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Free Skin Cancer Screenings the week of 6-10 May

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Local dermatologists will offer free skin cancer screenings to promote early detection and prevention of skin cancers during the week of May 6-10.
Morning and afternoon appointments will be available at several locations throughout the region. Because space is limited, appointments are required.
To schedule an appointment at the Wright State University Wright State Physicians building or Samaritan Sleep Center, call CareFinders at (866) 608-3463.

To schedule an appointment at Kettering Sports Medicine Center, call (937) 558-3988.
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 3.5 million skin cancers are diagnosed annually in the United States.
The free skin cancer screenings are offered annually in May as part of Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month® to promote early detection and teach prevention of skin cancer. The free screenings are sponsored by the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Department of Dermatology and Wright State Physicians Dermatology, along with the American Academy of Dermatology, American Cancer Society, Atrium Medical Center, Eucerin, Good Samaritan Hospital, Good Samaritan North Health Center, Kettering Health Network, Miami Valley Hospital and Premier Community Health.
Skin cancer screening dates and locations
Monday, May 6, 1-4:30 p.m.
Wright State University*, Wright State Physicians, 725 University Blvd, Dayton, OH 45435

Wednesday, May 8, 9-11:30 a.m.
Samaritan Sleep Center*, 80 East Woodbury Drive, Dayton, OH 45415

Wednesday, May 8, 1-4:30 p.m.
Wright State University*, Wright State Physicians, 725 University Blvd., Dayton, OH 45435

Friday, May 10, 9-11:30 a.m. & 1-4:30 p.m.
Kettering Sports Medicine Center**, 4403 Far Hills Ave., Kettering, OH 45429

*For appointment, call (866) 608-3463
**For appointment, call (937) 558-3988

Walk With A Doc - 4 May 0900-1200

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TEDxDAYTON (coming in November, take a survey NOW)

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Attention all innovators, thinkers and doers, and TED lovers: Dayton has officially been approved
to launch its first TEDx event, TEDxDayton, and we are looking for 500 of the most impassioned
people from around the region to join us. The event, an all day interactive experience featuring
thought-provoking speakers, creative entertainment, and networking, will take place at the Victoria
Theatre on Friday, November 15th. Planning is already underway, a collaboration lead by
members of the business, academia, and arts communities.

Not sure what TED is? Check out their website, http://www.ted.com/, to listen to some of the
world’s greatest innovators, thought leaders, and inspirational individuals. Then let us know which
talk is your favorite when you’re applying to be a part of TEDxDayton. An official attendee
application will be released later this year but be sure to fill out the survey below to express your
interest to get on the TEDxDayton email list!

Volunteers are needed now! The Dayton community is invited to fill out an online survey to express
their interest in speaking, volunteering, or attending the interactive experience that will be
TEDxDayton. You can reach the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N3HX67T . The survey link will also be available on the TEDxDayton Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Tedxdayton. Be sure to like us while you’re there!

About TEDx, x=independently organized event

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring
people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live
speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-
organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED
Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-
organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a conference in
California 26 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with many
initiatives.

At a TED conference, the world's leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives
in 18 minutes or less. TED speakers have included Roger Ebert, Sheryl Sandberg, Bill Gates,
Elizabeth Gilbert, Benoit Mandelbrot, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Brian Greene, Isabel
Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Three major TED events are held each year:
The TED Conference takes place every spring in Vancouver, Canada, simultaneous with
TEDActive, in Whistler, BC; and the TEDGlobal Conference takes place each summer in
Edinburgh, Scotland.

On TED.com, talks from TED conferences are shared with the world for free as TED Talks videos.
A new TED Talk is posted every weekday. Through the Open Translation Project, TED Talks are
subtitled by volunteers worldwide into more than 90 languages. Through our distribution networks,
TED Talks are shared on TV, radio, Netflix and many websites.

The TEDx initiative grants free licenses to people around the world to organize TED-style events in
their communities with TED Talks and live speakers. More than 5,000 TEDx events have been held, and selected talks from these events are also turned into TED Talks videos.

