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Tuesday, February 15, 5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join the ACLU of Ohio for an overview on bipartisan bail reform bills Senate Bill 182 and House Bill 315, practice role-play scenarios for conversations with legislators, and connect with pretrial justice advocates in your region
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Hosted by ACLU of Ohio.
Tuesday, February 15, 12noon, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join the ACLU of Ohio for an overview on bipartisan bail reform bills Senate Bill 182 and House Bill 315, practice role-play scenarios for conversations with legislators, and connect with pretrial justice advocates in your region
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Hosted by ACLU of Ohio.
Monday, February 14, 12noon-1pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join us for an anti-racism book club, which hopes to help facilitate the creation of an inclusive and diverse atmosphere on the campus of The Ohio State University. As a book club participant, you will help to co-construct an open space to read and discuss big questions about race and justice in America. The book club will be reading the National Book Award winning “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America” by Ibram X. Kendi.
Saturday, February 12, 7:30-10pm, Wild Goose Creative, 188 McDowell St.
Join Mozaic for their second annual Valentine’s Winter Formal featuring D.J. Trub. Meet or bring your special Valentine and dance the night away!
Dress code: formal and bold; think pink, purple, and red.
Free; no reservation is needed; masks are required.
Mozaic is a health and wellness, HIV prevention, and community building initiative for trans and gender non-conforming people of color ages 13-29.
Saturday, February 12, 7-8:30pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Since we aren’t getting together in person, we can gather for a couple of hours on the second Saturday night.
This event will feature the following:
Adrienne Hood, activist,
Rev. Susan Smith, Ohio Poor People’s Campaign and Crazy Faith Ministries,
Michael Aaron, Driving Park neighborhood activist,
and more!
A question-and-answer period will be included.
Friday, February 11, 2-6pm, Indianola Presbyterian Church, 1970 Waldeck Ave.
Mid Ohio Workers Association is taking orders now for their annual Super Bowl Tamale Sale. Vegan tamales include corn meal, black beans, and sauteed onions. Yum! Phone Mid Ohio Workers Association at 614-262-0567.
They are being made now and will be ready for pickup at Indianola Presbyterian Church in the University District on Friday, February 11 between 2pm and 6pm. You may also arrange another pickup time. A dozen frozen tamales cost $20 or 6 for $10.
Saturday, March 12, 12noon-3pm, 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, February 11, 7:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join acclaimed historian and author, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz for a virtual discussion of her 2021 book, Not “A Nation of Immigrants”: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion on Zoom.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz will be joined in conversation with Detroit-based activist and writer Frank Joyce. A “question-and-answer” period with the audience will follow. This program is free and open to the public.
Friday, February 11, 6-10pm, several locations in Franklinton
Join us on the 400 Square campus for open studios, brand new art galleries, dinner and drinks, and more, during Franklinton Fridays!
400 Square is the culmination of a strong artistic community in the Franklinton Arts District. Located on the “400 block” of east Franklinton between Rich St. and Town St., we are 400 West Rich and Chromedge Art Studios/Galleries, Strongwater Food and Spirits and Events Space, and The Vanderelli Room!