September 2017 - August 2018

Springfield/Clark County

Cultural Celebrations

Spiritual Journeys

About this Calendar

The Global Education and Peace Network began when a small group of committed Springfield citizens decided that they needed to “ do something” in response to the events of September 11, 2001. The Sixteenth Annual Global Education Calendar and Speaker Series is the fruit of that labor. The Global Education Series provides an opportunity for our community to be exposed to other ethnic groups, cultures, and religions as a way of increasing under-standing and therefore, respect for those who are different from us. Please join us for the monthly Global Education Speaker Series and help us build bridg-es within our own global community. The members of the Global Education and Peace Network are : Ms. Samina Ahmed, Ms. Cheryl Berry, Ms. Mary Brandstetter, Ms. Cheryl DeGroat Dover, Ms. Nancy Flinchbaugh, Mr. Jerry Laub, Dr. Ravi and Vinita Khanna, Ms. Winkie Mitchell, Dr. Akber Mohammed, Dr. Jennifer Oldstone-Moore, Ms. Zeeba Ranginwala, Ms. Far-hana Rauf, Dr. Carl Ruby and Ms. Jagdish Singh. New members of the Global Education and Peace Network are always welcome. How can you become a member? Feel free to contact Nancy Flinchbaugh at (937) 324-7696.

CultureFest. An annual festival of food, music, dance and fun to celebrate eth-nic and international cultures of Springfield and Clark County, www.springfieldohio.gov/culturefest. Fair Housing. Affirmatively furthering fair housing through education, outreach, analysis of impediments to housing choice, planning and acting to overcome barriers to fair housing and enforcement of fair housing laws. Global Education. Monthly speaker series and annual calendar to teach and educate about ethnic and international cultures. Landlord-Tenant Relations. Information and referral for tenants and landlords on rights and responsibilities . Mediation. Conflict resolution services for Springfield neighbors and property managers and tenants. Services include conciliation, mediation, facilitation, and training. Minority Business. Assistance for minority- and female-owned businesses, certifications, and affirmative action plans for companies doing business in

A special thank you to those who contributed to this calendar… Samina Ahmed, Cheryl Dover, Nancy

Flinchbaugh, Vinita Khanna, Lauren Intenes, Lou Ann Horstman, Patty Larger, St. Teresa and St.

It’s no wonder why Springfield was named an All-America City. The citizens of Springfield work together everyday to become a more globally aware

community. By striving to stay educated about the world around them, Springfield residents can continually discover new ways in which they can help

build a better global society. When everyone does their part, the world can change in incredible ways. This is the spirit of Springfield– a city filled

with hope for the future of all humankind.

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2017-2018

Global Education

JOIN US for the 2017-2018 Global Education Calendar and Speakers Series: Explor-

ing Cultural Celebrations and Spiritual Journeys. Since the beginning, we have

chosen themes that illuminate our global and ethnic cultures. For this, our 16th year, we

are extending ourselves out of the classroom and into the community to learn about

cultural and religious traditions in churches, the university, a mosque, on the City Hall

Plaza, and in the John Legend Theater. We hope you’ll join us in attending, listening

and considering what you can do to promote intercultural understanding as a global

citizen.

In September, we’ll begin the year on the City Hall Plaza for CultureFest with a booth

on the Grassy Knoll. Come visit us all day long. From 11-1 learn about Asian tradi-

tions. From 1-3 try on a turban or hijab, and learn from our Sikh and Muslim communi-

ty members. From 3-5, try on a colorful African-American head wrap, and from 5-6

come hit the piñata and enjoy Mexican traditions. In October, we will join the Hindu

community as they celebrate Diwali with art, food and dance in the John Legend Thea-

ter. In November, we will view pictures with Muslim Samina Ahmed and learn about

her August Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, along with her new friends at Central Christian

Church. For December, we’ll join Mexican-Americans for a posadas party at St. Tere-

sa’s Catholic Church. In January, we’re invited to participate in an Interfaith Small

Group, led by Rev. Dr. Jennifer Oldstone-Moore, Wittenberg professor. In February

we’ll join the Wittenberg East Asian Studies Department for their Lunar New Year

celebration at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, with an afternoon of music, food,

hands-on preparations, and dancing. In March, we’ll celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a

Celtic Spiritual Retreat led by spiritual director, Lauren Burdette at St. Raphael Catho-

lic Church, followed by an Irish stew luncheon with live Irish music. In April, join the

Interfaith Youth Alliance for an evening of poetry and share music of ethnic and spir-

itual traditions. In May, the Baha’i community invites us to join them at Wittenberg for

a celebration of one of their holy days. In June, we will gather for the Third Annual

Interfaith Peace Walk beginning at City Hall Plaza and walking to the Underground

Railroad Gammon House for their Juneteenth/FatherFest Celebration. Dr. Mohammed

invites you to tour the Masjid Al-Madina Mosque on South Burnett in late June.

