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03-25-2024

03-25-2024

The Dakota Center: Celebrating 60 Years of Serving Dayton

Mike Miller serves as Executive Director for the Dakota Center, an active community center serving youth and seniors in Dayton’s MacFarlane neighborhood. Almost sixty years ago, Fr. Hoelle, S.M., founded the Dakota Center because he saw humanity in all persons and understood that a safe environment is key to building character and connecting community. The Dakota Center continues to fulfill that mission today, as they prepare to celebrate sixty years of service next year. Mr. Miller will provide updates on the Center’s programming and activities, as well as their plans for commemorating their anniversary.

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03-18-2024

03-18-2024

The Solution to Homelessness: Love One Another

Michael Vanderburgh, Executive Director, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Dayton District will speak to us about homelessness and what St Vincent is doing to help solve this issue in our community.

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03-11-2024

03-11-2024

A Sustainable Future for Aviation

Dr. Ed Tomme is a retired Air Force fighter pilot, piloting the F-4G Wild Weasel against surface to air missile sites in the Desert Storm era. Retiring as a lieutenant colonel after 24 years, Ed and his wife, Tracey moved to Dayton for Tracey’s job leading the Dayton Society of Natural History. While in Ohio, Dr. Tomme directed all Midwest operations for BETA Technologies, where he became an expert on electric aviation, leaving recently to establish Sci-Ops Consulting.

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03-04-2024

03-04-2024

Oscars Preview

In what has become an annual event, Neon Manager Jonathan McNeal will share his insights on this year’s Oscar nominees, sharing historical data and trends with his predictions of the winners.

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02-26-2024

02-26-2024

Restaurant Reality

Owners of The Blue Berry Cafe, Sueno and El Meson join us for a state of the restaurant industry discussion.  Hear their challenges, how they are fighting rising costs and what it takes to be a great supporter of our local eateries.

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02-12-2024

02-12-2024

A Snapshot of the Immigration Crisis

Karen Bradley has been practicing immigration law for over 24 years and has been recognized as one of the leading immigration attorneys in the region. She has received a Distinguished rating from her peers and a Platinum Client Champion from her clients by the Martindale-Hubbell Attorney Review service. Karen is herself an immigrant from the Central American country of Belize. Since 2001, Karen has served as Honorary Consul for Belize to the States of Ohio and Indiana. Karen will share her knowledge of how the present system works, where it is failing, and share her thoughts on what should be done to fix it.

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