/
Speaker’s Bio:
Christopher Smitherman was born on July 16, 1967, in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father, Dr. Herbert Smitherman, was a chemist and the first African-American with a PhD hired at Procter & Gamble. His mother, Mrs. Barbara Smitherman, was a teacher and administrator at Cincinnati Public Schools. Christopher has five siblings – one sister and four brothers. Christopher and his five siblings grew up in North Avondale.
After attending St. Mark Elementary and completing high school at School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) he moved to Bowling Green, Ohio, to attend Bowling Green State University. Christopher studied at BGSU to obtain a master’s degree in counseling. Throughout his time in college, Christopher worked as a resident advisor (RA) and, in 1990, he accepted full-time employment as a hall manager at BGSU.
It was at BGSU that Christopher met Pamela Thorton. The two began dating and soon married.Pamela and Christopher married in 1990 and, in 1997, returned to Cincinnati and settled in North Avondale. Together, they raised five children – four boys and one girl – all products of Cincinnati Public Schools. Christopher is a Financial Planner and small business owner. He has owned and operated his financial planning practice since returning to Cincinnati in 1997.
In 2009, Christopher purchased the old Bond Hill Library and relocated his financial planning office to the building located in Bond Hill, Cincinnati. As a financial planner, On January 15, 2019 Christopher’s wife Pamela died after a two-year battle with breast cancer and an autoimmune disease. Pamela Smitherman was an educator at Cincinnati Public Schools and left behind her husband and five children.
Christopher was elected to Cincinnati City Council on November 4, 2003, as a member of the Charter Committee. During his term, Christopher focused on neighborhood improvements. He introduced legislation to pioneer regional economic cooperation via Joint Economic Development Districts (JEDD) and Cooperative Economic Development Agreements (CEDA). Christopher also worked to firm up the city’s working capital fund and played a leading role in ending Fire Department brownouts.
On March 27, 2007, Smitherman was elected president of the Cincinnati Chapter of the NAACP. During his term the chapter’s membership increased 600% from 500 to 3,000 members and the chapter’s debt was eliminated.
During Smitherman’s time as president, the Cincinnati NAACP co-authored and co-sponsored five ballot initiatives, three of which were successful. Those initiatives that passed included defeating a county jail tax, stopping red-light cameras, and allowing voters to ratify the sale of Greater Cincinnati Water Works. In order to place these initiatives on the ballot, Smitherman helped collect more than 100,000 signatures.
Christopher ran as an Independent on a platform of balancing the budget, properly funding police and fire, and fixing the city’s pension. He went on to win reelection in both 2013 and 2017. On December 13, 2017, Mayor John Cranley appointed Christopher to serve as the Vice Mayor. Cranley also appointed Smitherman to serve on the Cincinnati Planning Commission. Christopher serves as Chair of the Law and Public Safety Committee.
In the Spring of 2020, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed Christopher to serve on the State’s Minority Health Strike Force. As a member of this board, he helped craft directives to address the covid impacts on minority communities across the state.
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Manfred Schnetzer: Born July 21, 1935 in FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, GERMANY.
Grade School in Stuttgart and Kempten/Allgaeu.
Started as Drafting Apprentice in 1949 in Kempten.
Immigrated to the United States in 1952 and lived in New York, Portland Maine and currently in Cincinnati, Ohio
Inducted into the US Army from 1958 to 1960
Married Regina Hueffer of Germany in 1961
Started work as Co-Op Student at General Electric Aircraft Engines in Cincinnati
B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1968
Retired in 2000 from GE after 38 years.
Currently V.P. of the German-American Citizens League and the German Heritage Museum.
He has six children; three boys and three girls and thirteen grandchildren.
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Paul Jacob is president of the Liberty Initiative Fund, a national organization helping citizens place issues on the ballot to hold politicians accountable, fight crony capitalism and protect our liberties. “If there’s anyone who’s been involved in more citizen initiative campaigns in the history of this country [than Paul Jacob],” said Los Angeles Times reporter Joe Mathews, “I’m not aware of them.” For more than a decade, Paul was the voice of the term limits movement, leading U.S. Term Limits, the nation’s largest such group.
April Few , from USPIE, Star of the Movie to Join Us for Discussion
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Join April Few who will be travelling, from Columbia, S.C. to visit with EmpowerU tonight to discuss and show the excellent film that USPIE has created called Truth and Lies in Education. The popcorn will be provided by EmpowerU as we watch and learn about public education from this great movie.
April Few is, a young mother of two, who embarks on an eye-opening exploration of the current state of American government schools and makes some alarming discoveries regarding agendas kept hidden from the eyes of both students and parents like her. Through a series of interviews with educational experts, she explores the following questions:
– Are public schools forming a wedge between parents and children?
– Are children being trained to become political activists for the political left?
– What is the true aim of so-called comprehensive sexuality education?
– How much transgender influence is there in government schools?
– How is Critical Race Theory indoctrinating American children?
– Is there a federal education scheme to control the nation’s workforce?
April meets the authors of several books that guided her journey of discovery and gave her a newfound mission—to educate parents of school-aged children about the indoctrination taking place in government schools.
Partial cast members of the movie include: Dr. Carol Swain, Sam Sorbo, Alex Newman, President of USPIE Sheri Few, Dr. Mary Grabar, Donna Hearne, E. Ray Moore, Dr. Duke Pesta, Jarrett Stepman, Dr. Gary Thompson, and Lily Tang Williams. The movie is about 1 hour and 9 minutes long. After the movie April will join us to discuss education in America and what she learned on the journey to make Truth and Lies in Education. Special time tonight for the movie and discussion is 6:30-8:30 PM at EmpowerU Studio.
The Mission for U.S.P.I.E. is – United States Parents Involved in Education (USPIE) is a nonprofit, nationwide coalition that seeks to return education to its proper local roots and restore parental authority over their children’s education by helping parents and local communities to escape federal and other national influences. Grassroots leaders from around the country will work to 1) expose the lies being taught in government schools that harm children and threaten freedom, 2) encourage parents to take back responsibility to educate their children, 3) initiate and support efforts to return complete local control of government schools, and 4) encourage states to wean themselves off the federal education dole.
To read complete information about the Vision, Values, Honesty, Excellence, Fiscal Accountability and 2022-2023 Goals of USPIE—Click Here.
Shiver Me Timbers! Join Dan, out on the boat, for an important announcement tonight as EmpowerU embarks on an initiative to put God back into Ohio’s Public Schools. Reflecting on the wisdom of President Dwight David Eisenhower, we hope as Citizens you will join us in this important effort.
On February 7, 1954 President Eisenhower said, “Out of faith in God, and through faith in themselves as His children, our forefathers designed and built the Republic. We will recall the struggles of the Pilgrims, the testing of George Washington at Valley Forge, and the determined battle of Abraham Lincoln to save the Union: All of these men shared a steadfast belief in God.”
Let’s share that belief with the kids in our 614 Ohio Public Schools. Join Dan tonight for the announcement.
After the announcement, Dan will bring us up-to-date on EmpowerU’s November, 2019 class “About the Debt”. We’ll take a look at the Federal Debt and the Budget of the United States of American in 2022. Where are we are at in the Country right now and how does compare to where we were just 3 years ago?
There were several benchmarks we discussed in the previous budget class–how will they compare today? We will try not to bog you down too much in actual numbers but think you will find the trends interesting.
Finally, we will take your calls using call-in technology…as we start our 24th semester. This is your chance to sound off about anything you want–maybe a few things are on your mind… Student Loan Debt– The Border–The Inflation Reduction Act–Climate Change–Extremism, Crime, God, The Ohio Secretary of State and more.
You can call into the show at: 513-572-1266.
Speaker Bio:
Dan Regenold is the Managing Board Member of EmpowerUAmerica.org. Dan looks forward to our 24th semester of FREE classes to help you Educate * Enjoy * Engage. He is proud of the team and the GREAT schedule they have put together for you this semester. See you at the events and join us. To read Dan’s Bio Click Here.
Even if it's your second time watching, join us and discuss!
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Thursday, August 4, 2022
Join EmpowerU At The Movies!
Registration is Full, Thank You For Your Interest!
At a recent EmpowerU session we took a poll of over 100 people to find out how many of them had seen the movie 2000 Mules and how many of them wanted to see it again. Over 60% of the people attending told us they wanted a showing to see the movie for a 2nd time! Join us for this important movie on August 4. Sign up for your free tickets now.
2,000 Mules is a documentary by political commenter Dinesh D’Souza. The data from the film was provided by the non-profit, True The Vote, an organization run by Catherine Engelbrecht. The documentary refers to “mules” as those who were paid to illegally collect and deposit ballots into drop boxes in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin during the 2020 presidential election.
According to former President Donald Trump: “This movie exposes the lies of the Democrats, RINO’s and Fake news who say it was the “most secure election in history.” It was perhaps, the least secure in history.”
We encourage people from all political parties to attend: Republicans, Democrats, Independents. And, EmpowerU will be supplying the popcorn. Class Starts at 6:30, we’ll talk about the movie for 30 minutes after we are done. Please join us for summer learning.
Dinesh D’Souza has had a prominent career as a writer, scholar, and public intellectual, and has also become an award-winning filmmaker. Born in India, D’Souza came to the U.S. as an exchange student at the age of 18 and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College. Called one of the “top young public-policy makers in the country,” D’Souza quickly became known as a major force in public policy through his books, speeches, and films. (D’Souza Media (dineshdsouza.com)
Catherine Engelbrecht is prominent in the news recently because of the documentary 2000 Mules, which made its international debut on May 2, 2022. It was her organization True the Vote (founded Nov. 30, 2009) – partnering with election investigation analyst Gregg Phillips – that provided the source material for this important exposé on election fraud in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. Working together since 2013, in 2021 Engelbrecht and Phillips purchased over $2 million worth of geospatial cell phone data and surveillance video footage. Prior to that they had large numbers of witness testimonies of vote fraud arriving on the TTV Hot lines. They also heard directly from whistleblowers acting as ballot mules (i.e. traffickers) in the 2020 election.
Take 20: Information on Smart Meters...
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There are few Americans who have much or any knowledge of most of the countries of the world or even where in the world they are. One of those countries is India. Not that long ago India was a far away, mysterious and violent place. Most Americans had never met an Indian or traveled there and probably never would.
India is a country in South Asia with over 1.25 billion people. Recorded history dates back to around 5000 BC. According to consensus in modern genetics, anatomically modern humans first arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago.
The history of independent India began when the country became an independent nation within the British Commonwealth on 15 August 1947. Direct administration by the British, which began in 1858, affected a political and economic unification of the subcontinent.
The nation has faced religious violence, casteism, naxalism, terrorism and regional separatist insurgencies. India has unresolved territorial disputes with China which in 1962 escalated into the Sino-Indian War, and with Pakistan which resulted in 4 separate wars over a 30 year period. The number of languages spoken make conversing and compromise difficult. The languages of India are divided into various language families, of which the Indo-Aryan and the Dravidian languages are the most widely spoken. For example the Dravidian family of languages includes approximately 73 languages that are mainly spoken in southern India and northeastern Sri Lanka, as well as certain areas of surrounding countries.
So…. In spite of these and other obstacles India has managed to evolve into a global economic and military power. Tonight we will cover a small segment of the history of India and share some of the surprising facts about a little known country to most Americans. Time for your to learn about one of the Countries you will be hearing about most in the next decade! This class on The Rise of India will take place from 7:20-8:30 PM.
Take 20 Presents Important Information on Smart Meters–from 7:05-7:20
Do you know why your Duke Energy bills are so high?
In recent years, Ohio utility companies have significantly raised its “customer fees” and that action has resulted in consumers losing control over a big portion of their monthly utility bills – even if energy use decreases. Ongoing rate increases and delivery riders have been approved by state regulators (PUCO) for AMI Smart Meter installation/replacement including the $30/month Smart Meter opt-out fee instituted by state regulators (PUCO) in 2016. Many complaints from Southwest Ohio Duke Energy consumers about overcharges prompted a recently completed study using comparative data from local residents’ utility bills.
The study itself concentrated on the hidden cost items on the bills which are the delivery riders for both gas and electric usage. It is very difficult for consumers to track unlisted riders that are lumped into their utility bills. These costs are well known subsidies to Ohio lawmakers and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). Learn about the billing study findings that show costly overcharges on monthly consumer bills. Duke Energy has a well documented history of enforcing the highest number of utility shutoffs and collections among Ohio energy utilities.
Speaker Bios:
Vince Welage: Vince is a retired Medical IT Analyst. He worked for many years in database software development especially in areas related to accounting, energy, inventory control, and Occupational Health. In the most recent past, he was employed as the Occupational Health Administrator for a large consumer products company in Cincinnati for 10+ years. He managed data access privileges to employee medical records for 32 health units in North America. He provided End User support for the day to day operations of all medical database applications including vendor interface devices. He developed data entry modules for the in house Occupational Health application as well as any related summary and/or trend reporting.
John O’Neill- In John’s 35 year professional career he has participated in and managed people and projects in the corporate as well as the consulting services industry. His professional background includes significant career experience in a broad spectrum of business disciplines including sales of technology resources, corporate and consulting services management, software development and personnel training.
Leigh Ann Cartier- Leigh Ann grew up in Cincinnati and graduated from Wilmington College and she is always looking to learn new things. Leigh Ann has taught a prior EmpowerU class on getting started with gardening in the spring semester of 2021. Leigh Ann is the Producer for EmpowerU and runs our website www.EmpowerUAmerica.org.
This Class is Perfect for Homeschoolers!
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Saturday, July 16, 2022
Thank you for Your Interest, At This Time Registration is Closed
Let’s get the kids educated on the Constitution. This is your child’s, grandchild, or relative to attend a special Constitution Boot Camp just for them. Homeschoolers this class is perfect for you!
Join us for this one-day, seminar style, class that will give you a working knowledge of the US Constitution including its purpose, and true meaning. You will leave with an understanding of the founder’s intentions for our nation and the ways in which we are dangerously off-course. This course will help students to learn to recognize when political power is legitimate and when it is being usurped- and what can be done about it!
The first step to restoring our Constitutional Republic is teach the public to understand the Constitution and the limits it places on our federal government. Kids–up to college age–we want you to learn about your constitution. By attending each student will receive The Handbook for We the People, The Federalist Papers, Bastiat’s The Law and The Precinct Guide.
Free $25 Best Buy Gift Cards to the first 25 students (College age and Under) who sign up and complete the class. Let’s Educate the Kids! Space in this class is limited to 45. We will start out until July 8, just accepting reservations from kids. If the spaces in this class do not fill up we will open this class to the public.
We will be on a tight schedule today so please bring a bagged lunch.
Speaker Bios:
Jim Lewis: Marine, retired Sales Representative, co-founder of Building Blocks for Liberty, currently teaching American History, World History and the US Constitution for homeschoolers in the PEP program at the Mason location. Jim has been interested in history since childhood. During his down time, he continues to read books on history, types of governments and law.
John Hindery: Marine, retired Accountant, co-founder of Building Blocks for Liberty, currently teaching American History and the US Constitution for homeschoolers in the northern Kentucky area. John has been interested in history since 5th grade, worked on the Nixon and Goldwater Campaigns and continues to read books on the founders and presidents.
Rick Herron: Navy, IT Specialist, currently teaching the importance of Central Committee throughout the Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana region for over four decades. He co-founded the Platform Republicans educating conservatives in becoming precinct executives. Rick wrote and self-published a book entitled, “Actually Making a Difference” which explains how important the local level participation can determine local, county, state and national candidates.
Each man specializes in specific areas that compliments the BBFL mission. As part of the military, Jim, John and Rick took an oath to support and defend the US Constitution which lead them to teaching. Our class focuses on the Founding Fathers wisdom, Natural Law, types of governments and much, much more. Each instructor recognized the need to teach what the Founding Fathers gave us so out of frustration US Constitution Boot Camp was born. We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and all volunteer. The donations received help us further focus on educating the younger generations through scholarships.