Come join us to learn, grow and meet new friends

To continue to build bridges of understanding

across cultures during our 16th year.

Cultural Celebrations AND

Spiritual Journeys

•Saturday, September 23, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on the Grassy Knoll,

Springfield City Hall Plaza.

CultureFest/Global Education and Peace Network Booth with Global Educa-

tion and Peace Network Members.

•Saturday, October 21,4:00 p.m. 700 S. Limestone Street

Diwali at the Dome presented by the Springfield Hindu Community at the

John Legend Theater. Program admission: $5. Dinner Buffet and pro-

gram: $25.

•Thursday, November 16,6:30 p.m. Central Christian Church, 1504 Villa Rd.

Pilgrimage Journey with Samina Ahmed

•Saturday, December 16, 5:30 p.m. Spanish Mass, Posadas - 7:00 p.m.

1827 N. Limestone Street.

Mexican American Catholic Traditions with St.Teresa’ s Catholic Church

•Thursday, Jan. 11, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Shouvlin Center, Room 105, Wittenberg

University

Interfaith Small Groups w/ Rev.Dr. Jennifer Oldstone-Moore

•Saturday, February 17, 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 713

N. Fountain Ave.

Lunar New Year Celebration with Wittenberg East Asian Studies Program

•Saturday, March 17, 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon (retreat), 12:00 -1:00 p.m. Lunch-

eon, at St. Raphael Catholic Church, 255 East High Street.

Celtic Spiritual Retreat with Lauren Burdette followed by Luncheon by

St. Raphael Catholic Church

•Friday, April 6, 7:00 p.m. Heritage Center of Clark County, 117 S. Fountain

Interfaith/Intercultural Poetry with the

Interfaith Youth Alliance

•Thursday, May 24, 6:30 p.m. Shouvlin Center Room 105, Wittenberg University

Baha’ i Holy Day Celebration: The Inauguration of the Bab with the

Yellow Springs Baha’ i Community

•Saturday, June 16, 9:30 a.m. Springfield City Hall Plaza

Third Annual Peace Walk followed by a walk to the Gammon House for

Juneteenth/FatherFest

•Thursday, June 21, 6:30 p.m. Miami Valley Islamic Association, 1800 S.

Burnett Road

A Visit to the Mosque led by Dr. Akber Mohammed

The Center for Civic and Urban Engagement at Wittenberg is pleased to work with the Global Education and Peace Network in the education,

entertainment, and enlightenment of Springfield residents. We invite everyone to join us at the programs both at Wittenberg and in the

community for the Global Education series events and hope that you will discover more about different cultures and heritage .

Come join us September 23rd at CultureFest! Be sure to visit the Global Education and Peace Net-work Booth on the Grassy Knoll at the Springfield City Hall Plaza

Schedule: Asian Culture 11-1

Try on head cov-erings- Sikh and Muslim 1-3

Get your own African-American Head Wrap 3-5

Mexican Pinata! 5-6

Sikh Dastaa

Nigerian Gele

Muslim Hi-

Bhutan Cultur-

al Celebration

Cesar Chavez Day 2014

Visit the

Global Education and

Peace Network at

CultureFest 2017

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September 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Eid al-Adha

begins (Islam)

2

Free docent guided museum tours, Heritage Center of Clark

County, 117 S. Fountain Ave. Tues-Sat, 9am-5pm.

3 4 Labor Day

Eid al-Adha

ends (Islam)

5 6 7 8 9 Latino Festival

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 Rosh Hashana

(Jewish)

Navaratri

22 Fall Equinox

Muharram

(Islam)

23 CultureFest

24 Come Find Art!

25

Seraph Brass

26 27 28 29 30 Yom Kippur

(Jewish)

Dasara (Hindu)

Sept. 9, 11:00am-9:00pm 5th Annual Latino Festival at St. Teresa Catholic Church, 1807 N. Limestone.

Sept. 23, 11:00pm-6:00pm 21st Annual CultureFest. Music. Food. Dance. Fun. Springfield City Hall Plaza.

springfieldohio.gov/culturefest.

Sept. 24, 2:00-3:30pm Come Find Art Family Free Day at the Springfield Museum of Art, 107 Cliff Park Road.