The annual TED Prize grants $1 million to an exceptional individual with a wish to change the
world. The TED Fellows program helps world-changing innovators from around the globe to
become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable
projects and activities. TED-Ed creates short video lessons by pairing master teachers with
animators, for use in classroom instruction or independent learning.

For information about TED's upcoming conferences, visit http://www.ted.com/registration

Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/TED

For any questions, contact TEDxDayton co-chairs Sean Creighton at
sean.creighton@soche.org or Kristy Rochon at krochon@daytonregion.com

Cincinnati Immigration Rally - 1 May @ 5pm

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Conservation Volunteer Orientation - 30 April @ 9am

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April 30 . Conservation Volunteer Orientation: Five Rivers MetroParks, 409 E. Monument Ave.; 9-10:30 a.m.

Five Rivers MetroParks protects more than 15,000 acres, and we could use your help. Discover all the ways you can participate and join our conservation team in reforestation efforts, habitat restoration, wildlife management, and land stewardship. Attending the orientation does not commit you to anything, so come see what we are doing. Registration requested, walk-ins welcome. All ages.

Contact 277-4147 or yvonne.dunphe@metroparks.org for details.

YWCA Dayton Teen Services Growing Together Workshop - 4 May 2013

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YWCA Dayton Teen Services Growing Together Workshop

YWCA Dayton Teen Services Program will host its first Growing Together Workshop. The program offers the opportunity for girls (ages 10-14) and their mothers or guardians to start communicating about physical development, relationships, and family and personal values. The workshop will be held May 4, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the YWCA Dayton. The workshop fee of $25 includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Register soon; space is limited to 20 families. The YWCA number is (937) 228-8336.

The workshop will feature Keynote speaker, Valerie J. Coleman who will lead a discussion on open communication between parents and daughters and its importance in maintaining healthy relationships. “The Teen Services Program is always looking for opportunities to bring families together to communicate. It is imperative for parents and children to talk to each other about tough topics,” stated Emily Yantis, YWCA Dayton Teen Advocate.

Pet Palooza - 26 April 2013 from 3pm -6pm

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Please Attend Pet Palooza

Junior Girl Scout Troop 31734 has been working on a very special event in earning their Bronze Award (a leadership award). Pet Palooza, an event to support the Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals (SICSA), will be held as follows:

What: Pet Palooza

When: Friday, April 26, 2013 ~ 3 to 6 p.m.

Where: Shoup Park

Address: 1341 Meadowbridge Dr., Beavercreek, OH 45432

We will be accepting donations of cash and supplies (there is a list of needed supplies in the flyer). Please forward the flyer broadly and try to encourage pet lovers, family, friends, neighbors, teachers etc. to come to the event. The girls have worked hard on planning this and their efforts will help them earn their award. We want to make this successful!

FREE Electronics Recycling Event - 24 April, 11am-4pm

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Electronic Recycling Event
April 24th
Lot 6 WSU
11AM - 4PM

Have any electronic devices that don't work or that you don't want anymore? Maybe you don't feel like taking that big, outdated tube TV or computer monitor home with you when you move out. Consider donating them to Goodwill! Drive up or walk up to drop off your unwanted electronics at Lot 6 near the bridge to the apartments and the Service Animal Dog Park. A Goodwill truck will take them to be refurbished or properly recycled. Have any questions contact Amanda Phillips at phillips.213@wright.edu.

"Off the Playground of Civil Society" - 18 April 2013 @ 3pm (FREE)

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Harry Boyte

"Off the Playground of Civil Society"

Author of The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference, Dr. Boyte will present a free public lecture.

Thursday, April 18, 2013
Millett Hall Atrium
Dessert Reception: 3:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Presentation: 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.

Harry Boyte, Senior Fellow of the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota and Co-Director of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at Augsburg College, will discuss how citizens, including citizen professionals, can reclaim authority and boldness to take on the big issues of our time and activate whole institutions in powerful ways.

His Public Achievement model is being implemented in Wright State’s interdisciplinary Youth and Community Engagement Minor.