We Will Be Collecting Items for Valley Interfaith's Back to School Night Tonight!
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Tonight’s Thesis: Was Teddy Roosevelt one of the Greatest American Presidents?
When we look at the pictures on Mount Rushmore of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln there is little doubt these are great American Presidents and heroes. But what about the fourth President on the monument—third from left—Theodore Roosevelt. We will learn about “Teddy” in tonight’s class.
Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt became president in 1901, after the assassination of President William McKinley, who was six months into his second term. While the 26th president was no founding father, he as a key figure in American expansionism. Roosevelt’s work in creating the Panama Canal, busting monopolies in the American economy and conserving valuable public lands set a successful tone for the United States at the turn of the 20th century. During his speeches he exercised plain, ordinary virtues, which called on all good citizens to possess common sense, honesty, courage and energy.
From his childhood years, where he suffered from asthma, Roosevelt took up boxing and hunting lions and his “Rough Rider” days became almost mythical in stature. Often, crossing party lines to get things done, Roosevelt injected himself directly into foreign policy and domestic issues. His foreign policy became known as, “Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick.” Roosevelt’s relationship with the Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany was similar to many of the foreign leaders who were in awe of Teddy.
Learn about Roosevelt, the “Great Regulator” and Teddy’s domestic program named “The Square Deal”. Roosevelt’s helped seal his image of a cowboy soldier when he formed a group called “The Rough Riders” who would see battle in the Spanish American War. And what about that Teddy Bear?
Join us tonight for focus on our early American History and learn about the life of President Theodore Roosevelt, a true President for the people.
Please Bring a few School Items to Donate to Valley Interfaith’s Back-to-School Program!
John Keuffer is the Executive Director of Valley Interfaith, an incredible resource in Lockland which by provides emergency resources–through it’s Food Pantry and Clothing and Housewares outreach–and social support in partnership with our community and its agencies. John will share with us a great story about the day he met motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, which will be sure to brighten your day. John will also tell us about Valley Interfaith’s great Back-to-School program and the people that it serves. Please help Valley by bringing a few school items to donate to this important cause for the community. John will be with us until about 7:15 pm.
Zig Ziglar
Speaker Bio:
Dan Regenold: Dan first became active in Government in 2003 when he became involved fighting Eminent Domain and helping stop it in Evendale and in Norwood, Ohio. In 2006, he was one of the founders of WeDemandAVote.com which successfully fought and stopped, by ballot initiative, a sales tax increase in Hamilton County, Ohio. Later WeDemand stopped Red Light Cameras in Hamilton County.
Regenold spoke at the CPAC Convention in 2008 to discuss major Grassroots initiative actions across the United States. In 2009, Dan was unsuccessful in his efforts to bring accountability to the Federal Government’s finances with a citizen lead initiative WeDemandABalancedBudget.com. In 2010 Regenold was one of three leaders of the initiative to End Ohio’s Estate Tax which happened in 2011. The Tax Foundation called the repeal of Ohio Estate Tax one of the most important Tax accomplishments of 2011. In 2011 Regenold founded EmpowerUAmerica.org (starting it’s 24th semester in Fall 2022), a Free University offered in the Greater Cincinnati area with the goal of “empowering” citizens.
In 2014, Regenold was one of the leaders of the effort to separate Music Hall from a County Wide Sales Tax which helped the Museum Center renovation get passed by the voters of Hamilton County. Dan has recently concentrated his efforts on the mess of Public Education in Ohio and specifically on topics like School Choice and Critical Race Theory. Dan is a lover of Liberty and enjoys speaking to EmpowerU classes about subjects he is passionate about. Recently he has discussed: Milton Friedman, Saul Alinsky, Net Neutrality, D-Day, The Deficit, The Dangers in America, Public Education and Winston Churchill at EmpowerU Classes. Regenold is founder and Chairman of FrameUSA.com, a Made-In-America picture frame manufacturing company in Springdale, Ohio.
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John R. Keuffer, III is a Cincinnati native currently residing in Clermont County Ohio with his wife Kendra (a Police Officer) and his 9 year old daughter Gracie. John has over 31 years as a Nonprofit professional. He started his adult career as a Police Officer and held positions as a talk radio show host on WIZF-FM, WAIF-FM, and WCIN-AM for over 12 years discussing community issues. Mr. Keuffer was a partner (since retired) in a Celebrity Marketing firm; handling the marketing and charity relations for Pro Athletes and Musicians. This position led him to represent several New England Patriots players for 13 years and some Rock n Roll Hall of Fame musicians. Mr. Keuffer has produced seven Sports Specials for FOX and ESPN. Mr. Keuffer enjoys time with his family and helping NPO’s that are struggling.
*Date Changed to Thursday, July 7th*
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Thursday, July 7, 2022
Tonight’s Event is Sold Out! We are at Maximum Capacity Tonight, Thank You For Your Interest!
Tonight we will be watching Matt Walsh’s powerful new Documentary, What is a Woman?
What is a Woman is the question you are not allowed to ask. The documentary they don’t want you to see. Join Matt Walsh on his often comical, yet deeply disturbing journey, as he fearlessly questions the logic behind a gender ideology movement that has taken aim at women and children. Watch “What is a Woman” with your friends at EmpowerU.
Tonight, while watching the movie, you will learn more about the Gender Ideology that is taking over the United States of America. Currently about 5 percent of young adults in the U.S. identify as transgender or nonbinary. 42% of adults now say they know someone that is transgender and a little over a quarter of adults say they have a friend who is trans. Many people believe that the transgender adult population of .6 percent has doubled from the most widely accepted projection of .3% of the population used just 5 years ago.
Matt Walsh
What is the reason for this huge increase in transgender population? The movie will discuss, in depth, Gender Transition Surgery and how this is being introduced in schools and governments across America. Learn more about how our kids are being indoctrinated and how schools have begun to talk to students about Gender Dysphoria without their parents approval or knowledge. In some cases parents have found themselves against the law as they try to stop their children from undergoing damaging surgery which cannot be reversed. A recent study found that after surgical reassignment, the suicide rate of those who had undergone sex-reassignment surgery rose to 20 times that of comparable peers.
After the movie we will “speak freely” and discuss Gender Ideology and the movie. We will look forward to hearing your input and thoughts about “What is a Woman?” And as always, the popcorn will be supplied by EmpowerU!
About Matt Walsh and the Daily Wire
Matt Walsh is a popular writer, blogger, and speaker. His columns on The Daily Wire are read by millions each month. Matt is well known for his controversial and provocative insights into culture, politics, and religion. He lives outside of Baltimore, Maryland with his wife and two children.
The Daily Wire (www.DailyWire.com) The Daily Wire is an American conservative news website and media company founded in 2015 by political commentator Ben Shapiro and film director Jeremy Boreing. It is the second most popular publisher on Facebook, and produces podcasts such as The Ben Shapiro Show.
The World Isn't Getting Any Safer!
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Are you a new or prospective gun owner who feels the need to exercise their 2nd amendment right to self-defense during these troubling times, but are apprehensive about running afoul of the law? Maybe you have read the books by the “experts” and gone to the gun store only to come away more confused and intimidated than ever.
The world isn’t getting any safer and someday soon you could be confronted with that moment when the world goes FYBYOYO: “Forget You Baby, You’re On Your Own”. Come listen to someone just like you who has made the dangerous and often confusing journey from first time gun owner to experienced every-day-carry (EDC). A skilled corporate trainer and IT consultant,
Dave Moorman has applied his 36 years of strategic problem solving expertise into educating himself on what it means to be a responsible and effective handgun owner. He has documented his growth and insights including some nearly catastrophic mistakes, and wants to share them with you. He will discuss the psychology of violent encounters, how to conquer surprise and fear, and how to deal with a taunting adversary without allowing yourself to be tricked into placing yourself at physical or legal disadvantage.
Finally, he will walk you through a real life defense encounter where discharging his firearm successfully prevented harm to himself, his wife, and even the adolescent perpetrator. This class is an excerpt of Dave’s full 5 hours of private interactive instruction on all aspects of owning, carrying and yielding a handgun. The full course covers everything you need to design and implement a responsible, comprehensive and effective firearm based defense plan by detailed walk throughs of numerous scenarios including:
Walking into crimes in progress (armed robbery, assault & battery, sexual assault)
Getting caught up in third party domestic violence
Attempted car-jacking with a toddler in the car seat
Countering different types of home invasions
Dealing with the crazy-ex who doesn’t know when to quit
Taunting & Brandishing
Defeating a Mob
How easily your eyes can fool you, how it gets you in trouble, and what to do about it
Are “warning shots” ever justified
The proper way to call 9-1-1 and deal with responders
Firearm safety when there are children in the home
Hiring a private investigator
Selecting the right firearm & ammo
Basic gun cleaning & maintenance
Common misconceptions and mistakes about the process of Draw, Point and Shoot
Why even a 300 lb. defensive tackle should carry a rape whistle
Most of us spend weeks selecting a new car and even longer buying a home. But in a self-defense encounter you may be forced to make a life-changing decision in under a second. Are you mentally, emotionally and physically prepared for that? This class can’t get you there in 90 minutes, but it will provide you with a roadmap for getting started and the confidence that you have everything you need to take control of your own safety.
Speaker’s Bio:
Dave Moorman: With 36 years of business, technology and consulting experience, Dave Moorman is a born problem solver. Whether it is writing programs for mobile phones, starting a business, negotiating multi-million dollar IT deals or building a self-defense strategy, he knows how to break tough problems down into pieces and parts, develop a solution, and train people how to implement it. So when he was unexpectedly faced with a potentially life-changing threat a decade ago, he turned his skills to building a plan to ensure his family would never again be left defenseless and at the mercy of an aggressive adversary.
His journey was one of discovery, personal growth and even near fatal mistakes. An experienced corporate educator who has built two complex software training curricula, he now wants to dedicate his time and talent to helping others make the same journey quickly and safely. He firmly believes in not only your natural right to self-defense, but that anyone who can drive a car has the proven physical and mental capacity to yield a firearm responsibly and effectively once they get decades of Hollywood propagated rubbish out of their head.
Meet and work with the incredible artist's at Visionaries and Voices
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
This Class has been CancelledIn this class, students will be using Jackie Fisher’s bold line drawings as inspiration for their own versions of similar drawings. Using black permanent marker, gel pens, and washable marker, Jackie will lead students through her process of line making on pieces of cardstock paper. Once students have covered the entire 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper in their marker design, facilitators will help them to cut their paper into strips, approximately 2-3 inches thick. Once the strips have been cut, students will choose the strip with their favorite composition to laminate into a bookmark. Once laminated, students will punch a hole in the top of the bookmark and add a tassel using colorful lanyard string. This class is limited to 20 people.
This is your student or child’s opportunity to meet and work with an incredible artist from Visionaries and Voices. The Tri-County V&V Studio has been located at the Frame USA Building for the last 15 years. See their great work in retail store area. Don’t miss this creative opportunity.
Jackie Fisher- Jackie is known for her maze-like vibrant marker drawings. She begins her compositions with a large “S” shape. From that initial mark she creates pencil curves and shapes that reflect the twisting and turning of feathers, scales, roots, and rivers. These works recall bold graphics of tribal tattoos, inked onto magenta and sky blue, lavender and citrus orange backgrounds. ( This photo of Jackie is from a project done by artist Michael Wilson called Cherished).
Permaculture Gardening for City Spaces and Small Yards
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Replicate natural ecosystems in your backyard to step towards sustainably and let nature do the work, even in small spaces!
Permaculture is “an agricultural system or method that seeks to integrate human surroundings so as to create highly efficient self-sustaining ecosystems.”
In this introduction to permaculture, learn how to create nature-friendly, sustainable food gardens, with an emphasis on low-maintenance techniques. We will also review some of the urban permaculture projects in the Cincinnati area.
Speaker Bio:
Amy Stross : Amy is a permaculture designer and author of the award-winning book, The Suburban Micro-Farm: Modern Solutions for Busy People. She writes about permaculture gardening on her popular website, TenthAcreFarm.com.
Join this special Virtual only class on Wednesday, May 4th
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This course will be built around THE book of the same name — 67 SHOTS: KENT STATE AND THE END OF AMERICAN INNOCENCE — which dives deeply into a singular moment in American history. On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen fired upon and killed four students at Kent State University and wounded nine, one paralyzed for life. EmpowerU will be exploring Kent State on the 52nd Anniversary of the tragic shooting.
The shootings shocked the nation, but in two different directions. One side saw it as a brutal putdown of a legitimate student protest against the war in Vietnam. The other cheered the shootings as not only deserved but long overdue. Then as now, America was a deeply divided nation, coming off a decade defined by assassinations, the Civil Rights struggle, burgeoning feminism, and so much more. All those roiling waters of the 1960s flowed together that weekend a little more than half a century ago on the Kent State campus in northeast Ohio.
Howard Mean’s great book “67 Shots”--makes extensive use of more than one hundred twenty-five oral histories stored at Kent State. It finds and defines faults, it traces patterns, but it doesn’t take sides, and this course won’t either. America itself went off the rails on May 4, 1970. Author Howard Means will show you why and how, and with what lasting consequences. Those 67 shots fired at Kent State live with us still.
Speaker Bio:
Howard Means is the author or co-author of eleven books, including the first biography of Colin Powell; Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, and the American Story; 67 Shots; and most recently Splash! 10,000 Years of Swimming. A former syndicated columnist (King Features) and senior editor at Washingtonian magazine, he lives in rural Virginia.
EmpowerUAmerica.org partners with The West Chester Tea Party to Sponsor this Event
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We are at FULL CAPACITY for In-Person Registration, If you would still like to join, please register virtually. Thank you for your interest.
EmpowerUAmerica is partnering with the West Chester Tea Party to Sponsor This GREAT Event:
Timeline for tonight: 6:00–7:00 PM Potluck-Social Hour, Class Goes from 7:00-8:30 PM, Come Meet New Friends!
Registration is limited to the first 110 people who sign up to attend at EmpowerU Studio. There is no limit for virtual sign-ups.
Covid Pandemic – The Great Reset, we’ve been hearing a lot about both. What’s the connection between the two? Tom DeWeese will make the connection and more!
For several decades the forces of the Left have been preparing for global control. The United Nations has been in a relentless drive to destroy national sovereignty, kill free enterprise, and eliminate private property. They have openly promoted these goals through Agenda 21, Agenda 2030, and the Green New Deal. Many thought these were just too radical to be taken seriously. Finally, as a trial run, the global forces succeeded in shutting down the world economy under the man-made Covid Pandemic.
To achieve it, the UN used all of its resources, including the World Health Organization, International Monetary Fund, and the World Economic Forum to take the final steps to lock it all in. They call it the Great Reset, and they plan to use the Covid Lockdown as the guideline for finally imposing their ultimate goal. Control of energy, food supplies, manufacturing, Wall Street investing, development, and individual choice are all the targets to bring it about and change human society forever, under their thumb.
Tom DeWeese will give you the details on who and how it’s being done, and most importantly, what can we as individuals do to stop it. Don’t miss hearing and learning about this topic that everyone is talking about.
Speaker Bio:
Tom DeWeese- Tom is one of the nation’s leading advocates of individual liberty, free enterprise, private property rights, and American sovereignty and independence. Tom DeWeese was one of the first to voice concern over the radical agenda of the environmental movement and to question its motives.
Tom is a native of Ohio. He’s been a candidate for the Ohio Legislature, served as editor of two newspapers, and has owned several businesses. In 1989 Tom led the only privately-funded election-observation team to the Panamanian elections. In 2006 Tom was invited to Cambridge University to debate the issue of the United Nations before the Cambridge Union, a 200 year old debating society.
Today he serves as Founder and President of the American Policy Center and editor of The DeWeese Report and author of three books: “Now Tell Me I Was Wrong,” “ERASE,” a fictional political thriller, and his most recent policy book entitled “Sustainable, the War on Free Enterprise, Private Property and Individuals.”