Sept. 25, 7:30 pm Concert: Seraph Brass in Weaver Chapel at Wittenberg University. Witt Series.

Springfield Museum of Art, Special Exhibitions: James R. Hopkins: Faces of the Heartland, Marianne Rabb Britton: Fabric Art,

Debbie Loffing: Assembled Misfits, Jennifer Rosengarten: Gardens and Ponds, Western Ohio Water Color Society 2017

through Sept. 24, 107 Cliff Park Road.

CULTUREFEST 23 SEPT. 2017

E PLURIBIS UNUM Music Dance Food Fun

The Hindu Community of

Springfield has celebrated Diwali local-

ly for the last 35 years , with traditional

performances on the stage, lighting up

their houses in October/ November

and offering gourmet Indian dinner

and desserts to guests.

For Hindus and Sikhs in India and all over

the world Diwali is the biggest festival which falls in October/November. It signifies victory

of nobility over evil. It is celebrated by lighting

lamps all around and inside homes. Prayers,

firecrackers and exchange of gifts and sweets

are all offered to generate goodwill. It is like

having American Thanksgiving, Christmas

and Fourth of July all in one celebra-

The

Springfield Hindu

Community presents

Diwali 2017 Saturday, October 21

st at 4 p.m.

John Legend Theater

700 S. Limestone

Diwali …at the DOME!

For tickets contact diwaliinspringfieldohio@gmail.com. $5 for the show, $25 for Indian buffet with show

Springfield

Cardiology

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October 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

The Marshall

Tucker Band

2 3 4 5 Sukkot Begins

(Jewish)

6

Julie Fowlis

7

Symphony

8 9

Columbus Day

10 11 Sukkot Ends

(Jewish)

12 Shmini Atzeret

(Jewish)

13 Simchat Torah

(Jewish)

14

Black Violin

15 16 17 18 Diwali begins

(Hindu/Sikh)

19 20 Birth of Bab

(Baha’i)

21

Springfield

Diwali

22 23 24 25

Joy Schroeder

26 27 28

29 Come Find Art!

Reformation

Service

30

J.D. Vance

31 Halloween

Springfield Museum of Art , 107 Cliff Park Road. Open Wed.– Sat.

9am-5pm & Sun. 12:30-4:30pm Special Exhibits: James R. Hopkins:

Faces of the Heartland, Debbie Loffing: Assembled Misfits.

“Jennifer Rosengarten: Gardens and Ponds”

Oct. 1, 7:00pm “The Marshall Tucker Band” at Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Oct. 6, 7:30pm “Julie Fowlis: Club Kuss” at Turner Studio Theatre, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Oct. 7, 7:30pm “Masterworks I: Gavin George” with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra at Clark State Performing Arts Center.

Oct. 14, 8:00pm “Black Violin” at Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Oct. 21, Diwali at the DOME. diwaliinspringfieldohio@gmail for tickets. $5 show/$25 show with Indian buffet at 700 S.

Limestone St.

Oct. 21, 8:00pm “The Carpenters Tribute” at Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Oct. 25, 7:30pm Sauer Symposium: Dr. Joy Schroeder, at Bayley Auditorium, Wittenberg University. Witt Series.

Oct .29, 7:30pm Reformation Service, music begins at 7:00 pm at Weaver Chapel, Wittenberg University.

Oct. 29, 2:00-3:30pm Come Find Art Family Free Day at the Springfield Museum of Art, 107 Cliff Park Road.

Oct. 30, 7:30 pm Leventhal Lecture: J.D. Vance, author of “Hillbilly Elegy” at HPERC, Wittenberg University. Witt Series.

Thank You Hindu School

for teaching Sanatana Dharma to our kids so that they

can light the path of peace for the world with

dharmic actions, yoga and meditation.

Vinita and Ravi Khanna

The Hajj: The Pilgrimage to Mecca

Come and learn about the way Muslims perform The Hajj with Samina Ahmed, Thursday, November 16th, 6:30 p.m. at Central Christian Church!

The Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.

All physically fit Muslims who can afford it should make a trip to Mecca in Saudi Arabia at least

once in their lives.

At least 2 million Muslims travel to Mecca for the Hajj every year.

The main focal point of the Hajj is the visit to the Ka’ba (pictured above).

It takes 5 -6 days to complete the Hajj.

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November 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Free docent guided museum tours,

Heritage Center of Clark County, 117 S.

