Community
Friday, October 14, 8am-4pm, Hilton Columbus Downtown, 401 N. High St.
The Summit on Sustainability is MORPC’s signature environmental conference, bringing hundreds of community leaders together to explore and share sustainable ideas and solutions, and to celebrate individual and collaborative sustainability efforts with the Regional Sustainability Awards. For more information, please visit our Summit webpage here.
Tickets: $50.00-$2,000.00.
Thursday, October 13, 7-9pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join us for our monthly all-chapter meeting every second Thursday each month! Attend virtually at dsacb.us/meeting.
This month, we will have a presentation by the Housing Campaign for their six-month reauthorization and a debate on a Resolution to Create a 2022 General Election Voting Guide. There will also be updates from the Childcare Campaign, our Working Groups, and our committees.
Thursday, October 13, 7-9pm, Tuttle Park [on the south side of the Tuttle Community Center], 240 W. Oakland Ave.
The people have spoken! Beginning Thursday, September 22 at 7pm, our newest reading group will be on Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish, a deeper look at the history, philosophy, and misconceptions underlying the reactive punishment woven into our culture (and which must be deconstructed).
9-22: Part 1: Torture
9-29: Part 2: Punishment
10-13: Part 3.1: Discipline
Thursday, October 13, 6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
You’re invited to join YWCA Columbus for “Activists and Agitators” on October 13, 2022.
“Activists and Agitators” is an annual YWCA Columbus event dedicated to uniting the Columbus community, fostering dialogue, providing practical resources, and educating the community to promote empowerment and inclusion.
This Year’s Featured Speaker:
• Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Thursday, October 13, 1-2pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Please join us for a conversation with Dr. Simran Jeet Singh about his new best seller book which shows how each of us can turn away from fear and uncertainty and move toward renewal and positive change.
Dr. Simran Jeet Singh is Executive Director for the Aspen Institute’s Religion and Society Program and author of the new, national bestseller, The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life.
Wednesday, October 12, 6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join us for our monthly huddle for all Fair Districts volunteers. Catch up on Fair Districts news, current actions, and what’s next for our #fairmaps advocacy. Bring your questions!
Joining us at this month’s Huddle will be Patricia Sinay, a member of California’s Redistricting Commissioners. She will talk to us about the ins and outs of the process in California, and lessons we can carry over to our situation here in Ohio.
Tuesday, October 11, 5:30pm, Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern, 4109 N. High St.
We will have a Happy Hour on Tuesday, October 11 at 5:30pm at the Rusty Bucket at 4109 N. High St. Join us for good conversation and adult beverages.
Hosted by Clintonville Area Progressives.
Thursday, October 13, 11:30am-1:30pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Linden Branch], 2223 Cleveland Ave.
Calling all local visual artists!
Have you ever been to the Columbus Arts Festival? Are you interested in exhibiting your artwork, but need more information on what is involved?
Wednesday, October 12 and Thursday, October 13, 8:30am-1pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Bringing together scholars, policy makers and practitioners from around the world, this symposium will analyze the roots and understand the reach of the far-right in the United States. The goal of this symposium is to facilitate learning and collaboration to support the identification of strategies to stop the spread and break the hold of broadly defined far-right movements in our political and social systems.
Wednesday, October 12 and Thursday, October 13, 8:30am-1pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Bringing together scholars, policy makers and practitioners from around the world, this symposium will analyze the roots and understand the reach of the far-right in the United States. The goal of this symposium is to facilitate learning and collaboration to support the identification of strategies to stop the spread and break the hold of broadly defined far-right movements in our political and social systems.