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Saturday “Learn and Play” in the Patrick Kaufman Memorial Franklinton Community Learning Garden

Saturday, September 4, 1-4pm, Patrick Kaufman Memorial Franklinton Community Learning Garden, 154 Hawkes Ave.

We invite all ages to come to our Learning Garden and to garden with us. We will be watering, weeding, planting, singing, reading, playing, and eating. Come visit us.

Hosted by Franklinton Farms.

40 Days of Teshuvah: A story of bringing Jewish Spiritual Practice into the Fight for Racial Justice”

Thursday, September 2, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

“40 Days of Teshuvah” offers a powerful model for integrating Jewish spiritual tools and technologies like prayer, teshuva, and Mussar into the work of social change in general and racial justice in particular. This short film, by director and producer Hannah Roodman, documents last summer’s 40 Days of Teshuvah action in Grand Army Plaza.

“Afghanistan Today: Socialist Perspectives,” hosted by Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists

Thursday, September 2, 7pm, Tuttle Park, 240 W. Oakland Ave.

The recent withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan was quickly followed by the rise to power of the Taliban. This stark change in the situation marks a shift in U.S. imperialism and the situation that is facing Afghan workers and peasants.

In this meeting, we will discuss recent articles covering the current situation and Afghan history to try to get a grasp of what these developments mean for the struggle against imperialism and for international socialism.

“Community Speakout for Transit Justice,” hosted by Sunrise Columbus and Sierra Club Ohio

Thursday, September 2, 5-7pm, Fairwood Park [at the shelter near the playground], 1392 Fairwood Ave.

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to secure historic investments in public transit. And we need Representative Joyce Beatty and Senator Sherrod Brown to be on board.

Join us to learn more about how you can take action for transit.

“Texas to Ohio: Bans Off Our Bodies,” hosted by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio

Wednesday, September 1, 5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

On September 1, one of the most extreme abortion bans in the country could go into effect — unless we do something about it. Texas’s S.B. 8 will ban abortion at six weeks of pregnancy and encourages private citizens to act as “abortion bounty hunters” — allowing anyone to sue any Texan who they believe provided an abortion, or even helped a patient get an abortion, after six weeks.

“First Friday Conversations: Leaving Afghanistan, An End of an Era in American Foreign Policy,” a webinar hosted by hosted by Mershon Center for International Security Studies

Friday, September 3, 12noon-1:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join us for a brand-new format for our “First Fridays.” On the first Friday of each month, we will be hosting an open discussion about recent news events and their implications to national, international, and human security.

For our first “First Friday” of the semester, we will be discussing the U.S. leaving Afghanistan and what it means for American foreign policy.

“Northeast Ohio Voted to End Gerrymandering: Let’s Get to Work!,” hosted by League of Women Voters of Ohio and seven other organizations

Wednesday, September 1, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Featuring:

• Carrie Davis, former Executive Director, League of Women Voters of Ohio

• Mia Lewis, Associate Director, Common Cause Ohio

• Collin Marozzi, Policy Strategist, ACLU of Ohio

• Greg Moore, Co-Chair, Ohio Citizen’s Redistricting Commission and Promise of Democracy Foundation

Moderated by: Rick Jackson, Ideastream, WCPN/NPR, WVIZ/PBS.

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