Fountain Ave. Tues-Sat, 9am-5pm

1 All Saint’s Day

(Christian)

2

Kinky Boots

3 4 Birthday of

Guru Nanak Dev

Sahib (Sikh)

5 Daylight

Savings

6 7 Election Day

8 9

Elf

10 11 Veteran’s Day

12 Birth of

Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)

13 14

Dunya Mikhail

15 16 Pilgrimage

Journey to

Mecca

17 Art 360°

18

Symphony

19 20 21 22 23 Thanksgiving

Day

24

25

26 Day of the

Covenant (Baha’i)

Come Find Art!

27 28 Ascension of

‘Abdu’l-Baha

(Baha’i)

29 30

Nov. 2, 7:30pm Kinky Boots: Broadway Tour at Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Nov. 9, 7:30pm Elf: The Broadway Musical at Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Nov. 14, Koffenhaver Literary Lecture: Dunya Mikhail, Bayley Auditorium at Wittenberg University. Witt Series.

Nov. 16, 6:30pm “Pilgrimage Journey to Mecca: Hajj 2017” by Samina Ahmed, Central Christian Church, 1504 Villa Rd.

Nov. 18, 5:00pm “NightLights I: Cirque Musica’s Heroes and Villains” with Springfield Symphony Orchestra at Clark State

Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Nov. 26, 2:00-3:30pm Come Find Art Family Free Day at the Springfield Museum of Art, 107 Cliff Park Road,

Springfield Museum of Art Exhibition: “Faces of the Heartland: James R. Hopkins” “Art 360°: Contemporary Art Hatching

Across Ohio” Beginning Nov. 17.

2017 - 2018

Cultural Celebrations and Spiritual Journeys

Join us for our monthly

programs. Check out the colored calendar square for this

month’s program.

FREE

English

translation of

Qur’an

Email Samina Ahmed

aahmed@woh.rr.com or call

MVIA at (937) 322-3266

Global Education and Peace Network

Our Lady of Guadalupe Sunday, December 10 @ 5:00 PM Spanish Mass for Our Lady of Guada-lupe

Monday, December 11 @ 7:00 PM Mañanitas for Our Lady of Guadalupe

Saturday, December 16 @ 7:00 PM First Posada at St. Teresa Church

Latin American Catholic Traditions

Springfield Latino Festival

We will be joining St. Teresa’s Catholic Church on Decem-ber 16 to participate in the traditional Latin American and Spanish Catholic Traditions of the First Posadas. The pro-gram begins at 7:00 PM.

Dr. Mohammed S. Khan Dr. Sagar Satyavolu Dr. Akber Mohammed Dr. Faiq Akhter Dr. Muhammad Salman Ashraf Dr. Pradeep Guijja Dr. Tariq Rizvi

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Conflict resolution for neighbors and

landlord-tenant disputes

Facilitation and Strategic Planning

Basic mediation training

December 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Springfield Museum of Art open Wed.– Sat. 9am-5pm & Sun. 12:30-

4:30pm, 107 Cliff Park Road. Art 360 and Debbie Loffing.

Free docent guided museum tours at the Heritage Center of Clark

County,117 S. Fountain Ave. Tues-Sat, 9am—5 pm.

1 Mawlid an Nabi

(Islam)

2

Midtown Men

3

Advent begins

(Christian)

4 5 6

St. Nicholas’

Day (Christian)

7 8 Bodhi Day

(Buddhist)

Lessons

and Carols

9

The Illusionists

10

Our Lady of

Guadalupe

11

Manaňitas for

Our Lady

Guadalupe

12 13 Hanukkah

(Jewish)

14 15 16 Multicultural

Cookie Walk

First Posada

17 18 19 20 Last Day of

Chanukah

(Jewish)

21 Winter Solstice

22 23

24 Christmas

Eve 31 New Year’s

Eve

25

Christmas Day

(Christian)

26 Kwanzaa Begins

Zarathosht Diso

(Zoroastrian)

27 28 29 30

Dec. 2, 8:00pm “Midtown Men: Holiday Hits” at Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Dec. 8, 7:30pm with music beginning at 7:00 p.m. Lessons and Carols in Weaver Chapel at Wittenberg University. Witt Series.

Dec. 9, 2:00pm & 8:00pm “The Illusionists: Live from Broadway” at Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Dec. 10, 5:00pm Spanish Mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe held at St. Teresa Catholic Church, 1827 North Limestone St.

Dec. 11, 7:00pm Mañanitas for Our Lady Guadalupe held at St. Teresa Catholic Church, 1827 North Limestone St.