Take 20—An update on the Convention of States--from 6:45-7:30 PM
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Michael Patton will talk about the Cincinnati Frontier from 7:30-8:30 PM. Our mental images of the American frontier are formed by stories, television shows, and movies more than by actual history. But there was much more to it than what innumerable Hollywood productions show. We do not have to go farther west to look at the history of the frontier; when Cincinnati was founded it was the frontier.
We have more than enough history for a television mini-series – plenty of wilderness; lots of Indians; one-sided treaties; an army with a couple very bad commanders and resounding military defeats; an army then reformed into the Legion of the United States with a competent commander and a major victory; a traitor; intrigues by the British, French, and Spanish; a judge who sold thousands of acres of land with fraudulent titles, settlers; and the very first congressional inquiry of the executive branch
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When the United States and Great Britain ended the Revolutionary War in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris, Britain agreed that the western boundary of the United States shall be the Mississippi River. A huge area west and north of the Ohio River, soon to be called the Northwest Territory, would allow incredible room for expansion. But most of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains had been reserved to the Indians by the Royal Proclamation of 1763, and even though subsequent treaties quickly reduced the extent, the northwest area was still theirs. And no Indian tribe had signed the Treaty of Paris.
The chiefs of a few tribes signed treaties in the next several years in which they agreed to move and yield the lands in southern Ohio area to the United States. Join Engineer and local Cincinnatian Michael Patton who will walk us through Cincinnati Frontier Treason, Fraud, and the Indian Wars in the Early Settlement
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From 6:45-7:30 PM– The Convention of States will present an overview of the process for a minimum of 34 State Legislatures to make applications for a Convention of States. The purpose of holding a convention is for the purpose of suggesting proposed amendments to the US Constitution in 3 limited areas: term limits for Federal officials, imposing fiscal restraints on Federal spending & taxation, and limiting power, scope, and jurisdiction of the Federal government. Just like any amendments proposed by Congress, it still takes 3/4ths or 38 states to ratify any proposed amendments before they would become effective. He will share where the project stands currently in Ohio and in the other states active in this movement.
Speaker’s Bios:
Michael Patton- is a professional engineer who has been working locally 25 years in the aerospace industry. He is interested in alternative energy, film, and history, especially the history of the American Indians in this area and of Cincinnati when it was the frontier. He is a frequent contributor to Streetvibes, the biweekly paper of the Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless and which is sold downtown. Seminars at EmpowerU are one of the sources used for the articles.
He has learned that much news and even many histories are often so incomplete to be quite misleading. A good question to keep in mind is, “what am I not being told?” Among his favorite authors are Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged), C.S. Lewis (The Screwtape Letters and That Hideous Strength), Agatha Christie (mystery writer and observer of human nature extraordinaire), and G.K. Chesterton (religious writer and author of the Father Brown mysteries). One of his favorite quotes is by Chesterton and is appropriate whenever your view and actions are outside the norm: “A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.”
Bill Scott- A graduate of Penn State University, Mr. Bill Scott, the State Director of Convention of States in Ohio, studied business administration and accounting. He was a corporate auditor, CPA, and financial consultant for the former international accounting firm of Arthur Andersen, becoming a Partner with that firm in Philadelphia. With a specialization in the insurance industry, he later served as Chief Financial Officer for several insurance-related organizations before retiring. After moving to Dayton 4 years ago from out-of-state, he held several leadership positions within Convention of States, becoming the State Director for Ohio last year.
Join Us For This Special Saturday Class!
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Saturday, April 23, 2022
This Class Has Just Been Added to Our Schedule
This movie is limited to the first 100 people to reserve tickets.
Audiences are raving about Whose children are They? Calling It:
“A brilliant jaw-dropping film!”
“A real wake up call!”
Whose Children Are They? — This new movie exposes the Hidden Agenda in America’s Schools. A groundbreaking and powerfully persuasive documentary featuring brave teachers, empowered parents, and front-line experts who pull back the curtain about what is truly happening in our public schools today. This film will be the starting point for a full cultural conversation about the need to return to the original intent of education, not indoctrination.
Join EmpowerUAmerica.org for a special Saturday Class where we will watch this movie early starting at 9:00 AM. Stay with us afterwards and we will discuss the movie from 11:00 am-12:00 pm and take your comments and questions.
EmpowerUAmerica.org will be helping you wake up this morning with Coffee and Danish. Don’t miss this incredible event. Bring all parents of children that are attending our schools.
This isn’t Forensic Files, but will be just as fascinating. Take a glimpse into the world of forensics as we listen to some amazing stories and outcomes from Dr. Ken Manges.
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As a Forensic Psychologist, Dr. Kenneth J. Manges testifies in civil, criminal and military cases. When asked what he do, he is fond of saying, “I never talk to the dead, but I always listen.” This is his way of saying he investigates the circumstances of what happened just before a person’s death, whether by murder or accidental circumstances, and in the instance of evaluating a survivor, how the assault, explosion, fire, or motor vehicle collision has ruined their lives.
Dr. Manges will talk for EmpowerUAmerica and provide a glimpse at some of the amazing stories about how the twists and turns of the evidence, research, and interviews he has had, which have led to some surprising outcomes over the hundreds of times he has testified in court.
Speaker’s Bio:
Kenneth J. Manges, Ph.D., ABVE, CVE, CFP
Forensic Vocational & Psychological Expert
Areas of Focus & Competency: Forensic (psychological & vocational), Trauma (emotional physical pain & suffering), Consultation and treatment for referrals from state and federal agencies including, but not limited to Ohio Lawyers Assistance Program (OLAP), Legal Aide, Workers Compensation and the Industrial Commission.
Teaching & Supervision: Has instructed graduate psychology courses in forensic psychology, and counseling. Has participated in the training and supervision of students and practitioners in both the academic and professional areas of competence, forensics, pain management, disability and vocational matters.
Education: Certification in Forensic Psychology, University of Virginia; Ph. D., University of Maryland; M.S., Brooklyn College, New York; B.A., Adelphi University, New York
Licenses & Diplomates: Licensed Psychologist, Ohio and West Virginia
Diplomate, American Board of Vocational Experts, American Academy of Pain Management, American Board of Professional Disability Consultants, American Board of Forensic Examiners, and American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
Professional Affiliations: Academy of Medicine Hamilton County, Ohio, American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, American Board of Professional Disability Consultants, American Board of Vocational Experts, American Psychological Association, and Ohio Psychological Association
Publications/Professional Contributions: “Manges-Garmize Behavioral Assessment Scale.”; “Preliminary Diagnostic Questionnaire” contributing editor, project supervisor; “Burros Mental Measurement Year Book,” contributing editor. (2000); “National Computer Systems,” Beta test site; Working in the Community, Co-author, Eighth Annual Institute of Rehabilitation Issues; and Editor: Journal of Forensic Vocational Assessment
This Class is Sponsored by Diane Landi
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Cartel–How Your Own Money Is Being Used Against You!
The Author of Woke, Inc., Vivek Ramaswamy visits EmpowerU tonight. In tonight’s topic Vivek will focus on how there is a cartel of the top 3 largest asset managers in the world (Blackrock, State Street, and Vanguard) that pushes a one-sided political agenda. This cartel uses not their own money, but the money of retirees, pensioners, the American people at large to advance their goals in a way that betrays their fiduciary duty to their clients and that would make their clients’ blood boil if they knew what was going on.
Vivek will also touch on his book, Woke, Inc. that makes the case that politics has no place in business, and sets out a new vision for the future of American capitalism. In the book Vivek talks about an invisible force at work in our economic and cultural lives. It affects every advertisement we see and every product we buy, from our morning coffee to a new pair of shoes. “Stakeholder capitalism” makes rosy promises of a better, more diverse, environmentally-friendly world, but in reality, this ideology championed by America’s business and political leaders robs us of our money, our voice, and our identity.
Vivek Ramaswamy is a traitor to his class. He’s founded multibillion-dollar enterprises, led a biotech company as CEO, he became a hedge fund partner in his 20s, trained as a scientist at Harvard and a lawyer at Yale, and grew up the child of immigrants in a small town in Ohio. Now he takes us behind the scenes into corporate boardrooms and five-star conferences, into Ivy League classrooms and secretive nonprofits, to reveal the defining scam of our century. The modern woke-industrial complex divides us as a people.
Also, we expect that Vivek will talk about the new book he is writing that is due to be released September 13, 2022—Nation of Victims. The book talks about America’s inner spirit and how that spirit has been domesticated by a new culture that rejects excellence and embraces victimhood. Hardship is now equated with victimhood. Outward displays of vulnerability in defeat are rewarded more than winning unabashedly. The pursuit of excellence and exceptionalism are at the heart of American identity, and the disappearance of these ideals in our country leaves a deep moral and cultural vacuum in its wake.
Meet Cincinnati native Vivek Ramaswamy tonight at EmpowerUAmerica.org tonight and ask your questions.
Speaker Bio:
Vivek Ramaswamy founded Roivant Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company, in 2014, after a career as a successful biotech investor. A 36-year-old first-generation American, he is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School. Vivek became a hedge fun partner in his 20’s, and grew up the child of immigrants in the small town of Evendale, Ohio. He now lives with his wife Apoorva and their son Karthik. Vivek took on the nation last year and published his book Woke, Inc. which takes you behind the scenes of corporate boardrooms. Vivek will share with us what has happened since the publication of Work, Inc and also share information about his new book which comes out in September 2022 called Nation of Victims.
Mr. Ramaswamy serves on the board of directors of the Philanthropy Roundtable and the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity. In his new book Woke, Inc. Vivek takes you behind the scenes into corporate boardrooms and five-star conferences, into Ivy League classrooms and secret nonprofits, to reveal the defining scam of our century. The book begins as a critique of stakeholder capitalism and ends with an exploration of what it means to be an American in 2021. Vivek is a graduate of St. X High School and has recently been turning heads on Tucker Carlson’s show and on the Opinion pages of the Wall St. Journal.
How many of us would be willing to give up everything we had worked for when you felt your leaders had made a bad decision putting military personnel in a precarious position, and making the country you serve look weak?
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Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller is a 17 year infantry officer who resigned at the rank of Lt. Col. after witnessing a poorly planned and executed Afghanistan withdraw. He was thrust into the media when he posted a video on Facebook and LinkedIn from his office as a Battalion Commander. Wearing his uniform, he identified himself in the video with rank and title and then proceeded to criticize the decisions of his senior military and political leaders.
A series of escalating events occurred following the initial video between himself and the Marine Corps which resulted in his imprisonment and court martial. This is his story. Why he joined the Marine Corps. Why he loves America. Why he joined during a time of war, and why he wanted to experience combat. How he progressed through his career. How his experiences in places like Afghanistan and Iraq shaped his thinking. How his military education created deeper questions about America’s foreign policy approach. And how the events of Afghanistan compelled him to sacrifice everything in his life up to that point.
Speaker Bio:
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller’s Degrees:
2004: Bachelors of Science from the University of Cincinnati – Focus in Accounting
2019: Masters in Military Science from Marine Corps University – Focus in Foreign Diplomacy
Military Experience:
January – December 2005 Officer Candidate School, Basic School, and Infantry Officer Course, as a Student.
January 2005 – July 2008 First Battalion, 8th Marines
First deployment with this unit was June to December 2008 with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. You get on ships and float around. Thought we were going to Iraq, but got caught up in the 2006 Israeli/Lebanese conflict and had to secure the embassy and conduct an evacuation of American citizens to Cyprus.
Second deployment with this unit was to Ramadi, Iraq from Sep 2007 to April 2008. He was a company Executive Officer Alpha Company. His friend Dave Borden got hit with an SVEST on this deployment. This was the same unit as the unit hit with an SVEST in Afghanistan. It came full circle for him.
July 2008 – June 2010 Infantry Training Battalion East – Echo Company Commander
June 2010 – July 2011 Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO). Afghanistan CIED Team Leader.
Served in Paktika East, Ghazni Province, and Andar District. Served as a CIED expert for the Army infantry units, and did all the patrols with EOD and route clearance platoon. It was a very kinetic deployment.
July 2011 – June 2012 Expeditionary Warfare School – Student
June 2012 – August 2012 Officer Candidate School – Platoon Commander
August 2012 – October 2015 Third Battalion, Second Marines
26th MEU deployment March 2012 – December 2013. Headquarters and Service Company Commander. No combat operations on this deployment. Bilateral in Egypt, Jordan, Djibouti, Oman, Qatar. Unit Deployment East, deployment January 2015 – July 2015, to Okinawa, Japan, and Korea. Weapons Company Commander. No combat operation on this deployment.
October 2015 – July 2018 The Basic School Instructor
Taught officers the basics, and was the Operations Officer, Company Commander, and Warfighting Director on this tour.
July 2018 – July 2019 Command and Staff College – Student
Received a Master’s Degree in military science.
July 2019 – July 2020 MARSOC. 2d Support Battalion.
Battalion XO. Prepared small teams to deploy around the globe.
July 2020 – June 2021 6th Marines.
Operations Officer. Was the regimental operations officer who prepared V1/8, the unit that conducted the Kabul evacuation, for their deployment.
June 2021 – Present.SOI East. – AITB Battalion Commander
Senior Awards:
Bronze Star
Army Commendation with Valor.
3 X Meritorious Service Medals
3 X Navy Commendations
Combat Action Ribbon
Iraq Campaign Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
2 X Humanitarian Service Medal
What would life be like without Freedom? As Americans, we can’t imagine it. Those who don’t have it, dream of it. Don’t miss Annie’s Story.
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Anni grew up in the Islamic Republic of Iran where as a woman, she faced many abuses and injustices, all of which were permitted by law. At the age of 13 she was sold by her father. Two years later, with help from her grandmother, she was smuggled out of Iran to Turkey where she lived in a refugee camp until eventually being granted asylum in the United States.
Anni will tell her story, educate the audience on life under Islamic law and the value of the freedoms we have here today.
Speaker Bio:
Anni Cyrus is a former Child Bride from Iran who has devoted her life to defending, rescuing and shining a light on the plight of women and girls suffering oppression around the world, particularly where fundamentalist Islam has taken hold. A Middle East expert, Anni speaks 3 languages, English, Farsi and Dari* and monitors international broadcasts in their local languages. She is an expert contributor on Afghan and Middle East policy on Lindell TV and has her own channel on Frankspeech, named after the organization she founded, Live Up To Freedom. She is a human rights activist and social media influencer with nearly three million views of her previous Illinois appearances. Anni brings her unique experience of having been sold as a slave, married as a child, imprisoned as a teen and smuggled over borders. She was an asylum seeker and became a legal U.S. Citizen, a freedom-loving patriot and follower of Jesus Christ. In spite of the dangers, she has risen to become a model of extreme courage, determination, compassion and strength. WWW.LIVEUPTOFREEDOM.COM.
If you are concerned about a free and fair election touring the Board of Elections may be just what you need to reinforce confidence.
Hamilton County Board of Elections 4700 Smith Rd. Cincinnati, Ohio 45212
Thursday, April 7, 2022
This Class is Full at Maximum Capacity, Thank You For Your Interest
On a tour of the Board of Elections facility in Norwood, you will get a first-hand look at how election officials administer elections in Hamilton County. You will see how the ballot is created, from petition-filing, to board certification, programming, proofing, and printing. You will learn how The BOE organizes, stores, and tests thousands of pieces of equipment that must be delivered to and from hundreds of polling locations throughout Hamilton County.
Whether it is the recruiting and training of over 2,000 poll workers, running the early vote center, conducting audits, or maintaining an accurate voter registration database with almost 600,000 voters, the work of running elections continues beyond election day, and this tour will show you how election officials work year-round to deliver free and fair elections in Hamilton County. There will be time for Q&A, plus a mock election.
This is an On-Site Class only at the Hamilton County Board of Elections, meet in the front lobby, main entrance is off of Wall St, look for the 3 large flag poles.