Boyte wrote the book Everyday Politics: Reconnecting Citizens and Public Life. He also writes for the New York Times, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Chronicle of Higher Education.

Co-Sponsors:
Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Center, Center for Teaching and Learning, CEHS Department of Teacher Education, COLA Department of Urban Affairs and Geography, American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Rebuild the Dream, Champion of People Power and the "Green Collar Economy" 16 April @ 7pm (includes live stream)

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Van Jones
April 16, 2013
Public reception: 5:30–6:30 p.m. (156 Student Union)
Lecture: 7 p.m.
Student Union Apollo Rppm

President and Co-Founder of Rebuild the Dream, Champion of People Power and the "Green Collar Economy"

"An Evening with Van Jones"
Van Jones is president and co-founder of Rebuild the Dream, a platform for bottom-up, people-powered innovations to help fix the U.S. economy.

A Yale-educated attorney, Jones has written two New York Times bestsellers: The Green Collar Economy, the definitive book on green jobs, and Rebuild the Dream, a roadmap for progressives in 2012 and beyond. Jones is currently a CNN contributor.

In 2009, Jones worked as the green-jobs advisor to the Obama White House. There, he helped run the interagency process that oversaw $80 billion in green energy recovery spending.

This event will be streamed live at www.wright.edu/streaming. We will also be recording Van Jones' lecture, to be viewed at the P L Dunbar Library. The live streaming begins at 7 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public

Help make the Science Olympiad National Tournament at WSU a Success! #Dayton

2013-04-12T11:00:00.000-04:00

We need your help to make the Science Olympiad National Tournament at Wright State University a success!

Wright State University will host the 2013 Science Olympiad National Tournament. This is the first time it has been held at Wright State. The Science Olympiad invitationals that the university has hosted over the past three years have prepared us for this huge event.

For the National Tournament we will need the help of many volunteers over several days. While the tournament officially begins on Friday evening, May 17, teams will be arriving from across the United States beginning as early as Wednesday, May 15. Some will not depart campus until Sunday, May 19.

Volunteers of all backgrounds and experiences are welcome. We will do our best to match you to an activity where you can contribute in a meaningful way. Wright State’s Science Olympiad effort is nonprofit, and all of our support is provided by volunteers. We are in need of many energetic and interested volunteers to help make this prestigious tournament a success.

Volunteers will direct students around campus, usher at the Opening and Awards Ceremonies at the Nutter Center, and assist competition event supervisors, as well as help with registration, check-in, lunch delivery, etc. All volunteers receive a free T-shirt and the experience of watching more than 1,800 of the nation’s top student scientists compete in exciting math, science, and engineering events.

Please consider donating your time to this worthwhile cause. Thanks in advance for your support.

Click here to sign up: http://www2.mysignup.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?datafile=sont2013volunteers

You can learn more about the Science Olympiad here: http://www.wright.edu/scienceolympiad

The Affordable Care Act and its Impact on Ohio - 18 April, 0900

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The Affordable Care Act and its Impact on Ohio

Thursday, April 18, 9–10 a.m.

Presenter: Amy Rohling McGee
President, Health Policy Institute of Ohio (HPIO)

HPIO President Amy Rohling McGee will discuss the facts, the issues, and the implications of the Affordable Care Act in Ohio. She will entertain questions after her presentation.

Target Audience: Health professionals, educators, students, interested community members.

Location: Endeavor Room, Student Union, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, 45435

Registration: Free, however space is limited. Call Pam Mondini, (937) 258-5555 or email pam.mondini@wright.edu to reserve a seat. Persons needing ADA accommodation are invited to contact us with accommodation requests.

You can get the official event flyer here.

Leaving Iowa, April 5-21, 2013 (Theater)

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Leaving Iowa by Tim Clue & Spike Manton
Production Dates: April 5-21, 2013
Directed by Robb Willoughby

The annual family vacations of one family are remembered as the son tries to take his father's ashes to a former home. His attempts to reach the final resting place are interspersed with memories of family vacations the kids often hated. The actors play themselves as teenagers, as parents and as their older selves, on the road-trip of life. A sentimental play of good humor that is sweet and often contagiously funny.