Dec. 16, 7:00pm First Posada held at St. Theresa Catholic Church, 1827 North Limestone St.

Dec. 16, 9:00am-12noon Springfield Peace Center Multicultural Cookie Walk. First UCC Church, 2000 E. High St.

Interfaith and Cultural

Exploration

Find out how to go

beyond the basics

to learn about what

is personal in faith.

On January 11 from

6:30-8:00 PM, the

Global Education

and Peace Network

will be hosting In-

terfaith Small

Groups with Rev.

Dr. Jennifer Old-

stone-Moore in

Shouvlin Hall, Room

105 at Wittenberg

Surgery of the Heart, Lungs and Blood Vessels

Springfield Heart Surgeons, LLC

Surender R. Neravetla, MD, FACS Lofton N. Misick, MD, FACS

(937) 324-5511

January 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 New Year’s Day

Gantan-sai

(Shinto)

2 Mahayana New

Year (Buddhist)

3 4 5 6

Epiphany

(Christian)

7 8 9 10

Cabaret

11

Interfaith

Small Group

12 Martin Luther

King, Jr.

Luncheon

13 Maghi (Sikh)

14 15 MLK Lecture

Martin Luther

King Jr. Day

16 17 18 19 20

Symphony

21 22 Vasant

Panchami

(Hindu)

23 24 25 26 27

Christina Pato

28 Come Find Art!

29 30 31 Tu BiShvat

(Jewish)

Springfield Museum of Art open Wed.– Sat. 9am-5pm

& Sun. 12:30-4:30pm, 107 Cliff Park Road.

Free docent guided museum tours at the Heritage

Center of Clark County,117 S. Fountain Ave.

Tues-Sat, 9am—5 pm.

Jan. 10, 7:30pm “Cabaret: Broadway Tour” at Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Jan. 11, 6:30-8:00pm Interfaith Small Groups with Rev. Dr. Jennifer Oldstone-Moore in the Shouvlin Center Room 105.

Jan. 12, 11:30am-1:30pm Martin Luther King Luncheon, (937) 324-7380 for tickets.

Jan. 15, 11:00am MLK Day Lecture at Weaver Chapel at Wittenberg University. Witt Series.

Jan. 20, 5:00pm “NightLights II: The Shimasaki Sisters, Violin” with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra at Clark State

Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Jan. 27, 7:30pm “Christina Pato” at Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Jan 28, 2:00-3:30pm Come Find Art Family Free Day at the Springfield Museum of Art, 107 Cliff Park Road.

Asian Lunar New YearAsian Lunar New Year

Asian Lunar New

Year Celebration

hosted by the Wit-

tenberg East

Asian Studies

Program

Good Shepherd

Lutheran Church

February 17, 2018

2:00 – 6:00 PM.

Photos: Lunar New Year, 2017

Year of the

Earth Dog

Springfield

Cardiology

Tajuddin Ahmed, M.D. Ashfaq T. Ahmed, M.D.

Najeeb Ahmed, M.D.

1174 E. Home Rd. Springfield, OH 45503

(937) 398-0354

Code Enforcement

Building Regulations

Development Programs

Planning & Zoning

Human Relations

Housing Rehabilitation

springfieldohio.gov

February 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Free docent guided museum tours, Heritage

Center of Clark County, 117 S. Fountain Ave.

Tues.-Sat., 9am-5pm

1 2 Groundhog Day

3

Setsebun Sai

(Shinto)

4 5

Film Screenings

6

Film Screenings

7 8 Nirvana Day

(Buddhism)

9

Diavolo

10

Outlaws and

Highwaymen

11 12 13

14 Maha

Shivaratri (Hindu)

Ash Wednesday

(Christian)

Valentine’s Day

15 16 Chinese New

Year

17 Lunar New Year

Celebration

Symphony

18 19 President’s Day

20 21 22 23

Cinderella

24

25 Come Find Art!

26 Intercalary

Days starts

(Baha’i)

27 28 Springfield Museum of Art

Open Wed.– Sat. 9am-5pm & Sun. 12:30-

4:30pm, 107 Cliff Park Road.

Feb. 5-6, TBA Documentary Film Screenings at the John Legend Theater, 300 S. Limestone. Witt Series.

Feb. 9, 7:30pm “Diavolo—L.O.S.T.—Club Kuss” at Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Feb.10, 8:00pm “The Music of Waylon, Willie, Cash: Outlaws and Highwaymen,”Kuss Auditorium, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Feb. 17, 2:00-6:00pm Lunar New Year Celebration hosted by Wittenberg University East Asian Studies Program at

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 712 N. Fountain Ave. Contact: Lauren Crane at: lcrane@wittenberg.edu for info.

