Community
Thursday, September 16, 6-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join us for our Community Organizing 101 training!
Whether you’re new to organizing or just need a refresher, this training will cover the basics of impactful organizing and the issue campaign cycle. There will be space for discussion and questions.
This training is open and free to all, but we ask non-Black attendees to consider the space they take up and donate to BQIC and/or the trainers, if they can.
A link will be provided via e-mail the day before the training.
Thursday, September 16, 2-3pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Please join us for a webinar on how religious communities and leaders are engaging in this important work and how you can get involved in advancing awareness in your community.
Wednesday, September 15, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
What do you and your Central Ohio neighbors think and believe about our criminal justice system? Do we trust law enforcement? Can we believe in one another? How do we achieve positive change?
Tuesday, September 14, 7pm; Parma Branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library, 6996 Powers Blvd., Parma, Ohio; this on-line event [if you plan to attend via Zoom] requires advance registration
Tuesday, September 21, 7:30-10:30pm, Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St.
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of National Geographic’s StarTalk, bestselling author, and director of the Hayden Planetarium, will take us through an entertaining and enlightening review of all the science that our favorite movies got wrong, combined with some of the stuff they got right. From “Star Wars” to “Frozen to The Martian,” this evening will incorporate the latest films as well as some classics that you may not have known had any science in them at all.
Tuesday, September 21, 7-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Black Power Book Club is back! We will be starting Captive Genders by Eric A. Stanley. We will be meeting at 7pm on Zoom.
Please use this Zoom link to join this event.
Tuesday, September 21, 7-pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Critique a “Street Epistemology” example, identify interesting ethical challenges that come up, where someone with a “Street Epistemology” toolset could go, and then hopefully an exciting question-and-answer to close out. This is Part Two of a two-part series.
Tuesday, September 21, 5-6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Healing is a key part of what it means to be faithful and in community with others.
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.
Tuesday, September 21, 1-3:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
The Central Ohio Transportation Safety Forum [Forum] is an annual event hosted by MORPC during Safe Driving Awareness Month in September. This Forum provides an opportunity for MORPC members and regional partners to discuss regional safety priorities and to hear from experts about their experiences navigating the same challenges.
Theme: “It Takes a Village”
Tuesday, September 21, 12noon, this on-line event requires advance registration
Learn how laws that specifically target women living with HIV further marginalize already-marginalized people, leaving them vulnerable to institutional and interpersonal violence, what the underlying causes are, and what interventions and strategies can be implemented to increase the likelihood of positive outcomes.
Presenters
• Naimah O’Neal, Medical Social Worker, Circle Health Service
• Kamaria Laffrey, Program Director, The SERO Project