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august hot talks – not again:

keeping ouR sChools saFe

On August 14, as K-12 schools began to open in northeast Ohio, the monthly Hot Talks
series featured a timely panel discussion and conversation about measures to address
the epidemic of school shootings. The program was organized by the CMBA’s Louis
Stokes Scholars Class of 2018 and moderated by Stokes Scholar Anthony Price,
a Shaw High School graduate and junior at wesleyan University. The session
included discussion about current advocacy and legislative initiatives, the role
and training of school resource officers, and critical need for student mental
health services and resources. The panelists were: Tim Armelli, faculty
member and coach at Chardon High School and president of the Coach Hall
Foundation, an advocacy organization working to provide effective means to
protect against school violence; Janine Boyd, Ohio Representative from the
9 District; Dr. Tasneem Lokhandwala, school psychologist and administrator
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in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District; and Laura gabel, CMSD school
psychologist and national level trainer of a crisis preventive and intervention
program called “Prepare.”
Hot Talks are free and open to our members and the public. They are one-hour
programs held the second Tuesday of the month at noon at the CMBA. if you cannot join
us in person, the programs are broadcast live on the CMBA’s Facebook and past programs are
available to view on our youTube Channel. learn more at CleMetroBar.org/HotTalks

BasiC tRaining … FoR lawyeRs

Join us December 11 – 13 for our New Lawyer Bootcamp, a hands-on, practical program designed
to help new attorneys find their path in the practice of law. Our presenters include administrative
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• Ethics in a Social Media world
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