Feb.17, 7:30pm “Masterworks II: Pascal and Ami Roge, Piano” presented by Springfield Symphony Orchestra at Clark State

Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Feb. 23, 8:00pm “Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella Broadway Tour” at Kuss Auditorium, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

Feb 25, 2:00-3:30pm Come Find Art Family Free Day at the Springfield Museum of Art, 107 Cliff Park Road

Springfield Museum of Art Special Exhibit: “Art 360°: Contemporary Art Hatching Across Ohio.”

Celtic Spiritual Retreat

Celtic Spiritual Retreat and Irish Luncheon led by Lauren Burdette

March 17th from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. Luncheon 12-1 p.m. at and by St. Raphael

Catholic Church. All welcome!

Small charge-$5 donation for lunch

Dr. Mohammed S. Khan Dr. Sagar Satyavolu Dr. Akber Mohammed Dr. Faiq Akhter Dr. Muhammad Salman Ashraf Dr. Pradeep Guijja Dr. Tariq Rizvi

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Through Clinical Research

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The Abilities Connection employs, connects and cares for people with disabilities in community settings of their choice.

For more information, call: 937. 525.7400 or visit 2160 Old Selma Road

March 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Purim (Jewish)

2

3 Holi (Hindu)

Springfield Museum of Art open Wed.– Sat. 9am-5pm & Sun.

12:30-4:30pm, 107 Cliff Park Road.

Free docent guided museum tours at the Heritage Center of

Clark County,117 S. Fountain Ave. Tues.-Sat., 9am—5 pm.

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 Daylight

Savings

12 13 14 15 16

Celtic Tenors

17 Celtic

Retreat &

Luncheon

St. Patrick’s Day

18 Ramayana

starts (Hindu)

19 20 Spring Equinox

21

Sean Carroll

22 23 24

Symphony

25

Palm Sunday

(Christian)

Come Find Art!

26 Ramanavami

(Hindu)

Gordon-Reed

27 28 Khordad Sal

(Zoroastrian)

29 30 Good Friday

(Christian)

31 Passover

(Jewish)

March 16, “The Celtic Tenors” at Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

March 17, 9:00am-12:00pm Celtic Spiritual Retreat and Irish Luncheon at St. Raphael Catholic Church,

225 E. High Street. All are welcome.

March 21, 7:30pm IBM Endowed Science Lecture: Sean Carroll, Bayley Auditorium, Wittenberg University. Witt Series.

March 24, “Masterworks III: Misha Dichter, piano” Springfield Symphony Orchestra presenting Misha Dichter at Clark State

Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

March 25, 2:00-3:30pm Come Find Art Family Free Day at the Springfield Museum of Art, 107 Cliff Park Road.

March 25, 7:30pm Annette Gordon-Reed Lecture, Weaver Chapel at Wittenberg University. Witt Series.

2017 - 2018

Cultural Celebrations and Spiritual Journeys

Join us for our monthly

programs. Check out the colored calendar square for this

month’s program.

Global Education and Peace Network

Sharing Music and Poetry across different faiths and cultures

Join us at

First Friday,

April 6th at

7:00 p.m. for

an Interfaith/

Intercultural

Poetry and Mu-

sic event with

the Springfield

Interfaith

Youth Alliance

at the Herit-

age Center of

Clark County.

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Working for Equal Opportunity in Housing

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Planning & Zoning

Human Relations

Housing Rehabilitation

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Join the

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places in Clark County

More info and registration at

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or call 521-2025. Get involved!

April 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Easter

(Christian)

2 3 4 5 6 Inter-

faith/Intercultu

ral

Poetry and

7 Last Day of

Passover

(Jewish)

8 9 10 11 Yom HaShoah

(Jewish)

12 13 Isra and Mi’raj

(Islam)

14 Vasakhi (Sikh)

15 16 17 18 19 Yom Ha’atzmaut

(Jewish)

20 21

Celtic Women

22

Earth Day

23 24 25 26 27 28

Glen Burtnik

29 Come Find Art!

30 Springfield Museum of Art open Wed.– Sat. 9am-5pm & Sun. 12:30-4:30pm,

107 Cliff Park Road.

Free docent guided museum tours at the Heritage Center of Clark County,117 S.

Fountain Ave. Tues.-Sat., 9am—5 pm.

April 6, 7:00pm Interfaith/Intercultural Poetry and Music with the Springfield Interfaith Youth Alliance at the Heritage

Center of Clark County.