Speaker’s Bios:
Alex Linser is the Deputy Director of the Hamilton County Board of Elections. He is responsible for administering free and fair elections for Hamilton County’s 580,000+ registered voters. He is a licensed attorney with experience in business, litigation, government & administrative law. Prior to joining the Board of Elections, Linser’s public service included leadership on issues ranging from child poverty to equitable development to the addiction epidemic. Linser has served on the board of several civic nonprofit organizations and is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati. In 2010, he received his law degree from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Law. He currently lives in Mt. Washington with his wife Joanna and their seven children.
Sherry Poland was appointed Director of the Hamilton County Board of Elections in June of 2014. She began her career with the board in March of 2004. She is responsible for administering all local, state, and federal elections that occur in Hamilton County, along with the day-to-day operations of the board. Ms. Poland is a member of the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission Local Leadership Council, serves as the Vice President of the Ohio Association of Elections Officials, and as a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Task Force on Elections. She is a graduate of Mount St. Joseph University. She and her husband live in Cincinnati and have two daughters.
Take 20: Leigh Ann Cartier--Want to Start Gardening But Don't Know Where to Start?
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Visit Rick Gibbs’s future classes on May 19th and the 26th ( changed to not on the 12th) at Solid Rock Church, 903 N. Union Rd Lebanon, Ohio, its right there close to the Ohio Gaming place. Its starts at 6:00 pm sharp and will end at 7:45. Please bring writing material and any Questions you may have.
Rick Gibbs will be focusing on a program he teaches “Practical Preparedness” that shares a common sense approach for survival during many types of life situations including natural disasters and current events.
Specifics to be covered are simple and practical ideas for being prepared, in case of utility disruptions, or food shortages. Rick will stress the need to think about needed household items and being ready in case of an emergency situation. Always be planning ahead and have a back-up plan. Many of his suggested items are available locally, and may be necessary should a natural disaster or unexpected event disrupt our normal lives. He will be giving us a presentation with a handout on preparedness. Be sure to come to this one!
Gardening: Leigh Ann Cartier will discuss–Do you ever see the gardening section at the store full of seeds and plant starts and wonder “What’s the difference between all the different tomatoes or beans, etc.?” Confused on what to start growing? Do you want to start growing but have a small space? You can grow more than you think if you choose the right kind of variety for your situation. You can grow in containers if you are tight on space. There are more options than you think.
Speaker Bios:
Rick Gibbs is from Middletown, has been fascinated with American History since childhood. He enjoys teaching the young and old alike. Rick taught American History at Germantown Christian School and also teaches homeschoolers the importance of our American Heritage. His presentations on American History bring historical events to life – oftentimes through the attire and period items he includes in his talks. Rick is often asked to speak on the Constitution and The Declaration of Independence and their signers. He’s also known as an accomplished singer.
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Leigh Ann Cartier- Leigh Ann grew up in Cincinnati and graduated from Wilmington College. She has a passion for gardening and has had her hands in the dirt ever since she was young. She is always trying new things in the garden and exploring new techniques for gardening. Leigh Ann has taught a prior EmpowerU class on getting started with gardening in the spring semester of 2021. Leigh Ann also helps produce classes for EmpowerU.
Building Blocks for Liberty joins us for this special Saturday Class!
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Today, the federal government is constantly violating the US Constitution and usurping powers that belong to the States and the People. State’s Attorney Generals sue the federal government in federal courts asking the feds to define what their powers are instead of using the Constitution. Others want to hold an Article V convention to propose amendments to restrict the federal government. We had an amendments convention in 1787 to “Remedy the defects in the Articles of Confederation only”, find out how that turned out!
A completely new Constitution with it’s own method of ratification. What is the right way to oppose federal overreach? Did the Founder’s leave us any directions? YES, they did! Come and see this presentation and find out how the Founder’s said we should combat the federal government when they make laws, create agencies, issue executive orders or have supreme court opinions that violate the Enumerated/Delegated powers found in the Constitution.
Speakers’ Bios: Jim Lewis (Left) and John Hindery (Right)
Building Blocks for Liberty is a 501c3 non-profit educational organization dedicated to the preservation of the U.S. Constitution by teaching others the importance of this historical document that governs our nation. Building Blocks for Liberty is the brainchild of Marines Jim Lewis and John Hindery. In the United States Marine Corps, Jim Leiws and John Hindery spent four years defending the United States and the Constitution they took an oath to uphold and protect.
As American citizens, they became increasingly alarmed as they watched in astonishment the endless attacks on the liberties of Americans by an overreaching government. Determined to stop the daily barrage of misinformation, the two men decided to combine their love of history with a desire to educate the public the truth about the Constitution, and developed the unique teaching partnership now known as Building Blocks for Liberty (BBFL).
Take 20: Learn about Cincinnati Classical Academy a New Charter School in Partnership with Hillsdale College
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
America is experiencing huge federal deficits, massive federal debt, and so much free, “helicopter” money from the government that many Americans choose not to work. And all this was done in response to the COVID crisis. When you combine our current situation with the plans that have been proposed – like Build Back Better and the Green New Deal – the USA seems to be pivoting from a quasi-Capitalist system over to a social democracy like those in Europe, or maybe even something to the left of that.
So, how did we get here? We will take a look at that through the painstaking research of author Amity Shlaes, who explains how progressives, socialists, and communists used two earlier crises to implement socialist programs while attacking our capitalist system. In The Forgotten Man she describes how FDR and many leftists in his New Deal administrations first moved the dial away from capitalism towards socialism in the 1930s. Their efforts were greatly aided by Americans’ desire to end the crisis of the Great Depression. She convincingly shows how the New Deal failed in that mission, yet its programs remained in place.
Then, in The Great Society she tells how LBJ and his Great Society and – surprisingly – even Richard Nixon and his administration took us even closer to socialism in the 1960s and early 1970s. LBJ’s efforts were driven by Americans’ laudable desire to eliminate poverty. And, like FDR’S New Deal, LBJ’S Great Society failed to defeat poverty, but its programs remained in place. Tom Hagedorn will discuss the important events and characters from these watershed periods of American history.
Jed Hartings will discuss the emerging growth of public classical charter schools as an education alternative in Ohio, with focus on our experience founding the Cincinnati Classical Academy.
He will describe the core tenets of the classical approach to education and how they differ from today’s public schools, with illustrations from school curricula. He will discuss what’s required to found a school, our experiences and challenges, the partnership with Hillsdale College, and related founding efforts across the state.
Speakers’ Bios:
Tom Hagedorn has been studying American history for over 30 years. Some of his study has focused on education. Eight years ago, he published “Founding Zealots: How Evangelicals Created America’s First Public Schools, 1783-1865.” It tells how those first schools came about and what they were like. But it also describes in detail how this story has been ignored and distorted by the progressive historians who have a very different vision for American schools, society and government than did our Founders. Since he published his book, he has been focusing on the increasing role of socialism and socialists in American institutions, what some have called “the long march” of western Marxism through our institutions.
Tom has been providing investment advice to individuals for four decades. When he was not researching and writing Founding Zealots and studying history, he was involved in various political, charitable, and community activities. He remains active in all those things and in the fight to return the schools to a traditional role in American society, in service to their parents and to their parents’ values.
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Jed Hartings: Jed grew up on the West Side of Cincinnati and attended St. Xavier High School. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame and earned a doctorate in neuroscience from the University of Pittsburgh. He then served 8 years as a medical research officer in the U.S. Army at Walter Reed, separating from service at the rank of Major. Jed returned home in 2008 to join the faculty at the University of Cincinnati, where he researches stroke and brain trauma as a tenured professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. He lives with his wife and daughters in Evendale. He enjoys running, motorcycles, classical music, politics, and reading, and hopes one day to sail the Great Lakes with his family.
Take 20: Meet Chris Monzel, a republican candidate in the primary for Ohio House District #28.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is just one cog in the Whole Child Framework(1) wheel–which is part of the Ohio Department of Education. There has been a highly coordinated effort to turn schools into places that conduct behavior therapy on children rather than instruct them in academics. Academics have been purposely diluted by the injection of SEL programs. Values, attitudes and beliefs inculcated by the ‘experts’ displace the family and community values, attitudes and beliefs.
Come learn the myriad players and routes to control Ohio children and the children’s social connections from Kirsten Hill, current member of the State Board of Education. Kirsten was a member of the Integrated Students Support Committee and the State Board at the time Ohio’s Social and Emotional Learning ‘Standards’ were approved in mid-2019.
Chris Monzel is a Republican candidate in the primary for Ohio House District #28. Chris has a long history of serving the public including his 8 year stay as a Hamilton County Commissioner ending in 2018, including when he served as President of the Commission. Also, Chris also served as a Council Member of the Cincinnati City Council. Come Early at 6:30 to say hello to Chris!
Speakers’ Bios:
Kirsten Hill is an elected member of the Ohio Board of Education since January 2019. She is chairman of Totally Engaged Americans, a community group of conservatives, in Lorain County. It was founded in 2009 and meets monthly. She also helps lead Free Ohio Now, which was founded in 2020 in reaction to government tyranny and Ohio Freedom Action Network founded in late 2021 to support local group leaders. Kirsten and her husband, Andy, operated her family’s year-round farm market in Lorain County for 25 years. She also ran a seasonal farm-tour business, hosting families and preschool through elementary classes for many years. She has two children, a software developer and a physician. Prior to being a small business owner, she worked as a certified public accountant in Cleveland and in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Kirsten was on the Amherst Schools Education Foundation board for 20 years and on the Amherst Township Board of Zoning Appeals for 15 years, most of them as chairman. Kirsten has a degree in accounting and a master’s degree in business administration. She is on the Republican County Central Committee, ran for State Central Committee and is currently running for the Ohio Senate.
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Chris was born in Hamilton, Ohio, and was raised in Loveland, Ohio. There he attended Loveland Public Schools and St. Columban Elementary School and later graduated Valedictorian from Moeller High School in 1986. His passion for public service was first sparked while at Moeller when he took part in student government, the American Legion’s Buckeye Boys State, and the Cincinnati City Council’s Youth in City Government Program.
Chris graduated from Purdue University in 1990. In 1993, he and his wife, Jana, decided to pursue public service by accepting a position with the Marianist Volunteer Service Community in Queens, New York where they worked for a year at the Angel Guardian Home Foster Care Agency in Brooklyn, New York. While there, Chris worked with teens, helping them to develop independent living skills in order to prepare them for life outside the foster care system. They then became the acting Director of a homeless shelter in Oakland, California, where he learned firsthand, the many housing and health care issues facing inner-city communities.
Chris’ growth as a public servant is the product of years volunteering in the communities in which he lived. He has served as trustee for the Mt. Adams Civic Association, and Vice-President of the Winton Place Community Council, now known as Spring Grove Village. Chris was an active member of Spring Grove Village’s Citizens on Patrol group. as well as in prior elected office as a member of Cincinnati City Council. Chris also served as a Hamilton County Commissioner from 2011-2019.
A Six Sigma Master Black Belt recipient, Chris is presently employed by General Electric Aviation, as the CSA Productivity focal for CFM56 Services Engineering. This designation denotes acquired enhanced skills and results in achieving increased productivity. Chris, his wife Jana and their children currently reside in Glendale. Chris and Jana are both deeply involved in their children’s activities. They believe that providing a stable family environment steeped in faith and tradition is their primary responsibility.
Take 20: Mechanics of Government with Kerry Smyth
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
“The Old Lefthander & Me”: Long-time TV columnist John Kiesewetter tells his favorite Joe Nuxhall stories with a powerpoint presentation about his new book, “Joe Nuxhall: The Old Lefthander & Me – My Conversations with Joe Nuxhall about the Reds, Baseball and Broadcasting.” Over a 21-year span, Kiesewetter spoke to the beloved Reds radio announcer about his baseball and broadcasting careers; his 31-year partnership with Marty Brennaman; the pranks they played on each other off the air; his all-time favorite Reds players; and even his Kroger TV commercials.
Stories from Marty Brennaman (who wrote the foreword), Johnny Bench, Tom Browning, Pete Rose, George Foster, Jeff Brantley, Chris Welsh, Ron Oester, Lou Piniella, Marge Schott, George Clooney, David Letterman, Jonathan Winters, Al Michaels and many others are in the lineup for Kiesewetter’s entertaining 300-page book. He will sign copies of the book available for $20 cash or check. Part of the proceeds benefit the Nuxhall Foundation.
–Please wear your Reds Hat, Shirt and Gear! Even if they are on strike, we’ll have fun.
–Cracker Jacks are on the House and We’ll sing “Take Me Out to the Ball game!” under the professional singing of Barb Horwitz!
We are sorry to report that Kerry Smyth will be unable to join us tonight as he has cancelled with little notice. We apologize for this inconvenience.
7:05-7:25 PM–Kerry Smyth is President of the Cheviot City Council. He will join us tonight to discuss
Mechanics of Government, focusing on the origins of self-government and how it’s applied today. Kerry Smyth will give a presentation that will be focusing on the origins of our form of self-government and how it’s applied today.
Speaker’s Bios:
John Kiesewetter- For more than three decades, John Kiesewetter has been the Cincinnati authority on TV, broadcasting and media. His stories, columns and blogs have covered national and local broadcasting breaking news and trends, and chronicled local TV/radio personalities and the TV stars who grew up here, for the Cincinnati Enquirer (1985-2014), and now for Cincinnati Public Radio’s WVXU-FM and wvxu.org.
After the Middletown native graduated from Ohio University in 1975, he was hired by the Enquirer, where he worked 40 years as a reporter, suburban news editor, Tempo section editor and columnist. He traveled more than three dozen times to Los Angeles for the Enquirer to preview TV series and visit Hollywood studios – although his favorite trips were to Riverfront Stadium to watch Marty Brennaman and Joe Nuxhall broadcast Reds games.
John lives in Fairfield, Ohio, with his wife, Sue, a freelance reporter for the Enquirer. They have three adult sons.
Kerry Smyth-is the President of Cheviot City Council since 2021, Press Director of the annual American Priority Conference held at Trump Doral, FL since 2018, Product Lead for PureSocialNetwork.com Kerry is the former Co-Host of YourVoice America with Bill Mitchell 2016-2017, political podcaster from 2014-2019.
Take 20: Senator Louis Blessing III to Discuss SB 242: A Bill that Requires Acceptance of Cash
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
School Choice Ohio was launched shortly after the creation of Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship Program. Since that time, School Choice Ohio and its allies have continued to expand opportunities that empower families to choose their child’s school. At this moment, over 60% of Ohio families have access to a state funded scholarship.
While there has been much success, and Ohio is among the nation’s leaders in empowering families, there is much more to go. Impediments to expanding parental power over education are political, sociological, and practical.
In this course, we hope to cover the history of school choice in Ohio. The present state of play. The most substantial impediments to expanding school choice and parental power. And, most importantly, what can grassroots activists do today to help expand the cause of educational freedom. The school choice part of our topic tonight will take place from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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SB 242 is Legislation that requires cash to be accepted as a form of payment at retail merchants. We are slowly moving to a cashless society, and the ramifications of that are profound. As was seen in Canada, governments can and will work with the financial and tech sectors to shut citizens out of the economy if they deem it necessary. The good news is that SB 242 has the support of groups on the left who also have privacy concerns and issues moving to a completely cashless society. The bill represents an innovative, bipartisan approach to pushing back against increasingly technocratic governance. Senator Louis Blessing III joins EmpowerU to discuss the topic that is currently under review by the Ohio General Assembly. We will hear from Senator Blessing from 7:10-7:30 PM.
Speaker’s Bio:
Rabbi Eric “Yitz” Frank – Serves as President of School Choice Ohio and as the executive director of Agudath Israel of Ohio since 2013. In that capacity he is engaged in multiple projects to educate community organizations about various governmental programming, funding opportunities, and serves as a liaison to the Ohio Department of Education on behalf of Jewish day schools. Rabbi Frank was previously appointed by the Ohio Senate to serve on the NonPublic School Graduation Requirements Advisory Committee and is a member of Governor DeWine’s School Safety Working Group.
