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Thursday, January 26, 12noon-1pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Budgets are Moral Documents
The Governor will introduce his budget proposal in a few weeks followed by five months of legislative committees, amendments, and votes. As people of faith, we have an opportunity to strengthen this public conversation about Ohio’s priorities and our future. Budget policy can change lives and strengthen Ohio.
Through our budget policies, we can help folks find economic stability, improve our schools, clean up our parks and rivers, and much more.
Wednesday, January 25, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Saturday, January 21, 10am-12noon, Stratford Ecological Center, 3083 Liberty Rd., Delaware, Ohio
Would you like to get an easy head start on your spring planting of native plants and vegetables?
Join The Delaware County Master Gardeners in learning how to start seeds in January. We’ll show you how to make a mini greenhouse out of a milk jug for starting native plants and demonstrate a simple way to create a vegetable seed table for easy planting in the spring. Participants will take home a mini greenhouse and a seed tape.
Tuesday, January 17, 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.
Thursday, January 19, 9pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Thursday, January 19, 5:30-7:30pm, Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 W. First Ave.
Learn about how the world’s most iconic airline, Pan American, changed the world through innovation, historic firsts, wartime service, and the advent of commercial aviation.
Thursday, January 19, 2pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Pedestrian deaths are rising, cars, SUVs, and light trucks are getting bigger, there has never been more money for infrastructure, and more Departments of Transportation are claiming that they “get it.” What does it all mean for 2023? Are we regressing, turning the tide, or even progressing?
Thursday, January 19, 2pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Please join us for a discussion with Rabbi Dr. Ron Kronish lifting up voices of peacemaking outlined in his new book Profiles in Peace. Joining him will be two of the six peacebuilders outlined in his book. Attendees will learn about their visions for peace and their actions of trying to bring their ideals to fruition in the real world of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Speakers
Saturday, January 14, 7-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Join progressive friends on Zoom to celebrate the new year and optimistic hope for the future.
We’ll hear from peace activist and journalist David Swanson of RootsAction about his new book, on the subject of the Monroe Doctrine, that forbids European powers from colonizing the Western hemisphere, and what to replace it with.
Tuesday, March 10, 6:30pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Whetstone Branch], 3909 N. High St.
Despite tireless opposition by progressives and advocates for “good government,” the Republicans in the Ohio General Assembly drew unbalanced and unconstitutional state and congressional districts in 2022.
So what do we do now?
Come hear from a panel of experts on potential steps forward, including bringing the issue directly to voters.
• Catherine Turcer, Executive Director of Common Cause Ohio