Presented by the Dayton Theatre Guild; tickets are $18, with discounted tickets for students and seniors.

Dear Dr. Hip Hop: Speak. Be Heard. Be Considered. - 11-13 April 2013

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The Dayton Human Relations Council, in collaboration with Wright State University's Bolinga Black Cultural Resource Center, is hosting a Dear Dr. Hip-Hop: Speak. Be Heard. Be Considered. event designed to urge an active community response in speaking out against crime, incivility, and gun violence. The 3-day event will serve as the conduit for conversation and empowerment; using hip-hop as the lens to explore multiple facets of community relations and cultivate young adult community activism.

Thursday, April 11th (6pm): Community Kick-Off Rally with light dinner at Omega Baptist Church, 1821 Emerson Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406. (Free event)

Friday, April 12th (9-12am): Old School Hip-Hop Tribute: Stop the Violence Concert featuring Recording Artist MC Lyte, Political Rapper Jasiri X, WuLords and Scratchmatic. Thurgood Marshall High School, 4447 Hoover Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45417. (Tickets required, $10)

Saturday, April 13th (10-1pm): Speak. Be. Heard. Be Considered. Panel Discussion featuring MC Lyte, Jasiri X, and Political Analyst Bakari Kitwana. Thurgood Marshall High School. Lunch and book signing with MC Lyte directly following discussion. (Registration required, Free event)

You can register for the ticketed events on 12 and 13 April at https://hiphopspeak.eventbrite.com/

GloryCon - 21 April 2013

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Dayton-area gamers! For only $4, you can get into GloryCon, a one-day gaming convention held at Wright State University. From 10am to 8pm, a plethora of games for folks in and around Dayton will be at hand. You can preregister at http://www.adventurersguildwsu.org/

FREE SIDEKICKS! launch event at Epic Loot 4-6pm on 6 April 2013

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Join me, the editor, and other contributors to SIDEKICKS! at Epic Loot this Saturday, 6 April, from 4-6pm! Check out the full-size flyer and meet us there!

The Qur'an, the Shariah and Women's Rights - 3 April 2013 @ 6pm

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"The Qur'an, the Shariah and Women's Rights"
by Dr. Asma Barlas

2013 Department of Religion Piediscalzi Lecture Series

Wednesday April 3, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm, Rm. 252 (M) Creative Arts Center

Dr. Asma Barlas is Professor of Politics and Director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, Ithaca College, New York. She is the author of Re-Understanding Islam: A Double Critique, (Spinoza lectures delivered at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam: van Gorcum, 2008); Islam, Muslims and the U.S: Essays on Religion and Politics, (India, Global Media Publications, 2004); “Believing Women” in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an (University of Texas Press, 2002); Democracy, Nationalism and Communalism: The Colonial Legacy in South Asia, (Westview Press, *1995).

Contact: Dr. Awad Halabi, Departments of History and Religion, awad.halabi@wright.edu

The History of Rock 'N' Roll - 3 April 2013 (two times)

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The History of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St.;

April 3 at 9:30 & 11:30 a.m.

For grades K-5.

Our friends from Razzle Bam Boom perform a thrilling review of Rock 'n' Roll from the 1950s through the 1980s. This is an opportunity for your students to see an entertaining and often humorous look at a little of the music history that makes American music what it is. $5. 228-3630. ticketcenterstage.com

FREE poetry reading by Joseph Voth 4 April 2013 at 2pm

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Joseph Voth
Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m.
Millett Hall Atrium, Wright State University

JOSEPH VOTH’s first volume of poetry, Living with Noise, was published by NorthShore Press in 2011. His work has been published in Epoch, South Carolina Review, Connecticut Review, and numerous other journals. After teaching at San Diego State for ten years, he embarked on a classic and melodramatic sojourn in New York City, where he suffered and completed a second manuscript before returning to teach in CA at College of the Canyons
in LA.

See the full flyer here.

