Community
Tuesday, May 16, 12noon-1pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
LGBTQ+ elders and older adults are impacted by a wide range of health inequities, while also navigating the challenges of aging and often feeling invisible in LGBTQ+ spaces.
Wednesday, May 17, 5:30pm, beginning and ending at Our Lady of Peace Catholic School, 40 E. Dominion Blvd.
This is the 21st year for the Ride of Silence. We have a new start location! We will gather at Our Lady of Peace School in Clintonville.
This year, we will be reading the names of the cyclists who were killed on Ohio roads in 2022.
Wednesday, May 17, 12noon, Grange Insurance Audubon Center, 505 W. Whittier St.; this event will also be live-streamed on YouTube
Tuesday, May 16, 7-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
In the face of relentless attacks on abortion access and bodily autonomy, abortion pills have become even more essential.
Learn how to share information about why Self-Managed Abortion (SMA) through medication is a safe, effective, and convenient reproductive health option for those in your community.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Monday, May 15, 5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join our weekly coalition-building meetings on defending democracy and protecting the climate. Hear from special guests focusing on grassroots activism. Please invite your friends!
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Check out our Zoom Room for other collaborative Zooms and events.
Saturday, May 13, 7-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Theme: Worker’s rights organizing, Starbucks, teachers, SB83, and fighting HJR1.
A question-and-answer period will be included.
If you have any announcements for the progressive community, contact us at <colsfreepress@gmail.com>.
Please use this Zoom link to join this event.
Saturday, May 13, 12noon-2pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Parsons Branch], 1113 Parsons Ave. [this event will also be occurring via Zoom]
The Humanist Monthly Program is our longest running event and still a community favorite. In the old days it used to be called “Going to HCCO” and we still like to think of it as our flagship event.
Friday, May 12, 6-9pm, The Vanderelli Room, 218 McDowell St.
Paul Volker is a native of Columbus, where he studied fine art at The Ohio State University. Volker began working as a freelance cartoonist and illustrator at age 20, but shifted to painting a few years later, using mainly recycled house paints on various materials, including rubber, plywood, and even bread.
“I enjoy experimenting with different materials. For me, a painting shouldn’t just be a picture of something, but should be a unique object in itself, on which the picture is placed.”
Friday, May 12, 5pm, Noor Islamic Cultural Center, 5001 Wilcox Rd.
Join us at the Noor Islamic Cultural Center for an informative evening. Beginning at 5pm, MY Project USA will be selling delicious food from our latest venture, MY Community Cafe, a pay-forward cafe with all proceeds going to help MY Project USA feed all children, elderly, homeless and other clients on the west side of Columbus. At 9pm, Founder and Executive Director Zerqa Abid will be giving a presentation on MY Project USA. Please join us!
Friday, May 12, 12noon-1pm, this on-line event requires advance registration