An expert in education policy and nonpublic schools, Rabbi Frank also serves as the President of the Ohio Council for American Private Education and on the community relations committee of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. He is also President of Congregation Zichron Chaim, located in Beachwood. Rabbi Frank also does government relations and policy work at the federal level related to the National School Lunch Program, ESEA, IDEA, and other related issues. As President of School Choice Ohio and its related entities, Rabbi Frank is proud to serve as the tip of the spear along with the dedicated team and grassroot activists to expand school options and empower families throughout Ohio. He firmly believes that School Choice is not only the civil rights issue of our time, but crucial to the success of our economy and Ohio.
Senator Louis W. Blessing III, represents the 8th Senate District (western and northern Hamilton county) since 2019, and currently the Chairman of the Senate Ways and Means committee. Former state representative from 2013-2019. Licensed professional engineer (electrical) since 2011. Resides in Colerain Township with his wife Heather and two boys: Louis IV and James.
Take 20: Tyson Butler and Jessica Franz Discuss Protecting Our Children and the Bethel School Situation
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
From 7:45-8:30 PM we will be discussing the difficult subject of Childhold Trauma. Childhood Trauma is a major, largely unaddressed issue in the State of Ohio and nationally, with one of every five children 3-17 years old experiencing two or more adverse trauma events annually.
Steps are underway to develop a broad base of support in the Ohio State Legislature and Cincinnati City Council, leading to adopting a formal resolution and passing legislation, declaring a State of Emergency to be signed by Governor DeWine and Mayor Aftab Pureval.
Ron Hummons, himself a victim of severe traumatic incidences, beginning at age 5, will be joined by Cinny Roy and Burr Robinson, representing therapeutic and social service interests to discuss how citizens can come together to have Ohio become the first state and Cincinnati the first city to declare a Child Trauma State of Emergency, and to greatly expand effective solutions and become a national model.
Childhood Trauma is an important subject, especially how poverty impacts Childhood Trauma. Our goal tonight is to learn about this topic from our informed guests. EmpowerU was concerned about some of the wording in the original legislation backing the Childhood Trauma Emergency Request as it was racially targeted. Just today we received a copy of the new Resolution, with much of the worry-some language removed, which is going to the General Assembly —Click Here to Read the Resolution.
From 7:10-7:40 we will be joined by Tyson Butler and Jessica Franz. Tyson Butler is passionate about our kids and their education. He is the new Southwest Ohio Director of Protect Ohio Children a coalition to stop Critical Race Theory (CRT), Comprehensive Sex Education (CSE) and Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Tyson is a great resource to meet as your kids, grandkids and friends have problems with these issues in their schools.
Tyson will introduce Jessica Franz who is a new School Board Member for the Bethel Board of Education. She will detail the disastrous handling of a situation that involves a trans-identified student accessing the restrooms at Bethel Schools. It is important for you to learn about what is going on in Bethel and how it can easily become a part of your school district. If anything, Jessica’s story will only reaffirm the importance of watching carefully everything that is going on in your school district. You don’t want to meet missing Tyson Butler and Jessica Franz tonight.
Speaker Bios:
Ron Hummons – “Over the past 25 years …Loving Father, Childhood Trauma Activist, Award Winning Author, Film Producer, and Entrepreneur having survived severe Childhood Trauma experiences in first 22 years of life.”
Burr Robinson is happily married to Terry, father of three and grandfather of 7. Grew up in Minnesota until heading east to attend Yale University, where he graduated. He and his wife Terry are now in their 57th year of marriage, the first two of which were in Germany, where Burr was a U. S. Army officer. Upon their return, he began a 31 year career with Procter & Gamble, focusing on sales and marketing. When not working for Proctor & Gamble his heart was increasingly involved in community service activities dealing with people in need. This eventually led to an early retirement and the founding of Jobs Plus Employment Network, with the mission of helping men and women turn around wayward lives that had landed them in jail, or on the streets. The goal of Jobs Plus was to help people first deal with the trauma in their lives, then develop a plan to deal with the trauma, and then help them secure productive jobs while focusing on goals to address their personal issues.
Tyson Butler is a lifelong activist, who has experienced a profound passion for organizing and empowering his community to be active participants in protecting our freedoms in this country. HIs calling is in educating/coaching young people to achieve their highest potential. Whether it was coaching collegiate sports, mentoring students in the classroom or developing life skills; Tyson has always found that my heart is full for children and their journeys towards success. He am honored to be a part of Protecting Ohio Children, where he believes, he has the opportunity to combine two of my strongest passions in an effort to better serve my community and our country’s most precious resource… our children.”
Jessica Franz is a Christian, a Constitutionalist, a Fiscal Conservative and a Lifelong Learner. She is a new member of the Bethel School Board (she was sworn in January 2022) and supports parents and teachers in their respective roles. Jessica strongly believes in keeping racial and sexual politics out of our students’ curriculum. Jessica believes in the following quote from Mark Levin: “Education is not supposed to be about administrators and educational bureaucrats, labor unions, tenured educators, improvident construction projects and statist indoctrination. It is supposed to be about the enrichment and improvement of young people and society.”
Take 20: Ohio’s Death Penalty, and why a growing number of conservatives are opposing it
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Do to a Production Error, this Class was not video taped. We appologize.
Tonight’s Schedule of Events:
6:30-7:00 PM — Meet and Greet with Jim Renacci
7:00-7:30 PM — Hear from Rebecca Heimlich on the Death Penalty
7:30-8:30 PM — Hear from Jim About His Plans for Ohio
While in Congress, Jim earned a reputation for being a principled conservative and effective legislator. He quickly rose through the ranks to serve on the Committee on Financial Services, as vice-chair of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and as a member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. After just two years, Jim was named to the powerful Ways and Means Committees and Budget Committees. Jim’s track record as a blue-collar entrepreneur demonstrates his only allegiance has ever been to the very people who D.C. bureaucrats forcibly unemployed that fateful day in an Ohio car dealership — the everyday Americans forgotten by the Swamp. He represents the people’s hopes and fears, bringing actionable results back to the working people who gave him a voice.
Running Mate Joe Knopp has informed us that he will not be able to attend our 3/15 class (Sorry).
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From 7:00-7:30 PM–Twenty-three states have banned the death penalty, and governors have placed moratoriums on the death penalty in three more states. In Ohio, two bi-partisan bills (one in the House and one in the Senate) have been introduced to end Ohio’s death penalty. Why are more and more conservatives reconsidering their stance on this issue and joining the effort to ban Ohio’s death penalty?
Ohioans To Stop Executions Executive Director Hannah Kubbins and Conservative Outreach Coordinator Rebecca Simpson will talk about the reasons conservative opposition to the death penalty is growing. For example, some of the reasons include the exorbitant cost to taxpayers, the significant number of those sentenced to death being later exonerated, its ineffectiveness in deterring violent crime, and the proper role of a limited government. Hannah and Rebecca will also talk about the status of the two pending Ohio bills, how to learn more and keep up to date on the progress of the bills, and ways to engage on this important issue.
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Speakers’ Bio:
Jim Renacci- In 2009, the Obama Administration took over General Motors, shuttering dealerships across the country— including Jim’s in Northeast Ohio. Shutting down Jim’s dealership killed 50 good-paying jobs in his community — and Jim wasn’t going to stand by while neighbors were going hungry. How could Washington blatantly interfere in the everyday lives of hard-working Americans who wanted nothing more but their own chance at the American Dream?
In 2010, Jim filed to run for U.S. Congress in Ohio’s 16th Congressional District, taking on a well funded Democratic incumbent. Jim won the election by 9 percent.
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Hannah Kubbins– Hannah started at OTSE as a research intern during her senior year at Denison University (2017). She joined the full time staff after graduating and now serves as the organization’s Executive Director. Hannah has played a significant role in coordinating the NoDeathPenaltyOH campaign, which represents a diverse number of organizations all with the same goal in mind of repealing Ohio’s death penalty. Hannah oversees, manages, and implements the campaign and statewide strategy to repeal Ohio’s death penalty. She also serves on the board of the Columbus chapter of America’s Future.
Rebecca Heimlich: : Rebecca is an attorney with Finney Law Firm and has recently joined Ohioans to Stop Executions’ team as its Conservative Outreach Coordinator. Rebecca has more than 25 years of diverse advocacy and litigation experience, and has served as an assistant prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, and State Director for Americans for Prosperity Ohio. Rebecca has been staunchly opposed to the death penalty since her experience working in the criminal justice system early in her career. Rebecca’s focus areas at Finney Law firm include litigation and labor and employment matters as well as government and public affairs and small business assistance and advocacy.
‘Politicians don’t’ start parades, they join them’. Learn from our speaker who has been working diligently reviewing the 2020 election. What happened, and what is the Fix.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
The United States is headed for a constitutional crisis. Sixty percent of the public now believes that the outcome of the 2020 General Election was fraudulent, and this number is growing daily. Dr. Douglas Frank, one of EmpowerU’s favorite speakers, has been intimately engaged in the election integrity effort since December of 2020, and has been catapulted into the national dialogue because of his alliances with several prominent patriots including Mike Lindell, General Flynn, Col. Phil Waldron, and Captian Keshel. He was invited to be the keynote speaker at President Trump’s coming-out rally in Wellington Ohio in 2021, and legislators from several states have requested his assistance and testimony as they examine the fraud in their own states and craft legislation in order to address it.
But the most important aspect of all his work has been cultivation and support of grassroots efforts in about forty states. We are winning the public discussion because the grassroots are demanding that the situation be addressed. “Politicians don’t start parades, they join them”, has been the theme that is carrying the day. As individual citizens are remembering that “We the People” are supposed to be the government in our constitutional republic, they are stepping up and engaging their civic duty. This speaks loud and clear to our government leaders, and it is empowering the true patriots among them.
During this class, he will first review how our elections are being stolen, and then provide an update regarding the national Fix 2020 effort. The momentum is growing, and a lot is happening.
Speaker Bio:
Douglas G. Frank:
Dr. Frank grew up on a small Black Angus Ranch in Northern California. His parents were successful entrepreneurs in the areas of insurance, investments, and real estate. Dr Frank earned a B.A. in Chemistry from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California in 1983. He attended graduate school at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he completed his doctoral requirements before transferring to the University of Cincinnati in 1986 as part of the Ohio Eminent Scholar program. In 1990 he completed a Ph.D. in Surface Analytical Chemistry. During his graduate work, he discovered a new phenomenon which was featured in several science books and international journals, including cover articles in Science and Naturwissenschaften.
Dr Frank left academics in 1996. His scientific reputation gained him introductions to several U.S. companies, where he continues to apply his scientific, electronics, engineering, and computer expertise to real-life research and manufacturing challenges. He specializes in the development of custom control and analytical solutions, and has invented several instruments for surface optical characterization, precision force application, and soil analysis by means of portable electron microscopy and spectroscopy. A common thread in his work is the combination of precision motion with delicate measurement and analysis of large amounts of data.
Dr Frank lives in Morrow, Ohio and is married to his high school sweetheart, Donna. He has three adult children: Dynnelle, Daniel, and Deryk. Dr Frank believes in giving back to the community. He is Past-President of the Blue Ash/Montgomery Rotary Club (2002). He is a popular speaker in the areas of Creativity & Innovation, Ethics & Character, Science & Religion, Rotary Polio Eradication, Climate Change, Covid-19, and now Election Integrity.
He was honored by the Executive Board of the Presbyterian Association on Science, Technology and the Christian Faith as “one who exemplifies the practice of science as a Christian vocation.” Dr Frank is chair (now on sabbatical) of the Math and Science department and Director of Music at The Schilling School for Gifted Children, a school for extraordinarily bright students he helped to establish in the mid 1990’s.
Dr Frank’s work can be followed on Telegram, MeWe (Follow the Data with Dr Frank) and Rumble (Dr Frank), and he can be contacted at DrDouglasGFrank@Outlook.com
This Class is SOLD-OUT due to location capacity
White Oak Gardens 3579 Blue Rock Rd Cincinnati, Ohio 45247
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Class is on-site at White Oak Gardens Sign up early at Attendance will be limited by space.
Introducing newer, stand out, easy to grow plants for your landscape. Join Jeff Webeler, Horticulturist and President of White Oak Gardens, for a discussion of cool plants to add to your landscape gardens and demystify Hydrangeas. Form larger flowers to better shrub form, from new colors to longer bloom periods, and of course, vigorous, disease-resistant growth. The secret to a great landscape isn’t working longer and harder, it’s planting the right plants that work better in your gardens.
Speaker’s Bio:
Jeffrey L Webeler, was born and raised in Cincinnati, Oh. Jeff purchased White Oak Nursery in 1979. He and his wife, Patty, have two sons, Evan and Andrew, both are involved with the business. He is a Horticultural Specialist and Graduate of Utah State University. When Jeff is not golfing, hiking, snow skiing or spending time with his family, he is probably in the yard playing in his landscape. He is active with trade associations. American Horticultural Association…Past President of Midwest Landscape Network, Served on Board of Directors & Chairman of Retail Committee of Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association and the Cincinnati Flower Growers Association. Currently serving on the Board of Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati, a non-profit, founded in 1942, whose mission is building community through gardening, education and environmental stewardship.
He is Owner/President of White Oak Garden Center – a full service, year-round retail lawn & garden center selling annual & perennial flowers, trees, shrubs, houseplants, landscape supplies, fertilizers, control products, seasonal holiday plants & décor. Their Horticultural expertise enhances their customers quality of life.
Jeff is also Owner/President of White Oak Environmentals, Inc. – a landscape design-built contracting business, focusing on the residential market. Specializing in renovations, new installations, landscape (other than mowing and snow removal), hardscape- paver patios, walks and walls.
In 1975, Jeff graduated from Western Hills High School, Cincinnati, and in 1979 earned his B.S. Degree in Ornamental Horticulture from Utah State University, Logan UT.
Take 20: Meet Kim Georgeton, Candidate House District 28
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
This Class is Sponsored by Americans for Prosperity
We will discuss some of the elements of a good story and how to use a story to impact your legislators. While stories are not the only way to move our elected officials, they are most assuredly the easiest and most effective way to do so. We will also discuss several other ways to get the attention of those whom we have chosen to represent us at the different levels of government.
Speaker Ray Hoskins, is a senior trainer for Americans for Prosperity’s Education and Training department, he brings his unique background of teaching high school history, coaching wrestling, football, and track, and entrepreneurship along with an MBA and experience as a small business owner to his job. He has coached and mentored field staff, other trainers, and activists to perform at a high level. He has a great passion for helping people succeed even where they do not think they can.
If you need to step-up your communication to governmental officials, start with this class! This part of the class on The Power of Storytelling will start about 7:30.
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Meet Kim Georgeton–from 7:05-7:30 PM
Kim is a candidate for the Republican Primary for District 28 for the Ohio House of Representatives. Here is what Kim stands for: “Follow the Constitution. No Mandates. Less Government. Less Taxes. More Small Business. More School Choice. Protect Parental Rights. Protect Free Speech. Protect Gun Ownership. Protect Life. Defend Our First Responders. Advocate Fair Elections. Fight Corruption. Serve With Integrity.“
Feel free to come to EmpowerU Studio early tonight (after 6:30) to meet and speak with Kim Georgeton.
Speakers’ Bios:
Ray Hoskins- Ray is a veteran of the United States Air Force, where he served as a Special Operations Pararescueman. He is passionate about issues that affect not only veterans, but also those who are currently serving our country. As the director of veteran’s education, he works closely with Concerned Veterans for America producing and delivering content around a myriad of subjects, including foreign policy, VA health care, and ending endless wars.
He has been married to his wife and best friend, Jenny, for twenty-four years. They have five boys ranging in age from fourteen to twenty-eight. His oldest son, Vince, is proudly serving in the United States Army. His next son, Mason, is an engineer. His third son, Hayden is studying to become an engineer. His fourth son, Peyton, is currently in high school, and his youngest son, Damon is also in in high school. He also has two daughters-in-law and four grandchildren.