April 14, 7:30pm “Masterworks IV: Mendelssohn’s Elijah” featuring the Springfield Symphony Chorale at Clark State

Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

April 21, 8:00pm “Celtic Women” at Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

April 28, 8:00pm “Glen Burtnik’s Summer of Love” at Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave.

April 29, 2:00-3:30pm Come Find Art Family Free Day at the Springfield Museum of Art, 107 Cliff Park Road.

Baha’i Holy Day Celebration

A special com-

memoration cele-

brating the Baha’i

Holy Day: Dec-

laration of the

Bab will be held

Thursday, May

24th from 6:30-

8:00 p.m. at

Shouvlin Center,

Room 105, on the

Wittenberg Cam-

pus. The theme of

the program will

The Baha’i faith The Baha’i faith is the most recent independent world religion with between 6 and 8 million be-lievers. It is the sec-ond most geograph-ically widespread reli-gion in the world Baha’u’llah (1817-1892) is the Prophet-Founder of the Baha’i Faith. His teachings revolve around principles of unity, justice, and the oneness of humanity.

Rev. Kenneth Woode, Jr. — Pastor 4610 Derr Road, Springfield OH 45503

(937) 399-1909 Website— www.numcoh.com

Worship: 10:00 a.m. Sunday School: After Worship

“Seeking, Serving and Sharing the Love of Christ”

May 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Springfield Museum of Art

Open Wed.– Sat. 9am-5pm &

Sun. 12:30-4:30pm, 107 Cliff

Park Road.

1 2 3 Lag BaOmer

(Jewish)

4 5 Cinco de Mayo

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 Ramadan

Starts

(Islam)

17 18 19

20 Pentecost

(Christian)

Shavout

(Jewish)

21 22 23 24

Baha’i Holy Day

Celebration

25 26

27 28 Memorial Day

29 Peer Mediation

30 31 Peer Mediation

Free docent guided museum

tours at the Heritage Center

of Clark County,117 S.

Fountain Ave. Tues.-Sat.,

9am—5 pm.

May 24, 6:30-8:30pm Baha’i Holy Day Celebration—The Inauguration of the Bab at the Shouvlin Center, Room 105.

May 29 and 31, Peer Mediation Training at Wittenberg University. Middle and High School students. Contact Springfield Peace

Center for more information (937) 327-3977.

2017 - 2018

2017 - 2018

Cultural Celebrations and Spiritual Journeys

Join us for our monthly

programs. Check out the colored calendar square for this

month’s program.

Dr. Mohammed S. Khan Dr. Sagar Satyavolu Dr. Akber Mohammed Dr. Faiq Akhter Dr. Muhammad Salman Ashraf Dr. Pradeep Guijja Dr. Tariq Rizvi

Better Care of Our Patients and Furthering Advanced Knowledge

Through Clinical Research

THeart House Research Foundation 100 West McCreight Ave. Suite 150 Springfield, Ohio 937.323.1404

Global Education and Peace Network

Photos are from Interfaith Peace Walk/Juneteenth 2017

Join us Saturday,

June 16th at

9:30 a.m. on

City Hall

Plaza, for

the annual

Interfaith

Peace Walk

to the

Gammon

House for

the

Juneteenth /

Father Fest

Celebration. (11 a.m – 7 p.m.)

Surgery of the Heart, Lungs and Blood Vessels

Springfield Heart Surgeons LLC

Surender R. Neravetla, MD, FACS Lofton N. Misick, MD, FACS

(937) 324-5511

June 4-8, 9:00am-12:30pm Springfield Peace Camp, Grades PK-6 at Roosevelt Middle School. Contact Springfield Peace Center

(937) 327-3977.

June 16, 9:30am 3rd Annual Walk for Peace. Meet at City Hall Plaza. For more information contact 937.324.7696.

June 16, 11am-7pm Juneteenth and FatherFest at the Gammon House. For more information visit gammonhouse.org.

June 21, 6:30pm Visit to the Miami Valley Islamic Association Mosque Masjid Al-Madina 1800 S. Burnett Rd.

Saturdays, 9:00am-12:30pm, Springfield Farmers Market Downtown Springfield, outside of the Heritage Center.

Summer Arts Festival at Veteran’s Park Amphitheater, Cliff Park Road. More details at www.springfieldartscouncil.org.

June 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Farmer’s

Market

Springfield Museum of Art open Wed.– Sat. 9am-5pm &

Sun. 12:30-4:30pm, 107 Cliff Park Road.

