Community
Wednesday, May 31, 12noon, Grange Insurance Audubon Center, 505 W. Whittier St.; this event will also be live-streamed on YouTube
Developing a Dynamic Downtown Series
Tuesday, May 30, 8-9:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Tuesday, May 30, 6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
FirstEnergy wasn’t the only Ohio utility company involved in the H.B. 6 bill and the subsequent $65-million-dollar scandal. Join Common Cause Ohio for a virtual forum on the role that American Electric Power (AEP) played and continues to play in Ohio’s largest corruption scandal.
Friday, May 26, 6-7:30pm, beginning in the hallway outside of Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., Ste. 130.
This month’s Artist Commune will feature a photo walk in downtown Columbus. This guided experience will show the beauty that exists in our local spaces, from the development of the city to the green space of Scioto Mile. We will be meeting in the corridor of Urban Arts Space prior to embarking on our journey. Artist Commune is free and open to all. Photographers of all experience levels are encouraged to attend.
Friday, May 26, 4-6pm, Community Grounds: Coffee and Meeting House, 1134 Parsons Ave.
Free Resource Fridays is our monthly free resource giveaway, hosted on the last Friday of every month!
Meet us at Community Grounds, 1134 Parsons Ave., 4-6pm, and grab some resources, harm reduction supplies, clothes, hygiene products, and food!!
We have plenty so please feel free to pick up items for loved ones in need. If you can’t make this time, hit us up for porch/door drop offs!
Thursday, May 25, 7pm, Enarson Classroom Building [Rm. 214], 2009 Millikin Rd., and online at tinyurl.com/CORSMeeting
Join Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists on Thursday, May 25 for the second part of our reading group on the “Autobiography of Assata Shakur.”
Thursday, May 25, 6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
The Patient Empowerment Series is back! Presented collaboratively by Equitas Health Institute and Stonewall Columbus, this series is intended to uplift intersectional lived experiences in relation to engaging with healthcare. For the latest iteration of the series, we welcome you to join our panelists as they share stories from their lived experiences of navigating healthcare and queer and disabled community spaces.
Thursday, May 25, 6-9pm, Halt Violence [Hilltop location], 2360 W. Broad St.
“We don’t wait for the white chalk or the yellow tape. We use our street cred to save lives by squashin’ beef in the streets when tensions are high, and without snitching to the police.”
“If you want to stop beef before it starts and make nonviolence a way of life, you gotta get to the root cause. That means changing how you think, how you deal with emotions, and providing real alternatives to violence.”
Wednesday, May 25, 4:30-7:30pm, Driving Park Community Center, 1100 Rhoads Ave.
Rise Up CBUS! in 2023 is coming to twelve locations around Columbus! Get connected with community resources, enjoy food, and meet your neighbors! Visit columbus.gov/riseupcbus for more information about Rise Up CBUS!
Hosted by City of Columbus Department of Neighborhoods and Columbus Recreation and Parks Department.
Wednesday, May 24, 7-10pm, The Citadel, 1761 Parsons Ave.
Stand in solidarity with Cuba at our upcoming “Cuba Night” with IFCO [Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization] and Pastors for Peace!
On Wednesday May 24, 7-10pm, we’ll be coming together at The Citadel to raise funds to send medical supplies to Cuba this summer!
Catch speakers coming back from their recent brigades discuss Cuba’s successes and socialism, the genocidal blockade imposed by the U.S., their healthcare system, and more. We’ll have games, prizes, raffles, and cultural activities.