Kim Georgeton was born and raised in Cincinnati, the daughter of a WWII Marine Veteran. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati and has a 25-year career in Consulting. She lives with her Husband John, owner of the Red Squirrel Restaurant, her daughter, and her two Whippets.
Kim is a strong constitutional republican candidate and stands for traditional family, legal and political values. She believes the government has overreached their position in recent years and will stand firmly to correct that imbalance. With a focus on the Constitution, Kim underscores that “governments were instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed” – The Declaration of Independence, 1776. Kim’s overall goal as your representative is to uphold and protect the unalienable rights of We, the People.
Take 20: Dynamics of Ohio State & Federal Races
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Learn to forgive and go from hurting to healing and hope. Drawing on the presenter’s extensive professional experience, doctoral research of interpersonal forgiveness, and recent books, The Path to Forgiveness (May, 2018) The Path to Forgiveness Study Guide (March, 2019), participants will deepen their understanding of and gain new insights into the forgiveness process.
They will learn about what forgiveness is and is not, myths and misconceptions of interpersonal forgiveness, reasons to forgive, the benefits of forgiveness, strategies for practicing forgiveness, while also considering the effects of forgiveness on one’s cognition, affect, and behavior. The above mentioned books may be purchased from the speaker at a discount, purchase information will be given after his presentation.
Dr. VanLoon’s presentation will run from 7:30-8:30 PM. Tonight’s class is a Virtual Only Class.
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Tom Zawatowski will be joining us from 7:05-7:25 pm. Tom is Ohio’s leading activist. He will be bringing us information about the dynamics of the Ohio US Senate and Governor’s races as well as the Ohio State House and State Senate races. Tom has been recognized as one of the top liberty group leaders in the nation for his efforts to defend the legal right of Liberty groups across the nation and he produces the popular We The People Convention Podcast which is Posted Every Friday at www.wethepeopleconvention.org.
Speakers’ Bios:
Preston VanLoon- With a passion for making a difference in the lives of people and organizations, Dr. Preston VanLoon has served as a College Professor, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counselor, Pastor, Board Certified Chaplain, and Director of Spiritual Care. He also has experience as a Bioethics Consultant and Mental Health First Aid Instructor. His education includes a doctorate in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Human Development and additional graduate studies in Special Education, Christian Education, and Biblical Studies. Dr. VanLoon is the author of The Path to Forgiveness: Moving Forward with Hope and Healing One Day at a Time and The Path to Forgiveness Study Guide. He has spoken domestically and internationally on a variety of topics including interpersonal forgiveness, the topic of his doctoral dissertation. Dr. VanLoon has two sons and lives in Mandan, ND with his wife, Mary, and Rocky, their golden retriever, a Certified Therapy Dog.
Tom Zawistowski- Tom, is the CEO and Founder, with his wife Nanette, of TRZ Communications, a 38 year old technology company based in Akron, Ohio. In 2009 he was one of the founders of the Portage County TEA Party, for which he became the Executive Director in 2010, a position he still holds.
In 2011, Tom was nominated by liberty leaders around the state to head a group of volunteers that was challenged with the task of putting on the first ever state convention for liberty minded citizens. His “We the People” Convention which was held at the Columbus Convention Center during the 4th of July weekend of 2011 was attended by over 1,000 Patriots.
He has been recognized as one of the top liberty group leaders in the nation for his efforts to defend the legal right of Liberty groups across the nation and he produces the popular We The People Convention Podcast which is Posted Every Friday at wethepeopleconvention.org.
Take 20: Meet State Representative Jennifer Gross Joins EmpowerU
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
The narratives presented by liberal and conservative news organizations on any given story typically are polarized — that is, each side literally says the opposite of the other. For example, liberal news outlets claim President Trump has made baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen, while conservative outlets have reported on countless claims of election fraud uncovered by American citizens and state legislatures.
When liberal and conservative news organizations provide their audiences with different facts it divides us politically, leaving us incapable of productive dialogue. It also divides us socially, as so many of us over the last 6 years have had close friends and relatives sever ties with us over our political views.
In this talk Mr. Mercier will provide an empowering prescription for bridging this divide. He will present techniques for bypassing the media to get to the truth, for challenging journalists who stoke this divide, and for awakening others to these manipulations.
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Rep. Jennifer Gross is running for re-election in the 45th District. Whether you are in her district or not she represents all Ohioans, so if you haven’t had the chance to meet her she will be available between 6:30 – 7, to meet and chat with you. Rep. Gross authored HB248, and will give a recap and update, including the discharge petition and ballot initiative. She will also give some insight on what it really takes to run for a political office, and what the role of a Legislator is.
Speaker’s Bios:
Michael Mercier:
Michael is the Founder and President of Screen Education, which conducts research, and provides training and consulting services, on the impact of information technology on human wellness. Mr. Mercier has conducted 25 research studies on digital addiction with teens, college students, summer campers, parents, Millennials, and full-time employees. His research has examined the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical consequences of digital addiction, as well as its impact on academic performance and workplace productivity and safety. He also has studied the benefits people derive from digital detoxes.
He has spoken on smartphone addiction to schools, corporate audiences, colleges and summer camps, as well as at numerous conferences, including educational technology, summer camp, mindfulness, workplace safety, and marketing conferences. His research partners have included EMI Research Solutions, Stark Statistical Consulting, Camp Kern, Camp Ernst, Camp Livingston, The Jewish Community Center Association of North America, Hiram College, BOLDFISH, and Calvert Catholic High School.
Mr. Mercier has presented his research to US Congressmen Jim Jordan and Brad Wenstrup, and to the legislative staffs of US Senators Brown, Hawley, Markey, Portman, and Sasse. Congressman Wenstrup made a House floor speech about his findings on cyberbullying, and he co-organized with the Congressman roundtable discussion with educators on the role that social media plays in bullying and school violence. He has been interviewed on a variety of radio and television shows.
He holds a BA in Psychology from Vassar College, an MBA in Marketing from the University of Michigan, and an MS in MIS from the University of Cincinnati.
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Jennifer Gross: State Representative Jennifer Gross is currently serving her first term in the Ohio House of Representatives. She represents the 52nd District, which includes West Chester Township, Liberty Township, Fairfield Township and part of Sharonville in Butler County. She is a 21-year Air Force veteran and retired Lt. Colonel, who served our great nation in Saudi Arabia during Operation Provide Comfort and in Sarajevo during Operation Provide Promise. Gross retired from the military in 2008. She is currently a member of American Legion Post 681 and VFW Post 7696, where she became the first active female inductee in February, 2019.
Representative Gross has been a Family Nurse Practitioner for over 16 years and a registered nurse for over 30 years. Prior to becoming an NP, she managed a three million dollar territory for Eli Lilly. She most recently participated as a sub-investigator for Operation WARP Speed developing treatments to help battle COVID-19. She also currently manages a small business as a health coach. Representative Gross believes in strong public policy that supports Ohio business success, legislation which supports and protects the unborn and will uphold Ohioans Constitutional Freedoms. She resides in West Chester with her husband, Chris, and their two sons.
Do Financial Missteps, Broken Bylaws, and Poor Management Hinder Ohio Republican State Party?
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Wednesday, February 9, 2022
This Class is Sponsored by the Everything’s Political Podcast with Thea Shoemake
EmpowerU is providing a forum for discussion and debate of public issues, and in light of the lawsuit that has been filed, by Bainbridge, Rosenberger and others as listed below, we seek to obtain more information. EmpowerUAmerica.org is not supporting or ratifying the statements provided by the presenter but simply seeking more information and clarification.
Mark Bainbridge is a retired partner from the Big Four Accounting firm of Ernst & Young. He is also a member of the Ohio Rebublican State Central Committee. Bainbridge and four other members—JoAnn Campbell, Joe Miller, Laura Rosenberger and Denise Verdi have filed a lawsuit against Ohio Republican Party Chairman Robert Paduchik, accusing him of misreporting over $3 million in missing funds, without adequate explanation, among other violations. Bainbridge and the other plaintiffs demand accountability from Paduchik and other party leaders.
Among other findings, the plaintiffs detail significant funds that have gone missing from ORP financial statements without adequate explanation, including but not limited to $1.7 million that disappeared in 2017, $437,000 in 2019, $638,000 in “Accounts Receivable” that were established in 2017 and 2018 and then written off in 2021, and $271,000 this year—a total of more than $3 million. Furthermore, the plaintiffs claim Paduchik wrongly supported candidates who were unendorsed by the ORP and improperly removed the plaintiffs from their committee assignments including the Audit Committee and Fiscal Review Committee after they raised financial questions and complaints about his chairmanship. Also named in the lawsuit is ORP Treasurer Dave Johnson, who was responsible for overseeing the unexplained missing funds. Read Treasurer Johnson’s letter on the subject here.
Mark Weaver, an Attorney for Robert Paduchik and the Ohio Republican Party just sent a letter to EmpowerUAmerica.org denying any allegations of financial mismanagement at ORP–Read His Letter Here. Weaver also sent a document from Compass Point CPA’s about the work that they performed for the Ohio Republican Party. Read Compass Point’s letter Here.
Laura Rosenberger, one of the plaintiffs said: “As proud Republicans who believe in fiscal conservatism, we won’t rest until Robert Paduchik and his enablers answer for their utter ineptitude and abandon the positions of power they never should have had. The millions of Republicans across our state deserve accountability and we are demanding it on their behalf. The Ohio Republican Party needs to be saved from within.”
Concerning to EmpowerU is the attached video which is 24 minutes longof a Ohio Republican State Central Committee meeting which occurred on December 3, 2021. At this meeting three resolutions were presented to the 66 members. Resolution #1 the Bainbridge Resolution called for the financial statements of the party to be audited (claim is that the financial statements have not been audited for at least 16 years). Resolution #2: The Rosenberger Resolution required the recent reorganization of the chairman of Standing ORP Committees to follow Section 3 of the Permanent Rules and Revisions and “The Audit Committee”. Watch Alex Triantafilou, as Chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party, stop Laura Rosenberg’s Resolution for the Ohio Republican State Central Committee to adhere to their bylaws, practice good governance and to initiate an audit of the State Central Committee financial statements by referring her motion to committee–(Time 9:31 of video). Resolution #3 The Leneghan Resolutiondirects handling of cash contributions and what is defined as Candidate Services, and that statewide candidates who have not been properly endorsed return all in-kind and cash contributions.
All three of these “good governance” resolutions were pushed down to other committees by State Central Committee–almost like it was a “cabal”–take a look at the video and decide for yourself. All State Central Committee members who have disagreed with Chairman Bob Paduchik have been removed from their permanent committees.
This possible issues at the Republican State Central Committee were discussed in an article in The Ohio Star written recently–Click Here.Dirty Tricks, yes, learn about them too. In an effort to defeat whistleblower Mark Bainbridge a man named Brian Bainbridge, WITH THE SAME LAST NAME has been recruited to run against him. Also Chairman Robert Paduchik possibly violate party rules by keeping the public from attending the February 4th Candidate Endorsement Meeting–Click Here.
Tonight, EmpowerU will be taking a look at your Ohio Republican State Central Committee and Party. Is the Ohio Republican Party Corrupt, guilty of bad governance and weak management or are these claims untrue? Join us and we will learn and take your questions. To read a copy of the Ohio Republican Party Bylaws Click Here. To watch Duane Pohlman’s from Local 12 investigative report on this subject Click Here .
If you are from the Republican State Central Committee and you want to disagree with any materials in this class we want to hear from you email: info@EmpowerUAmerica.org
Speaker Bios
Mark Bainbridge is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant with 30 years of experience driving the financial growth and strategic development of organizations across several industries. He possesses an in-depth understanding of board governance, corporate compliance, and ethics required to achieve board governance. Mark is a retired Ernst & Young Partner, one of the Big Four Accounting Firms where he worked from 1973-2009. He is a Board member with several companies across Ohio and the United States. Mark has a been recognized throughout his career for advising on fiduciary responsibilities. He is also an elected Ohio Republican State Central Committee member representing Senate District #16 in western Franklin and Union County. Mark Bainbridge is shown below.
Laura Rosenberger was elected to represent Clark, Greene and Madison Counties (District 10), a hotbed of conservative political activity. She has been politically active in her district for over a decade, launching her first major statewide crusade against Obamacare with Ohio’s Healthcare Freedom Amendment. She is a homeschool veteran of 25 years who not only teaches her own children, but also classes of students in American government and literature. Her latest efforts include spearheading Ohio House Bill 387, the Election Integrity Bill, which calls for stronger citizenship ID and ballot harvesting controls. In 2022, Laura was elected as a Board Director of the Clark County Board of Elections. When not dressed up to attend a board meeting, she runs a small organic farm with her husband, her children, and her favorite AR-15. Laura is shown below.
Mark Bainbridge and Laura Rosenberger shown below
Become a part of the movement for Educational Freedom in Ohio. Host a Backpack Bill Party.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Ohio State Representatives Marilyn John (R-Richland County) and Riordan McClain (R-Upper Sandusky) have officially introduced House Bill 290, better known as the Backpack Bill. The Backpack Bill will extend school choice to all students throughout Ohio, expanding their educational opportunities. The General Assembly recently passed a robust school funding overhaul, which takes strides toward identifying the costs associated with the individual education of each child. In addition to identifying the costs of a quality education, we should ensure tax dollars are being used to improve outcomes for Ohio’s children. The “Backpack Bill” is one initiative that will give parents freedom in educating their children. Learn about this important possibility for Ohio parents and students.
Be prepared to give your child their best Future. Make sure that Ohio funds students, not bureaucracy. Find out about Parental Rights and Alternative Childhood Education. Learn the facts about Ohio’s childhood Education system. Discover taxpayer-funded scholarships that follow your student wherever they go. Protect your child or grandchild from Public School indoctrination.
Will you help? It is time to provide choice for all parents and students about what is best for them individually. We are asking you to join us at EmpowerU tonight to become a part of the movement for Educational Freedom in Ohio by hosting a Backpack Bill Party. Troy McIntosh, Executive Director of Center for Christian Virtue’s Ohio Christian Education Network (OCEN), who helped write and craft the Backpack Bill will join us tonight and teach us how we can each sponsor a party with 10 of our friends to help move the initiative forward. It’s easy and you will walk away from the class with all the tools necessary to be successful. Not sure if you want to sponsor a party? Come anyway and learn. We need your help to get make this opportunity available to all students in Ohio. Gather Your Friends, Let Your Legislators Know: Pass the Backpack Bill!
Speaker Bio:
Troy McIntosh is Director of CCV’s Ohio Christian Education Network (OCEN). Troy comes to OCEN after serving 27 years in Christian education as a teacher, principal and, for the last eight years, as head of school at Worthington Christian School in Worthington, Ohio. Prior to his time in education, he worked in the Ohio House of Representatives in the Legislative Services Commission Fellowship program.
Troy’s time at Worthington Christian, he served the broader Christian school community as an Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) Regional Council Member and Accreditation Commission Member, accreditation team chairperson, and conference presenter. For the last 15 y
ears, he has held various roles with the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA), including President of the Central District Athletic Board and Vice President of the OHSAA Board of Directors.
Troy is a graduate of Wheaton College (B.A. Economics) and The Ohio State University (M.Ed. Education) and is a Colson Fellow with the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He and his wife Julie live in Westerville, Ohio and have three grown daughters.
Third Eye believes in helping everyone open their “minds eye” to a world of new possibilities…..one pint at a time. Join us for a fun evening at the brewery for our ending event!
Third Eye Brewery 11276 Chester Rd. Sharonville, Ohio 45246
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Third Eye features a large open taproom and lots of outdoor space including a covered patio with an upper deck. A wide range of beers and other hand crafted beverages to meet a variety of tastes – even for non-beer drinkers! Also offered is a limited selection of wine and spirits, non-alcoholic beverages, and a full kitchen.
