Where:
Yellow Springs Senior Center
refreshments and babysitting available

When:
November 13th
6:30 p.m. - gathering time
7 p.m. - lecture

Featuring:
Andy Carlson
Capital University
“Health, Wealth and Family; Life in an Ethiopian Community”

Local Knowledge Poster (pdf)

A free lecture series featuring Miami Valley area professors speaking on a wide range of topics will launch in Yellow Springs on Thursday, September 25th and continue bi-monthly through May 2009.  The brainchild of OSU Slavic Studies professor Angela Brintlinger, the series aims to draw on the rich, intellectual resources of the many colleges throughout the Miami Valley and create bridges between the knowledge they have to share and the communities in which they live. "The people who live in and around Yellow Springs are an amazing local resource," says Brintlinger. "LK will be a forum for intellectual and cultural exchange and a fun way to celebrate community."

The first talk on September 25th will feature University of Dayton Physics and Electro-optics Professor Robert Brecha speaking about "The Economics of Climate Change." Other evenings to follow will feature Andrew Carlson of Capital University on "Health, Wealth and Family: Life in an Ethiopian Peasant Community"; Lowell Monke of Wittenburg University on "Unplugging Education: Why a High Tech Society Requires High Touch Learning"; Marie Hertzler of Wright State University on "Language and Legacy of Francophone Canada"; and Antioch College's Chris Hill with a Report from the "Thai/Burma Border Tactical Media and Networks."

The audience should gather fourth Thursdays, alternate months, except November at the Yellow Springs Senior Center Great Room on Xenia Avenue at 6:30 (September 25th, November 13th, January 22nd, March 26th, 2009 and May 28st, 2009). Refreshments and childcare will be available. Talks begin at 7pm, with a wine tasting to follow afterwards at the Emporium/Underdog Café next door.

The series is sponsored by the Ohio Humanities Council and the Yellow Springs Community Foundation, with the Yellow Springs News as a media sponsor. More information is available on the website of Community Solution, a supporting partner: www.communitysolution.org