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Friday, September 19 [5-8:30pm] and Saturday, September 20 [10am-9:30pm], First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.

Please join us for a two-day event that will showcase Northeast India’s vibrant cultural heritage through music, dance, food, handloom, handicrafts, lectures/workshops/photo exhibits, and networking platforms. This event is unique because it brings together the cultures of the entire Northeast region of India.

Event Highlights

• Photo Exhibits

• Handloom and Handicraft Artifacts display

• Panel Discussion: Tourism and Commerce

Friday, September 19, 11:30am-1pm, Thompson Library [Rm. 165], 1858 Neil Ave. Mall

This COMPAS panel, “Food as Health,” explores the many social and political dimensions of identifying what healthy food actually means, and how those meanings are influenced by pre-existing biases, social media, and corporate interests. On this panel that includes both media scholars and nutrition scientists, we will explore the ways in which health, as a “construct,” is communicated and constructed by different groups of people and the role of scientists and experts in creating nutrition guidance.

Thursday, September 18, 3-6pm, 925 Mount Vernon Ave. [near the intersection of Mount Vernon Ave. and N. 17th St.]

Fall produce! Fall food!! Fall friends!!!

Bronzeville Growers Market will continue to serve you for the next two Thursdays with an assortment of produce, vendors, and special activities.

September 18: Putting Culture in Agriculture with OSU Middle Eastern Studies and Chef Gachomo Shepkong

September 26: Harvest Festival with Seed Saving Workshop, Smoothe Bike, and Agrihood Walking Tour

Wednesday, September 17, 7-9pm, Maple Grove United Methodist Church, 7 W. Henderson Rd.

Mary Hunt, PhD, a feminist theologian, will be our speaker. Mary, an advocate on behalf of women and LGBT people, is the co-founder of the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER).

How do we respond to:

• Rampant evil?

• Efforts to destroy our democracy?

• Criminalization of immigrants?

• Genocide being condoned?

• Church moral leadership failure?

Mary Hunt, an ethicist who ethicists listen to, will share with us.