For a cost of $12 we will tour the brewery and see firsthand how craft beer is made. We will sample four different craft beers, while one of Third Eye’s brewers describes how each flavor is made. EmpowerU will provide appetizers. Sign up early, class is limited to 50, payment can be made on the registration page.
Company’s Bio:
Third Eye Brewing Company. How it got to this point is just as mind-bending as some of their experimental beer creations. The idea had been conceptualized for over 20 years, but once the official paperwork was submitted in 2017, the ingredients needed for a successful venture seemed to slowly blend like a fresh batch in one of Third Eye’s fermenters. Third Eye first welcomed guests on June 17, 2020, in the middle of a global pandemic. While many businesses were forced to close their doors due to Covid-19,
Third Eye opened theirs and people haven’t stopped walking through since. The first 13 months couldn’t have gone much better for Third Eye, a good omen for the first piece of the puzzle in the revitalization of Sharonville’s once buzzing Northern Lights district. The Third Eye Family are having a heck of a time living out the mantra that can be found all over the brewery: live life, do good, and drink beer.
Karen Cartier Talks About Made In the U.S.A. Take 20: Governor Candidate Joe Blystone Visits EmpowerU!
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Join this class as Karen Cartier talks about products intentionally made not to last. Be aware of products that are made ‘not to last’ including automotive, newer construction materials, electronics and what is ending up in our landfills. Instead of throwing them away, learn the value of keeping some of your appliances longer and getting them repaired (or fixing them yourself – you may be surprised). Stay aware of the long-term impact of our global “throw away society” and do your part to fight back as you’re able. Think before you buy! This class supports Made in America.
Joe Blystone will be with us from 7:05-7:30 PM. He cares passionately about Ohio’s future. Joe built the path to his American Dream – and is dedicated to make sure every Ohioan can too. He is going above and beyond to take the next step in protecting the American Dream in Ohio. Joe believes our freedoms are at stake and now is the time we take them back. He wants to restore the freedoms our overreaching government has taken away. Joe promises to make Ohio a more affordable state to live in and friendly to large and small businesses! Joe knows he is the right leader for Ohio and will put Ohioans first every day. He knows what Ohioans truly want and need. Ohio will be revitalized, and Joe Blystone will get it done. The future of Ohio depends on the strength of Ohioans!! It is time to strengthen Ohio. It is time to put conservative values back in the people’s house!
Speaker Bios :
Karen Cartier: Karen is an avid reader, writer, learner, wife, and mother of two. She has worked in IT as a technical writer for over 30 years and is currently working full-time in IT. Outside of her paying job, she serves as an officer in Toastmasters International as well as a volunteer Community Educator for the Alzheimer’s Association.
Joe Blystone is a true Ohio native, born in East Liverpool, Ohio. He is happily married to Jane Blystone. They’ve been blessed with 3 children; Joe has one son, and Jane has two sons. They brought their families together in 2010. Family, faith, and freedom have always been foundational to the Blystone family.
Joe founded the Blystone Farm in 2004 and his nonprofit, Blystone Agricultural Community, Inc. in 2019. For more than a decade he has dedicated his time to serving the community and helping young adults and children learn the importance of hard work and living a happy and healthy lifestyle. The Blystones care deeply about their community and provide many agricultural classes to kids and their parents. Joe and Jane are freedom loving patriots, who have encouraged many to value and practice their God-given freedoms.
David Mowery is an engaging speaker, now he is back to bring us our regions history during the Civil War. Don’t miss it!
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
During the American Civil War, Cincinnati played a crucial role in preserving the United States. Not only was the city the North’s most populous in the West, but also it was the nation’s third most productive manufacturing center. The Queen City of the West served as a key provider of the Union’s soldiers, weapons, supplies, medical aid, and political influencers.
In this presentation, Cincinnati historian David L. Mowery will reveal some of the Queen City’s key structures, such as military installations, hospitals, churches, businesses, and private homes, in the way they appeared at the time of the Civil War. Simultaneously, he will show how those same buildings look today. Come join David as he gives the highlights of Cincinnati’s impact on the outcome of the Civil War through a visual comparison of the past with the present.
Speaker Bio:
David L. Mowery is a native resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a graduate of the University of Cincinnati. American military history piqued his interest at an early age. Since childhood, he has researched and visited over seven hundred battlefields across fifty states and nine countries. In 2001, David joined the all-volunteer Ohio Civil War Trail Commission as its Hamilton County representative, but over the years his role expanded to include the final design and historical validation of the entire length of the John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail of Ohio. He is the coauthor of Morgan’s Raid Across Ohio: The Civil War Guidebook of the John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail (Ohio Historical Society, 2014) and the author of Morgan’s Great Raid: The Remarkable Expedition from Kentucky to Ohio (History Press, 2013). Since 1995, David has been a member of the Cincinnati Civil War Round Table, for which he has written various papers on Civil War subjects and has led many Civil War tours of the Cincinnati region. He has also served with the Buffington Island Battlefield Preservation Foundation, the grass-roots organization working to preserve Ohio’s largest Civil War battlefield.
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Sorry This Class Has Been Cancelled as Professor Tuchfarber has Decided Not to Participate. We Apologize for the Inconvenience!
This Class is Sponsored by Betty Overstreet
The purpose of tonight’s class is to give attendees……1) An opportunity to better understand the major changes and conflicts occurring in the US, and 2) An understanding of the diverse roles the US plays around the globe, how they are changing, and how our enemies are changing.
A few of the Questions to be answered are: 1) Will the US remain #1 across the globe? 2) Will American prosperity continue? 3) Whither goes inflation? 4) Where should investors look for investment opportunities?
Predictions to be made include: 1) When will we achieve a post-pandemic “New Normal?” 2) Which party will control the House and Senate after the 2022 elections? 3) Will radical progressives take control of US politics and policies? On politics you won’t hear from a more interesting speaker than Professor Al Tuchfarber, PHD.
Jim Renacci to Join EmpowerU!
From 7:05-7:30, Jim Renacci, Candidate for Governor will join EmpowerU. As Jim’s campaign heats up Economics in the State of Ohio will surely become on of the largest issues. Join Jim tonight as he will discuss the 2022 campaign and part of his plan for major tax reform.
Speaker Bios:
Alfred J Tuchfarber PhD, Professor Emeritus of Political Science – University of Cincinnati Owner – Tuchfarber Political-Economics, LLC, Blogger – TuchfarberReport.com
Al Tuchfarber is an academic and entrepreneur who has had a successful career as a teacher, researcher, senior administrator, campaign manager, political analyst, organizational strategist, and writer.
He holds a PhD in political science and has well over 100 publications.
Al’s intellectual and practical interests are very wide-ranging. He has spent his career both in the arena of ideas but also in the “real-world” where the rubber hits the road…where things must work.
Areas of special interest to him are American politics and political-economics, global politics and global political-economics, political polling, campaign and organizational strategies, demographics, and societal change.
Tuchfarber founded the Ohio Poll and directed it for a quarter century. The Poll established a remarkable record for accuracy in predicting elections and has been rated one of the nations best.
Al brings that experience and skill-set to his weekly blog — the Tuchfarber Report, as well as to his consulting, speaking, and writing.
His predictions are 80 to 95% accurate because they are based on facts, data, history and common sense…NOT on ideology, partisanship, or hopes.
As a political-economic analyst and author of the Tuchfarber Report, Al brings you insights and forecasts that you will not find elsewhere.
In 2009, the Obama Administration took over General Motors, shuttering dealerships across the country- including Jim’s in Northeast Ohio. Shutting down Jim’s dealership killed 50 good-paying jobs in his community – and Jim wasn’t going to stand by while neighbors were going hungry. How could Washington blatantly interfere in the everyday lives of hard-working Americans who wanted nothing more but their own chance at the American Dream? In 2010, Jim filed to run for U.S. Congress in Ohio’s 16th Congressional District, taking on a well funded Democratic incumbent. Jim won the election by 9 percent.
While in Congress, Jim earned a reputation for being a principled conservative and effective legislator. He quickly rose through the ranks to serve on the Committee on Financial Services, as vice-chair of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and as a member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. After just two years, Jim was named to the powerful Ways and Means Committees and Budget Committees.
Jim’s track record as a blue-collar entrepreneur demonstrates his only allegiance has ever been to the very people who D.C. bureaucrats forcibly unemployed that fateful day in an Ohio car dealership – the everyday Americans forgotten by the Swamp. He represents the people’s hopes and fears, bringing actionable results back to the working people who gave him a voice.
The Incredible Life of Booker T. Washington Examined Tonight!
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA 225 Northland Blvd Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
Join EmpowerU and Professor of Political Science at Ashland University, Gregory McBrayer, as he relates the life story of the often overlooked American Historical figure Booker T. Washington.
Booker T. Washington was born on April 5,1865 and became an educator, author, speaker and confidant of U.S. Presidents. Born into slavery, he was a leading voice for civil rights for African Americans. His voice and message continues to play a fundamental role in the ongoing civil rights debate today. Gregory McBrayer will paint the picture of the life of Booker T. Washington from being born into slavery, struggling against disenfranchisement and “Jim Crow” laws to mobilizing coalitions of blacks and whites focusing on self-reliance, self- help and the concept of “racial uplift”. Enjoy learning about this important American historical figure, his personal challenges living in the South immediately after the Civil War and his important contribution to healing the wounds of a nation torn by the war which pit brother against brother.
Do not miss this opportunity to hear from this amazing speaker who is passionate and knowledgeable about this subject and genuinely cares about true American History!
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From 7:05-7:25–an important session featuring Corrinne Vidales– about the Backpack Bill. Literacy, Lawyers, and Lobbying: How a young lawyer has been led to transform education legislation after years of service in children’s nonprofits and legal research on the state of education rights. The daughter of educator learned that parents truly are the first and primary educators of their children and we need a system that support them in that role. The “Backpack Bill” is one initiative that will give parents freedom in educating their children. Learn about this important possibility for Ohio parents and students. Will you help?
Speaker Bios:
Gregory A. McBrayer, assistant professor of political science and director of the core curriculum, joined Ashland University in 2017. He teaches courses in political philosophy and international relations. Prior to coming to Ashland, he was an assistant professor at Morehead State University, a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University, and a visiting assistant professor at Gettysburg College. He has published articles in Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy and Kentron: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Antique, as well as reviews in Interpretation, The Journal for Hellenic Studies, The American Journal of Islamic Social Science, and Political Science Quarterly. He is the author (with Mary Nichols and Denise Schaeffer) of Plato’s Euthydemus (Focus, 2011) and is the editor of Xenophon: The Shorter Writings (Cornell, forthcoming).
Corrinne Vidales is an attorney and lobbyist at Center for Christian Virtue where she serves as Assistant Director for the Ohio Christian Education Network. Corrinne is a graduate of Bowling Green Statue University and Ave Maria School of Law. During Law school she interned with the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations and well as Heartbeat International. Prior to her legal career, Corrinne worked with Catholic Charities in Syracuse, New York and Toledo, OH. it was these charity programs as well as her educator parents that influenced her interest in Education Law and Policy. Today, she is blessed to work on amazing initiatives with OCEN and CCV like the Backpack Bill.
Finally, a class about Mellennials! Take 20: Educator Kelly Kohl's Empowers Parents and Citizens
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Jonathan Jakubowski explains why Millennials are leaving the Left, why that matters, and how conservatives can embrace them. Faith, family, freedom. These three pillars are interdependent in the American experiment. These timeless principles represent the reason for this book. With so many wonderful sources of literature discussing these ideals, one must ask, why is this book worthy of my time? Naturally, before spending countless hours writing, Jon had to ask himself the same question. It was upon the recognition of my unique location, living in Wood County, Ohio, a “Swing County”, that I knew that I had struck gold. Through a compilation of seven stories of Millennials in Swing County America, who swung from Obama to Trump, this work revives the importance of these timeless ideals of faith, family, and freedom in the electoral context.
Join Dr. Kelly Kohls as she teaches School Board Member Training. Why has public education been so widely criticized in the last 10 years? Learn why and how we know public education is failing us both academically and financially and how it can be fixed. Is the teachers union in full control of public education and if so what this means for your students, parents, community and country.
Speakers Bio:
Jonathan Jakubowski is the Author of an award-winning book that has gained national attention. Jonathan and Bellwether Blues – A Conservative Awakening of the Millennial Soul have been featured on the Rush Limbaugh Show, Newsmax, the Washington Times, Newsweek, The New York Times, BBC World News, The Federalist and dozens of other leading media outlets. He is also Director of SmartSolve, an award-winning startup business focused on sustainable packaging. Jonathan played football and received his undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State University and Masters Degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University. Jonathan is the Founder of Champions in Action, Chairman of the Forge Leadership Network Board of Directors, and Fellow at Club For Growth. You can check out his new monthly blog on Newsmax titled The Red Pill. Jonathan, his wife Missy, and their four children reside in Northwest Ohio.
Dr. Kelly Kohls is an involved freedom activist, an educator and a businesswoman. With her extensive background in the fields of health care and education, Dr. Kohls has seen politics and public education change in ways that many citizens do not fully understand. She alerts citizens to those changes and empowers citizens and parents to maintain an active involvement in public and school matters by taking personal responsibility for their own lives and children’s education needs. As a leader of several Statewide and county organizations, Kohls travels the state of Ohio at her own expense, educating the public on “Why Education Is Failing Our Students and Why Common Core Is Not the Answer.” “Why we need to get more involved in public office candidate selection and mentoring”. She presents not only the problems, but solutions and recommendations, as well.
Dr. Kohls is the current President of the Ohio Republican PAC whose mission is to recruit, select and assist candidates for office that will strictly adhere to the US Constitution. She can be reached at the Ohio Republican PAC . com or the Ohio Republican PAC facebook page.
On the fence about whether homeschooling is for your family? This two hour class is for YOU!
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Thea Shoemake’s Powerpoint Will Be Loaded Here on This Website on Monday, November 1, 2021
This Class is Sponsored by Dr. Jay Rissover
Have you been considering homeschooling; wondering what it would take to be successful? Starting to think you have no choice? Sign up for this two hour class, and hear from someone who has done it. The overriding goal of homeschooling is to seed and encourage a curiosity that inspires life-long learning; an appreciation of the good, the beautiful and true, that through logic and reason, enables a free-thinking society that values logical and rational discourse. This class is for parents, grandparents, or anyone with a degree, who you may wish to homeschool your child(ren).
You can homeschool your child, so everyone considering the lifestyle can benefit from this class. The statistics on homeschooling have crushed most of the myths about the community, and we will certainly cover those, but at the end of the day, the most successful children have involved and engaged parents that have those important discussions at the dinner table…it’s just a matter of how many of those you need to “undo” before you have them. Like the profession of teaching, today’s homeschooling community is comprised of two groups: those who homeschool as a calling, and those who homeschool as a refuge or alternative schedule. Neither is right/wrong, good/bad, but why you homeschool may dictate the initial part of the journey. Toward that end, this class will cover “Myth-busting,” how to be “Legal” in Ohio, “Curricula,” and other areas about which people usually ask such as “Sports/Extra Curriculars.”
So, this is a 2 hour class on Saturday morning! We’ll make sure to have some coffee ready for you as you learn about this important information.
Speaker Bio :
Thea Shoemake chose to settle and raise their family in Cincinnati over 20 years ago. In addition to her political involvement supporting unbridled liberty in education, Thea kept quite busy in her two favorite roles as homeschool mom and tutor in both home and traditional school environments. A recent empty-nester, Thea continues to tutor and frequently helps other families considering the challenging but extremely rewarding lifestyle of home-centered education. Thea is also the founder of the Podcast Everythin is Political. This can be listened to on Apple, Spotify or Spreaker: https://www.everythingspolitical.org/podcasts. You can also get more up-do-date information atwww.everythingspolitical.org.