Free Youth Soccer Clinic - 7 April 2013

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Wright State Men’s Soccer Host 6th Annual Free Soccer Clinic
Boys and Girls Ages 5-13
April 7, 2013
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

The clinic is for boys & girls of all experience and skill levels. Participants will have the opportunity to work with Wright State players and coaches in improving technical and tactical skills. Participants will be able to put these skills to use in small-sided soccer games and play at the Wright States Men’s and Women’s home soccer stadium.
The clinic also features giveaways and a post-clinic autograph session with current men’s soccer players. Space for the clinic is limited, so to participate, pre-register by sending an e-mail with your child's name and age to
wrightstatesoccercamp@gmail.com.

Once you have received an e-mail confirming your registration, participants will be asked to bring athletic clothing, cleats or athletic shoes, shin guards, water bottle, soccer ball and a completed liability form, which will be sent along with the confirmation.

2013 Asian Culture Night "Kabuki & Onnagata: The Making of a Woman" 6 April @7pm

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This looks pretty cool, but you have to read this original subject line in Dean Pelton's voice:

Mark Your Calendars! 2013 Asian Culture Night ... A night of cultural explorASIAN through the performing arts will be on Saturday, April 6th!

I'll Never Be A Writer - DL Stewart. 22 March 2013 @ 1900

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The Dunbar Library welcomes nationally-syndicated newspaper columnist D.L. Stewart for a free talk & reception 7:00-8:30 pm Friday, March 22.

His talk, “I’ll Never Be A Writer,” is for the 4th annual Living Legends of the Dayton Daily News Archive lecture, free & open to the public.

Stewart has written for Dayton newspapers for 30 years and authored several books. Exhibits of his work and materials will be featured. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Registration requested to help ensure seating and refreshments, http://www.libraries.wright.edu/calendar/event/living_legends/ or call 775-2380. This lecture series is sponsored by the WSU Dept. of Communication & the Libraries’ Special Collections & Archives.

The Yellow Springs Hootenanny - 16 March 2013

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The Yellow Springs Hootenanny takes place the third Saturday of each month from 6 pm - 9pm at the Coretta Scott King Center at Antioch College

We gather to sing and play acoustic instruments. We cover folk, americana, and blue grass. We encourage participants to bring a music stand and a print out of the songbook which will be posted on the page.

You can see the full flyer here.

Disability Awareness: A Call to Build Community Partners 19 March 2013

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Tuesday, March 19, 3:30–5 p.m.
Disability Awareness: A Call to Build Community Partners

Presenter: Julie L. Williams, Psy.D., ABPP, C.R.C.

In this interactive session, Dr. Julie Williams explores disability as a social construction resulting in largely negative beliefs about disability. She introduces a new paradigm of disability that is informed by a social minority model, in which disability is viewed as an identity to be celebrated.

Target Audience: Health educators, health professionals, students, interested community members.

Location: Pavilion Room, Indu and Raj Soin Medical Center, 3535 Pentagon Boulevard, Beavercreek, Ohio, 45431

Registration: Free, however registration is required. Call Pam Mondini, (937) 258-5555 or email pam.mondini@wright.edu by March 14, 2013.

The PDF event flyer is here.

March 9 & 10 . Circus Incognitus

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Circus Incognitus

March 9 & 10; 1 & 3:30 p.m.
Victoria Theatre
http://www.victoriatheatre.com/
Beginning with an empty stage and a single microphone, a shy Jamie Adkins musters the courage to face what he fears most, speaking in public. Using everyday objects to perform circus routines and building the set with discarded props, Jamie creates a backdrop for his humble idea of what a show should be. The audience follows Jamie on an adventure about having the courage to try new ideas, pushing the limits, and not giving up when all goes wrong. Ages 5 & up. $15.

Come early or stay late for a kids' hands-on workshop at the Victoria Theatre! Wonder how they do all those mind (and body)-bending tricks on the stage? At 2:15 p.m., kids 5-10 years old can learn a little about juggling, miming, bouncing and more. Includes a tasty, kid-friendly snack, reader’s theatre and a chance to learn a trick or two. $5 per child for workshop. 228-3630.