Free docent guided museum tours at the Heritage Center of Clark County,

117 S. Fountain Ave. Tues.-Sat., 9am—5 pm.

3 4 Springfield

Peace Camp

Starts

5 6 7 8 Springfield

Peace Camp

Ends

9 Farmer’s

Market

10 Lailat al-Qadr

(Islam)

11 12 13 14

Flag Day

15 Eid al-Fitr

(Islam)

16 Interfaith Peace

Walk

Juneteenth/Fathe

rFest

17 Father’s Day

18 19

20 21 Summer

Solstice

Mosque Visit

22

23 Farmer’s

Market

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Farmer’s

Market

Mediation

Fair Housing

Landlord-Tenant Information & Refer-

Minority Business

CultureFest

Global Education

2nd Floor, 76 E. High St., Springfield, OH 45502

937.324.7380 springfieldohio.gov/human-relations

Springfield Summer

Arts Festival

Visit the Springfield Summer Arts Festival from mid-June through mid-July at Veterans Park Amphitheater on Cliff Park Road for good entertain-ment. Visit the Springfield Arts Council website at spring-fieldartscouncil.org for more information or call (937) 324-2712.

2nd Floor, 76 E. High St., Springfield, OH 45502

937.324.7380 springfieldohio.gov/human-relations

Minority Business

CultureFest

Global Education

Mediation

Fair Housing

Landlord-Tenant Information & Referral

MINORITY

BUSINESS

DEVELOPMENT

▪Business management counseling

▪Certify minority owned businesses

▪Contract procurement assistance

▪Business plan assistance and more!

City of Springfield Cheryl Dover, Coordinator (937) 324-7379 76 E. High St. Springfield, OH 45502

July 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 Independence

Day

5 6 7 Farmer’s

Market

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Farmer’s

Market

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Farmer’s

Market

22 Tisha B’Av

(Jewish)

23 24 25 26 27 28 Farmer’s

Market

29 30 31 Springfield Museum of Art open Wed.– Sat. 9am-5pm &

Sun. 12:30-4:30pm, 107 Cliff Park Road.

Free docent guided museum tours at the Heritage Center of

Clark County, 117 S. Fountain Ave. Tues.-Sat., 9am—5 pm.

June through August all Saturdays. 9:00am-12:30pm, Springfield Farmer’s Market. Downtown Springfield, outside of the

Heritage Center.

Through mid-July, Summer Arts Festival at Veteran’s Park Amphitheater, Cliff Park Road. Details at

www.springfieldartscouncil.org.

Since 2001, the Global Education and Peace Network has provided a forum for intercultural understanding. The network in-cludes people from many different cultural traditions, and so our presenters are not representing the network’s views, but rather their own personal and cultural views. Our goal is to create an environment of respect where we can learn from each other and build bridges of understanding. Many times the viewpoints we hear differ from our own cultural and reli-gious viewpoints, and yet we try to understand, to learn and to extend the hand of friendship. In such a diverse world, we believe it is very important to be able to disagree with each other and still be friends.

Global Education and Peace Network Mission

Last year the group celebrated 15 years of programming and calendars. The network meets monthly for planning meetings. If you would like to join, call the City of Springfield Community Development at

Springfield

Cardiology

Tajuddin Ahmed, M.D. Ashfaq T. Ahmed, M.D.

Najeeb Ahmed, M.D.

1174 E. Home Rd. Springfield, OH 45503

(937) 398-0354

Welcome to Springfield and Clark County, Ohio

Springfield Fair Housing

937.324.7696

Clark County Fair Housing 937.521.2162

Springfield/Clark County Fair Housing Advocates

Working for Equal Opportunity in Housing

CELEBRATE APRIL- FAIR HOUSING MONTH

Code Enforcement

Building Regulations

Development Programs

Planning & Zoning

Human Relations

Housing Rehabilitation

springfieldohio.gov

August 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 Farmer’s

Market

Springfield Museum of Art open Wed.– Sat. 9am-5pm

& Sun. 12:30-4:30pm, 107 Cliff Park Road.

Free docent guided museum tours at the Heritage

Center of Clark County, 117 S. Fountain Ave. Tues-

Sat, 9am—5 pm.

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Farmer’s

Market

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Farmer’s

Market

19 20 21 22 Eid al-Adha

(Islam)

23 24

25 Farmer’s

Market

Raksha Bandhan

(Hindu)

26 27 28 29 30 31

Saturdays. 9:00am-12:30pm, Springfield Farmer’s Market. Downtown

Springfield, outside of the Heritage Center.

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