Entrepreneur Luke Perry Discusses Mark Levin's New Book and Take 20 : Nancy Brunemann gives tax updates for 2021
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Join Empower U to discuss “American Marxism” Mark Levin’s most recent best seller. The most important thing this book does is to name the malevolent political force that has been tearing this country apart as of late – Marxism. Levin reveals how the core elements of Marxism are now pervasive in American society and culture. He astutely notes that the original Communist Manifesto divided the people into two classes the “oppressors” and the “oppressed.”
The “Great One” Mark Levin’s Book is #1 on the NY Times Best Sellers List
Today’s version of this tactic in use by the American Left goes “Either you agree that all the systems of American life and government are systemically racist and evil and ought to be torn down, or you support racism and evil.” It is exactly this type of false binary choice that is a tool of the Marxist movement to enforce conformity across their political objectives. In his book, Levin exposes tactics like this as well as the institutions, intellectuals, and activists who are leading this Marxist revolution, and he provides some answers and ideas on how to confront them.
Levin ends the book addressing the reader directly saying “In the end, it is up to you to decide how best to help actively save our republic and what role you will choose…. While this is the end of the book, it is the beginning of a new day.” The backlash to the American Marxist revolution is here, and this book is a guide for patriotic Americans, informing us as to how we can be most effective in defeating the Marxist movement. This is a very important book, and it comes at exactly the right time.
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50 Years ago in August 1971, President Richard Nixon imposed Wage and Price Controls on the United States. Not since the 1970’s, has inflation increased as fast as it is in the United States now. Inflation and shortages persisted during much of the 1970’s when inflation reached a high level 14.8% in March 1980 . With the Producer Price Index today up 8.28% from one year ago, 9 out of 10 Americans say they are concerned. Managing Board Member Dan Regenold will discuss Wage and Price Controls. How much of a problem is inflation? Is it likely that wage and price controls could be imposed by the Biden administration? What has the history of controls been? What do the experts say? Tonight’s Take 20 is a warning of where our Country could be going and the fact that you should be prepared.
Speaker Bio :
Luke Perry is and entrepreneur and a Cincinnati native. He will speak tonight about Mark Levin’s Book. Luke became involved in community politics in 2020 as he witnessed the rise of CRT and abuse of the government’s emergency powers surrounding COVID. Now, Luke writes the weekly email for Empower U’s sister group StopCriticalRaceTheory.com, and he engages with his local, state, and federal government representatives on a regular basis to discuss important issues.
Luke is also the board chairman of Ohio Valley Associated Builders and Contractors, an organization of nearly 300 businesses in the region that support the merit shop philosophy. He is active in his family’s general contracting business and the Goering center at UC. In his spare time, Luke enjoys exercising, competitive shooting, hunting, and bothering his wife.
Dan Regenold
Dan Regenold is the Managing Board Member of EmpowerUAmerica.org a FREE university that was founded in 2011. He is also the founder and chairman of Frame USA, Inc. a online manufacturer of picture frames in Springdale, Ohio. To read Dan’s full bio —Click Here.
This Class Has Been Been Cancelled Due to a Complication in Travel Plans for Vivek. We hope to reschedule!
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021
This Class Has Been Been Cancelled Due to a Complication in Travel Plans for Vivek. We hope to reschedule!
“Vivek Ramaswamy provides the single most informative and insightful analysis yet of woke ideology … WOKE, INC. is indispensable for understanding how America’s newest and most consequential cultural dogma is fundamentally transforming virtually every sector of our lives.”
— Glenn Greenwald, journalist, constitutional lawyer, and author of four New York Times bestselling books
The Author of Woke, Inc., Vivek Ramaswamy visits EmpowerU tonight. A young entrepreneur makes the case that politics has no place in business, and sets out a new vision for the future of American capitalism.
There’s a new invisible force at work in our economic and cultural lives. It affects every advertisement we see and every product we buy, from our morning coffee to a new pair of shoes. “Stakeholder capitalism” makes rosy promises of a better, more diverse, environmentally-friendly world, but in reality, this ideology championed by America’s business and political leaders robs us of our money, our voice, and our identity.
Vivek Ramaswamy is a traitor to his class. He’s founded multibillion-dollar enterprises, led a biotech company as CEO, he became a hedge fund partner in his 20s, trained as a scientist at Harvard and a lawyer at Yale, and grew up the child of immigrants in a small town in Ohio. Now he takes us behind the scenes into corporate boardrooms and five-star conferences, into Ivy League classrooms and secretive nonprofits, to reveal the defining scam of our century. The modern woke-industrial complex divides us as a people. By mixing morality with consumerism, America’s elites prey on our innermost insecurities about who we really are. They sell us cheap social causes and skin-deep identities to satisfy our hunger for a cause and our search for meaning, at a moment when we as Americans lack both.
This book not only rips back the curtain on the new corporatist agenda, but it also offers a better way forward. America’s elites may want to sort us into demographic boxes, but we don’t have to stay there. WOKE, INC. begins as a critique of stakeholder capitalism and ends with an exploration of what it means to be an American in 2021—a journey that begins with cynicism and ends with hope.
Vivek will be signing his book, Woke, Inc., at 6:30 PM before the class and after the class. Make sure to grab one at this event.
“In this engaging, brilliant book, Vivek Ramaswamy hits the nail on the head: companies go woke because they get richer from division rather than unity. This book is an essential weapon in the battle to reclaim America’s soul.”
— JD Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy and venture capitalist
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From 7:05-7:30 Todd Palmeter, Chief Executive Officer for Great Parks of Hamilton County will join us to discuss Issue 29. The new levy would raise an extra $20 million annually for Great Parks. Great Parks of Hamilton County will ask voters in November to double the amount of property taxes they pay for county parks.
The five-member board Thursday approved a tax hike that would pay for more trails and maintenance at the 21 county parks and conservation areas and six golf courses. For the homeowner of a $100,000 house, the tax hike would cost an additional $33 per year. That’s on top of the current park levy that costs that same homeowner $30 per year.
The tax hike is lower than the original proposals of 1 mil to 1.25 mills. That would have cost homeowners $35 to $43 per $100,000 each year. And it’s just over half the tax increase the park district tried to ask in 2020 when they voted to put a 1.8 mil, $63 per $100,000 tax hike on the ballot.
Speaker Bio:
Vivek Ramaswamy founded Roivant Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company, in 2014, after a career as a successful biotech investor. A 35-year-old first-generation American, he is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School. Vivek became a hedge fun partner in his 20’s, and grew up the child of immigrants in the small town of Evendale, Ohio. He now lives with his wife Apoorva and their son Karthik.
Mr. Ramaswamy serves on the board of directors of the Philanthropy Roundtable and the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity. In his new book Woke, Inc. Vivek takes you behind the scenes into corporate boardrooms and five-star conferences, into Ivy League classrooms and secret nonprofits, to reveal the defining scam of our century. The book begins as a critique of stakeholder capitalism and ends with an exploration of what it means to be an American in 2021. Vivek is a graduate of St. X High School and has recently been turning heads on Tucker Carlson’s show and on the Opinion pages of the Wall St. Journal.
Todd Palmeter, Chief Executive Officer The Chief Executive Officer serves as the chief administrator and executive officer overseeing all operations of Great Parks of Hamilton County, reporting directly to the Board of Park Commissioners. The Chief Executive Officer works and collaborates with Great Parks Forever.
Sponsored by Senior Care Partners. Take 20: Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted Joins EmpowerU to discuss Higher Education Alternatives
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Uncertainty seems to be lurking all around us these days. This can derail us if we are not careful. Let’s add Dementia to the brain of someone you love and your whole world can feel upside down, falling apart. We can’t fix this one but with the right instructions the holidays can still be meaningful. I can add some much needed tools to your tool belt, help you realize there is life even with dementia and find hope while dealing with progressive memory loss.
I hope you will join me to learn better ways to enjoy family time even with someone living with Dementia. Mark your calendar for Oct. 21st at 7pm and have your notepad ready as I take you on a journey into our holiday traditions.
Thank goodness EmpowerU provides a platform where adults can gather in person or online to learn about issues that many of us are dealing with. This event is being sponsored by Senior Care Partners.
7:05-7:25 PM–Jon Husted, Lieutenant Governor for the State of Ohio joins EmpowerU. Navigating Pathways to Credentials and Careers. Description: Americans owe an estimated $1.57 trillion in student loan debt. Some want the debt “forgiven,” and some want college to be “free.” There are affordable solutions out there for students and families if you know how to navigate the system. It’s my goal as Lieutenant Governor to help Ohioans figure out how to reach their destination. If you take advantage of the opportunities available right now in Ohio, you can receive a college degree, an industry-recognized credential and a pathway to a rewarding career, all debt-free, no matter your age or background.
Speaker Bio:
Teresa Youngstrom is a Seasoned Registered Nurse and Dementia Specialist. She has more than 35 years of Clinical and Leadership experience in Healthcare. She became intensely focused on Memory Care when it touched her own family. Teresa is a PAC Certified Independent Trainer under Teepa Snow. Her passion for improving the lives of people living with Dementia led her to start her own business, “A Better Approach to Memory Care”, where she provides staff training, family consulting and professional education.
Lt. Governor Jon Husted oversees the Ohio Common Sense Initiative (CSI) and serves as the Director of both the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation and InnovateOhio. Jon Husted started his life in a foster home before being adopted by his loving parents, Jim and Judy. He is the oldest of three children and was raised in Northwest Ohio’s Williams County. The small community instilled in him the importance of faith, family, and hard work that serve as the foundation of his public service. He graduated from Montpelier High School and earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the University of Dayton (UD).
Jon was an All-American defensive back for the Dayton Flyers and a member of UD’s 1989 Division III National Championship Football Team. After receiving his Master’s Degree, Jon remained in the Miami Valley and served as the Vice-President for Economic Development at the Dayton-Area Chamber of Commerce.
Wild Birds Unlimited : Everyone loves hummingbirds, but what about all the other wild birds. Take 20: Tom Hagedorn talks about American Education.
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WHO ARE OUR BACKYARD BIRDS? HOW CAN I ATTRACT THEM TO MY BACKYARD? Tim Coates who has owned and operated Wild Birds Unlimited in Forest Park for over 20 years will share his vast knowledge and first hand observations of Backyard Wild Birds and help us make them our Backyard Buddies. Moreover, His presentation style and sense of humor will keep you entertained throughout his class!
Wild Birds is a nation-wide franchise with over 300 stores in 45 states and four provinces in Canada and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN. They have been serving the Backyard Birding community for nearly 40 years. Tim will share his insight on topics including, “Who are our Backyard Birds”, “How Can I Attract Them to My Backyard”, “Selecting Food and Feeders to my Backyard” and “The Wonderful World of Bird Behavior”. Tim will also be glad to answer any questions you have so bring them with you!
If you are a bird lover you will not want to miss this class, and if you are not you may just turn into one!
Join Tom Hagedorn as he talks about American Education and its Takeover by International Socialism. International socialism began its nearly complete “long march” through every major American institution over one hundred years ago. Education was a prime early target. They knew that Abraham Lincoln was right when he said, “the philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” The leader of this sinister mission was John Dewey, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, who is widely recognized as the Father of American Education. This class will take you on a quick tour of the persistent war waged by American Marxist educators since the 1920s, when Dewey came back from a tour sponsored by Stalin’s Russia to write glowing reports of conditions in the Soviet Union. Dewey and other socialists hatched their plans in the 1930s at Columbia University and started to recruit followers at the highest levels of American education. You will learn how their plans were methodically implemented and fine-tuned over every generation since then, into what is known today as progressive education. This system, intended only for a socialist America, has dominated education in public, private, and even religious schools for some time. In many ways, it explains both WHY and HOW traditional Christian norms in law, morality, and society have been replaced by the radical secular absence of standards that now dominates American thought, culture and society. Progressive education has set the stage for a peaceful revolution.
Speaker Bio:
Tim Coates: Tim opened Wild Birds Unlimited in Forest Park, in October, 1995. He has grown it into the largest store to include not only fresh, no-filler seeds and seed blends, but also state of the art feeders, houses, birdbaths and an exclusive Advanced Pole System. There is a huge assortment of nature and backyard books, field guides, garden art, and wind chimes. Additionally, the store includes an entire squirrel department with feeders and toys, just for squirrels.
He was raised in Illinois farm country, attended the University of Indianapolis, and arrived in Cincinnati via Federated Department Stores in the late 70’s. Tim has appeared on Live in the Morning, WXIX Channel 19, and gives about 3 to 4 talks every month. He has lived in the Cincinnati area for over 40 years, has two sons, Robert (39) and Garrett (37), and two grandchildren.
Tim has created a welcoming atmosphere in which to browse and relax, while enjoying a complimentary cup of hot tea, coffee, apple cider or hot chocolate along with a bag of snacks.
Tom Hagedorn: Tom has been studying American Education for 30 years. While pursuing an independent study of the history of the Buckeye State, he stumbled upon a sentence in the Ohio Constitution that would change his life forever: “Religion, morality, and knowledge, however, being essential to good government…it shall be the duty of the general assembly…to encourage schools and the means of education.” His shock that the public schools were created to support religion and morality led him on a long, tedious journey. Eight years ago, he published “Founding Zealots: How Evangelicals Created America’s First Public Schools, 1783-1865.” It tells how those first schools came about and what they were like. But it also describes in detail how this story has been ignored and distorted by the progressive historians who have a very different vision for American schools, society and government than did our Founders.
Tom has been providing investment advice to individuals for four decades. When he was not researching and writing Founding Zealots, he was involved in various political, charitable, and community activities. He remains active in all those things and in the fight to return the schools to a traditional role in American society, in service to their parents and to their parents’ values.
For all entrepreneurs. How about grave-robbing or body snatching as a business, are you thinking “out of the box”? Take 20: Lauren Bowen talks about the Freedom Foundation and her important work informing unionized employees.
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Mary Cunningham who, in the 1870s, with her husband William were in the business of aiding many young Cincinnati medical students in their studies by providing them with cadavers upon which to examine. They were grave-robbing body snatchers! Irish born Mary was a fun-loving woman that liked her whiskey and was rough around the edges. At the time you “see” Mary her beloved husband William, known as the “Ghoul of Cincinnati,” had passed away. Mary, dubbed as “Alligator Jaws” will enlighten you of the fine arts of bodysnatching, which was a very lucrative market in Cincinnati during that time. What else we know of Mary are from the many Cincinnati newspaper articles about bodysnatching.
The Freedom Foundation has One Mission, One Goal : We are an action-focused, non-profit policy organization- a “Think tank”- based in Olympia, Washington and active across the nation, with additional offices in Oregon, California , Ohio and Pennsylvania. Founded in 1991 by Bob Williams and Lynn Harsh to advance the ideals of ” free markets and limited accountable government,” today we are a national leader in winning the fight for freedom at the state and local level. Since 2012, our singular focus has been battling public-sector unions, and no one fights government unions more aggressively or successfully than the Freedom Foundation. We battle the union political machine by defending workers’ constitutional rights, enforcing campaign finance laws, introducing reforms that protect workers’ rights, working to increase union transparency, and exposing the illegal actions of big government unions. Hear this interesting story from Ohio Director, Lauren Bowen.
Speaker Bios:
Joyce Lovins Browning- is a native of Ohio growing up in Harrison and Okeana. She has been performing Living History for over 18 years. She retired after 20 years as the Naturalist Coordinator from Great Parks of Hamilton County in 2018, and now enjoys working as a part-time Tour Coordinator for Ohio Travel Treasures, sending groups on wonderful bus tour adventures.
Lauren Bowen: Ohio Director- Lauren is a lifelong Ohio resident and calls Cincinnati home. After earning a master’s degree in international politics from Wright State University in 2014, she led an innovative, first of its kind, digital government accountability and transparency project, called the Ohio Checkbook. Through that leadership experience, Lauren developed a fierce determination to undermine government corruption. She has since joined the Freedom Foundation as State Director to fight union tyranny and oppression. In her spare time Lauren enjoys collecting early American antiques and trying new restaurants with her husband.
What would you do if you were caught in an Active Shooter situation? This class will prepare you should it ever happen.